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Carolyn Sampson's voice almost inevitably gives pleasure and her singing of this repertoire, strikingly varied in its stylistic and expressive ranges, is well nigh ideal — BBC Music Magazine More…

Release Date: 3rd May 2004
Catalogue No: CDA67447
Label: Hyperion
Length: 64 minutes

Excerpt, Rameau: Les Indes Galantes

Work length17:12

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Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore

Fra le pupille

Track length5:07

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Rigaudon I – Rigaudon II – Fuyez, vents orageux!

Track length1:44

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Tambourin I – Tambourin II – Partez!

Track length1:47

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Régnez, Amour

Track length3:35

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Tempête. La nuit couvre les cieux!

Track length4:59

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Excerpt, Rameau: Les Paladins

Work length4:52

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Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore

C'est trop soupirer

Track length4:52

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Excerpt, Rameau: Platée

Work length2:39

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Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore

Soleil, fuis de ces lieux!

Track length2:39

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Excerpt, Rameau: Zoroastre

Work length4:28

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Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore

Règne Amour

Track length4:28

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Excerpt, Rameau: Dardanus

Work length11:12

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Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore

Marche pour les différentes nations – Par tes bienfaits

Track length3:25

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Air gracieux – L'Amour, le seul Amour

Track length2:49

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Menuet en rondeau – Si l'Amour coûte des soupirs

Track length2:49

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Tambourin I – Tambourin II

Track length2:09

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Excerpt, Rameau: Pygmalion

Work length4:59

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Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore

Du pouvoir de l'Amour

Track length4:59

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Excerpt, Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie

Work length5:19

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Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore

Rossignols amoureux

Track length5:19

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Excerpt, Rameau: Les Indes Galantes

Work length3:34

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Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore

Musettes, résonnez – Menuet en rondeau

Track length3:34

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Excerpt, Rameau: Platée

Work length10:28

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Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore

Formons les plus brillants concerts

Track length0:48

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Aux langueurs d'Apollon

Track length3:50

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Honneur à la Folie – Aimables jeux

Track length2:15

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Honneur à la Folie – Je jeux finir – Hymen

Track length3:35

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Carolyn Sampson, a soprano with a reputation for performances of dazzling virtuosity and musicality, presents arias from seven operas by Rameau in her first solo recording. She is joined by Ex Cathedra and Jeffrey Skidmore, with whom she began her singing career whilst at Birmingham University.

Rameau's operas so dominated the stage of the Paris Opéra in the mid-1700s that their productions were officially ‘rationed' so as not to depress other composers. By turns tender, voluptuous, nostalgic, teasing, and even outrageously satirical, these arias are ravishingly beautiful.

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Carolyn Sampson's voice almost inevitably gives pleasure and her singing of this repertoire, strikingly varied in its stylistic and expressive ranges, is well nigh ideal

The English soprano's musical intelligence, effervescent communication and richness of sound add up to a compelling package, especially so in this carefully chosen selection of Rameau's operatic love songs.

Early Music Review

This is a stunning CD. Never before have I heard such fantastic performances of Rameau from an English group. The undoubted star of the show is former choirboy-soundalike Carloyn Sampson, whose voice has (seemingly) been gradually developing velvety tones over the past year or so, and here is showcased in all its spectacular radiance in selections from seven of Rameau's stage works.

Carolyn Sampson is as dazzling in the vocal pyrotechnics as she is touching in the CD's title song, "Règne Amour"

This wonderful music will always need special vocal advocacy and there can be few outside France as equipped as Carolyn Sampson.

To sum up: Sampson is radiant, voluptuous and utterly captivating. This is far and away her finest recording to date, and a more inspiring selection from Rameau's operas would be hard to find … there's a huge audience out there who, if only they knew how ravishing, how life-enhancing this music is, would buy a copy instantly.

This is an ideal introduction to Rameau's stage music. The songs, drawn from seven operas, range from the joyful to the tempestuous via the poignant and heart-rending....Sampson's fluid, stylish singing is simply lovely... nobody could fail to be seduced by her performances.

Goldberg

Skidmore, a painstaking conductor, breathes boundless energy into his many-coloured orchestra; the group provides faultless support for the exquisite soprano Carolyn Sampson

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