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Mozart
Exsultate jubilate K.165
Regina coeli K.108
Laudate Dominum K.339
Sub tuum prasidium K.198
Sancta Maria mater Dei K.273
Agnus Dei K.317
Laudate Dominum K.321
Regina coeli K.127

Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Choir of the King's Consort
The King's Consort
Robert King

This new disc is not only a showcase for the extraordinary talents of soprano Carolyn Sampson, but also presents a collection of rarities all dating from Mozart's time in Salzburg.  The two settings, written when Mozart was still only in his mid-teens, are extremely fine - but not so often heard and even less often recorded.  This is superb music: triumphant outer movements and heartfelt, introspective inner sections which find Mozart at his most ardent.  Exsultate, jubilate has, of course, been performed and recorded widely, but usually in the "Milan" version.  For this disc, Hyperion has recorded the rarely heard "Salzburg" version, which has a different orchestration and different text.  It ends, of course, with the wildly famous, virtuosic "Alleluia."  In addition to these three substantial works, Sampson sings a series of shorter jewels, including three of the greatest movements for solo soprano taken from larger sacred works: the famous "Laudate Dominum" from the Vesperae solennes de Confessore, the utterly ravishing "Agnus Dei" from the Coronation mass and a cheerful and less often heard "Laudate Dominum" from the Vesperae solennes de Domenica with its cheery organ solo duetting with the voice.  Finally we have a very rarely heard duet, Sub tuum praesidium, where, thanks to the wonders of technology, Carolyn duets with herself - surely no two sopranos have ever duetted more perfectly, and it is a glorious piece of writing.  Reviewing the concert prior to the recording sessions for this disc, Geoffrey Norris wrote in The Daily Telegraph that The King's Consort and Robert King displayed, "an unerring understanding of Mozart's sublime thrills" and that "Carolyn Sampson produced pure streams of coloratura."
 

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