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RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Songs Before Sleep Sophie Daneman (soprano) / Roderick Williams (baritone) / Iain Burnside (piano) [ NMC / CD - released 11/Nov/2010 ] "What a treat this is! Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, 74 years young, continues to delight audiences the world over." Gramophone Award finalist 2011 - solo vocal |
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Sophie de Bardonnèche; Lucile Boulanger; Justin Taylor
Destinées [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] Destined to be musicians? The female composers to whom Baroque violinist Sophie de Bardonnèche pays tribute enjoyed very different fates: while the name Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729) continued to be remembered, who knows Mlle Duval (born... |
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FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Couperin: Leçons de Ténèbres Sophie Junker; Florie Valiquette; Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal; Stéphane Fuget [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - released 9/Apr/2021 ] |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
La Francesina, Handel's nightingale Sophie Junker (soprano) / Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu, Franck-Emmanuel Comte [ Aparte / CD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] International Classical Music Awards 2021 Winner - Baroque Vocal |
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J. S. BACH
Secular Cantatas Vol 2: BWV208 'The Hunt', BWV134a 'Serenada' Sophie Junker (soprano) Makoto Sakurada (tenor) Roderick Williams (baritone) / Bach Collegium Japan directed by Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "brilliantly caught, from the casting of the four characters to the expectional continuo work, led by Suzuki himself. Makoto Sakurada (as Endymion) conveys the ensnaring potential of love with friendly caution" Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice... |
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ANDRE-MODESTE GRETRY
Gretry: L'Épreuve Villageoise Sophie Junker, Talise Trevigne, Francisco Fernández-Rueda, Thomas Dolié / Opera Lafayette, Ryan Brown [ Naxos Opera / CD - released 1/Nov/2016 ] L'épreuve villageoise (The Village Trial) - which, in its original form as Théodore et Paulin, was first performed before Marie Antoinette at Versailles - was one of André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry's most popular works. For a century after its 1784... |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Harmonie du Soir- Mélodies, songs Sophie Karthäuser (soprano), Stéphane Degout (baritone) / Eugene Asti (piano), Alain Planès (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 24/Aug/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Solo Vocal |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626 Sophie Karthauser, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Maximilian Schmitt, Johannes Weisser Freiburger Barockorchester, RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 15/Nov/2017 ] "The results are sometimes stimulating, often jarring. There is fine work from the soloists under René Jacobs, and plenty of force in his direction" Observer |
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GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Septem verba a Christo (in cruce moriente prolata) Sophie Karthäuser, Christophe Dumaux, Julien Behr, Konstantin Wolff / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] "this hybrid cycle of seven early-18th-century cantatas based on the Seven Last Words is deeply impressive...The mood ranges wide, from fiery, coloratura-laden anger to a touching lyricism." Sunday Times |
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MICHEL-RICHARD de LALANDE
Leçons De Ténèbres Sophie Karthäuser (soprano) / Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Nov/2015 ] "Karthauser's plangent singing covers a broad range of dynamic expression without ever obscuring a refined emotional essence, and tasteful embellishments always serve the meaning of the Lamentation texts." (Gramophone) |
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FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Les Anges musiciens Sophie Karthäuser (soprano), Eugene Asti (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 7/Apr/2014 ] Belgian soprano Sophie Karthäuser studied with Noelle Barker at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She is now in great demand in the foremost international venues. |
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HUGO WOLF
Wolf: Kennst du das Land [lieder by Goethe, Eichendorff, Mörike] Sophie Karthäuser (soprano) & Eugene Asti (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] "Karthäuser here proves herself a natural in Lieder...With her fresh, limpid soprano and sharp feeling for character and nuance, she gives unfailing delight in the these settings...[Asti] is a model partner, commentator and animator." (Gramophone) |
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SPOHR
Music for Violin and Harp Vol.1 Sophie Langdon (violin) Hugh Webb (harp) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jul/2001 ] "An expertly recorded CD" Gramophone Magazine November 2001 |
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LOUIS SPOHR
Complete Music for Violin and Harp Volume 2 Sophie Langdon (violin), Hugh Webb (harp), Susan Dorey (cello), Roger Montgomery (horn), Alison Smart (soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Apr/2010 ] Louis Spohr won an enormous reputation during the nineteenth century as a composer, violin virtuoso, conductor and teacher. He was also known for his upright, noble character and as a man of convinced liberal and democratic beliefs who was not afraid... |
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Sophie Milman
In The Moonlight [ Eone / CD - released 15/Sep/2017 ] |
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Sophie Milman
Take Love Easy [ Linus Entertainment / CD - released 9/Aug/2010 ] |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Irrlichter - Songs By Franz Schubert Sophie Rennert (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 24/Apr/2026 ] Austrian mezzo-soprano Sophie Rennert, accompanied by expert pianist Joseph Middleton, presents a selection of Schubert lieder blending beloved masterpieces with lesser-known gems. Sophie Rennert's extensive operatic repertoire spans Baroque to... |
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MONTGEROULT / VIOTTI / MENDELSSOHN / WEBER
Violin Sonatas Sophie Rosa (violin), Ian Buckle (piano) [ Rubicon / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Hélène de Montgeroult (1764-1836) was one of the most influential pianist composers of the early 19th Century - no mean feat at a time when figures such as Dussek (her teacher), Hummel, Field, Kalkbrenner, Cramer, Moscheles and last but not least... |
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MARIN MARAIS
Marais: La rêveuse et autres pièces de viole Sophie Watillon [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] The late Sophie Watillon displays her extreme sensitivity in the finest chamber music of Marin Marais, taken from his books of pieces for viol: La Rêveuse, Dialogue, Plainte, Caprice, Les Folies d'Espagne, and the Tombeau pour Monsieur de... |
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CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON
The Seasons, The Monthes & other divisions of Time-I Sophie Watillon, Friederike Heumann, Brian Franklin (viols) / Matthias Spaeter (theorba) / Luca Guglielmi (organ) [ Alpha / CD - released 21/Aug/2006 ] Christopher Simpson was one of England's finest composers of viol music in the 17th century, and his treatise on viol technique, which included discussion of the prized art of improvisation, was an important contribution to the compendium of... |