SCHUBERT
Schubert: Swansong Sir John Tomlinson (bass), Christopher Glynn (piano), Sophie Bevan (soprano), Juian Bliss (clarinet), Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn) [ Signum / CD - released 12/Oct/2018 ] Christopher Glynn continues his series of late Schubert song cycles in English, joined by celebrated soloists Sir John Tomlinson, Sophie Bevan, Julian Bliss and Alec Frank-Gemmill. Titled by the works first publisher following Schubert's death,... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Messa di Gloria and Credo in D major (with works by Johann Simon Mayr) Siri Karoline Thornhill, Marie-Sophie Pollak, Marie-Sande Papenmeyer, Mark Adler / Bavarian State Opera Chorus & Concerto de Bassus, Franz Hauk [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] While the German tradition observes a strict distinction between sacred and secular styles, the 19th-century Italian Mass can feel more akin to attending an operatic performance. Donizetti's church music, consisting of at least a hundred items, has... |
Sophie
Sophie [ Future Classic / CD - released 27/Sep/2024 ] This album was created by SOPHIE and some of her most cherished collaborators. Close to completion when she tragically died, it has been lovingly finalised by those who hold her closest. As SOPHIE's studio manager and most trusted sounding board for... |
Sophie
Sophie (Double LP) [ Future Classic / 2 LP - released 27/Sep/2024 ] This album was created by SOPHIE and some of her most cherished collaborators. Close to completion when she tragically died, it has been lovingly finalised by those who hold her closest. As SOPHIE's studio manager and most trusted sounding board for... |
Sophie B Hawkins
Timbre (Explicit) [ Rykodisc / 2 CD - released 29/Jun/2010 ] |
Sophie Barker
Break The Habit [ Disco Geko CD / CD - released 27/Jan/2017 ] Perhaps best known as one of the trio of original Zero 7 singers, alongside Sia and Mozez, Sophie's long-awaited 3rd solo album, 'Break the Habit', took 4 years to record but sees her more comfortable than ever in her own skin. Sophie Barker's... |
HANDEL
The Triumph of Time and Truth Sophie Bevan, Mary Bevan (sopranos), Tim Mead (countertenor), Ed Lyon (tenor), William Berger (bass) / Ludus Baroque, Richard Neville-Towle [ Delphian / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] "The small orchestra playing is stylish and characterful...Excellent, spirited singing from both choir and soloists throughout - Ludus Baroque's most valuable Handel recording so far confirms that this unclassifiable, peculiar work is well worth rev |
MAX REGER
Reger: Songs Sophie Bevan (soprano) & Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Jun/2016 ] "His music doesn't deserve its neglect, even if his settings of Meinem Kinde and Morgen won't displace Strauss's...[Bevan] is characterful in the song quoting Mendelssohn's Wedding March ironically, as Mother advises her daughter to remain single." |
MOZART / BEETHOVEN / HAYDN
Perfido! Sophie Bevan (soprano), The Mozartists [ Signum / CD - released 9/Jun/2017 ] A programme of concert arias by Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven Leading British soprano Sophie Bevan performs a sumptuous programme of concert arias by Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. Bevan is accompanied on this new recording by The Mozartists, recently... |
Sophie Burbery & Little Bark
Hope is Rubbery [ 2 CD ] |
HUGO WOLF
The Complete Songs Volume 2 Sophie Daneman / Anna Grevelius / James Gilchrist / Stephan Loges [ Stone / CD - released 2/Jan/2013 ] The second disc in the first complete recording of the songs of Hugo Wolf (1860-1903), recorded live at the Oxford Lieder Festival. This second disc features settings of Mörike. |
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 |
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... |
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Read My Lips (+Bonus Tracks) [ Polydor / CD - released 17/Jun/2002 ] |
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
The Song Diaries [ Cooking Vinyl / CD - released 1/Jan/2019 ] |
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Trip the Light Fantastic [ Universal Music / CD - released 10/Jul/2007 ] ‘Trip the Light Fantastic' is the third album by pop icon Sophie Ellis-Bextor - this New Zealand version includes two bonus tracks. The CD is, says Sophie, “an invitation to dance”. |
Sophie Hutchings
Scattered On The Wind [ Mercury / CD - released 24/Apr/2020 ] Australian pianist/composer Sophie Hutchings has been hailed for her approach to the classical genre, with her playing described by The Guardian as having "an intimate, contemplative quality" and a "genuine sense of beauty." Scattered on the Wind is... |
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 ] |
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 |
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... |