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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Alcina / Tamerlano (complete operas recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Sandrine Piau, Maite Beaumont, Christophe Dumaux, Jeremy Ovenden, Sophie Karthauser, Ann Hallenberg / Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conduct [ Alpha BLU-RAY / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2017 ] "This is essential viewing for those who take Handel as a dramatist seriously." Gramophone DVD of the Month January 2017 |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Intermezzo (Complete opera recorded in 2011) Simone Schneider, Markus Eiche, Martina Welschbach, Peter Nice, Sophie Mitterhuber, Brigitte Fassbaender / Müncher Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmir [ CPO / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] Scenes from a Marriage: The tension between a high-flying artistic existence and down-to-earth middle-class life was the theme of the Richard Strauss Festival in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 2011. The musical highlight of the festival was without a... |
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... |
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 |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel In Italy Vol. 2 Sophie Bevan (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano) & Benjamin Bevan (baritone) / London Early Opera, Bridget Cunningham (director) [ Signum / CD - released 23/Sep/2016 ] "All three [Bevans] sing together in the delicious Quel fior che all'alba ride and Se tu non lasci amore, making a persuasive argument for a complete survey of the chamber cantatas." BBC Music |
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... |
FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Francois Couperin Edition Sophie Daneman, Patricia Petibon, Guillemette Laurens, Caroline Pelon, Sandrine Piau, Frans Bruggen, Anner Bylsma, Lionel Rogg, etc [ Erato Warner Classics / 16 CD Box Set - released 15/Oct/2018 ] "Singing, accompaniment and recording are all that could be desired. The accompaniment is, appropriately, the lightest possible." MusicWeb on the Leçon de Ténèbres |
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 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... |
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... |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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) |
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) |
