More By Artist: Sophie
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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 |
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... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
J. C. BACH
:6 Sonatas Sophie Yates (harpsichord) [ Chaconne / CD - released 7/Sep/2009 ] "…Yates is an engaging advocate: registral choices are intelligent, making the most of the "orchestral" sound that periodically underlies Bach's writing." (Gramophone) |
COUPERIN
Pieces de clavecin Sophie Yates (harpsichord) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2005 ] 'Sophie Yates has an instinctive feel for the repertoire and her playing is elegant, stylish and poised.' International Record Review |
BLOW / CLARKE / CROFT / GREENE / JONES / ARNE / BACH
The Pleasures of the Imagination Sophie Yates [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 15/Jul/2016 ] On this new album, our exclusive artist Sophie Yates focuses on English harpsichord music, after successful French and Spanish recordings and a highly praised Handel series, among much else. From the influence of Purcell in the opening pieces by his... |
Various Composers
Harpsichord Music from the Reign of Louis XIV Sophie Yates (early keyboard instruments) [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Jan/2025 ] One of the leading keyboard players of her generation, Sophie Yates is renowned as a performer, educator, and broadcaster. She writes of this programme: 'The Versailles of the seventeenth century was very different from the huge, opulent palace we... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The Transcriptions of Concertos by Vivaldi Sophie Yates (harpsichord) [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] "performances that outclass most of the catalogue competition...Her finely honed legato technique shines in slow movements...Yates's informative, well-written notes complement the stylish sensitivity of her harpsichord artistry" Gramophone Magazine, Aug |
POULENC
Dialogues des Carmélites (Complete opera recorded in 2013) Théâtre des Champs-Elysées / Patricia Petibon, Sophie Koch, Véronique Gens, Sandrine Piau / Jérémie Rhorer (cond) [ Warner Erato Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 15/Dec/2014 ] "Patricia Petibon gives the performance of a lifetime as Blanche...[Plowright's] performance has a dramatic veracity that is disturbing in the extreme...Long sceptical about the piece, I was completely won over - the highest complement I can pay it." |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites (Complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Théâtre des Champs-Elysées / Patricia Petibon, Sophie Koch, Véronique Gens, Sandrine Piau / Jérémie Rhorer (cond) [ Warner Erato Classics Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Feb/2015 ] "[Plowright's] performance has a dramatic veracity that is disturbing in the extreme...Long sceptical about the piece, I was completely won over - the highest complement I can pay it." The Guardian |
BEETHOVEN / SIBELIUS / HAYDN / DEBUSSY / BERNSTEIN
Leonard Bernstein Vol 1 Various orchestras conducted by Leonard Bernstein, with James Taylor, Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Peter Serkin, Emanuel Ax (pianos), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) [ C Major DVD / 6 DVD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2017 ] A box set celebrating Leonard Bernstein's upcoming 100th birthday including concerts with the Wiener Philharmoniker and the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia as well as the prizewinning documentary Leonard Bernstein: Larger than... |
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Ann Sophie von Otter, soprano, Elvis Costello, vocals, and ensemble
For the Stars-Anne Sofie von Otter meets Elvis Costello [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jun/2001 ] Wonderful pairing of the soprano star with great songwriter/performer |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Simply Anne Sophie (Incls 'Carmen Fantasy' by Sarasate & Meditation by Massenet) Anne Sophie Mutter (violin) with various orchestras and conductors [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD/DVD - released 8/Oct/2007 ] Anne-Sophie's personal selections from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons and the Mozart Concertos, as well as Beethoven's Romance, Massenet's Meditation from Thaïs, Kreisler's Liebesleid, Previn's Song from Tango Song and Dance, Brahms's Hungarian Dance No.... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Double Concerto in A minor Op. 102 (with Clara Schumann: Piano Trio) (LP) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Pablo Fernandez (cello), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Manfred Honeck, Lambert Orkis (piano) [ Sony Classical Vinyl / 2 LP - released 4/Nov/2022 ] An aristocrat of the string world is united with one of its most exciting newcomers for this major new concerto release on Sony Classical. First joint album by Anne-Sophie Mutter and Pablo Ferrández - a musical team for many years. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (Complete Oratorio) Arleen Auger, Anne Sophie von Otter, Michael Chance / English Consort / Trevor Pinnock [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2006 ] "With full, atmospheric and well-balanced recording, this set is not to be missed." (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Classic Karajan: The Essential Collection Herbert Von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras, with Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) [ Deutche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 30/May/2014 ] In the 25th anniversary of his passing, Deutsche Grammophon celebrate Herbert von Karajan - the best-selling conductor of all time...in a new collection of essential classics, now newly remastered. |
