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Sophie Daneman
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Handel: Acis and Galatea
RecommendedSophie Daneman (Galatea), Paul Agnew (Acis), Alan Ewing (Polyphemus), Francois Piolino (Tenor), David Le Monnier (Baritone), Andrew Sinclair (Tenor), Joseph Cornwell (Coridon) & Patricia Petibon (Damon)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
William Christie's charming performance has fine instrumental playing. Paul Agnew's chesty Acis is a bit over-exaggerated, but Sophie Daneman's seductive Galatea and Alan Ewing's villainous... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2000, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Charpentier, M-A: Médée
RecommendedLorraine Hunt, Mark Padmore, Bernard Deletré, Monique Zanetti & Jean-Marc Salzmann
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
…Christie's realisation of Charpentier's orchestration is decisive, while Hunt Lieberson's final confrontation with Padmore… is as striking a finale as any by Gluck or Berlioz. — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Mendelssohn - Songs & Duets Volume 3
Sophie Daneman (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Stephan Loges (baritone), Eugene Asti (piano)
There is much to recommend in this collection. First of all, the songs themselves, some deeper than others, are sweet and forthright, and shown to their best advantage by the equally sweet and... — More…
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Véronique Gens, Nathan Berg, Sophie Marin-Degor, Claire Brua, Sophie Daneman, Gaëlle Mechaly
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
William Christie's reading of Dido is very much in terms of the reputed French influence on Purcell. Overdotting, reverse dotting and inégalité are used throughout; the lines are often heavily... — More…
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Beethoven - Irish and Scottish Songs
Sophie Daneman (soprano), Paul Agnew (tenor), Peter Harvey (baritone)
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2001, Editor's Choice
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Richard Rodney Bennett: Songs Before Sleep
Sophie Daneman (soprano) & Iain Burnside (piano), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano) & Iain Burnside (piano), Benjamin Hulett (tenor) & Oliver Coates (cello)
[Bennett] creates a campy 1920s-ish idiom, well captured by the versatile Iain Burnside...Benjamin Hulett, with Oliver Coates, sings with commendably Pearsian fervour...Susan Bickley adds mezzo... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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Sophie Daneman’s sensuous soprano offsets the boyish voice of the 15-year-old Rosanna Wicks, while the airy trebles of Salisbury Cathedral Choir balance the earthier tones of the lay clerks... — More…
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Record Review, 11th March 2017, Recording of the Week
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Rameau: Les Fêtes d'Hébé
RecommendedSophie Daneman, Paul Agnew, Sarah Connelly, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Thierry Félix et al.
Les Arts Florissants Orchestra &Chorus, William Christie
This complete recording of Rameau’s tribute to the lyric arts, poetry, music and dance, is riveting. Christie himself has an uncanny sense of pace to bind together a style potentially so fragmented.... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1998, Winner - Early Opera
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2002, Editor's Choice
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Rameau : Les grands motets
Sophie Daneman (soprano vocals), Paul Agnew (tenor vocals), Noémi Rime (soprano vocals), Nicolas Cavallier (bass vocals), Nicolas Rivenq (baritone vocals), Les Arts Florissants (chorus)
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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