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British soprano
Sophie Daneman is a British
soprano specializing in the
baroque repertoire.
Biography
Sophie Daneman, a daughter of the actor
Paul Daneman, studied at the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
[1]
She became known during the 1990s with the
baroque music ensemble
Les Arts Florissants,
[1] spearhead of the
baroqueux [
fr] movement led by
William Christie, with whom she interpreted mainly great names of the French baroque such as
Montéclair,
Rameau,
Charpentier,
Mondonville and
Couperin.
In addition to William Christie, Daneman worked under the direction of numerous choir directors, such as
Christopher Hogwood,
Robert King,
Gérard Lesne,
Jean-Claude Malgoire,
Neville Marriner,
Philippe Herreweghe,
[1] and
Nicholas McGegan.
Selected discography
Daneman has recorded for the labels
Erato,
Harmonia Mundi,
EMI Classics and
Virgin Records.
[1]
With Les Arts Florissants
- 1992: Jephté by Michel Pignolet de Montéclair
- 1993:
Castor et Pollux by Jean-Philippe Rameau (a sequel to Hébé/Un Plaisir)
- 1994:
Grands Motets [
fr] by Jean-Philippe Rameau
- 1995:
Médée by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- 1995: La descente d'Orphée aux enfers by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- 1996: Les plaisirs de Versailles by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- 1997: Grands Motets by Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville
- 1997:
Les Fêtes d'Hébé by Jean-Philippe Rameau
- 1997:
Leçons de ténèbres by François Couperin
- 1999:
Acis and Galatea by Handel
- 2001: La guirlande by Jean-Philippe Rameau (Zélide)
- 2003:
Theodora by Handel (Theodora)
- 2011: John Blow: Venus and Adonis, directed Elizabeth Kenny (Wigmore Hall Live) (Venus)
With the Collegium Musicum 90
- 1997: Ottone in Villa d'Antonio Vivaldi (Tullia)
With the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
- 1999: Arianna in Creta de Haendel (Arianne)
Other
- 1997: Songs & Duets, Vol. 1 by Félix Mendelssohn with Nathan Berg (baritone) and Eugene Asti (piano)
- 1999: Songs & Duets, Vol. 2 by Félix Mendelssohn with Stephan Loges (baritone) and Eugene Asti (piano)
- 2001: Lieder by Schumann with Julius Drake (piano)
- 2001: Irish, Welsh & Scottish songs by
Beethoven, with
Peter Harvey,
Paul Agnew, Alessandro Moccia, Alix Verzier and Jérôme Hantaï
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