Sophie Daneman (born 1968) is a British

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specializing in the

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repertoire.

Biography

Sophie Daneman, a daughter of the actor Paul Daneman, studied at the

Guildhall School of Music and Drama The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a music school, music and drama school located in the City of London, England. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jazz al ...

in London. She became known during the 1990s with the

baroque music Baroque music ( or ) refers to the period or dominant style of Classical music, Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750. The Baroque style followed the Renaissance music, Renaissance period, and was followed in turn by the Class ...

ensemble Les Arts Florissants, spearhead of the 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 Christopher Jarvis Haley Hogwood (10 September 194124 September 2014) was an English Conducting, conductor, harpsichordist, and Musicology, musicologist. Founder of the early music ensemble the Academy of Ancient Music, he was an authority on h ...

, Robert King, Gérard Lesne, Jean-Claude Malgoire, Neville Marriner, Philippe Herreweghe, and Nicholas McGegan.

Selected discography

Daneman has recorded for the labels

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, Harmonia Mundi, EMI Classics and

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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: ' 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 Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

, with Peter Harvey, Paul Agnew, Alessandro Moccia, Alix Verzier and Jérôme Hantaï