Sophie Bevan
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Iestyn Davies (Orfeo), Sophie Bevan (Euridice), Rebecca Bottone (Amor)
La Nuova Musica, David Bates
Bates is, like Gluck, wonderfully radical. Where other directors smooth over disjunctions, he revels in rupture…This is directorship at its most alert, and aiding Bates is an optimal cast…Davies... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Opera
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Special offer. Donizetti: Caterina Cornaro
Carmen Giannattasio (Caterina Cornaro), Colin Lee (Gerardo), Troy Cook (Lusignano), Graeme Broadbent (Andrea Cornaro), Vuyani Mlinde (Mocenigo), Loïc Félix (Strozzi, a Knight of the King) & Sophie Bevan (Matilde)
BBC Symphony Orchestra & BBC Singers, David Parry
Giannattasio brings an easy confidence to the rich lyricism of the writing, though a cleaner attack on the text would stamp more personality on the role...Colin Lee is sweet and graceful...and... — More…
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Opera, November 2013, Recording of the Month
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Mozart: Zaïde, K344
Sophie Bevan (Zaïde), Allan Clayton (Gomatz), Stuart Jackson (Soliman), Jacques Imbrailo (Allazim), Darren Jeffery (Osmin), Jonathan McGovern (Vorsanger)
The Mozartists, Ian Page
Page’s performance offers firmness and mastery of tempo … As Gomatz, Allan Clayton brings energy and definition to his singing … Excellent sound. — More…
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Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto, K87
RecommendedBarry Banks (Mitridate), Miah Persson (Aspasia), Sophie Bevan (Sifare), Lawrence Zazzo (Farnace), Klara Ek (Ismene), Robert Murray (Marzio), Anna Devin (Arbate)
The Mozartists, Ian Page
Banks delivers a dazzlingly authoritative account of the title role...A front-rank lighter-weight Rossini tenor, he may not possess the bronzed tones of Bruce Ford...but from the start he throws... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Special offer. Handel Box Set
Sarah Connolly (Cesare), Danielle de Niese (Cleopatra), Angelika Kirchschlager (Sesto), Christophe Dumaux (Tolomeo), Patricia Bardon (Cornelia), Christopher Maltman (Achilla) & Rachid Ben Abdeslam (Nireno), Sonia Prina (Rinaldo), Varduhi Abrahamyan (Goffredo), Tim Mead (Eustazio), Anett Fritsch...
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Mozart: Apollo et Hyacinthus
Andrew Kennedy (Oebalus), Klara Ek (Melia), Sophie Bevan (Hyacinthus), Lawrene Zazzo (Apollo), Christophe Ainslie (Zephyrus), Marcus Farnsworth, David Shipley (Two priests of Apollo)
The Mozartists, Ian Page
There have been other recordings of this opera, but I can’t imagine them being any better than this one from Ian Page and the Mozartists. They are an outstanding group of musicians, and they’re... — More…
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Handel at Vauxhall, Volume 1
Kirsty Hopkins (soprano), Charles MacDougall (tenor), Eleanor Dennis (soprano), Greg Tassell (tenor), Daniel Moult (organ), Benjamin Bevan (baritone), Sophie Bevan (soprano)
London Early Opera, Bridget Cunningham
Bridget Cunningham’s re-imagining of the first part of a typical evening’s entertainment puts George Frideric centrestage, and sets the scene delectably with the flirtatious bustle of the Sinfonia... — More…
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Blessed Spirit: A Gluck Retrospective
Ailish Tynan, Sophie Bevan (sopranos) & Anna Stéphany (mezzo-soprano)
The Mozartists, Ian Page
The three singers here all make a good showing, Ailish Tynan with her direct engagement with recitative...and as a sentient, fearful Euridice...[Stéphany] scores highly as Clytemnestra in Iphigénie... — More…
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Mozart: Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, K35
Allan Clayton (Christian), Andrew Kennedy (Spirit of Christianity), Sophie Bevan (Spirit of Worldliness), Cora Burggraaf (Divine Justice), Sarah Fox (Divine Mercy)
The Mozartists, Ian Page
The piece is performance to a high standard, with tenors Andrew Kennedy and Allan Clayton making the most of the Spirit of Christianity and the Half-Hearten Christian respectively. Soprano Sophie... — More…
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Blessed Spirit: A Gluck Retrospective
Ailish Tynan (soprano), Sophie Bevan (soprano), Anna Stéphany (mezzo-soprano)
The Mozartists, Ian Page
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