Sandrine Piau

Sandrine Piau ( born June 5, 1965 in Issy -les -Moulineaux ) is a French soprano.

Sandrine Piau studied harp and singing at the Conservatoire de Paris and completed her studies at Versailles. It was first known as a singer in the field of historical performance practice.

Her repertoire, however today in the music of different eras. She sings works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Claude Debussy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Carl Maria von Weber and Benjamin Britten and others. She works primarily as an opera and concert singer on big stages. She had in the last couple of years in London, Bologna, Bordeaux and at the festivals of Salzburg, Montreux, Aix -en- Provence, Drottningholm and Dresden. As a soprano, she is also working with the Berlin Philharmonic.

The conductors who work with her are William Christie, Philippe Herreweghe, Frans Brüggen, Paul McCreesh, René Jacobs, Marc Minkowski, Kurt Masur and Jean -Christophe Spinosi. She has released several CDs with songs by Debussy and Mozart arias. As a specialist in Baroque music she has ersungen an excellent reputation, in collaboration with Christophe Rousset, Maurice Steger, Diego Fasolis and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.

Discography

  • Les Indes Gallant, by Jean -Philippe Rameau line: William Christie (1992 ) Harmonia Mundi
  • Castor et Pollux, Rameau line: William Christie (1993 ) Harmonia Mundi
  • Messiah, by George Frideric Handel, conducted by William Christie (1994 ) Harmonia Mundi
  • Les Fêtes de Paphos, Mondo Ville Director: Christophe Rousset (1997) Polygram
  • King Arthur by Henry Purcell Conductor: William Christie (1995 ) Erato
  • Rodrigo, Handel, conducted by Alan Curtis (1999) EMI
  • Motets, by François Couperin line: Christophe Rousset (1999) EMI
  • Serse, by Handel, conducted by William Christie (2004 ) Virgin Classics
  • Aci, Galatea e Polyphemus, by Handel, conducted by Emmanuelle Haim (2004 ) Virgin Classics
  • JS Bach: Cantatas, Vol 15-22, conducted by Ton Koopman (2005) Challenge Classics
  • Les Illuminations by Benjamin Britten, conductor: Thomas Zehetmair (2009) NMC

Recitals:

  • Mozart: Opera Arias by Mozart, conducted by Gottfried von der Goltz (2002) Astrée
  • Sandrine Piau - Handel Opera Seria by Handel, conducted by Christophe Rousset (2005) Naïve
  • Vivaldi Edition: Arie d' Opera by Antonio Vivaldi, conducted by Federico Sardelli (2005) Naïve
  • "Evocation " Songs of Chausson, Strauss, Debussy, Zemlinsky, Koechlin, with Susan Manoff, piano (2007) Naïve

Other:

  • Mitridate, re di Ponto, by Mozart, conducted by Christophe Rousset (1999) Decca
  • Mélodies, by Claude Debussy (2003) Naïve
  • La Grande- Duchesse de Gérolstein, by Jacques Offenbach, conducted by Marc Minkowski (2005 ) Virgin Classics
  • Seven Last Words of Joseph Haydn, conducted by Laurence Equilbey (2006) Naïve
Issy-les-Moulineaux William Christie (harpsichordist) Jean-Christophe Spinosi Freiburger Barockorchester Jean-Philippe Rameau King Arthur (opera) Integrated Authority File
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