Sabine Devieilhe cements her reputation as one of the most exciting sopranos on the scene with this disc exploring how French composers of a century and more ago were fascinated by ideas of the exotic ...

On being rejected by Aloysia Weber – oldest sister of Constanze, whom he would later marry – Mozart is said to have sat at the Webers’ keyboard and played a song inviting her to kiss his arse. Spoiler ...

When their most recent album Chanson d'Amour (Erato/Warner) was launched in September 2020 – the title is a nod to Fauré rather than Manhattan Transfer – the radio station France-Musique more or less ...

Accompanied by Mathieu Pordoy, she offered the rapt audience at the Wigmore an artfully designed programme of Mozart and Strauss, weaving her way through surprising segues and contrasts with seamless ...

Sabine Devieilhe is a French operatic coloratura soprano. After cello and musicology studies, Sabine Devieilhe followed the teachings of Jocelyne Chamonin, Martine Surais, Pierre Mervant, Malcolm ...

(3) Songs, Movements: No. 2, Notre amour (wds. Silvestre: c1879) Sabine Devieilhe, Soprano Alexandre Tharaud, Piano (3) Songs, Movements: No. 1, Au bord de l'eau (wds ...

(8) Lieder aus Letzte Blätter, Movements: No. 3, Die Nacht Sabine Devieilhe, Soprano Mathieu Pordoy, Piano (Das) Kinderspiel Sabine Devieilhe, Soprano Mathieu Pordoy, Piano (8) Lieder aus Letzte ...

How about this one, which occurred to me on my second listen: "silver fluidity with a hint of musk." Does that really describe a voice? Does it sound more like a wine? We could play this game all day.

The data displayed for this chart goes back to 1996, however we hope to be able to offer deeper historic information at a future point ...

The data displayed for this chart goes back to 1996, however we hope to be able to offer deeper historic information at a future point ...