Sophie Watillon
Sophie Watillon (7 December 1965 – 31 August 2005) was a Belgian viol player who specialized in Baroque music. She was born in Namur, Belgium to a musical family. During her youth, the viola da gamba-soloist gained international fame with refined and sensitive solo interpretations of early music and baroque compositions for viola da gamba. At the age of sixteen, she began studying music with Philippe Pierlot in Maastricht, and then further with Wieland Kuijken in Brussels and with Paolo Pandolfo at Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Basel. Besides her solo career, Watillon was a permanent member of Hesperion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations of Jordi Savall. She played with various ensembles such as Il Seminario Musicale, Cantus Cölln, Le Poème Harmonique, Ricercar Consort, Stylus Phantasticus.
Genre: viola-da-gamba
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Top Tracks
- Tombeau pour Monsieur de Sainte Colombe
- Susane un jour
- A Florence la joyose cité (C. M. Montecassino No. 6)
- Narrazione LVII – LIX (22): "Follia dei vescovi, dei cardinali e dei sommi pontefici" / Musica: Estas noches a tan largas (Strumentale - C. M. Calabria No. 26)
- 4e livre de viole: La rêveuse
- 4e livre de viole: La rêveuse
- Motets à deux voix: Allemande
- Motets à deux voix: Symphonia
- 2e livre de viole: Couplets de Folies
- A Florence la joyose cité (C. M. Montecassino No. 6)
- Rezitation LVII – LIX (22): "Die Torheit der Bischöfe, Kardinäle und Kirchenfürsten" / Musik: Estas noches a tan largas (Instrumental - C. M. Calabria No. 26)
- A Florence la joyose cité (C. M. Montecassino No. 6)
- Narration LVII – LIX (22): "Folly of Bishops, Cardinals and Supreme Pontiffs" / Music: Estas noches a tan largas (Instrumental - C. M. Calabria No. 26)
- Le nymphe di Rheno, Op. 8: Suite in G Minor: VI. Giga
- Le nymphe di Rheno, Op. 8: Suite in G Minor: V. Sarabanda: [Adagio]
- Le nymphe di Rheno, Op. 8: Suite in G Minor: IV. Corrente
- Le nymphe di Rheno, Op. 8: Suite in G Minor: III. Allamanda: [Largo]
- Le nymphe di Rheno, Op. 8: Suite in G Minor: II. Allegro - Adagio
- Le nymphe di Rheno, Op. 8: Suite in G Minor: I. Adagio
- Sonate pour flûte alto et basse continue in F Minor, TWV 41:F1: II. Allegro (Getreue Musikmeister)
Albums (19)
- Legrenzi: Dies Irae - Sonate a quattro viole - Motetti (2001)
- Masters of Baroque (2014-12-04)
- Nuit de Noël (2019-11-15)
- Erasmus - Elogi de la Follia (Versió en Català) (2012)
- Erasme - Eloge de la folie (Version française) (2012)
- Le tombeau de Monsieur de Sainte Colombe (1992)
- Simpson: The Seasons, The Monthes & other divisions of Time - I (2004)
- Marais: La Rêveuse, & autres pièces de viole (2002-01-01)
- L'arte della viola bastarda (Collection 25ème anniversaire) (1994-10-01)
- Erasmus - Lof der zotheid (Nederlandse versie) (2012)
- Erasmus - Elogio de la locura (Versión en Castellano) (2012)
- Telemann: Les Plaisirs de la table (1999)
- Schenk: Works for Viola Da Gamba (2000-01-01)
- Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) (2012)
- Erasmus - Lob der Torheit (Deutsch Version) (2012)
- Erasmus - Elogio della Follia (Versione italiana) (2012)
- Lassus: Chansons (1994)
- Musiques de cour et d'opéra pour Louis XIV (2013-08-26)
- Du Mont: Motets à deux voix (1989)
Recordings with proof (41)
- Folias (Imperfectas) [Arpa]; ISRC US6R21347927; CopyrightID 0xbe67f7770f2eb916c112cccfbd052e9aaf8969e0f25503f4e3b05de3218de7f0; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Recitat VII (3): "Orígens de la Follia"; ISRC US6R21347931; CopyrightID 0xbb96d3579fe7f9b8abf9caa6cc4f01b31846ec47559d3cbaeac20f716fbce24d; Bitcoin block 957124; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Recercada Quarta Sobre la Folia; ISRC US6R21347932; CopyrightID 0xfdbbffae2834c8f99c4fe18d3a5d2aee5ea515b6d9a6e9619592dbaa080cee27; Bitcoin block 957120; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Recitat VIII (4): "El seu lloc de naixement, els seus anys d’infantesa" / Música: Folías de la costa (Arpa); ISRC US6R21347933; CopyrightID 0x097e24808f4396a43a64f62a56978c47478bf416eac00801199d946579193301; Bitcoin block 957124; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Gamba In Basso, E Soprano (1564); ISRC US6R21347935; CopyrightID 0x2a55784830878f1e8946b64876838ea35f45c279403870d4d5ddaff71e92fa71; Bitcoin block 957145; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Folía: Rodrigo Martínez (Improvisació a partir del Villancet del C. M. de Palacio No. 2); ISRC US6R21347937; CopyrightID 0xb3c1087b88a641a5dc6c7f60e89221a1e05e5851c6d3d2fc20333a1b1395aebd; Bitcoin block 957124; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Recitat XIII (9): "Els lligams que uneixen la Follia a la infantesa i a aquesta segona infantesa que és la velledat" / Música: Las Vacas (Improvisació Arpa); ISRC US6R21347941; CopyrightID 0xf1d41e9272e0a9aff1cea5ebfe0ceb5651cef0f5bdf263b340a2a4f3c9a6e535; Bitcoin block 957124; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Recitat XIV (10): "Com prolonga la infantesa i retarda la velledat" / Música: Folías antiguas (C. M. Palacio No. 121); ISRC US6R21347943; CopyrightID 0x1e3fc40c9eb4802580ec22c8ad042f32451831f2aac42b6e02a3213fda1ad14b; Bitcoin block 957120; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Folias (Imperfectas); ISRC US6R21347745; CopyrightID 0xe22c3d9042c848b2e0b9b674d352a880ed5d3a4dfad0c254f9a5327184ec069e; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Narration I (1): "La Folie, par sa seule présence, dirige les soucis de ses auditeurs"; ISRC US6R21347746; CopyrightID 0xf8d86744b8681a36420c605f1f5a1f579531beceff7c33b663d2a4964404dbd0; Bitcoin block 957124; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Recercada quarta sobre la Folia; ISRC US6R21347750; CopyrightID 0xc4fdbe91a24efbe5c6561c0cf7030a1013c9e649ee93aa33b1fd5c90f51a8747; Bitcoin block 957120; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Gamba In Basso, E Soprano (1564); ISRC US6R21347753; CopyrightID 0x08987957802e59a83f1d0914e2a0004a45cdfdf31c2d294f9ea8991c73b5d09e; Bitcoin block 957124; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Narration X (6): "Des titres qu’a la Folie à figurer parmi les déesses" / Musique: Romanesca; ISRC US6R21347754; CopyrightID 0x643f3d81cbefe70441ed4f1429b1e3e423eaa06d4341892f523ed4fddfa1ecd6; Bitcoin block 957145; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Folía: "Rodrigo Martínez" (Anonyme, improvisation d’après le villancico du C. M. Palacio No. 12); ISRC US6R21347755; CopyrightID 0x90f087deaac1d025a844835cbdb7858b8e846092e51d0305c382ccbb1531b607; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Benedic anima mea (Ps. 103, 1-3); ISRC US6R21347794; CopyrightID 0x4b1c9a1a37917dfcbccf5498d6ad2b5f8a28806f91fd91be26ba8844e75beb15; Bitcoin block 957120; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Narration XVI (11): "De la prééminence de la Folie dans le monde" / Musique: Harke, harke; ISRC US6R21347762; CopyrightID 0xb829c1eaa3cb8f18f13e9d9165bd9e1e670fa9393e558750dfa690f68aa30a1c; Bitcoin block 957124; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Spagna (XVè siècle); ISRC US6R21347776; CopyrightID 0xb010fa79d27a41a4d13afd27e04a240fe4753807daf0af9dac1a6e2d8c1214a4; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Tombeau pour Monsieur de Sainte Colombe; ISRC BER189211801; CopyrightID 0x4efcc9097da55d2d1f5c548700ed98c8cc0d958f520fc15d22b58e5672a8c6f5; Bitcoin block 957145; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Seasons, The Winter: II. Aire; ISRC FR50X0408802; CopyrightID 0xa80ec3d608a62ccf28cf64f1d2241929381f44d8bab815e4ed39effa5f0c8dca; Bitcoin block 956889; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Seasons, The Spring: II. Ayre; ISRC FR50X0408811; CopyrightID 0xdca73215ca1dc11d8ffdb0b4f21f13d6ce3a63990a97f898453d52398b9422a0; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Monthes: May; ISRC FR50X0408815; CopyrightID 0x570d1cb9173625c94abfd82a4f3c01f2f5c8a33261c0327a3465ff6cb4a76b86; Bitcoin block 957124; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Concert XLVIIIe siècle "Le Raporté": Chaconne raportée à deux violes esgales; ISRC FR50X0203601; CopyrightID 0xf38c81c01c3a7c0c5d37407b1be953b34c103bcf8110389be3d5347cd24cac77; Bitcoin block 956304; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 5e livre de viole: Prélude en harpègement: rondement; ISRC FR50X0203602; CopyrightID 0xc6794a42d84a4da95a4307da63537583e20b15393bd99cb5835aa1424749e313; Bitcoin block 953520; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 3e livre de viole: Fantaisie; ISRC FR50X0203603; CopyrightID 0x5eb61ac2f4d9d655a4b43ac2b4c09975c86ec608acb7777ff2b13a4e3a715680; Bitcoin block 956302; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 3e livre de viole: Grand Ballet (Extrait du IIIe Livre); ISRC FR50X0203604; CopyrightID 0x147cef64bee53191d81f62d2a8a03a7d3fc21613ab6b69f01d3fba6784982b03; Bitcoin block 956302; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 4e livre de viole: Caprice ou Sonate (Lent, très légèrement); ISRC FR50X0203605; CopyrightID 0x29f353a1f4c4ce7ac98067ca89e11c8ea659926f4576dba0fe421c5d91d9436c; Bitcoin block 956304; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 4e livre de viole: Muzette; ISRC FR50X0203606; CopyrightID 0xb5e3c7d3a7a291b118b180d138d6d504101ea0b85a4fff894adfa60d62005de6; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 2e livre de viole: Couplets de Folies; ISRC FR50X0203607; CopyrightID 0xf5b50eaec1400ac520189a63de27b0043eee16a6fafd795dd98aec7aaef0e8a5; Bitcoin block 956304; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 4e livre de viole: La rêveuse; ISRC FR50X0203608; CopyrightID 0xac2720a647b0884dcab416fdde04d90b229177cedb6d5109a0823d0eadd08273; Bitcoin block 956304; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 5e livre de viole: Dialogue (Légèrement); ISRC FR50X0203609; CopyrightID 0x214ce8c742ee74f5e5abb942d8bd295e3671a05ee153e70ac29bdc6b2209c9d3; Bitcoin block 956304; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 3e livre de viole: Plainte (Lentement); ISRC FR50X0203610; CopyrightID 0x0711af3aa8863632460aee2ee9f0d8e63cbccb921c77e8cee92e8ae72c305f7d; Bitcoin block 953520; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 5e livre de viole: Chaconne; ISRC FR50X0203611; CopyrightID 0xd4cf51f20ebe46ddd671a00a31a6c4cab1afc273c5776eec77a6b4811bcc2c5f; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 2e livre de viole: Tombeau pour Mr de Sainte-Colombe; ISRC FR50X0203612; CopyrightID 0x2a120dc946eafd3759fda7090c0b1bbd890cf55ca14b29652cbb935833d1d23c; Bitcoin block 956312; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Folia: Yo Soy la Locura; ISRC US6R21348290; CopyrightID 0xa7e4656e291ad047eece0377212294dab2a178cbbda653fe1bb644ba1ccdf1f0; Bitcoin block 956304; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Gamba In Basso, E Soprano (1564); ISRC US6R21348296; CopyrightID 0x972a53bf79a3441dc9b994eb5b96708836618c60be31b839c7099402467aadad; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Recitado I (1): "La Locura Disipa Con Su Sola Presencia las Preocupaciones de Su Auditorio"; ISRC US6R21348110; CopyrightID 0xfb1b183755d31cce9351e54c9fea2c6fb5dddf121d15e5fcc28734b36a53f288; Bitcoin block 957124; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- La Folia : Yo Soy La Locura; ISRC US6R21348111; CopyrightID 0x77a36e3bcb21f645504841549b256a704ae172f4b4391c05e8771e9c1aea9996; Bitcoin block 957120; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Recitado LXVII (24): "La Locura es el Bien Soberano" / Música: Dios te salve, Cruz Preciosa (Instrumental - C. M. Palacio No. 434); ISRC US6R21348144; CopyrightID 0xabfb0c5059848c4789aaddeb40aa3b85ca145be7e70a10576abe3adb4bb8b2b2; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Trio sonate in C Minor, TWV 42:c2: III. Andante; ISRC BER189127010; CopyrightID 0x078eea25f67fbfbee9eff2151614ba31bd1826aeeededbd55639109587ad19ce; Bitcoin block 957145; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Folía: "Rodrigo Martínez" (Improvisation nach dem C. M. Palacio No. 12); ISRC US6R21348028; CopyrightID 0x1c64fd183014aef8eaebac6c738b71adca9298ae80bf7ba2d29a419aa698a999; Bitcoin block 957124; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 2e livre de viole: Couplets de Folies; ISRC FR50X0203607; CopyrightID 0xf5b50eaec1400ac520189a63de27b0043eee16a6fafd795dd98aec7aaef0e8a5; Bitcoin block 957122; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
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Popularity-0 recordings of Sophie Watillon in everplay, described from supplier metadata.