Elisabeth Söderström (soprano)

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Anna Elisabeth Söderström (married name Olow; 7 May 1927 – 20 November 2009) was a Swedish soprano who performed both opera and song, and was known as a leading interpreter of the works of Janáček, Rachmaninoff and Sibelius. She was particularly well known for her recordings of the lead soprano roles in the three Janáček operas Jenůfa, Káťa Kabanová, and The Makropoulos Affair, all of which received Gramophone Awards. The Gramophone critic John Warrack described her portrayal of Káťa Kabanová as "establishing by an infinity of subtle touches and discreet, sensitive singing the picture of Káta as the richest and most human character in the drama".

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Discography

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1970Pelléas et MélisandeClaude Debussy; George Shirley, Elisabeth Soederström, Donald McIntyre, David Ward, Yvonne Minton, Dennis Wicks, Anthony Britten, The Royal Opera Chorus, Douglas Robinson, The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Pierre Boulez3
1982Symphony no. 4 / Finlandia / LuonnotarSibelius; Philharmonia Orchestra, Elisabeth Söderström, Vladimir Ashkenazy2
1983War RequiemBritten; Elisabeth Söderström, Robert Tear, Thomas Allen, CBSO Chorus, Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle1
1985L’incoronazione di PoppeaClaudio Monteverdi; Helen Donath, Elisabeth Söderström, Cathy Berberian, Kurt Equiluz, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt52
1988Förklädd gudLars‐Erik Larsson; Elisabeth Söderström, Erik Sædén, Lars Ekborg1
1989Káťa Kabanová (1977 studio cast)Leoš Janáček; Elisabeth Söderström, Petr Dvorský, Naděžda Kniplová, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras2
1991Věc MakropulosLeoš Janáček; Elisabeth Söderström, Peter Dvorský, Beno Blachut, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Charles Mackerras1
1991Das klagende LiedMahler; Evelyn Lear, Elisabeth Söderström, Grace Hoffman, Stuart Burrows, Ernst Haefliger, Gerd Nienstedt, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Pierre Boulez2
1992CardillacHindemith; Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, Elisabeth Söderström, Leonore Kirschstein, Donald Grobe, Joseph Keilberth52
1992Elisabeth Söderström & Kerstin MeyerElisabeth Söderström, Kerstin Meyer, Jan Eyron1
1993Rachmaninov: The SongsElisabeth Söderström, Vladimir Ashkenazy1
1993Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings / Our Hunting Fathers / FolksongsBenjamin Britten; Robert Tear, Alan Civil, Elisabeth Söderström, Neville Marriner, Richard Armstrong1
1995Orfeo ed EuridiceChristoph Willibald Gluck, Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, Elisabeth Söderström, Ruth-Margret Pütz, Cappella Coloniensis & Ferdinand Leitner1
1996Lyric Symphony / Six Maeterlinck SongsZemlinsky; Elisabeth Söderström, Felicity Palmer, Thomas Allen, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernhard Klee1
1998Mša Glagolskaja (Glagolitic Mass)Janáček; Česká filharmonie, Pražský filharmonický sbor, Drahoíira Drobková, Richard Novák, Elisabeth Söderström, František Livora, Jan Hora, Sir Charles Mackerras1
2020Les Noces de FigaroMozart; Fernando Corena, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth Söderström, Ernest Blanc, Teresa Berganza, Carlo Maria Giulini1

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2001Liszt / Schubert / Tchaikovsky / Rachmaninov / Grieg / StraussLiszt, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Grieg, Strauss; Elisabeth Söderström, Martin Isepp, Roger Vignoles1
2004Complete SongsSibelius; Elisabeth Söderström, Tom Krause, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Irwin Gage, Carlos Bonell2
2007British Composers: Britten: War Requiem / Bliss: Morning HeroesBenjamin Britten, Sir Arthur Bliss; Elisabeth Söderström, Robert Tear, Sir Thomas Allen, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle, John Westbrook, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves1
2009Pierre Boulez Conducts DebussyDebussy; Boulez, New Philharmonic Orchestra, Söderström, Minton, Shirley, McIntyre, David Ward2

Album + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1990Two Pieces for String Quartet / Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok / Piano Quintet in G minorShostakovich; Fitzwilliam String Quartet, Elisabeth Söderström, Vladimir Ashkenazy1
2004Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder / Capriccio (excerpt) / Ravel: Shéhérazade / Mozart: Le nozze di FigaroStrauss, Ravel, Mozart; Elisabeth Söderström, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Antal Doráti, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Pritchard1

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