Sophie Watillon
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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.
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- Les bourgeois de Châtres - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Partita pour violon No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: I. Preludio - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Iesous Ahatonnia - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: Chorus 'Magnificat anima mea' - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Or nous dites Marie - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049: I. Allegro - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- À la venue de Noël - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Une jeune pucelle - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Missa Brevis in B Minor, BWV 232, Gloria: I. Gloria in excelsis Deo - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Quand Dieu naquit à Noël - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Missa Brevis in B Minor, BWV 232, Gloria: II. Et in terra pax - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Noël poitevin "Au saint Nau" - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Noël suisse "Il est un petit ange" - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- The Four Seasons - Concerto for Violin in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269 "La primavera": II. Largo - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Joseph est bien marié - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- 4e livre de viole: La rêveuse - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- La Furstenberg - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Sonata for Flute and Continuo in E Minor, BWV 1034: III. Andante - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- La Louison - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Concerto for Four Violins in A Minor, Op. 7 No. 11: IV. Allegro e solo - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Ben urosa la naissença - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Gloria in D Major, RV 589: I. Gloria in excelsis Deo - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Noe noe psallite noe - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: Chorus 'Dixit Dominus Domino meo' - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Dison Nau à pleine teste - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Concerto grosso No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 6 'Fatto per la notte di Natale': I. Vivace - Grave - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Une jeune pucelle - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Concerto grosso No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 6 'Fatto per la notte di Natale': II. Allegro - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Douce nuit - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Concerto grosso No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 6 'Fatto per la notte di Natale': III. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Il est né le divin enfant - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Concerto grosso No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 6 'Fatto per la notte di Natale': IV. Vivace - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Concerto grosso No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 6 'Fatto per la notte di Natale': V. Allegro - Pastorale (Largo) - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Flute Concerto in D Major, TWV 51:D2: I. Moderato - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I: No. 12, Chorus 'For Unto Us a Child Is Born' - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: No. 44 Chorus 'Hallelujah' - Nuit de Noël - Sophie Watillon
- Te Deum, H. 146: I. Prélude - Live Recording at La Chapelle Royale du Château de Versailles - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Suite in B Minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie (2) - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Te Deum, H. 146: II. Te Deum laudamus - Live Recording at La Chapelle Royale du Château de Versailles - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Concerto per violoncello solo con violini e basso in F Major: I. Presto - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Motet: "Der Gerechte kommt um" - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- L'estro armonico, Op. 3, Libro secondo, Concerto a quattro violini No. 10 in B Minor, RV 580: I. Allegro - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Missa Brevis in F Major, BWV 233: II. Gloria - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- The Four Seasons - Concerto for Violin in F Major, Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293 "L'autunno": III. Allegro - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050: I. Allegro - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Ouverture No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: I. Ouverture - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Concerto for Violin No. 5 in G Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Missa brevis in G Minor, BWV 235: V. Qui tollis peccata mundi - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: III. Andante - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Jesu der du meine Seele, BWV 78: IV. Aria. "Das Blut, so meine Schuld durchstreicht" - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Sedecia: Aria "Ahi! Come quella un tempo Città di popol piena" - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046: III. Allegro - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Concerto grosso No. 1 in D Major: I. Adagio (After Corelli's Sonata, Op. 5, No. 1) - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Concerto pour hautbois & violon in C Minor, BWV 1060: II. Adagio - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Sonata in A Minor, HWV 362: I. Larghetto - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12: I. Sinfonia - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: III. Allegro assai - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Missa in h-moll, BWV 232, Credo "Symbolum nicenum": I. Credo in unum Deum - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Missa Brevis in B Minor, BWV 232, Gloria: IV. Gratias agimus tibi - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Zaïs: Ouverture - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Missa in h-moll, BWV 232, Credo "Symbolum nicenum": II. Patrem omnipotentem - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- 4e livre de viole: La rêveuse - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Zaïs, Prologue: Eveillez-vous, troupe immortelle - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Concerti grossi a quatro e sei strumenti, Op. 7, Libro secondo, Concerto No. 11 in A Minor: IV. Allegro e solo - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12: II. Coro. "Weinen, klagen" - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Zaïs, Prologue: Aurore - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Schlage doch gewünschte Stunde, BWV 53 - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626: Ouverture - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Missa Brevis in B Minor, BWV 232, Gloria: I. Gloria in excelsis Deo - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Concerto a cinque No. 2, Op. 9: II. Adagio - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Dido & Aeneas, Act III, Z. 626: X. Dido's Lament - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Missa Brevis in B Minor, BWV 232, Gloria: II. Et in terra pax - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- 12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 5: Sonata No. 12 in D Minor "La Folia" - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Dido & Aeneas, Act III, Z. 626: XI. Chorus "With Drooping Wings" - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Partita pour violon No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: I. Preludio - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Cantata, BWV 170 "Vergnügte Ruh', Beliebte Seelenlust": I. Aria - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Johannespassion, BWV 245: No. 1, Chorus "Herr, unser Herrscher, dessen Ruhm" - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Johannespassion, BWV 245: No. 32, Aria "Mein teurer Heiland, lass dich fragen" - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Variations Goldberg, BWV 988: XIV. Variation 13 à 2 claviers - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Sonata No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1016: III. Adagio ma non tanto - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Sinfonie a cinque per due violini, alto, tenore, violoncello e basso, Op. 2. Sonata a cinque in C Major, No. 2: I. Largo - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- The Four Seasons - Concerto for Violin in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269 "La primavera": II. Largo - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Sonata for Flute and Continuo in E Minor, BWV 1034: III. Andante - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Missa Brevis in B Minor, BWV 232, Gloria: VIII. Quoniam tu solus sanctus - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Missa Brevis in B Minor, BWV 232, Gloria: IX. Cum Sancto Spiritu - Masters of Baroque - Sophie Watillon
- Psyché, Op. 8, LWV 56: Ouverture - Musiques de cour et d'opéra pour Louis XIV - Sophie Watillon
- Le bourgeois gentilhomme, LWV 43: Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs - Musiques de cour et d'opéra pour Louis XIV - Sophie Watillon
- Le bourgeois gentilhomme, LWV 43: Quels spectacles charmants - Musiques de cour et d'opéra pour Louis XIV - Sophie Watillon
- Amadis, LWV 63, Acte V, Scène 5: Chaconne - Musiques de cour et d'opéra pour Louis XIV - Sophie Watillon
- Tristes déserts, H. 469 - Musiques de cour et d'opéra pour Louis XIV - Sophie Watillon
- Sixième ordre: V. Les Baricades Mistérieuses (Vivement) - Musiques de cour et d'opéra pour Louis XIV - Sophie Watillon
- Septième ordre: IV. Les Petits âges. L'Adolescente - Musiques de cour et d'opéra pour Louis XIV - Sophie Watillon
- Septième ordre: I. La Ménetou (Gracieusement, sans lenteur) - Musiques de cour et d'opéra pour Louis XIV - Sophie Watillon
- Le triomphe de l'amour, LWV 59: Air d'Apollon - Musiques de cour et d'opéra pour Louis XIV - Sophie Watillon
- L'Europe galante, Acte V, Scène 1: Mes yeux... - Musiques de cour et d'opéra pour Louis XIV - Sophie Watillon
- 2e livre de viole: Couplets de Folies - Musiques de cour et d'opéra pour Louis XIV - Sophie Watillon
- Stances du Cid, H. 457, 459 & 458 - Musiques de cour et d'opéra pour Louis XIV - Sophie Watillon
- Le carnaval mascarade, LWV 52: Ouverture - Musiques de cour et d'opéra pour Louis XIV - Sophie Watillon
- Phaëton, LWV 61: Petit air pour les mesmes - Musiques de cour et d'opéra pour Louis XIV - Sophie Watillon
- Phaëton, LWV 61, Acte II, Scène 5: Chaconne - Musiques de cour et d'opéra pour Louis XIV - Sophie Watillon
- Armide, LWV 71, Acte V, Scène 2: Passacaille - Musiques de cour et d'opéra pour Louis XIV - Sophie Watillon
- Le bourgeois gentilhomme, LWV 43: Reprise de la marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs - Musiques de cour et d'opéra pour Louis XIV - Sophie Watillon
- Music: Folias (Imperfectas) [Harp] - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Makam “Muhayyer pesrev” (Ottoman War March) [15th Century] - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration I (1): "By Her Mere Presence, Folly Dissipates the Cares of her Audience" - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration 1: "Letter by Erasmus. The War Against the Turks" / Music: Taksim (Improvisation Santur) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- La Folia: "Yo Soy La Locura" - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Saltarello: Une musque de Buscaye (Instrumental) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration III (2): "On How Folly Is Prompted to Sing her Own Praises" / Music: Passamezzo Antico - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- A Florence la joyose cité (C. M. Montecassino No. 6) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration VII (3): Folly’s Origins - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration 2, Adage 145: "Fortune Smiles on the Bold" / Music: Fortuna desperata - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Recercada quarta sobre la Folia - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Audi, benigne Conditor (C. M. Montecassino No. 40) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration VIII (4): "Her Birthplace, Her Infancy" / Music: Folias de la costa (Harp) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Taskim & Dance (Ottoman) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration IX (5): "Her Followers" / Music: Folias de la costa (Cont.) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration 3: "Erasmus of Rotterdam and the Jews" / Music: Las estrellas de los cielos (Sephardic) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- La Gamba In Basso, E Soprano (1564) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Lavava y suspirava (Anonymous Sephardic) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration X (6): "Folly’s Claims to be Admitted to the Council of the Goddesses / Music: Romanesca - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Malor me bat (Odhecaton, No. 63) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Folía: "Rodrigo Martinez" (From the Villancico of C. M. Palacio No. 12) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Benedic anima mea (Ps. 103, 1-3) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration XI (7): "On How She Perpetuates the Human Race" / Music (Cont.): Folía: "Rodrigo Martinez" (From the Villancico of C. M. Palacio No. 12) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration XII (8): "On How She is the Source of Happiness in Life" / Music (Cont.): Folía: "Rodrigo Martinez" (From the Villancico of C. M. Palacio No. 12) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Si habrá en este baldrés (C. M. Palacio No. 179) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration XIII (9): "Of the Connection Between Folly and Childhood and the Second Childhood of Old Age" / Music: Las Vacas (Improvisation Harp) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Diferencias Sobre Las Vacas (Anonymous Improvisation) [C. M. Medinaceli] - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration XIV (10): "On How She Prolongs Infancy and Halts Old Age" / Music: Folías antiguas (C. M. Palacio No. 121) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration XVI (11): "Of Folly’s Pre-Eminence in the World" / Music: Harke, harke (Gamba Viol) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Browning my Dear - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration XIX (12): "Folly Is Necessary to Friendship" / Music: Belle qui tiens ma vie (Harp Improvisation) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration XX (13): "There Is No Lasting Marriage Without the Complicity of Folly" / Music (Cont.): Belle qui tiens ma vie (Harp Improvisation) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Juan del Enzina. Cucú, cucú, cucucú! (C. M. Palacio No. 94) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration XXI (14): "Folly Is the Blessing of Human Society" / Music: Paduana del re (Mss Venezia) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Todos los buenos soldados (La Guerra) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration XXIII (15): "She Inspires Warfare" / Music: Pavana La Battaglia - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration XXV (16): "Of the Inferiority of Wisdom in all of Life’s Circumstances" / Music: Vederlo (Improvisation) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration XXVIII (17): "She Is the Mother of the Arts" / Music: My Lady Carey’s Dompe / Danse Tune English Tradition (Harp) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Saltarello (Mss. Venezia) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration XXIX (18): "She Claims the Credit for True Wisdom" / Music: Las Vacas (Harp Improvisation) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration XXX (19): "On Folly as a Guide Towards Wisdom" / Music: Pavana con su Glosa - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration XXXII (20): "Of the Relationship Between Folly and Ignorance" / Music: Desperada (Elizabethan) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- La Spagna (XVth Century) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration LV (21): "Folly of Kings" / Music: Las Vacas (Romanesca) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration LVII – LIX (22): "Folly of Bishops, Cardinals and Supreme Pontiffs" / Music: Estas noches a tan largas (Instrumental - C. M. Calabria No. 26) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration LXVI (23): "Relationship Between the Christian Religion and Folly" / Music: Patres nostri peccaverunt (C. M. Montecassino No. 2) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration LXVII (24): "Folly is the Sovereign Good" / Music: Dios te salve, Cruz preciosa (Instrumental C. M. Palacio No. 434) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Diferencias Sobre ‘Las Vacas’ (Harp) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Narration LXVIII (25): "Farewell to the Reader" / Music: Folias Portuguesas (Harp) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
- Villancico (Égloga 6): Hoy comamos y bevamos (C. M. Palacio No. 174) - Erasmus - Praise of Folly (English Version) - Sophie Watillon
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