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Catherine Bott is one of the leading London-based sopranos, particularly renowned among those participating regularly in early music performances. She studied with Arthur Reckless at the Guildhall School of Music. The early music movement was burgeoning in England at the time of her graduation, and she found the music appealed to her sensibilities. Her interpretations and performances are frequently noted for their intelligence.
Her recordings include
Purcell's The Fairy Queen (Erato), the part of Drusilla in L'incoronazione di Poppea on Deutsche Grammophon, Herodiade Figlia in
Stradella's San Giovanni Battista (Erato), Venus in John Blow's Venus and Adonis, a recording of
Monteverdi's Vespers,
Monteverdi's Orfeo, and a recital of "mad songs" and scenes from English Restoration theater, all the latter on Decca.
She has appeared with
Marc Minkowski and
Les Musiciens du Louvre; the
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra;
Christopher Hogwood and the
Academy of Ancient Music;
Stephen Layton and Polyphony; the
New London Consort under
Philip Pickett; the
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra; and the
American Bach Soloists. Works she has sung include
Mozart's Requiem, Regina coeli, and Exsultate, jubilate; programs of vocal music by
Handel and
Vivaldi,
Handel's Messiah,
Bach's B minor Mass, and Carissimi's Historia de Jepthe.
However, her activities are not limited to Classical and Baroque music. Romantic era works include
Fauré's Requiem,
Nielsen's Third Symphony, and
Mahler's Das klagende Lied. Her modern repertory includes
Berio's Laborintus II;
Michael Nyman's Noises, Sounds, and Sweet Airs; Nikolai Korndorf's Hymnus III;
John Harle's Silencium; and
Michael Torke's Four Proverbs. She also sang on the soundtrack of the film The Emerald Forest.
She has appeared at the Brixen and Spitalfield's Festivals, the Kilkenny Arts Week, and the Lunchtime Concert Series at St. John's, Smith, Square. She has made 40 broadcast recordings for BBC Radio 3.