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Sarah Leonard (April 10, 1953 in Winchester, England - 2024) was an English soprano with a particular interest in contemporary music.
She has performed works by Giacomo Manzoni, Luigi Nono, Luciano Berio, Elliot Carter, Pascal Dusapin, Helmut Lachenmann among others. She has worked with many leading conductors including Pierre Boulez, Michael Tilson Thomas and Peter Eötvös.

ALBUMS


Naresh Sohal, Martyn Brabbins, Sarah Leonard, Xue Wei, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Lila - Violin Concerto
2025, CD, Album, Héritage
Olivier Messiaen, Sarah Leonard, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Michael Gielen
Les Offrandes Oubliées ∙ Poèmes Pour Mi ∙ Chronochromie
2022, CD, Album, Orfeo (2), ,
Modern
Betty Roe, Sarah Leonard, Anne Marie Sheridan*, Robin Tritschler, Stephen Varcoe, Daniel Beer (2), Madeleine Mitchell, Emma Murphy, Nigel Foster
The Silver Hound And Other Songs By Betty Roe
2017, CD, Album, Metier, Metier Sound & Vision
Rolf Hind - David Alberman • James Crabb • Sarah Leonard • Duke Quartet* • BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra • Martyn Brabbins
Orchestra And Chamber Music
2013, CD, Album, Neos, ,
Contemporary
Gabriela Ortiz, Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Sarah Leonard, Arturo Nieto-Dorantes
Altar De Los Muertos (Musica Contemporanea Mexicana)
2006, CD, Album, Urtext Digital Classics, Conaculta
György Ligeti - Sarah Leonard, Linda Hirst, Omar Ebrahim, Max Bonnay, David Geringas, Peter Masseurs, Asko Ensemble, Schönberg Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw
The Ligeti Project V: Baladǎ Şi Joc / Cello Sonata / Artikulation / Aventures, Nouvelles Aventures / Musica Ricercata / Big Turtle Fanfare / Régi Magyar Társas Táncok
2004, CD, Teldec Classics, ,
Contemporary/Modern
Sarah Leonard, Jonathan Veira, Malcolm Martineau
A Century Of English Song Volume 3
2000, CD, Album, Somm, ,
Modern
Howard Skempton - Sarah Leonard, Howard Skempton, HCD Productions
Surface Tension
1998, CD, Mode
Sarah Leonard • Malcolm Martineau, Walton*, Britten*, Tippett*, L. Berkeley* & R.R. Bennett*
A Century Of English Song • Volume 1
1998, CD, Album, Somm
Sarah Leonard, Paul Leonard (9), Malcolm Martineau
A Century Of English Song Volume 2
1998, CD, Album, Somm
Schnittke* / Sarah Leonard, Capricorn (14), Timothy Mason
Piano Quintet • Three Madrigals For Soprano And Five Instruments • Serenade • String Trio
1996, CD, Album, Hyperion, ,
Modern
John Harle Featuring Elvis Costello, Sarah Leonard & Andy Sheppard
Terror And Magnificence
1996, CD, ,
Contemporary
John Harle ･ John Lenehan ･ Sarah Leonard
John Harle's Saxophone Songbook
1995, CD, Album, Unicorn-Kanchana
Sarah Leonard, Malcolm Martineau
Dweller In My Deathless Dreams
1994, CD, Album, The United Recording Company Ltd.
Górecki* / Satie* / Milhaud* / Bryars* - Sarah Leonard, Christopher Bowers-Broadbent
O Domina Nostra
1993, CD, ,
Modern/Contemporary
Alexander Goehr - Lucy Shelton, Eileen Hulse, Sarah Leonard, Oliver Knussen
Sing, Ariel / The Mouse Metamorphosed Into A Maid
1992, CD, Album, Unicorn-Kanchana
Sarah Leonard, Malcolm Martineau
My Heart Is Like A Singing Bird
1992, CD, Album, IMP Classics,
John Harle & Opera House Featuring Sarah Leonard
Flying
1992
Monteverdi*, Arleen Auger, Della Jones, Sarah Leonard, Linda Hirst, James Bowman (2), Gregory Reinhart, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
L'Incoronazione di Poppea
1990
The Choir Of The Convent Of The Sacred Heart Woldingham, Timothy Baxter, Barbara Sidmouth, Michael Burbidge, Sarah Leonard, Jenny Miller (2), Tim Yealland, Hugh Mackey, Graham Gough, Maria Castle
The Birth Of Jesus
1978
John Harle Featuring Elvis Costello, Sarah Leonard & The Balanescu Quartet
Terror And Magnificence
Cass, Promo, Argo (2), ,
Contemporary
Parry*, Stanford*, Quilter*, Warlock*, Gurney* - Sarah Leonard, Malcolm Martineau
A Portrait Of English Song
2xCD, Album, Comp, Portrait Classics
Betty Roe, Sarah Leonard, James Bowman (2), Martyn Hill, Andrew Ball
The Music Tree (Solo Songs By Betty Roe)
The Hilliard Ensemble
Renaissance & Baroque Music
2017, 7xCD, Comp + Box, Erato, Warner Classics

APPEARANCES +


The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
Complete Recordings On Archiv Produktion
2023, 99xCD, Comp + DVD-V + Box, Deutsche Grammophon, ,
Renaissance/Baroque/Contemporary/Oratorio/Choral/Opera/Classical
Various
Radio Cologne Sound
2023, 5xCD, Comp, Wolke Verlag, ,
Electroacoustic/Experimental/Musique Concrète
Gretchen Peters
The Show (Live From The UK)
2022, 2xCD, Album, Scarlet Letter Records,
Gavin Bryars Ensemble
Live At The Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 1994
2019, CD, Album, GB Records (2), ,
Contemporary
Joe Cutler
Elsewhereness
2018, CD, Album, NMC (3),
Urvanovic
HARMONIUM // TROVE
2018, File, FLAC, Single, Not On Label
Timothy Baxter
The Birth Of Jesus - A Christmas Musical
2018
Gemini*, David Lumsdaine (2), Nicola LeFanu
Mandala 3
2017, CD, Metier, Metier Sound & Vision
Sulyen Caradon / William Carnell / David Crocker / Brian Daubney / Graham Garton / Ivor Gurney / Frank Harvey (3) / Robert Hugill / Janet Oates / Michael Watts (7) / Dennis Wickens / Simon Willink
Sappho, Shropshire & Super-Tramp: A Collection Of Modern English Art-Song
2017, 2xCD, Album, Divine Art
Michael Nyman
Michael Nyman and 'The Tempest' : Prospero's Books; Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs
2016, 2xCD, Album, RE, MN Records
John Harle, Marc Almond
The Tyburn Tree (Dark London)
2014, CD Slipcase, ,
Chanson
John Harle
Art Music
2013, CD, Album, Sospiro Records,
Riccardo Chailly
The Art Of Riccardo Chailly
2012, 16xCD + Box, Comp, Decca, Decca, ,
Romantic/Classical/Baroque/Modern/Post-Modern/Contemporary
Various
Sculpted Sound
2012, CD, Smplr, FMR Records (2)
Yasuto Tanaka
モリコーネ・パラダイス = Morricone Paradiso
2012, CD, Album, EMI Classics, ,
Soundtrack/Theme
John Purser
Bannockburn
2012, CD, Album, Not On Label (John Purser (2) Self-released)
Michael Nyman
Peter Greenaway Film Music
2011, CD, Comp, RM, EMI Classics, EMI Classics
Various
Sculpted Sound
2010, CD, Album, FMR Records (2), ,
Contemporary/Experimental
Stuart Wilde, Richard Tyler
The Mystery Of The Sacred O
2010, CD, Album, Not On Label
Max Richter
Memoryhouse
2009, 2x Vinyl, ,
Contemporary
Joe Cutler
Bartlebooth
2008, CD, NMC (3)
Christoph Delz
Complete Works Vol. 1
2008, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Audiomax, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, DRS 2, ,
Contemporary
György Ligeti
The Ligeti Project
2008, 5x CD, Box Set, ,
Contemporary
Benjamin Britten
The Collector's Edition - The Masterpieces - The Greatest Artists
2008
Schönberg Ensemble
Schönberg Ensemble Edition (A Century Of Music In Perspective)
2006, Box, Comp, Ltd + 22xCD + 4xDVD-V + SACD, Hybrid, M, Etcetera (3)
Michael Nyman
Six Celan Songs - The Ballad Of Kastriot Rexhepi
2006, CD, Album, MN Records
Various
Psalms Of Joy And Sorrow
2006, CD, Album, Naxos, ,
Choral
Handel*, Watkinson* · Argenta* · Hendricks* · Rolfe Johnson*, Monteverdi Choir*, English Baroque Soloists*, John Eliot Gardiner
Solomon
2006, 2x CD, ,
Baroque/Oratorio
Barber*, Bernstein*, Reich*, Fine*, Copland*, Del Tredici*, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Barber Agnus Dei - An American Collection
2005, CD, Album, RE, CORO (2), ,
Choral
Arvo Pärt
Lamentate
2005, CD, ,
Contemporary
Michael Nyman
Nyman / Greenaway Revisited
2005, ,
Contemporary
Corrado Canonici
A Roaring Flame
2004, CD, Album, NMC (3)
Alexander Goehr
Sing, Ariel : The Mouse Metamorphosed Into A Maid : The Death Of Moses
2004, 2xCD, Comp, NMC (3),
Elliott Carter, Paul Griffiths (4), Peter Eötvös
What Next?
2003, ,
Contemporary
Helmut Lachenmann
Das Mädchen Mit Den Schwefelhölzern
2002, 2xCD, Album, Kairos, ,
Opera/Contemporary
Alistair Hinton
String Quintet
2002, 3xCD, Album + Box, Altarus Records
Craig Armstrong
As If To Nothing
2002, CD, ,
Modern Classical/Downtempo/Experimental/Ambient
Britten* - Messiaen*, Terry Edwards (2), London Sinfonietta, London Sinfonietta Chorus, Choristers Of St Paul's Cathedral*
Choral Works - Britten - Messiaen
2001, 2xCD, Comp, Virgin Classics, ,
Modern
The Silencium Ensemble / John Harle
Silencium (Songs Of The Spirit)
2001
Various
Utopia: Chilled Classics - For Your Ultimate Well-being
2001, 2x CD, ,
Choral/Medieval
Anne Dudley
The 10th Kingdom (Original Television Soundtrack)
2000, CD, ,
Soundtrack/Score
Marlaine*
Step Away
2000
Nyman* & Greenaway*
Le Più Belle Musiche Dei Film
1999
Varèse* - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra*, Asko Ensemble, Riccardo Chailly
The Complete Works
1998, 2x CD, Box Set, ,
Contemporary
Pascal Dusapin
To Be Sung
1998
Morton Feldman, Samuel Beckett
Neither
1997
Betty Roe
The Music Tree - Solo Songs By Betty Roe
1997
Michael Nyman
Enemy Zero (Original Soundtrack)
1997
Various
Il Novecento Al Cinema
1996, CD, Comp, L'Unità Magazine
Howard Shore
Looking For Richard
1996, CD, Album, Angel Records, ,
Score
Jolivet* / Messiaen* / Daniel-Lesur* - The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
La Jeune France : Epithalame / Cinq Rechants / Le Cantique Des Cantiques
1996, CD, ,
Modern
Michael Nyman
After Extra Time
1996, ,
Modern Classical
Luigi Dallapiccola / Ensemble Recherche
Musique De Chambre
1995, CD, Album, Accord, Accord, ,
Neo-Classical/Modern
Ingo Metzmacher, Bamberger Symphoniker / Hartmann*, Martinu*, Nono*, Schönberg*
Versuch Eines Requiems
1995, CD, Album, EMI Classics
Tim Wheater
Heart Land
1995
John Harle
The Shadow Of The Duke
1994, CD, Album, Festival De Música Dos Capuchos
Various
Music Of The 20th Century
1994, ,
Contemporary/Modern/Twelve-tone/Post-Modern/Serial
Michael Nyman
Le Son De Sa Musique
1994, CD, ,
Contemporary/Soundtrack
Alexander Goehr
Goehr: The Death Of Moses
1993, CD, Album, Unicorn-Kanchana
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers - Barber* / Fine* / Reich* / Bernstein* / Copland* / Del Tredici*
An American Collection
1992, CD, Album, Collins Classics
Michael Nyman Band*
The Essential Michael Nyman Band
1992
John Harle & Opera House
Flying
1992
John Harle
The Shadow Of The Duke
1992, ,
Contemporary
Michael Nyman
Prospero's Books
1991, CD, Promo, Smplr, Decca, Decca
Arvo Pärt - The Hilliard Ensemble, Orchester Der Beethovenhalle Bonn
Miserere
1991
Michael Nyman - Michael Nyman Band*
Prospero's Books
1991, CD, ,
Soundtrack/Contemporary
Richard Hall
The Music Of Richard Hall
1990, CD, Album, Continuum, ,
Contemporary
Britten* - Terry Edwards (2), London Sinfonietta Chorus, Choristers Of St Paul's Cathedral*
Unaccompanied Choral Music
1990, ,
Modern
Michael Nyman - Michael Nyman Band*
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover
1989, Vinyl, ,
Soundtrack/Contemporary/Post-Modern
Michael Nyman
The Nyman/Greenaway Soundtracks
1989, ,
Modern Classical/Score/Soundtrack/Minimal
Michael Nyman
La Traversée De Paris
1989, ,
Neo-Classical/Contemporary
Henry Purcell - Anne Sofie Von Otter • Stephen Varcoe • Lynne Dawson • Nigel Rogers (2) • The English Concert & Choir* • Trevor Pinnock
Dido And Aeneas
1989
Michael Nyman
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat
1988
Gilbert Amy
Shin Anim Sha Ananim
1987, LP, Album, Erato, ,
Contemporary/Post-Modern
Beethoven* - Kenny*, Walker*, Power*, Salomaa*, The Schütz Choir Of London, London Classical Players, Roger Norrington
Symphony No. 9
1987, CD, ,
Classical
J.S. Bach* - Monteverdi Choir*, English Baroque Soloists*, John Eliot Gardiner, Argenta*, Kwella*, Brett*, Rolfe-Johnson*, Thomas* / Emma Kirkby
Magnificat / "Jauchzet Gott In Allen Landen"
1985, CD, ,
Baroque
Michael Nyman
Music For Peter Greenaway's Film A Zed & Two Noughts
1985, Vinyl, ,
Soundtrack/Contemporary
Michael Nyman
The Kiss And Other Movements
1985
Schütz* - The Hilliard Ensemble
Matthäus-Passion
1984, CD, ,
Baroque
Various
Harenberg Opernführer
10xCD, Comp + Box, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Philips Classics, ,
Opera/Renaissance/Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern/Musical
Michael Nyman
Songs
3xCD, Album, Comp + Box, Sli, MN Records, MN Records, MN Records, MN Records
Michael Nyman
Man With A Movie Camera
,
Soundtrack/Contemporary
Nyman* & Greenaway*
Le Più Belle Musiche Da Film
Various
The Best Of British 2000
2000, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, BPI
Various
Women On Track
1997, CD, Comp, Sli, Music Now (3),
Various
TV-Classic Vol. 3 - Die Schönsten Klassik Hits Aus der RTL-Werbung
1993, CD, Comp, EMI Classics
Various
Music Of The Twentieth Century (The United Selection)
,
Contemporary/Modern/Serial/Twelve-tone/Post-Modern
Craig Armstrong
As If To Nothing
2002, CD, ,
Modern Classical/Downtempo/Experimental/Ambient
Michael Nyman
Music For Peter Greenaway's Film A Zed And Two Noughts
2000, ,
Soundtrack/Contemporary
Michael Nyman - The Michael Nyman Band
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover
2000, ,
Soundtrack/Neo-Classical/Post-Modern/Contemporary
Michael Nyman
The Kiss And Other Movements
2000, ,
Contemporary
Michael Nyman - Michael Nyman Band*
Prospero's Books
1999, CD, ,
Soundtrack/Contemporary
Michael Nyman
After Extra Time
1996, CD, ,
Modern Classical