Candida Thompson
Although best known for her directorship of the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, the Scots-born, Dutch-resident violinist Candida Thompson has had an international career as both instrumentalist and conductor. Thompson was born in Glasgow on October 27, 1967. She was trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, studying with David Takeno and graduating with honors. Thompson enrolled for further studies at the Banff Center for the Arts in western Canada. After several competition prizes, she moved to Amsterdam in 1992 and has kept the city as her home base ever since. Thompson's solo credits include appearances with the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, the Camerata Nordica, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, and the English String Orchestra. Thompson is well known to American audiences as a frequent guest at Florida's La Musica Chamber Music Festival; she also appeared at the Boston Chamber Music Festival in 2007. Her solo career has taken her as far afield as the Czech Republic, Finland, and Hong Kong. She has had guest conductorship in the Netherlands, Scandinavia, and the U.K., and she became the leader and artistic director of the Amsterdam Sinfonietta in 2003. There she has worked with top soloists from the Netherlands and beyond, including Murray Perahia, Gidon Kremer, and Maxim Vengerov, and Janine Jansen, whom she joined on the latter's classic 2005 recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons violin concertos. Her recordings with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta have appeared on the Channel Classics label, except for a 2014 reading of Tigran Mansurian's Quasi parlando with violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and cellist Anja Lechner, which appeared on ECM. An album of orchestral arrangements of Shostakovich string quartets won several major awards and top critical ratings. Thompson and the Amsterdam Sinfonietta released an album featuring Bartók's Divertimento for string orchestra and an orchestral arrangement of the Brahms String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111, on Channel Classics in 2018.
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Discography
20 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Vivaldi
Harriet Krijgh, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Klassiek - Released by Universal Music, a division of Universal International Music BV on 20 sep. 2019
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Tigran Mansurian : Quasi Parlando
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Anja Lechner, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 21 mrt. 2014
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Formidable! French Chansons
Thomas Oliemans, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Klassiek - Released by Channel Classics on 29 okt. 2021
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Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings, Op. 48 - Arensky: Chamber Symphony
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Klassiek - Released by Channel Classics on 26 sep. 2019
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Tides of Life
Thomas Hampson, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Klassiek - Released by Channel Classics on 17 feb. 2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Pärt über Bach
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Simone Lamsma, Candida Thompson
Klassiek - Released by Channel Classics on 26 apr. 2024
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Lento Religioso
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Klassiek - Released by Channel Classics on 9 okt. 2020
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Bach
Lucas Jussen, Arthur Jussen, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Klassiek - Released by Universal Music, a division of Universal International Music BV on 27 sep. 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Mahler Album
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Klassiek - Released by Channel Classics on 14 nov. 2011
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
The Argentinian Album
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Klassiek - Released by Channel Classics on 17 nov. 2014
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Bartók: Divertimento - Brahms: String Quintet in G
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Klassiek - Released by Channel Classics on 29 jun. 2018
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 135 - Walton: Sonata for Strings
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Klassiek - Released by Channel Classics on 14 feb. 2006
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Brahms: String Quartet in C Minor - Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Klassiek - Released by Channel Classics on 10 mei 2011
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in F Major, RV412: 2. Larghetto
Harriet Krijgh, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Klassiek - Released by Universal Music, a division of Universal International Music BV on 23 aug. 2019
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J.S. Bach: Concerto for 2 Harpsichords, Strings & Continuo in C Minor, BWV 1060: 2. Adagio (performed on two pianos)
Lucas Jussen, Arthur Jussen, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Klassiek - Released by Universal Music, a division of Universal International Music BV on 13 sep. 2019
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Shostakovich: Chamber Symphonies, Op. 110a & 118a - Weinberg: Concertino, Op. 42
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Klassiek - Released by Channel Classics on 10 sep. 2013
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Cellos, Strings and Continuo in G Minor, RV 531: 3. Allegro
Harriet Krijgh, Kaori Yamagami, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Klassiek - Released by Universal Music, a division of Universal International Music BV on 2 aug. 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Bohemian Album
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Klassiek - Released by Channel Classics on 12 mei 2009
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Tigran Mansurian: Quasi Parlando
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Anja Lechner, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 21 mrt. 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Three Dutch Violin Sonatas
Candida Thompson, David Kuyken
Klassiek - Released by Donemus Musicians' Voice on 1 jan. 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo