Monica Groop
Finnish Swedish classical mezzo-soprano vocalist, born Gerd Monica Riska, born April 14th, 1958 in Helsinki, Finland.
She has performed on international opera stages, i.a. Naples, Rome, Madrid, Toulouse, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opéra Comique in Paris, Royal Opera House, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Cologne, New York City Opera.
She was awarded the Pro Finlandia medal in 2005.
She is the daughter of Astrid Riska.
Storm - Fear
Pehr Henrik Nordgren, Henri Sigfridsson, Monica Groop, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Juha Kangas
2016
Alba Records
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Weihnachtsoratorium (Gesamtaufnahme)
Johann Sebastian Bach − Ruth Ziesak | Monica Groop | Christoph Prégardien | Klaus Mertens | Vokalensemble Frankfurt | Concerto Köln | Ralf Otto
2013
Crystal Classics
Blu-ray, Blu-ray-A, Multichannel
Pasacalle
Monica Groop, Timo Korhonen
2012
Proprius
CD, Album
Saarella Palaa; Fire On The Island (Choral Music By Jean Sibelius)
Jean Sibelius, Dominante Choir, Seppo Murto, Monica Groop, Jorma Hynninen, Folke Gräsbeck, Harri Viitanen
2012
BIS, BIS
CD, Comp
Messe As-Dur = Mass In A Flat Major
Schubert* - Ziesak*, Groop*, Cooley*, Laske*, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Windsbacher Knabenchor, Karl-Friedrich Beringer
2010
Sony Classical
CD
Messias
Georg Friedrich Händel - Dominique Labelle, Monica Groop, Virgil Hartinger, Raimund Nolte, NDR Chor, Festspielorchester Göttingen, Nicholas McGegan
2010
Internationale Händel Festspiele Göttingen, NDR Kultur, Göttinger Händel-Gesellschaft E.V.
2xCD, Album, Promo
The Complete Songs
Edvard Grieg - Monica Groop, Roger Vignoles, Ilmo Ranta, Love Derwinger
2010
BIS
7xCD, Album, Comp, RE
Rituals
Kalevi Aho, Monica Groop, Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic, Herman Rechberger, Chamber Orchestra Of Lapland, John Storgårds
2009
BIS
CD, Album
Requiem
Mozart*, Ziesak*, Groop*, Cooley*, Laske*, Windsbacher Knabenchor, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Karl-Friedrich Beringer
2009
Sony Classical
CD
The Complete Songs Vol.7
Grieg* - Monica Groop, Roger Vignoles
2008
BIS
CD, Album
Piano Quintets And Melodramas
Sibelius* / Jaakko Kuusisto, Folke Gräsbeck, Lasse Pöysti, Laura Vikman, Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic, Joel Laakso, Monica Groop
2007
BIS
CD, Album
The Complete Songs Vol. 6
Grieg*, Monica Groop, Roger Vignoles
2007
BIS
CD, Album
The Complete Songs, Vol.5
Grieg*, Monica Groop, Roger Vignoles
2006
BIS Records AB
CD, Album
Kullervo
Sibelius*, Sir Colin Davis, Peter Mattei, Monica Groop, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
2006
Così Fan Tutte
Mozart* / Soile Isokoski, Monica Groop, Nancy Argenta, Per Vollestad, Huub Claessens, La Petite Bande Orchstra & Chorus*, Sigiswald Kuijken
2006
Combattimento Di Tancredi E Clorinda, Lamento D'Arianna
Claudio Monteverdi - Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, Aapo Häkkinen, Monica Groop, Ian Honeyman, Petteri Salomaa
2004
Alba Records
CD
L'Amour De Loin
Kaija Saariaho, Finley*, Upshaw*, Groop*, Finnish National Opera*, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Peter Sellars
2004
Deutsche Grammophon
DVD-V, NTSC
Monica Groop - Artist Portrait
Monica Groop
2003
Warner Classics
CD, Comp
Flamme D'Amour = Flame Of Love (French Opera Arias)
Monica Groop - Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Muhai Tang
2002
Finlandia Records
CD, Album
Arie Amorose
Monica Groop, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Juha Kangas
2001
Finlandia Records
CD, Album
Schubert - Missa Solemnis, Tantum Ergo
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Peter Schreier, Soile Isokoski, Monica Groop, Marcus Ullmann, Juha Kotilainen, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Elmar Schloter, Wolfgang Sawallisch
2001
Classica (4)
CD, Album, RE
Lieder & Balladen - Complete Edition Vol. 11
Carl Loewe - Monica Groop, Cord Garben
1999
cpo
CD, Album
Bach Alto Cantatas
Monica Groop, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra Conductor Juha Kangas
1998
Finlandia Records
CD
Complete Songs: 24 Barfotasånger - 6 Sånger
Allan Pettersson - Monica Groop, Cord Garben
1998
cpo
CD, Album
Bach Christmas Oratorio
Johann Sebastian Bach, Frankfurt Vocal Ensemble*, Concerto Cologne, Ralf Otto, Ruth Ziesak, Monica Groop, Christoph Prégardien, Klaus Mertens
1998
The Times Christmas Collection
CD, Album
Brahms-Lieder
Brahms*, Monica Groop
1997
Ondine
CD, Album
The Art Of Romantic Song
Monica Groop
1997
Ondine
2xCD, Album
Kullervo Symphony Op. 7
Sibelius*, Saraste*, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Monica Groop, Jorma Hynninen, The Polytech Choir*
1997
Don Giovanni
Mozart* - Terfel*, Fleming*, Murray*, Pertusi*, Lippert*, Groop*, Scaltriti*, Luperi*, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti*
1997
Paukenmesse
Haydn* - Tölzer Knabenchor, Tafelmusik*, Bruno Weil, Monoyios*, Groop*, Hering*, Van Der Kamp*
1996
Sony Classical
CD
Schubert-Lieder
Monica Groop, Rudolf Jansen
1996
Ondine
CD, Album
Harmoniemesse - Te Deum
J. Haydn*, La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken, Piau*, Groop*, Prégardien*, Van der Kamp*, Choeur De Chambre De Namur
1996
Weihnachts-Oratorium / Christmas Oratorio / Oratorio De Noël
Bach* - Ziesak*, Groop*, Prégardien*, Mertens*, Vokalensemble Frankfurt, Concerto Köln, Ralf Otto
1996
Loista Joulun Tähtönen!
Monica Groop • Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra • Markus Lehtinen
1995
Ondine
CD, Album
J. S. Bach: Mass In B Minor
Eric Ericson, Barbara Bonney, Monica Groop, Klas Hedlund, Gunnar Lundberg, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir*, Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble*
1995
J. S. Bach: Johannes-Passion
Eric Ericson, Christina Högman, Monica Groop, Howard Crook, Thomas Lander, Gunnar Lundberg, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir*, Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble*
1995
Songs, Volume 2
Jean Sibelius - Monica Groop / Love Derwinger
1994
BIS, BIS
CD, Album
Das Lied Von Der Erde (Version For Chamber Orchestra By Schoenberg-Riehn)
Gustav Mahler - Monica Groop, Jorma Silvasti, Sinfonia Lahti Chamber Ensemble, Osmo Vänskä
1994
BIS, BIS
CD
Weihnachts-Oratorium
J. S. Bach* - Eric Ericson, Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble*, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir*, Christiane Oelze, Monica Groop, Howard Crook, Gunnar Lundberg
1994
J. S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion
Eric Ericson, Christina Högman, Monica Groop, Joseph Cornwell, Klas Hedlund, Karl-Magnus Fredriksson, Petteri Salomaa, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir*, Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble*
1994
The Complete Songs • Volume 1
Edvard Grieg - Monica Groop, Love Derwinger
1993
BIS
CD, Album
Trombone And Voice In The Habsburg Empire
Monica Groop, Christian Lindberg
1993
BIS
CD, Album
Elias = Elijah
Mendelssohn* – Petteri Salomaa, Soile Isokoski, Monica Groop, John Mark Ainsley, La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale, Orchestre Des Champs Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe
1993
Music For String Orchestra / The Hades Of The Birds, Song Cycle / Symphony No.1
Joonas Kokkonen, Monica Groop, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Ulf Söderblom
1991
BIS
CD
Arias And Overtures
Joseph Martin Kraus, Monica Groop, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, Aapo Häkkinen
Naxos
CD
Symphonie Fantastique / L'Enfance Du Christ / Bienvenuti Cellini / Requiem
Hector Berlioz - SWR Vokalensemble*, MDR Rundfunkchor, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR*, Roger Norrington
2022
SWR Music
7xCD, Comp
100 Christmas Meditation
Various
2021
Capriccio (2)
5xCD, Comp, RM
Opera Gold - 100 Great Tracks
Various
2016
Decca
6xCD, Comp + Box, Sli
Symphonies Nos. 1-7: Kullervo; The Oceanides; Pohjola's Daughter
Sibelius*, Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra
2016
The Complete Sony Recordings
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
2015
Sony Classical
47xCD + Box
J. Haydn Edition (Piano Sonatas / Cello Concertos / Symphonies / Masses / The Creation / L'Anima Del Filosofo)
J. Haydn* / Staier* / Suzuki* / Collegium Aureum / La Petite Bande / Hengelbrock* / Kuijken*
2014
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Sony Music
CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD
The Unknown Sibelius
Jean Sibelius, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu, Osmo Vänskä
2013
BIS
CD, Album
Elias • Paulus
Mendelssohn* - Frankfurter Opernhaus- Und Museumsorchester*, Sylvain Cambreling, SWR Sinfonieorchester*, Joshard Daus
2012
Brilliant Classics
4xCD, Comp
Sigiswald Kuijken & La Petite Bande Edition
Sigiswald Kuijken & La Petite Bande / Bach*, Geminiani*, Haydn*, Mozart*, Muffat*, Rameau*
2012
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Sony Music
5xCD, Album, RE + 3xCD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album,
A Mendelssohn Portrait
Mendelssohn*
2011
Brilliant Classics
40xCD + CD-ROM + Box, Comp
Hallelujah
Various
2010
Sony Classical
2xCD, Comp
Christmas Meditation
Various
2010
Capriccio (2)
5xCD, Comp
Hallelujah • Great Choruses
Various
2010
Sony Music, Sony Classical
CD, Comp, RM, 24b
Choral Music
Sibelius*
2010
BIS
6xCD, Comp + Box
Suomalaisen Laulun Juhlaa
Various
2010
Valitut Palat
5xCD, Comp, RM + Box
The Six Late Masses
Haydn* : Bruno Weil, Tölzer Knabenchor, Tafelmusik*
2009
Sony Classical, Sony Music
4xCD, Album + Box, Comp
Chamber Music II
Sibelius*
2009
BIS
5xCD, Comp + Box
Gurrelieder
Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Schoenberg*
2009
Signum Classics
2xSACD, Multichannel, Album
Ein Abend In Der Oper (Berühmte Arien & Duette)
Various
2008
Decca, Decca
CD, Comp, RM
Songs
Sibelius*
2008
BIS
5xCD, Comp + Box
Herr Gott, Dich Loben Wir
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Frieder Bernius
2008
Carus
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Raw Vol1
Utopia*
2007
Not On Label
CDr, Ltd, Promo
Requiem
Mozart* - Chorus Musicus Köln, Das Neue Orchester, Christoph Spering
2007
The Essential Sibelius
Sibelius*
2006
BIS
15xCD + Box, Comp
La Fedeltà Premiata
Haydn*, Padova Chamber Orchestra*, David Golub
2006
Arabesque Recordings
3xCD
Magnificat (Kirchenwerke VIII = Church Music = Œuvres Sacrées)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Kammerchor Stuttgart, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Frieder Bernius
2006
Carus
SACD, Album
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini
Roger Norrington
2006
SWR Music
2xCD
Weihnachtskonzert
Johann Sebastian Bach / Deutsche Bachsolisten, Concerto Köln, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker
2005
Song Digital
CD, Comp
Complete Works = L'Oeuvre Intégrale = Gesamtwerk
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2005
The Masterworks
Mozart*
2004
Brilliant Classics
40xCD, Comp + Box
The Masterworks
Schubert*
2004
Brilliant Classics
Box, Comp + 40xCD
Operas: Il Sogno Di Scipione / Cosi Fan Tutte
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2002
Brilliant Classics
2xCD + 3xCD + Box
Oregon Bach Festival CD Sampler No. 2
Oregon Bach Festival Chorus and Orchestra*
2002
Hänssler Verlag
CD, Smplr
Fall 2001
Various
2001
Naïve Classique, Opus 111, Opus 111
2xCD, Comp, Promo
Finntastic - Musical Souvenirs From Finland = Soivia Matkamuistoja Suomesta
Various
2001
BIS
CD, Comp
Mozart Edition Introductie CD
Mozart*
2001
Die Herzogin Von Chicago
Kálmán* - RS Berlin*, Richard Bonynge
1999
Decca
2xCD + Box
Oskar Merikannon Lauluja Elämälle
Oskar Merikanto
1999
Taidekeskus Salmela
CD, Album
Musica Mystica (Die Ruhe Und Die Kraft Von Jahrhunderten)
Various
1999
Sony Classical
CD, Comp
Schubert - Missa Solemnis, Stabat Mater, Salve Regina - Schreier
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Peter Schreier
1998
Ondine
CD, Album
Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix - Highlights
Mikaeli Chamber Choir*, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Friedrich Haider
1998
Nightingale Classics
CD, Album
Ottone In Villa
Vivaldi*
1998
Chaconne
2xCD, Box
Le Nozze Di Figaro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1998
Accent
3xCD, Album
The Chaconne Collection - Pastyme With Good Companye
Various
1998
Chaconne
CD, Comp
The Ostrobothnians = Pohjalaisia
Madetoja*, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra*
1998
Finlandia Records
2xCD, Album
Festkonzert - Die Schönsten Melodien Zur Weihnachtszeit
Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich Händel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Arcangelo Corelli, John Stanley, Johann Joseph Fux, Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, Gregor Joseph Werner, Franz Gruber
1997
Song Digital
CD
Messe As-Dur D 678
Franz Schubert, Helmuth Rilling, Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, Oregon Bach Festival Choir
1997
X Suvisoitto 1995 = Midsommartoner
Avanti!
1995
Neste, Avanti!
CD, Album
De Mozart À Schoenberg
Philippe Herreweghe
1995
Harmonia Mundi France
CD, Smplr
Weihnachts-Meditation
Various
1995
Capriccio (2)
5xCD, Comp, Club + Box