Trevor David Pinnock (born 16 December 1946 in
Canterbury
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,
England
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) is a British
harpsichordist and
conductor.
He is best known for his association with the
period-performance orchestra
The English Concert
The English Concert is a baroque orchestra playing on period instruments based in London. Founded in 1972 and directed from the harpsichord by Trevor Pinnock for 30 years, it is now directed by harpsichordist Harry Bicket. Nadja Zwiener ha ...
, which he helped found and directed from the keyboard for over 30 years in
baroque
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and
classical music. He is a former artistic director of Canada's
National Arts Centre Orchestra and founded The Classical Band in New York.
Since his resignation from The English Concert in 2003, Pinnock has continued his career as a conductor, appearing with major orchestras and opera companies around the world. He has also performed and recorded as a harpsichordist in solo and chamber music and conducted and otherwise trained student groups at
conservatoire
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s. Trevor Pinnock won a
Gramophone Award
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for his recording of Bach's ''
Brandenburg Concertos
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'' with the European Brandenburg Ensemble, an occasional orchestra formed to mark his 60th birthday.
Biography and career
Early life
Trevor Pinnock was born in
Canterbury
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The Archbishop of Canterbury is the primate of t ...
, where his grandfather had run a
Salvation Army
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band. His father was Kenneth Alfred Thomas Pinnock, a
publisher
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, and his mother, Joyce Edith, née Muggleton, was an amateur singer.
In Canterbury, the Pinnock family lived near the pianist
Ronald Smith, from whose sister Pinnock had piano lessons. He became a chorister at
Canterbury Cathedral
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when he was seven, attending the choir school from 1956 to 1961 and subsequently
Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys.
[ After receiving instruction in piano and ]organ
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** Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument
** Hammond ...
, he served as a church organist; by the time he was 15, he began to play the harpsichord.[ At age 19, he won a Foundation Scholarship to the ]Royal College of Music
The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the undergraduate to the doctoral level in all aspects of Western Music including perform ...
to study organ and he also studied harpsichord
A harpsichord ( it, clavicembalo; french: clavecin; german: Cembalo; es, clavecín; pt, cravo; nl, klavecimbel; pl, klawesyn) is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. This activates a row of levers that turn a trigger mechanism ...
, winning prizes for performance on both instruments. His teachers were Ralph Downes and Millicent Silver.[Noted in the biography in the liner notes of his recording ''16th Century English Keyboard Music'', CRD records.] A strong early influence was Gustav Leonhardt
Gustav Maria Leonhardt (30 May 1928 – 16 January 2012) was a Dutch keyboardist, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor. He was a leading figure in the historically informed performance movement to perform music on period instruments.
Le ...
, though he did not study with him.[
]
Instrumentalist
As a harpsichordist, Pinnock toured Europe with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. While a student at the RCM, he was told by the registrar, John Stainer, that it would be impossible to make a living as a harpsichordist.[ He made his ]London
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debut at the Royal Festival Hall
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in 1966 with the Galliard Harpsichord Trio, which he co-founded with Stephen Preston, flute, and Anthony Pleeth, cello. At this stage, they were playing baroque music on modern instruments.[ His solo harpsichord debut was in 1968 at the Purcell Room in London.]
To maximise his possibilities for work early on in his career, he included in his repertoire not only the regular baroque repertoire, but also modern harpsichord concertos, including Roberto Gerhard's concerto for harpsichord, percussion and strings, Manuel de Falla
Manuel de Falla y Matheu (, 23 November 187614 November 1946) was an Andalusian Spanish composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, and Enrique Granados, he was one of Spain's most important musicians of the first ...
's concerto for harpsichord, Frank Martin's '' Petite symphonie concertante'' for harp, harpsichord, piano and double string orchestra and Francis Poulenc
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (; 7 January 189930 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include mélodie, songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among th ...
's ''Concert Champêtre
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It was written in 1927–28 for the harpsichordist ...
''.[ – He performed and recorded the ''Concert Champêtre'' in 1991.] Pinnock and Maxim Vengerov
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toured together in 2000, with Vengerov taking up the baroque violin for the first time and Pinnock taking up the modern grand piano
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. These concerts consisted of a first half of harpsichord and baroque violin, followed by a second half of piano and modern violin.
The English Concert
In November 1972 the Galliard Trio expanded to become The English Concert
The English Concert is a baroque orchestra playing on period instruments based in London. Founded in 1972 and directed from the harpsichord by Trevor Pinnock for 30 years, it is now directed by harpsichordist Harry Bicket. Nadja Zwiener ha ...
, an orchestra specialising in performances of baroque
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and classical music on period instruments
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.[ The orchestra initially started with seven members but soon grew in size. The decision to move to ]period performance
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was taken for a number of reasons:[ "When the members of the English Concert were looking for a new conductor and artistic director, they decided on Andrew Manze, and I think they made a good choice. But it was their decision."]
Pinnock was at the forefront of the period performance movement and the revitalisation of the baroque repertoire; the reaction of Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein ( ; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first America ...
to his performances is typical: "In my opinion, the work of the conductor Trevor Pinnock in this area is particularly exciting – his performances of Bach and Handel make me jump out of my seat!"
The English Concert's London debut was at the English Bach Festival in 1973. In 1975, Pinnock played the harpsichord in the first-ever performance of Rameau's last opera, '' Les Boréades'', under John Eliot Gardiner.
He toured North America with The English Concert for the first time in 1983; he had earlier spent two periods as ''Artist in Residence'' at Washington University in St. Louis. His debut at The Proms
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was in 1980; he later directed Handel
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's oratorio ''Solomon
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'' in 1986 and many other large-scale works with his orchestra. They toured worldwide and made numerous recordings, Pinnock directing "with a characteristic energy and enthusiasm which are readily communicated to audiences." The Choir of the English Concert was at first an ad-hoc group of singers assembled as needed, originally in 1983 for the first 20th-century performance of Rameau's ''Acante et Céphise ''Acante et Céphise, ou La sympathie'' is an opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau, first performed on 19 November 1751 at the Opéra in Paris. It takes the form of a ''pastorale héroïque'' in three acts. The librettist was Jean-François Marmontel. The ...
''; it became an established choir for a period from the mid-1990s at the time they were performing Bach's Mass in B minor
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. This allowed the ensemble to regularly perform baroque opera
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s, oratorio
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s and other vocal works; a series of Bach's major choral works followed.
He directed The English Concert, usually from the harpsichord or chamber organ
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, for over 30 years, deciding, with the other orchestra members, to hand it over to violinist Andrew Manze
Andrew Manze (born 14 January 1965) is a British conductor and violinist living in Germany.
Born in Beckenham, United Kingdom, Manze read Classics at Cambridge University. Manze studied violin and worked with Ton Koopman (his director in t ...
in 2003.[ – Review of his final performance directing The English Concert, at which he was joined by fellow harpsichord-conductor ]Ton Koopman
Antonius Gerhardus Michael Koopman (; born 2 October 1944), known professionally as Ton Koopman, is a Dutch conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and musicologist, primarily known for being the founder and director of the Amsterdam Baroque Orche ...
in some of Bach's harpsichord concertos He explained the decision as follows:
Other conducting projects
In 1989 Pinnock founded The Classical Band in New York, signing an 18-disc recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon
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before the ensemble's first rehearsal. He led the group in performances of the classical and romantic repertoire from Haydn
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to Mendelssohn
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on period instruments
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, including playing as fortepiano
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soloist. After a disappointing series of concerts, he resigned in 1990 and was succeeded by Bruno Weil.
From 1991 to 1996 he was artistic director and principal conductor of the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa
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, a group he had first directed in 1985.[National Arts Centr]
Esteemed Baroque interpreter Trevor Pinnock leads the NAC Orchestra's 2007 Messiah on 18–19 December
11 December 2007 He subsequently served as its artistic advisor during the 1996–1997 and 1997–1998 seasons, including a tour of the US with the performance and recording of Beethoven's 1st
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and 5th
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piano concertos with Grigory Sokolov
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as soloist. He has made occasional return visits to the orchestra since relinquishing his formal position with them.
Guest conducting
He has appeared frequently as a guest conductor with many of the world's leading orchestras, including the Boston
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, City of Birmingham, San Francisco
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and Detroit
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symphony orchestra
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s, the Saint Paul
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, Los Angeles and Mito chamber orchestra
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s, the Freiburger Barockorchester, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg
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, Berlin Philharmoniker
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, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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and London Philharmonic Orchestra
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and at the Tanglewood
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, Mostly Mozart and Salzburg
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festivals. He is a regular guest conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
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and Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie[European Brandenburg Ensembl]
Trevor Pinnock
Retrieved 18 February 2010.
He made his Metropolitan Opera
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debut in 1988 conducting Handel's opera ''Giulio Cesare
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'', the same year he made his debut at the Salzburg Festival
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with Handel's ''Messiah
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''.[
He conducted ]Opera Australia
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and Michael Chance
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Chance was born in Penn, Buckinghamshire, into a musical family. After growing ...
in Handel's '' Rinaldo'' at the Sydney Opera House
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in 2005.[Ford, Andrew]
Trevor Pinnock discusses Handel's Rinaldo
", Australian Broadcasting Corporation, transcript of ''The Music Show'' uncertain date. Retrieved 16 February 2010. He also played William Babell
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Life
He received his musical training from his father, Charles Babel, a bassoonist in the Drury Lan ...
's virtuoso harpsichord transcriptions with some of the arias (which Babell claimed were of Handel's actual improvisations).
Recent years
Since resigning his position with The English Concert, Pinnock has divided his time between performing as a harpsichordist and conducting both modern- and period-instrument orchestras. He has also taken an interest in educational projects.[Askonas Hol]
Trevor Pinnock
Profile on agent's webpage. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
In 2004 he commissioned modern
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harpsichord music by English composer John Webb, whose ''Surge'' (2004) "is built up over an implacable rhythmic repeat-figure. Though neither is explicitly tonal, each skilfully avoids the merely percussive effect that the harpsichord's complex overtones can all too easily impart to more densely dissonant music." He has also played the same composer's ''Ebb'' (2000), which "comprises a spasmodic discourse against a manic background of descending scale patterns like a kind of out-of-kilter change-ringing".
He toured Europe and the Far East in 2007 with the European Brandenburg Ensemble, a baroque orchestra
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, formed to mark his 60th birthday by recording Bach's ''Brandenburg Concertos
The ''Brandenburg Concertos'' by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 1046–1051), are a collection of six instrumental works presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, MacDonogh, Giles. ''Frederick the Great: A Life in De ...
'' and performing popular baroque music. Its recording of the concertos won the Gramophone Award
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for Baroque Instrumental in 2008. The band was not a permanent orchestra, but planned to reconvene in 2011 when Bach's ''St John Passion
The ''Passio secundum Joannem'' or ''St John Passion'' (german: Johannes-Passion, link=no), BWV 245, is a Passion or oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, the older of the surviving Passions by Bach. It was written during his first year as dire ...
'' was to be the focus of their work.
Pinnock's educational work takes place both in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. It includes being principal guest conductor of the Royal Academy of Music
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's Concert Orchestra, taking masterclasses or workshops at other British universities, and conducting the orchestras of such establishments as Mozarteum University of Salzburg and The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
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. He has also taught a handful of harpsichordists including Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Nicholas Parle, Carole Cerasi and Julian Perkins
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.
Degrees and honours
Pinnock gained ARCM Hons (organ) (1965), FRCM (1996), and Hon. FRAM (1988).[ His honorary doctorates include those from the ]University of Ottawa
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(D. University) in 1993, the University of Kent
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, mottoeng = Literal translation: 'Whom to serve is to reign'(Book of Common Prayer translation: 'whose service is perfect freedom')Graham Martin, ''From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury'' ...
(DMus) in 1995, and the University of Sheffield
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– Sheffield Medical School – Firth College – Sheffield Technical School – University College of Sheffield
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(DMus) in 2005.
He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...
in 1992 and an ''Officier'' of the French ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
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'' in 1998.[
]
Recordings
Each original release is listed. Years are those of recording.
Solo harpsichord
By composer
*J. S. Bach: toccatas 910 & 912, prelude and fugue in A minor BWV 894, fantasia in C minor BWV 906, Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue
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BWV 903 (1978)
*J. S. Bach: toccatas 911, 913–916 (1977)
*J. S. Bach: '' Partitas'' for harpsichord BWV 825–830 (1985)
*J. S. Bach: ''Partitas'' for harpsichord BWV 825–830, Hänssler Classics (1998–1999)
*J. S. Bach: '' Goldberg Variations'' BWV 988 (1980)
*J. S. Bach: ''Italian Concerto
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'' BWV 971, concerto after Vivaldi (op.3 no.9) BWV 972 and ''French Overture'' BWV 831 (1979)
*J. S. Bach: '' French suite'' no.5 BWV 816, '' English suite'' no.3 BWV 808, chromatic fantasia and fugue BWV 903 and preludes and fugues BWV 846, 876, 881 from ''The Well-Tempered Clavier
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'' (1992)
*J. S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier I, DG (2020)
*J. S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier II, DG (2022)
*Handel
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: harpsichord suites and chaconne HWV 434, 441, 436, 438, 435
* Rameau: Complete harpsichord works, CRD records
*Rameau: ''Les Cyclopes'' (Suites in A minor and E minor), Avie records (2005)
* Scarlatti: Sonatas Kk. 46, 87, 95, 99, 124, 201, 204a, 490, 491, 492, 513, 520, 521; CRD 3368 (1997; 1981 as LP)
* Scarlatti: Sonatas Kk. 460, 461, 478, 479, 502, 516, 517, 518, 519, 529, 544, 545, 546, 547 (1986)
*Gibbons Gibbons may refer to:
* The plural of gibbon, an ape in the family Hylobatidae
* Gibbons (surname)
* Gibbons, Alberta
* Gibbons (automobile), a British light car of the 1920s
* Gibbons P.C., a leading American law firm headquartered in New Jerse ...
: ''The Woods So Wild'' (Vanguard 72021)
Collections
*''16th Century English Keyboard Music'', CRD (1976)
*''A Choice Collection of Lessons and Ayres (17th and 18th Century English Keyboard Music)'', CRD
*''at the Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...
'', CRD (1974)
*''The Harmonious Blacksmith
''The Harmonious Blacksmith'' is the popular name of the final movement, ''Air and variations'', of George Frideric Handel's Suite No. 5 in E major, HWV 430, for harpsichord. This instrumental air was one of the first works for harpsichord p ...
: Favourite Harpsichord Works'' (1983)
*''Suites by Purcell and Handel and Sonatas by Haydn'', Wigmore Hall Live
In October 2005, the Wigmore Hall, London, England, became the first concert hall to launch its own record label: Wigmore Hall Live, building upon the venue's existing reputation as a recital hall established early in the 20th century. One of t ...
(2009)
Harpsichord concertos
*J. S. Bach: harpsichord concertos BWV 1052–1058, concertos for 2, 3 and 4 harpsichords 1060–1065 (Kenneth Gilbert
Kenneth Albert Gilbert (December 16, 1931 – April 15, 2020) was a Canadian harpsichordist, organist, musicologist, and music educator.
Biography
Born in Montreal, Gilbert studied at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal under ...
, Lars Ulrik Mortensen and Nicholas Kraemer
Nicholas Kraemer (born 7 March 1945, in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a British harpsichordist and conductor.
Career
Kraemer began his career as a harpsichordist. From playing continuo (on a harpsichord) at the back of an orchestra he proceeded to ...
, harpsichords 2–4) (1979–1981)
*J. S. Bach: concerto for harpsichord, violin and flute BWV 1044 (on the recording ''3 concerti'') (1984)
*J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto
The ''Brandenburg Concertos'' by Johann Sebastian Bach ( BWV 1046–1051), are a collection of six instrumental works presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, MacDonogh, Giles. ''Frederick the Great: A Life in D ...
no. 5 BWV 1050 (on his two recordings of the Brandenburg concertos) (1979–1982 and 2006)
*''Sons of Bach harpsichord concertos'': C. P. E. Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and sec ...
: Wq.14, Wq.43; J. C. Bach
Johann Christian Bach (September 5, 1735 – January 1, 1782) was a German composer of the Classical period (music), Classical era, the eighteenth child of Johann Sebastian Bach, and the youngest of his eleven sons. After living in Italy for ...
/Mozart: concerto in D major; CRD (1974)
*Arne
Arne may refer to:
Places
* Arne, Dorset, England, a village
** Arne RSPB reserve, a nature reserve adjacent to the village
* Arné, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France
* Arne (Boeotia), an ancient city in Boeotia, Greece
* Arne (Thessa ...
: Harpsichord concerto no.5 in G minor (on ''A Grand Concert of Musick'') (1979)
*Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions to musical form have led ...
: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra Hob. XVIII:11 (on ''Haydn: concertos'' and ''Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue'') (1985)
*Leigh
Leigh may refer to:
Places In England
Pronounced :
* Leigh, Greater Manchester, Borough of Wigan
** Leigh (UK Parliament constituency)
* Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
Pronounced :
* Leigh, Dorset
* Leigh, Gloucestershire
* Leigh, Kent
* Leigh, Staff ...
: Concertino for Harpsichord and String Orchestra Concertino for Harpsichord and String Orchestra is a short harpsichord concerto written in 1934 by English composer Walter Leigh. It was premiered by the English composer and pianist Elizabeth Poston.
Movements:
#Allegro
#Andante
#Allegro vivace
...
with Nicholas Braithwaite
Nicholas Paul Dallon Braithwaite (born 26 August 1939, London)''International Who's Who In Classical Music'', 2003 Edition, p. 94 (Europa Publications Ltd., London, England) is an English conductor. He is the son of the conductor Warwick Brai ...
conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra
The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symp ...
; he also plays in Leigh's ''Midsummer Night's Dream'' suite; Lyrita records (1980)
*Poulenc
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (; 7 January 189930 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among the best-kno ...
: ''Concert champêtre
''Concert champêtre'' (, ''Pastoral Concerto''), FP 49, is a harpsichord concerto by Francis Poulenc, which also exists in a version for piano solo with very slight changes in the solo part.
It was written in 1927–28 for the harpsichordist ...
'' with Seiji Ozawa
Seiji (written: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , or in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese ski jumper
*, Japanese racing driver
*, Japanese politician
*, Japanese film directo ...
conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra
The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the second-oldest of the five major American symphony orchestras commonly referred to as the " Big Five". Founded by Henry Lee Higginson in 18 ...
(live recording), Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...
(1991)
Chamber music
*J. C. Bach: ''3 Quintets, Sextet'' (also playing fortepiano
A fortepiano , sometimes referred to as a pianoforte, is an early piano. In principle, the word "fortepiano" can designate any piano dating from the invention of the instrument by Bartolomeo Cristofori in 1698 up to the early 19th century. M ...
and square piano) with members of The English Concert (1988)
*J. S. Bach: sonatas for flute and harpsichord BWV 1030–1032 with Stephen Preston (baroque flute) and sonatas for flute and continuo BWV 1033–1035 with the addition of Jordi Savall (viola da gamba
The viol (), viola da gamba (), or informally gamba, is any one of a family of bowed, fretted, and stringed instruments with hollow wooden bodies and pegboxes where the tension on the strings can be increased or decreased to adjust the pitch ...
), CRD
*J. S. Bach: sonatas for flute and harpsichord BWV 1020, 1030–1032 with Jean-Pierre Rampal
Jean-Pierre Louis Rampal (7 January 1922 – 20 May 2000) was a French flautist. He has been personally "credited with returning to the Western concert flute, flute the popularity as a solo classical instrument it had not held since the 18th ce ...
(modern flute) and sonatas for flute and continuo BWV 1033–1035 with the addition of Roland Pidoux (cello), CBS Records (1985)
*J. S. Bach: sonatas for flute BWV 1020, 1030, 1032 and sonata for flute and harpsichord BWV 1031 with Emmanuel Pahud
Emmanuel Pahud (born 27 January 1970) is a Franco-Swiss flautist.
He was born in Geneva, Switzerland. His father is of French and Swiss background and his mother is French. The Berlin-based flutistPatrick LamEmmanuel Pahud – The showcase behi ...
, sonatas for flute BWV 1033–1035 with the addition of Jonathan Manson (cello); sonata for two flutes BWV 1039 with the further addition of Silvia Careddu (flute), EMI Classics (2008)
*J. S. Bach: sonatas for violin and harpsichord BWV 1014–1019 with Rachel Podger (violin) and BWV 1019a and the sonatas for violin and continuo BWV 1021, 1023 with the addition of Jonathan Manson (viola da gamba), Channel Classics
Channel Classics Records is a record label from the Netherlands, specializing in classical music. The managing director and producer is C. Jared Sacks, who grew up in Boston. Sacks was schooled as a professional horn player at the Oberlin Conser ...
(2000)
*J. S. Bach: sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord BWV 1027–1029, 1030b (an early version of the flute sonata) with Jonathan Manson, Avie (2006)
* Corelli: Trio Sonatas with members of The English Concert (1987)
*Handel
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos. Handel received his training i ...
: Trio Sonatas with members of The English Concert (1985)
* Rameau: '' Pièces de Clavecin en Concerts'' with Rachel Podger and Jonathan Manson, Channel Classics
Channel Classics Records is a record label from the Netherlands, specializing in classical music. The managing director and producer is C. Jared Sacks, who grew up in Boston. Sacks was schooled as a professional horn player at the Oberlin Conser ...
(2002)
*Soler
Soler may refer to:
* Soler Township, Roseau County, Minnesota
* Soler (band), Hong Kong based rock band
* Soler (grape), French wine grape, also known as Peloursin
People with the surname Soler
* Alay Soler (born 1979), Cuban baseball player ...
: ''Six Concertos for Two Keyboard Instruments'' (playing harpsichord and fortepiano) with Kenneth Gilbert
Kenneth Albert Gilbert (December 16, 1931 – April 15, 2020) was a Canadian harpsichordist, organist, musicologist, and music educator.
Biography
Born in Montreal, Gilbert studied at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal under ...
(1979)
* Wesley: Duet for Organ in C major with Simon Preston on his recording ''Early English Keyboard Music'' (1986)
*''The Punckes Delight'' and other seventeenth-century English music for viol
The viol (), viola da gamba (), or informally gamba, is any one of a family of bowed, fretted, and stringed instruments with hollow wooden bodies and pegboxes where the tension on the strings can be increased or decreased to adjust the pitc ...
and keyboard ( virginal and chamber organ
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) with Jordi Savall, Argo Records (1978)[Only released on vinyl LP]
*''The Flute King'': Music from the court of Frederick the Great
Frederick II (german: Friedrich II.; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was King in Prussia from 1740 until 1772, and King of Prussia from 1772 until his death in 1786. His most significant accomplishments include his military successes in the Sil ...
. Featuring Emmanuel Pahud
Emmanuel Pahud (born 27 January 1970) is a Franco-Swiss flautist.
He was born in Geneva, Switzerland. His father is of French and Swiss background and his mother is French. The Berlin-based flutistPatrick LamEmmanuel Pahud – The showcase behi ...
on flute
The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedles ...
. One disc of flute concertos and one of flute sonatas; Trevor Pinnock directs the orchestra and plays harpsichord continuo. Jonathan Manson plays cello continuo. EMI Classics (2011).
Orchestral works with The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock generally directs while playing harpsichord continuo. Recordings on Archiv Produktion unless otherwise indicated.
By composer
*C. P. E. Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and sec ...
: 6 symphonies for strings, Wq.182 (1979)
*C. P. E. Bach: flute concertos Wq.166 and Wq.167 ( Stephen Preston, flute) (1980)
* J. S. Bach: ''Brandenburg concertos
The ''Brandenburg Concertos'' by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 1046–1051), are a collection of six instrumental works presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, MacDonogh, Giles. ''Frederick the Great: A Life in De ...
'' (1982)
*J. S. Bach: ''Orchestral Suites nos. 1 & 3'' (1978)
*J. S. Bach: ''Orchestral Suite no. 2 and concerto for harpsichord, violin and flute BWV 1044'' ( Simon Standage, violin; Stephen Preston, flute) (1978)
*J. S. Bach: ''Orchestral Suite no. 4 and Brandenburg concerto no. 5'' (1979)
*J. S. Bach: ''Orchestral Suites'' ( Lisa Beznosiuk, flute) and cantata sinfonias BWV 110, 174
Year 174 ( CLXXIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gallus and Flaccus (or, less frequently, year 927 ''Ab urbe condita ...
, 249, 42, 52 (1993)
*J. S. Bach: single and double violin concertos ( Simon Standage, Elizabeth Wilcock, violins) (1983)
*J. S. Bach: ''3 concerti'': concerto for oboe d'amore BWV 1055, concerto for oboe and violin BWV 1060 and concerto for harpsichord, violin and flute BWV 1044 (1984)
* Boyce: ''8 Symphonies, op.2'' (1986)
* Corelli: '' 12 concerti grossi op.6'' (1988)
* Fasch: ''Concertos and Orchestral Suite'' (1995)
*Handel
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos. Handel received his training i ...
: ''6 concerti grossi op.3'' (1984)
*Handel: ''12 concerti grossi op.6'' (1985)
*Handel: '' Water Music'' (1983)
*Handel: '' Music for the Royal Fireworks'' and ''concerti a due cori'' nos.2 and 3 (no.1 is on ''Christmas Concertos'') (1985)
*Handel: ''Music for the Royal Fireworks'' (original version of 1749), concertos, occasional suite (1995)
*Handel: Concerto grosso '' Alexander's Feast'' HWV 318, sonata à cinque HWV 288, concertos for oboe HWV 287, 301, 302a (Simon Standage, violin; David Reichenberg, oboe) (1984)
*Handel: ''Overture
Overture (from French language, French ''ouverture'', "opening") in music was originally the instrumental introduction to a ballet, opera, or oratorio in the 17th century. During the early Romantic era, composers such as Ludwig van Beethoven, Be ...
s'' from ''Samson
Samson (; , '' he, Šīmšōn, label= none'', "man of the sun") was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution o ...
'', '' il pastor fido'', ''Agrippina
Agrippina is an ancient Roman cognomen and a feminine given name. People with either the cognomen or the given name include:
Cognomen
Relatives of the Roman general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa:
* Vipsania Agrippina (36 BC–20 AD), first wife of the ...
'', '' Alceste'', ''Saul
Saul (; he, , ; , ; ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the first monarch of the United Kingdom of Israel. His reign, traditionally placed in the late 11th century BCE, supposedly marked the transition of Israel and Judah from a scattered tri ...
'' and '' Teseo'' (1986)
*Handel: Organ concertos op.4, op.7 and HWV 295, 296, 304 ( Simon Preston, organ) (1984)
*Handel: Coronation Anthems (with Simon Preston conducting the choir of Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an historic, mainly Gothic church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the United ...
) (1982)
*Handel: '' Dettingen Te Deum
The "Te Deum" (, ; from its incipit, , ) is a Latin Christian hymn traditionally ascribed to AD 387 authorship, but with antecedents that place it much earlier. It is central to the Ambrosian hymnal, which spread throughout the Latin Ch ...
'', ''Dettingen Anthem
An anthem is a musical composition of celebration, usually used as a symbol for a distinct group, particularly the national anthems of countries. Originally, and in music theory and religious contexts, it also refers more particularly to short s ...
'' (with Simon Preston conducting the choir of Westminster Abbey) (1984)
*Handel: ''Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
''Ode for St. Cecilia's Day'' ( HWV 76) is a cantata composed by George Frideric Handel in 1739. The title of the cantata refers to Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians. The premiere was on 22 November 1739 at the Theatre in Lincoln's I ...
'' ( Felicity Lott, soprano; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor) (1985)
*Handel: ''Italian cantata
A cantata (; ; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb ''cantare'', "to sing") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir.
The meaning o ...
s'': ''Silete venti'' HWV 242; ''Cecilia, vogli un sguardo'' HWV 89 ( Jennifer Smith, soprano; John Elwes, tenor) (1987)
*Handel: ''Messiah
In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias (; ,
; ,
; ) is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of '' mashiach'', messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, in which a ''mashiach ...
'' ( Arleen Auger, soprano; Anne Sofie von Otter, contralto; Michael Chance
Michael Chance CBE (born in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom 7 March 1955) is an English countertenor and the founder and Artistic Director of The Grange Festival.
Chance was born in Penn, Buckinghamshire, into a musical family. After growing ...
, countertenor; Howard Crook, tenor; John Tomlinson, bass) (1988)
*Handel: ''Belshazzar
Belshazzar (Babylonian cuneiform: ''Bēl-šar-uṣur'', meaning "Bel, protect the king"; ''Bēlšaʾṣṣar'') was the son and crown prince of Nabonidus (556–539 BC), the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Through his mother he might h ...
'' (1990)
*Handel: '' Acis and Galatea'' in Mozart's arrangement K.566 (1991)
*Handel: ''Tamerlano
''Tamerlano'' ( Tamerlane, HWV 18) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. The Italian libretto was by Nicola Francesco Haym, adapted from Agostin Piovene's ''Tamerlano'' together with another libretto entitled ''Bajazet'' a ...
'' (2001); CD: Avie records (live recording, London), DVD: Arthaus Musik (live recording, Halle)
*Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions to musical form have led ...
: concertos for oboe, trumpet
The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...
and harpsichord (Hob.XVIII:11) (Paul Goodwin, oboe; Mark Bennett, trumpet; Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord) (1985)
*Haydn: violin concertos
The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regul ...
; Salomon: Romance for violin (Simon Standage, violin) (1989)
*Haydn: Stabat mater (1990)
*Haydn: ''missa in angustiis
The ' (Mass for troubled times), commonly known as the ''Nelson Mass'' ( Hob. XXII/11), is a Mass setting by the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn. It is one of the six masses written near the end of his life that are seen as a culmination of Hay ...
'' (''Nelson mass''), ''te deum
The "Te Deum" (, ; from its incipit, , ) is a Latin Christian hymn traditionally ascribed to AD 387 authorship, but with antecedents that place it much earlier. It is central to the Ambrosian hymnal, which spread throughout the Latin Ch ...
'' (1987)
*Haydn: ''missa sancti Nicolai'', ''Theresienmesse
''Theresienmesse'' ( H. XXII/12) is a mass in B-flat major written by Joseph Haydn and named after Maria Theresa of the Two Sicilies, empress consort of Francis II. The empress herself was the soprano soloist at private performances of both '' ...
'' (1993)
*Haydn: symphonies ''le matin, le midi, le soir'', (nos. 6, 7, 8) (1987)
*Haydn: ''Sturm und Drang
''Sturm und Drang'' (, ; usually translated as "storm and stress") was a proto- Romantic movement in German literature and music that occurred between the late 1760s and early 1780s. Within the movement, individual subjectivity and, in particul ...
'' symphonies (nos. 26, 35, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 58, 59, 65) (1989–1991)
*Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...
: complete symphonies (1992–1995)
*Mozart: '' Krönungsmesse "Coronation Mass"'', '' Exsultate jubilate'' and ''Vesperae solennes de confessore'' (1994)
* Purcell: ''Dido and Aeneas
''Dido and Aeneas'' (Z. 626) is an opera in a prologue and three acts, written by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate. The dates of the composition and first performance of the opera are uncertain. It was com ...
'' (1991)
*Purcell: ''Timon of Athens
''Timon of Athens'' (''The Life of Tymon of Athens'') is a play written by William Shakespeare and probably also Thomas Middleton in about 1606. It was published in the '' First Folio'' in 1623. Timon lavishes his wealth on parasitic companio ...
'' and '' Dioclesian'' (1995)
*Purcell: ''King Arthur
King Arthur ( cy, Brenin Arthur, kw, Arthur Gernow, br, Roue Arzhur) is a legendary king of Britain, and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain.
In the earliest traditions, Arthur appears as ...
'' (1991)
*Purcell: '' Odes'': ''Come, ye sons of art, away''; ''Ode for St. Cecilia's Day''; ''Of old, when heroes thought it base'' (the Yorkshire
Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other Eng ...
feast song) (1989)
*Purcell: choral works with the choir of Christ Church, Oxford
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, conducted by Simon Preston
* Telemann: ''3 Orchestral Suites'' for 3 oboes and bassoon TWV 55: C6 and B10, for 2 hunting horns TWV 55: D19 (1993)
*Telemann: ''Suites, Concerto in D Major'' for 3 oboes & bassoon TWV 55: g4 and D1, for 3 trumpets TWV 54: D4 (1994)
*Vivaldi
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widesprea ...
: 12 concertos ''il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione'' op.8 (Simon Standage, violin); flute concerto RV 429, cello concerto RV 424; CRD records (1978)
*Vivaldi: '' le quattro stagioni'' (Simon Standage, violin) (1982)
*Vivaldi: 12 concertos for 1,2 and 4 violins ''l'estro Armonico'' op.3 (Simon Standage, Micaela Comberti
Micaela "Mica" Comberti (28 September 1952 – 4 March 2003) was an English violinist. Her concert career lasted from 1977 until her death. Born to a German mother and an Italian father, she was taught at the University of Music and Performing Ar ...
, Elizabeth Wilcock, Miles Golding, violins) (1987)
*Vivaldi: 12 concertos for violin ''la stravaganza'' op.4 (Simon Standage, violin) (1990)
*Vivaldi: ''7 concerti for woodwind and strings'' (1995)
*Vivaldi: ''Concerto alla rustica The Concerto for Strings in G major, RV 151, commonly referred to as the , is a concerto for orchestra without soloists by Antonio Vivaldi. It was written between mid-1720 and 1730, and is one of the composer's best-known concertos.
Composition ...
'' (1986)
*Vivaldi: ''concerti l'amoroso'' (1987)
*Vivaldi: ''6 concerti for flute op.10'' (Lisa Beznosiuk, flute) (1988)
*Vivaldi: ''Gloria
Gloria may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music Christian liturgy and music
* Gloria in excelsis Deo, the Greater Doxology, a hymn of praise
* Gloria Patri, the Lesser Doxology, a short hymn of praise
** Gloria (Handel)
** Gloria (Jenkins) ...
''; A. Scarlatti: ''dixit dominus'' (1988)
*Vivaldi: '' stabat mater'', ''salve regina
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'', ''nisi dominus'' (Michael Chance, countertenor); sinfonia for strings RV 169 (1995)
Collections
*''Christmas Concertos'' (1988)
*''Pachelbel
Johann Pachelbel (baptised – buried 9 March 1706; also Bachelbel) was a German composer, organist, and teacher who brought the south German organ schools to their peak. He composed a large body of sacred and secular music, and his contribu ...
: Canon and Gigue'' (1990)
*''A Grand Concert of Musick: English Baroque Concertos'' (1979)
*''Christmas in Rome'': Vivaldi: ''Gloria''; Corelli: '' Christmas Concerto''; A. Scarlatti: ''O di Betlemme altera povertà'' (on video and CD) (1992)
*''Opera Arias'' by Mozart, Haydn and Gluck
Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of the Holy Roman Empire, he ...
(Anne-Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano) (1995)
*''Oboe Concertos'': C. P. E. Bach, Wq.165; Lebrun, no.1; Mozart, K.314. (Paul Goodwin
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*Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name)
* Paul (surname), a list of people
People
Christianity
*Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...
, oboe) (1990)
Conducting
*''Exquisite Fires: Music of Linda Bouchard'' with the National Arts Centre Orchestra; Marquis Classics (1998)
*''Renée Fleming
Renée Lynn Fleming (born February 14, 1959) is an American soprano, known for performances in opera, concerts, recordings, theater, film, and at major public occasions. A recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Fleming has been nominated for ...
: Sacred Songs in Concert from Mainz Cathedral
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'' with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and the Mainzer Domchor
The choir Mainzer Domchor is the choir at Mainz Cathedral, of boys' and men's voices. It was founded in 1866 by the then bishop of Mainz, Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler.
History
The choir of c. 140 voices is mainly concerned with the musical par ...
; Decca records
Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934 by Lewis, Jack Kapp, American Decca's first president, and Milton Rackmil, who later became American Decca's president. ...
(2005) (on DVD only)[PB]
Renée Fleming ''Sacred Songs and Carols''
PBS ''Great Performances'' website. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
*J. S. Bach: ''The Brandenburg Concertos'' with the European Brandenburg Ensemble, (2007), Avie
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– by Trevor Pinnock
– good selection of photos
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