Gli Angeli Genève is a
Baroque
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ensemble based in
Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Ca ...
. Founded in 2005 by the
bass-baritone
A bass-baritone is a high-lying bass or low-lying "classical" baritone voice type which shares certain qualities with the true baritone voice. The term arose in the late 19th century to describe the particular type of voice required to sing three ...
,
Stephan MacLeod
Stephan MacLeod is a Swiss bass and conductor focused on Baroque music in historically informed performance who has performed internationally. He was first bass of the Huelgas Ensemble for five years and took part in the complete recording of B ...
, their debut performance was at the Festival Amadeus de Meinier. The ensemble performs an annual season of four concerts in Geneva, primarily dedicated to
Bach's cantatas and records for
Sony Classical. Their debut album, ''German Baroque Cantatas'' Vol. 1 was the ''
Gramophone'' "Editor's Choice" for November 2008. Their performance of Bach's ''
St. Matthew Passion'' at the Victoria Hall in Geneva (1 March 2009) was broadcast by
Radio Suisse Romande.
[Radio Suisse Romande (22 March 2009)]
Recordings
*''German Baroque Cantatas'' Vol. 1 – Gli Angeli Genève; Stephan Macleod (conductor).
Sony Classical (2008)
*''German Baroque Cantatas'' Vol. 2 – Gli Angeli Genève; Stephan Macleod (conductor). Sony Classical (2009)
Notes and references
Sources
*Freeman-Attwood, Jonathan
"Editor's Choice: German Baroque Cantatas Vol. 1", ''
Gramophone'', November 2008
*Lehnigk, Christiane
"Barock am Bass",
Deutschlandradio, 8 June 2008
*Pulver, Jonas
Stephen Macleod, Bach en voix intégrale ''
Le Temps
' (, ) is a Swiss French-language daily newspaper published in Berliner format in Geneva by Le Temps SA. The paper was launched in 1998, formed out of the merger of two other newspapers, and (the former being a merger of two other papers), ...
'', 28 November 2009
*Radio Suisse Romande
"Chant libre" 22 March 2009
External links
Official website
Musical groups established in 2003
Swiss performers of early music
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