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J.C. Bach: Welt, Gute Nacht / The English Baroque Soloists - Gardiner

1 CD / Soli Deo Gloria / 2011-09-27

Works: Johann Christoph Bach: Herr, wende Dich und sei mir gnädig, vocal concerto; Mit Weinen hebt sich an, aria, for 4 voices & continuo; Wie bist du denn, O Gott, vocal concerto; Der Gerechte, ob er ...
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Homburger, Maya; Mulroy, Nicholas; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone; Wilkinson, Clare
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Recorded live at Cadogan Hall in 2009, this CD features internationally acclaimed singers (Matthew Brook, Peter Harvey and Katherine Fuge) in this knock-out performance of...continue...
Recording information: Cadogan Hall, London (2009-04-16&2009-04-17&2009-)....continue...

Handel - The Masterworks

30 CD / Decca Import / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Handel - Bourée; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; The Water Music; Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concerto Grosso ...
Performers: Adeney, Richard; Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Auger, Arleen; Bennett, William; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Connah, Trevo...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Malcolm, George; Jones, Granville; Hogwood, Christopher; ; Cleobury, Stephen; Preston, Simon; Gardiner, John Eliot; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; McCreesh, Paul; Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; King's College Choi...

Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Handel's death with this impressive 30-CD box set of the composer's most celebrated works. Featured conductors include Sir Neville Marriner,...continue...

Gluck: Alcesta / John Eliot Gardiner/English Baroque Soloists, Anne Sophie von Otter, Paul Groves [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Christoph W. Gluck: Alceste
Performers: Beuron, Yann; Caton, Frederic; Groves, Paul; Henschell, Deitrich; Massenot, Gladys; Tezier, Ludovic; Thebault, Hjordis; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir

This release features a stark yet powerful production of Gluck's Baroque masterpiece Alceste....continue...

In My Element / Anne Sofie van Otter

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-04-15

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito...
Performers: Augustsson, Mikael; Bjorkman, David; Blair, Michael; d'Oustrac, Stephanie; Dohmen, Albert; Forsberg, Bengt; Henryson, Svante; Jonsson, Fredrik; Kress, Roland; Lindberg, Jakob; Lindberg, Magnus; Linds...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Gardiner, John Eliot; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Boulez, Pierre; Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Baroque Soloists; English Concert; Les Musiciens du Louvre; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; North German ...

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Bach: Cantatas Vol 3 / Gardiner, et al

2 CD / Soli Deo Gloria / 2008-02-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 24, "Ein ungefärbt Gemüte," BWV 24; Cantata no 185, "Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe," BWV 185; Cantata no 177, "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" BWV ...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Kozená, Magdalena; Lunn, Johann; Rensburg, Kobie van; Testé, Nicolas
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

This star-studded CD of Cantatas for the Fourth and Fifth Sundays after Trinity opens with "Ein ungefärbt Gemüte," recorded in Tewkesbury Abbey as part of...continue...

Handel: Agrippina / Gardiner, Jones, Miles, Ragin, et al

3 CD / Philips / 2007-04-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Agrippina
Performers: Brown, Donna; Chance, Michael; Clarkson, Julian; Jones, Della; Kenny, Jonathan Peter; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Mosley, George; Ragin, Derek Lee; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

"Della Jones gives a masterful performance in the title role. John Eliot Gardiner has not recorded many Handel operas, nor directed many in the theatre....continue...

Handel: Solomon / Gardiner, Watkinson, Argenta, Hendricks

2 CD / Philips / 2006-09-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Jones, Della; Rodgers, Joan; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watkinson, Carolyn
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

"This is among the very finest of all Handel oratorio recordings. With panache, Gardiner shows how authentic-sized forces can convey Handelian grandeur even with clean...continue...

Collectors Edition - Bach: Christmas Oratorio, etc

9 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-11-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers: Archer, Neill; Argenta, Nancy; Bar, Olaf; Beznosiuk, Lisa; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bonney, Barbara; Campbell, Richard; Chance, Michael; Collin...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir

The #1 Mozart Album

2 CD / Decca / 2003-07-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Sonata for Piano no 15 in C major ("Sonata semplice") K. 545; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffn...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Allen, Thomas; Anda, Geza; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Baltsa, Agnes; Bar, Olaf; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bonney, B...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Levine, James; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Hogwood, Christopher; Anda, Géza; Solti, Sir Georg; Abbado, Claudio; ; Böhm, Karl; Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; English Baroque Soloists; Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata Academica; Winds of the London Symphony Orchestra (Winds)

This set contains both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Marge Marshall, Barbara Bonney, Barbara Hendricks , Eva Lind , Lucia Popp, Cheryl Studer, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Agnes Baltsa, Anne ...continue...

Haydn: Nelsonmesse, Theresienmesse, etc / Gardiner, et al

2 CD / Philips Import / 2003-01-14

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass in D minor, H 22 no 11 "Nelsonmesse"; Te Deum in C major, H 23c no 1; Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Theresienmesse"), H. 22/12
Performers: Brown, Donna; Bruce-Payne, Sally; Butterfield, Peter; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

"Gardiner's soloists are as minutely responsive as his choir and orchestra, with the pure-toned Donna Brown ethereal in the two 'Et incarnatus est' settings and...continue...

Mozart: Così Fan Tutte / Gardiner/Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-10-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Gilfry, Rodney; James, Eirian; Mannion, Rosa; Roocroft, Amanda; Trost, Rainer
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir

"The first advantage of this film of the opera is Carlo Tommasi's ravishing decor that accords with what the libretto predicates, conjuring 18th-century Naples overlooked...continue...
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Country of Origin: USA
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Gluck: Alceste / Gardiner, Von Otter, Groves, Beuron, et al

2 CD / Philips / 2002-09-10

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste
Performers: Beuron, Yann; Fuge, Katharine; Groves, Paul; Henschel, Dietrich; Lunn, Joanne; Testé, Nicolas; Tezier, Ludovic; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

"There has been no recording of the 1776 French version - musically richer, dramatically tauter and more human than the monumental, monolithic Italian original -...continue...

Bach: Advent Cantatas / Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2000-11-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 61, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" BWV 61; Cantata no 36c, "Schwingt freudig euch empor" BWV 36c; Cantata no 62, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland," BWV 62 (BC A2)
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Bar, Olaf; Lang, Petra; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Bach: Whitsun Cantatas / Gardiner, English Baroque, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2000-07-18

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 172, "Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten" BWV 172; Cantata no 59 "Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten" BWV 59; Cantata no 74, "Wer mich liebet, der...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Davislim, Steve; Fink, Bernarda; Foster, Christopher; Genz, Christoph; Hagen, Reinhard; Harvey, Peter; Jankova, Martina; Kozená, Magdalena
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Gardiner, Gilfry, Orgonasova, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1995-07-18

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Clarkson, Julian; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Gilfrey, Rodney; James, Eirian; Margiono, Charlotte; Orgonasova, Luba; Prégardien, Christoph; Silvestrelli, Andrea; Smith, Steve; Watkin, David
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

"...on the whole Mozart performances don't come much better than this." -Gramophone...continue...

Mozart: Great Mass in C Minor / Gardiner, McNair, Montague

1 CD / Philips / 1988-08-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"
Performers: Beznosiuk, Lisa; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; McNair, Sylvia; Mitchell, Alastair; Montague, Diana; Robson, Anthony; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Gardiner, Rolfe-Johnson, Baird, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1987-11-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Baird, Julianne; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Chance, Michael; Dawson, Lynne; His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts; Milner, Howard; Montague, Diana; Nichols, Mary; Robertson,...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists