Holloway, John

Purcell: Music for Pleasure and Devotion / Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-12

Works: Henry Purcell: The Indian Queen; Abdelazer; Gordian Knot Unty'd; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Fantasia upon a Ground in D major, Z 731; Close thine eyes and sleep secure, Z 184; Ground in Gamut for Harpsichor...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Andrews, Haden; Berridge, Simon; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Bury, Alison; Campbell, Richard; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Earle, Richard...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Henry Purcell is regarded as the first great master of English Baroque music and his works find their best interpreters today in Andrew Parrott and...continue...
Recording information: 06/1985-03/1994....continue...

Baroque Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Orfeo; L' Incoronazione di Poppea; George Frederick Handel: Serse; Solomon, HWV 67; Messiah, HWV 56; Dixit Dominus; Concerto for Harp in B flat major, Op. 4 no 6/HWV 294; Water Mu...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Auger, Arleen; Bianchini, Chiara [Violin]; Brosse, Jean-Patrice; Caens, Thierry; Daniels, David; Deletre, Bernard; Desrochers, Isabelle; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Hantai, Jerom...
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle; Norrington, Roger; Parrott, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; Reyne, Hugo; ; Christie, William; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Niquet, Hervé; Cohën-Akenine, Patri...
Ensemble: ; Concerto Köln; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Les Folies Françoises; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players; Trio Sonnerie

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

Castello & Fontana: Sonate Concertate in Stil Moderno / John, Holloway, violin; Mortensen, Gower

1 CD / ECM / 2012-05-08

Works: Dario Castello: Sonata settima, for 2 instruments & continuo no 7 in G major (Sonata Concertate I/7); Sonata prima, for 2 instruments & continuo no 1 in C major (Sonata Concertate I/1); Sonata ottava...
Performers: Gower, Jane; Holloway, John; Mortensen, Lars Ulrik

Musical scholarship hasn't much to tell us about Dario Castello and Giovanni Battista Fontana, the two Italian composers from the turn of the 17th century...continue...
Recording information: Propstei St. Gerold (06/2008)....continue...

Vivaldi Masterworks: Complete Concertos & Sonatas Op. 1-12

28 CD / Decca / 2011-09-20

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Trio Sonatas (Suonate da camera a 3), for 2 violins & continuo, Op. 1; Sonatas (12) for violin & continuo, Op. 2; L'estro armonico, concertos (12) for 1-4 solo instruments, strings &...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Bond, Danny; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Bruine, Frank de; Bylsma, Anner; Canino, Bruno; Caudle, Mar...
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher; Pickett, Philip; Preston, Simon; Dyer, Paul
Ensemble: ; New London Consort

This 28-CD set offers all the greatest Concertos, Sonatas and Vocal Works by the most popular Baroque composer of all time! These celebrated recordings -...continue...

Telemann: Parisian Quartets Vol. 2 & 3

2 CD / CPO / 2011-06-28

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for flute, violin, viola da gamba (or cello) & continuo in G major no 1 (Paris Quartets No; Suite (Quartet), for flute, violin, viola da gamba (or cello) & continuo n...
Performers: Becker, Ulrike; Duftschmid, Lorenz; Holloway, John; Mortensen, Lars Ulrik

This CPO edition presents a complete recording of the 12 Paris Quartets featuring high points in Telemann's chamber music as well as enthralling and imaginative...continue...
Recording information: SWR Stuttgart, Kammermusikstudio (11/20/2008-11/25/2008)....continue...

A Handel Portrait

42 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: George Frederick Handel: The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Handel - Bourée; Concerto for Oboe no 3 in G minor, HWV 287; C...
Performers: Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Balzereit, Charlotte; Borgstede, Michael; Bosgraaf, Erik; Brett, Charles; Bury, Alison; Carolan, Lucy; Comberti, Micaela; Corti, Francesco; Gati, Istvan; Grafova, M...
Conductors: Clark, Robert Haydon; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Haenchen, Hartmut; Lubbock, John; Szostak, Zdzislav; Rolla, János [Violin]; Vitale, Marco; Matt, Nicol; ; Willcocks, David; Wentz, Jed; Cleobury, St...
Ensemble: ; Brandenburg Consort; Consort of London; L'Ecole d'Orphée ; Musica ad Rhenum

A wider survey of Handel’s output could scarcely be imagined, making this the perfect introduction to one of 'our' musical geniuses, whether you are English,...continue...

A London Concert / Jaap ter Linden

1 CD / Naim Audio Ltd / 2011-03-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in D major, HWV 371/Op. 1 no 13; Violin (or Oboe) Sonata in D minor, HWV 359a; William Babell: Transcription for keyboard of "Sulla ruta ...
Performers: Holloway, John; Mortensen, Lars Ulrik; ter Linden, Jaap [Cello]

“Beautifully tailored, melodious and brilliantly crowned with ornamentation fantastic stuff!” — Gramophone...continue...

Telemann: Trio Sonatas With Recorder

1 CD / Scandinavian Classic / 2011-02-22

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Sonata for recorder, viola da gamba & continuo in G minor, TWV 42; Trio for recorder, violin & continuo in A minor (Six Trios no 2), TWV 42; Sonata for recorder, viola da gamb...
Performers: Assenbaum, Alo; Boeckman, Vicki; Holloway, John; Mortensen, Lars Ulrik; ter Linden, Jaap [Cello]

Vivaldi: Four Seasons; La Stravaganza / Parrott, Manze

1 CD / Dal Segno / 2010-11-05

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in C minor ("La stravaganza" no 10) Op. 4/10, RV 1; Concerto for Violin, strin...
Performers: Holloway, John; Manze, Andrew
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Manze, Andrew
Ensemble: La Stravaganza Köln ; Taverner Players

50 Best Bach

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata, BWV 147; Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, Cantata, BWV 51; Ich habe genug, Cantata, BWV 82a; Magnificat in D, ...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bernardini, Alfredo; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Bostridge, Ian; Bury, Alison; Busi, Marcell...
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe; Parrott, Andrew; ; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Rees, Jonathan; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Asperen, Bob van
Ensemble: ; Consortium Musicum; Europa Galante; La Petite Bande; Melante Amsterdam; Scottish Ensemble; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

"Best Bach 50 is an intelligently laid out collection of examples of J.S. Bach's most famous works, and its three CDs are filled with historic...continue...

Ses Plus Beaux Chefs-D'oeuvre

2 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2008-06-03

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Concerto for 2 Violins i...
Performers: Anderszewski, Piotr; Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Busi, Marcello; Cole, Maggie; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Hantai, Jerome; Hantai, Marc; Holloway, Joh...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Rees, Jonathan; Huggett, Monica; Asperen, Bob van; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Herreweghe, Philippe; ; Nelson, John; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Corboz, Michel
Ensemble: ; Consortium Musicum; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Melante Amsterdam; Scottish Ensemble; Sonnerie; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Buxtehude: Six Sonatas / Holloway, Weiss, Mortensen, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-02-26

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Sonata for 2 violins, viola da gamba & continuo in G major, BuxWV 271; Sonata for violin, viola da gamba & continuo in A minor, BuxWV 272; Sonata for 2 violins, viola da gamba & c...
Performers: Holloway, John; Mortensen, Lars Ulrik; Rasmussen, Mogens; ter Linden, Jaap [Cello]; Weiss, Ursula

Having been born half a century after Heinrich Schutz, the ‘father of German musicians’, and a little less than half a century before J.S. Bach,...continue...

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Christopher Hogwood, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"
Performers: Bury, Alison; Hirons, Christopher; Hogwood, Christopher; Holloway, John; Mackintosh, Catherine
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

This acclaimed recording of Vivaldi's popular Four Seasons concertos makes a welcome return on CD. Each of the four concertos has a different soloist, a...continue...

Buxtehude: Vocal Music, Vol 1 / Kirkby, Holloway, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-02-27

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: O fröhliche Stunden, BuxWV 84; O dulcis Jesu, for soprano, 2 violins & continuo, BuxWV 83; Fried- und Freudenreiche Hinfarth, BuxWV 76; Was mich auf dieser Welt betrübt,...
Performers: Holloway, John; Kraemer, Manfredo; Mortensen, Lars Ulrik; ter Linden, Jaap [Cello]

"Previously issued on Dacapo 8.224062, this is an outstanding celebration of some important aspects of Buxtehude's very considerable genius. Admirers of Buxtehude - or, indeed,...continue...

Best Bach 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-02-06

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51; Cantata no 82, "Ich habe...
Performers: Amsterdam, Melante; Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bernardini, Alfredo; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Bostridge, Ian; Bury, A...
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe; Parrott, Andrew; ; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Nelson, John; Schreier, Peter; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Rees, Jonathan
Ensemble: ; Consortium Musicum; Europa Galante; La Petite Bande; Scottish Ensemble; Sonnerie; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players; Taverner Consort

The newest title in the Best Classics 100 series, Best Bach 100, features 6 CDs of one of the greatest composers of all time, including...continue...

Vivaldi: Concertos / Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music

6 CD / Decca Import / 2006-07-04

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 violins, strings & continuo in D major ("L'estro armonico" no 1), Op. 3/1, RV 549; Concerto for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in G minor ("L'estro armonico" no ...
Performers: Bury, Alison; Hirons, Christopher; Holloway, John; Huggett, Monica; Mackintosh, Catherine; Piguet, Michel; Sheppard, Susan; Standage, Simon; Wilcock, Elizabeth
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

Includes La cetra, Op. 9/1-12; Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione, Op. 8/1-12 "Four Seasons"; L'estro armonico, Op. 3/1-12; La stavaganza, Op. 4/1-12. "There is no...continue...

Buxtehude: Seven Trio Sonatas Op 2 / Holloway, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-12-13

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Sonata for violin, viola da gamba & harpsichord in B flat major, Op. 2/1, BuxWV 259; Sonata for violin, viola da gamba & harpsichord in D major, Op. 2/2, BuxWV 260; Sonata for vio...
Performers: Holloway, John; Mortensen, Lars Ulrik; ter Linden, Jaap [Cello]

Born half a century after Heinrich Schutz and nearly a half century before J.S. Bach, Buxtehude was a living link between the founder of Protestant...continue...

Buxtehude: Seven Sonatas, Op 1 / John Holloway, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-04-19

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Sonata for 2 violins, viola da gamba & harpsichord in F major, Op. 1/1, BuxWV 252; Sonata for Violin, Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in G major, Op. 1 no 2/BuxWV 253; Sonata for 2...
Performers: Holloway, John; ter Linden, Jaap [Cello]

Previously available at a higher price on Dacapo Records, American Record Guide writes, 'It is difficult to imagine a better recording of these pieces'. Buxtehude's...continue...

Veracini: Sonatas / Holloway, Linden, Mortensen

1 CD / ECM / 2005-03-29

Works: Francesco Maria Veracini: Sonata for violin & continuo in G minor, Op. 1/1; Sonata for violin or recorder & continuo no 5 in C major; Sonata for violin & continuo no 1 in D major (from Dissertazioni ...
Performers: Holloway, John; Mortensen, Lars Ulrik; ter Linden, Jaap [Cello]

Gramophone Magazine
John Holloway's... playing is as intelligent and free-flowingly musical as ever, with each movement thoughtfully characterised, and he is backed by a first-rate continuo...continue...

Pachelbel's Canon and Other Baroque Favorites

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2005-01-11

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Laetatus sum, RV 607; Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Flute in G mino...
Performers: Banchini, Chiara; Bury, Alison; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Holloway, John; Krueger, Christopher; Lawrence-King, Andrew; See, Janet; Staff, David; Verbruggen, Marion
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

This collection is indeed a rich cross-section of Baroque music, and many of the works are indeed familiar. But equally noteworthy, this compilation showcases the...continue...

Ancient Airs & Dances / Paul O'Dette, Rogers Covey-Crump

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-05-01

Works: Simone Molinaro: Ballo detto il Conte Orlando, for lute; Saltarello del predetto ballo; Vincenzo Galilei: Polymnia; Anonymous: Italiana (La Volta), for lute; Chilesotti Lutebook; Mascherada; Campanae...
Performers: Covey-Crump, Rogers; Holloway, John; North, Nigel [Lute]; O'Dette, Paul

'A delightful record' (Gramophone)...continue...

Vivaldi: Four Seasons, Violin Concertos / Holloway, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-04-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto fatto per la solennità della santa Lingua di S. Antonio in Padua, for violin, strings & con; Double Orche...
Performers: Holloway, John; Toso, Piero
Conductors: Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Scimone, Claudio
Ensemble: I Solisti Veneti; La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy

Biber: Mystery Sonatas / Holloway, Moroney

2 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2002-11-05

Works: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Mystery Sonatas (16), for violin & basso continuo (or solo violin), C. 90-105
Performers: Holloway, John; Moroney, Davitt
Conductors:
Ensemble: Tragicomedia (Ensemble)

Unam Ceylum - Biber / Holloway, Assenbaum, Mortensen

1 CD / ECM / 2002-09-24

Works: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Sonata for violin & continuo no 3 in F major (Sonatae Violino Solo no 3), C. 140; Sonata for violin & continuo no 4 in D major (Sonatae Violino Solo no 4), C. 141; Son...
Performers: Assenbaum, Alo; Holloway, John; Mortensen, Lars Ulrik

"Holloway approaches these works less with a view to their virtuosity, but with regard for the depth of their content - an approach I find...continue...

Schmelzer: Unarum Findium / John Holloway, et al

1 CD / ECM Import / 2000-04-18

Works: Antonio Bertali: Ciaconna for violin, keyboard & chitarrone; Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Sonate unarum fidium seu, sonatas (6) for violin & continuo; Anonymous: Sonata for Scordatura Violin and Basso ...
Performers: Assenbaum, Alo; Holloway, John; Mortensen, Lars Ulrik

This beautiful program is unique on several accounts; to begin, the repertoire. Antonio Bertali and Johann Heinrich Schmelzer both lived in the generation before J.S....continue...

Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard / Holloway, Moroney

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-04-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for violin & continuo in G major, BWV 1021; Sonata for violin & continuo in E minor, BWV 1023; Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord no 1 in B minor, BWV 1014; Sonata for Vi...
Performers: Holloway, John; Moroney, Davitt; Sheppard, Susan

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Vivaldi: Adagios

2 CD / Decca Import / 1999-06-15

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'est...
Performers: Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Blum, Norbert; Brown, Iona; Brown, Timothy; Bury, Alison; Bylsma, Anner; Davis, Robin; Fernández, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Finucane, Tom; Gatt, Martin; Hirons...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Malcolm, George; Pickett, Philip; Marriner, Sir Neville; Hogwood, Christopher; Brown, Iona
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; English Chamber Orchestra; New London Consort

Vivaldi: L'Estro Armonico, Flute Concertos / Hogwood, et al

2 CD / Decca Import / 1998-07-14

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute in F major, Op. 10 no 1/RV 433 "La tempesta di mare"; Concerto for Flute in G minor, Op. 10 no 2/RV 439 "La notte"; Concerto for Flute in D major, Op. 10 no 3/RV 4...
Performers: Holloway, John; Huggett, Monica; Mackintosh, Catherine; Preston, Stephen; Sheppard, Susan; Wilcock, Elizabeth
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK)

Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Mandolins, etc / Pickett, Hogwood

2 CD / Decca / 1997-10-14

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93; Chamber Concerto for Recorder and 2 Violins in A minor, RV 108; Concerto for Flute in G minor, Op. 10 no 2/RV 439 "La notte...
Performers: Bylsma, Anner; Copley, Michael [Recorder/Flute]; Finucane, Tom; Holloway, John; Huggett, Monica; Laird, Michael; Mackintosh, Catherine; McGegan, Nicholas; Pickett, Philip; Pleeth, Anthony [Cello]; Pr...
Conductors: Pickett, Philip; Rifkin, Joshua;
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Bach Ensemble; New London Consort

Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni / Christopher Hogwood, et al

1 CD / Decca / 1984-06-11

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"
Performers: Bury, Alison; Hirons, Christopher; Holloway, John; Mackintosh, Catherine
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK)