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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: King Arthur, Music for Queen Mary, The Indian Queen, The Tempest Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, with Jennifer Smith, Gillian Fisher, Stephen Varcoe, etc [ Warner Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 25/Mar/2022 ] "Solo singing for the most part is excellent, with Stephen Varcoe outstanding among the men." *** Three Stars (Penguin Stereo Guide on King Arthur) |
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BRAHMS
Symphony No 1 in C minor / Schicksalslied, Op. 54 Monteverdi Choir / Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / CD - released 1/Oct/2008 ] "Gardiner give us a fresh new look into an old symphonic workhorse while in the process all sounds new as if it was the first time we heard it. In this aspect Gardiner's realization is superlative and demands a listening." (AudAud.com) |
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BRAHMS
Symphony No 3 in F major / Nänie von Friedrich Schiller, Op. 82 / Gesang der Parzen, Op. 89/ etc Monteverdi Choir / Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / CD - released 10/Oct/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 - Soli Deo Gloria is proud to release the third instalment in the successful Brahms Symphony series which sees John Eliot Gardiner and his Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique explore the music of Johannes... |
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete Opera recorded in June 2009) Opéra Comique, Paris / Anna Caterina Antonacci, Andrew Richards, Nicolas Cavallier, Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner (cond) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 14/May/2021 ] On 3 June 1975, the day after the 33rd performance of Carmen - indicating limited success as the receipts were meagre - he died from a heart attack, at the age of 36, like Mozart. |
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GABRIELI / BASSANO / MONTEVERDI
Christmas In Venice Monteverdi Choir / Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / John Eliot Gardiner [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 28/Aug/2014 ] Jean-Baptiste Duval of the Venetian Republic's French Embassy records that on Christmas Eve 1607, Midnight Mass in St. Mark's was celebrated by the light of more than one thousand candles, sixty huge torches and silver lamps. He counted no less than... |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610) DVD/Blu-ray Monteverdi Choir & The English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ Alpha DVD + Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 10/Jul/2015 ] "there are exquisite solos too, especially from soprano Silvia Frigato and tenor Nicholas Mulroy." (Gramophone) |
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J. S. BACH
Bach, J.S.: Cantatas for Christmas (recorded 1999-2000) Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ SDG / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2012 ] This box set is a collection of Cantatas for the entire Christmas season from our award-winning series of recordings from the 2000 Bach Cantata Pilgrimage. It features a cast of stellar soloists including Magdalena Kožená, Bernarda Fink, Michael... |
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J. S. BACH
Great Bach Choruses The Monteverdi Choir & The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 4/Mar/2013 ] The acclaimed Monteverdi Choir sings a selection of celebrated Bach choruses under their director John Eliot Gardiner, one of the most versatile and exciting conductors of our time. For Gardiner, "Bach is probably the only composer whose music is so... |
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BRAHMS
Symphony No 4 in E minor / Geistliches Lied / Fest-und Gedenkspruche / etc Monteverdi Choir/Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "A fine Brahms Fourth Symphony set in a stimulating programme of other relevant pieces." (MusicWeb Oct 2010) |
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Monteverdi Ensemble Wuerzburg/
Rathgeber: Sacred Works [ Cpo / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D Major / Alto Rhapsody Nahalie Stutzmann (alto) / Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "Orchestre Romantique et Révolutionnaire's sound is vivid and clear. Nathalie Stutzmann's "Alto Rhapsody" is tenderly shaped, depthless, elegant…this is an arresting and impressive performance." The Independent on Sunday |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz Rediscovered [8 CDs + 1 DVD] Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, The Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ Decca Philips / 9 CD/DVD Box Set - released 10/Jul/2019 ] "Gardiner wins the palm: the Monteverdi Choir's incisive diction and expressive phrasing make them a real player in the drama" GRAMOPHONE on Roméoet Juliette |
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PIERRE HENRY
Henry: Carnet de Venise Various artists, Source material & Monteverdi madrigals [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Pierre Henry's Carnet de Venise in his own fashion recreates the soundscape of the City of Doges, juxtaposed with the shifting harmonies of Monteverdi madrigals. |
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J.S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas Vol 5: BWV178, BWV136, BWV45; BWV46, BWV101, BWV102 Robin Tyson, Brindley Sherratt, Joanne Lunn, Daniel Taylor / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Elliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] John Eliot Gardiner's choral Pilgrimage exploring the magnificence and grandeur of all of Bach's cantatas continues with this 2CD release, combining cantatas for the eighth and tenth Sunday after Trinity, recorded live in August 2000. |
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PURCELL
Purcell Edition (The Indian Queen, The Tempest, Dioclesian, Timon of Athens) Rosemary Hardy, Dinah Harris, Jennifer Smith, Lynne Dawson, Rogers Covey-Crump etc / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists, John Elliot Gardiner [ Warner Erato / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2010 ] "The choral singing is especially fine, with the close of the work movingly expressive… for The Tempest, Gardiner demonstrates how delightful it is, a masterly collection, in performances both polished and stylish and with excellent solo and choral... |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 21: BWV22, BWV23, BWV127, BWV159; BWV182, BWV54 & BWV1 Ruth Holton / James Gilchrist / Peter Harvey / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 16/Mar/2006 ] John Eliot Gardiner's award-winning series of live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage continues with cantatas for Cantatas for Quinquagesima and Cantatas for the Annunciation/Palm Sunday & Oculi. |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 17: BWV143, BWV41, BWV16; BWV171, BWV153, BWV58 Ruth Holton, Sally Bryce-Payne, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Elliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "So this is one of the more interesting releases to come along, peppered with Gardiner's unique musical and spiritual way with Bach. The sound remains clear and warm in this difficult recording venue, and so the journey continues." (**** AudAud.com) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Magnificat: 500 Years of Choral Masterworks [50 CD set] The Sixteen, The Clerks' Group, The Cardinall's Musick, Gabrieli Consort, The Monteverdi Choir, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & more [ Decca Music Group / 50 CD Box Set - released 15/Mar/2012 ] This unique, limited-edition boxed set offers 50 CDs of the greatest choral masterpieces of the past 500 years, stretching from Renaissance Masses and the glories of the Baroque and Classical eras through to the major works of the Romantic & modern eras. |