English Concert (Musical group)

Concerti grossi op. 6 nos. 1-4 by George Frideric Handel( Recording )

17 editions published between 1982 and 1984 in 5 languages and held by 564 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell( Recording )

17 editions published between 1989 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 546 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

SYNOPSIS: In order to cure her unhappiness, Dido, queen of Carthage, marries the Trojan prince, Aeneas, who is madly in love with her. While Dido and Aeneas are out hunting, an evil Sorceress and her assistants plot the destruction of Dido and Carthage. Soon, an evil witch disguised as the God Mercury stops Aeneas. She tells him that he must abandon Carthage and found a new Troy on Latin soil. While Aeneas hates the thought of leaving Dido, he cannot refuse a god's command. In the end, Aeneas decides to defy the god's command and stay with Dido. Nevertheless, Dido refuses to stay with a lover who even considered leaving her and soon dies

Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi( Recording )

18 editions published between 1988 and 2008 in 6 languages and held by 532 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Trio sonatas by Arcangelo Corelli( )

7 editions published in 1987 in No Linguistic content and German and held by 529 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ode for St. Cecilia's Day by George Frideric Handel( Recording )

21 editions published between 1986 and 2004 in 4 languages and held by 504 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Performed on authentic instruments

Keyboard works by Johann Sebastian Bach( )

4 editions published in 2015 in No Linguistic content and German and held by 491 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Concertos by Antonio Vivaldi( )

24 editions published between 1980 and 2001 in 5 languages and held by 490 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Concerto in la maggiore per archi e continuo, R 158 / Concerto in re maggiore per due oboi, archi e continuo, R 535 / Concerto grosso in re minore per due violini, violoncello, archi e continuo, R 565 / Stabat Mater per contralto, archi e continuo, R 621

Concerti grossi op. 6 nos. 5, 6, 7, 8 by George Frideric Handel( Recording )

12 editions published between 1982 and 1985 in No Linguistic content and Undetermined and held by 481 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sacred arias & cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach( )

11 editions published in 2008 in 3 languages and held by 480 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Den amerikanske sangeren David Daniels er blant verdens ledende kontratenorer. Han fikk sitt internasjonale gjennombrudd med Berlioz "Les Nuits d’Ete" i 2004, men debuterte allerede i 1992 og har gjort de fleste store operarollene som synges av kontratenorer. Denne innspillingen med verker av Bach fant sted i London september 2007. Han har en sterk og virtuos stemme som gjør at han egner seg godt til et barokkrepertoar som dette. CD-en inneholder bl.a. Messe i b-moll, utdrag av Johannespassionen og Matteuspassionen m.m

Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi( )

3 editions published in 1993 in 3 languages and held by 479 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Twenty years after it was first released by Archiv in 1987, Trevor Pinnock and the English Consort's coupling of Vivaldi's Gloria and Scarlatti's Dixit Dominus still sounds new, vital, and even contemporary in this 2007 reissue. Pinnock's tempos are lively, his lines clean, his textures clear, and his rhythms crisp. The English Consort's playing is light, tight, suave, supple, and, when the piece calls for it, powerful. The Choir of the English Consort's singing is sensitive, strong, and excellently enunciated. Soprano Nancy Argenta is a standout among the singers, and the instrumental soloists, especially clarion trumpeter Crispian Steele-Perkins, are uniformly strong. Archiv's early digital sound was bright, deep, and detailed when it was first released, and because this is an un-remastered reissue of the same disc, it remains the same. If you want to hear a coupling of Vivaldi's Gloria and Scarlatti's Dixit Dominus, Pinnock's was then and remains now a fine first choice