ALBUMTelemann: SuitenPaul Goodwin, Lorraine Wood, Sophia McKenna, Alberto Grazzi, Gavin Edwards, Andrew Clark, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMHandel/Mozart: Acis & Galatea, K. 566Barbara Bonney, Jamie MacDougall, Markus Schäfer, Sir John Tomlinson, The English Concert Choir, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMHaydn: Concertos for Oboe, Trumpet & HarpsichordThe English Concert
ALBUMPurcell: King ArthurThe English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMChristmas ConcertosThe English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMHandel: BelshazzarThe English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMMozart: Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314; C. P. E. Bach: Oboe Concerto in E-Flat Major, Wq. 165; Lebrun: Oboe Concerto No. 1 in D MinorPaul Goodwin, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMHaydn: Stabat MaterThe English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMVivaldi: Concerti "La Stravaganza", Op. 4Simon Standage, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMPurcell: Dido and AeneasThe English Concert, Trevor Pinnock & The English Concert Choir
ALBUMPurcell: Odes "Come, ye sons"; " Welcome to all"; "Of old, when heroes"Jennifer Smith, Michael Chance, John Mark Ainsley, Stephen Richardson, Michael George, The English Concert Choir, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMBach: Orchestral Suites (Overtures) BWV 1067 & 1068, Triple ConcertoSimon Standage, Lisa Beznosiuk, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMVivaldi: Gloria - Scarlatti: Dixit DominusThe English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMCoronation Music For King James IIHarry Bicket, Westminster Abbey Choir, The English Concert & Simon Preston
ALBUMHandel: Italian CantatasJennifer Smith, John Elwes, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMHaydn: Missa in Angustiis "Nelson Mass" & Te DeumThe English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMHaydn: Symphony No. 6 in D Major "Le Matin; Symphony No. 7 IN C Major "Le Midi"; Symphony No. 8 in G Major "Le Soir"The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMVivaldi: L'estro armonico, Op. 3The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMWilliam Boyce: 8 SymphoniesThe English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMHandel: Ode for St. Cecilia's DayThe English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMHandel: OverturesThe English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMVivaldi: Concerti "Alla Rustica"The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMBach, C.P.E.: The Symphonies for StringsThe English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMHandel: Concerti grossi, Op. 6, Nos.5-8The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, Simon Standage, Elizabeth Wilcock & Anthony Pleeth
ALBUMPachelbel: Canon & GigueThe English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMBach, J.S. : Concertos for Solo Instruments BWV 1044, 1055 & 1060The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMHandel: 5 Organ ConcertosSimon Preston, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMHandel: Complete Organ ConcertosSimon Preston, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMHandel: Dettingen Te Deum & Dettingen AnthemWestminster Abbey Choir, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock & Simon Preston
ALBUMVivaldi: 12 Concerti, Op. 8 "Trial of Harmony & Intervention"Anthony Pleeth, Simon Standage, Stephen Preston, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMHandel: Water MusicThe English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMVivaldi: Le Quattro StagioniThe English Concert
ALBUMJ.S. Bach: Harpsichord ConcertosThe English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMPurcell: Choral WorksThe English Concert, Oxford Choir of Christ Church Cathedral & Simon Preston
ALBUMJ.S. Bach: Concerto for Flute, Violin, Harpsichord, and Strings in A Minor, BWV 1044; Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
ALBUMVivaldi: the Four Seasons, la Tempesta Di Mare, Il PiacereThe English Concert, Simon Standage & Trevor Pinnock
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About The English Concert
Artist Biography
The English Concert is an "authentic performance" ensemble, founded by harpsichordist and conductor Trevor Pinnock in 1973. The group quickly established itself as one of Britain's leading orchestras in the then-young field of performing Baroque works on Baroque instruments. The English Concert and the energetic Pinnock helped put historical performance on the charts. The orchestra has a reputation for stylish, lively, and high-quality music-making. Its sound is light, bright, and clear. Its strings usually employ no vibrato, and its winds have a woody, attractive tone that blends well with strings and with the fortepiano. Generally the orchestra applies only a light swelling on sustained string notes. In explaining the orchestra's choice to specialize in original instruments (or painstakingly authentic re-creations of them), Pinnock explains, "The answer is simple -- we wanted to use the most suitable tools for the job. These instruments were good enough for Bach -- surely they're good enough for us." In 1983, the English Concert Choir was established, to perform and record choral works with the instrumental ensemble. After 30 years leading the group, Pinnock stepped down and turned the music directorship over to Andrew Manze in 2003, who was then succeeded by Harry Bicket in 2007.
Recording for Deutsche Grammophon's Archiv imprint, Harmonia Mundi, and its own label, Avie, the English Concert has released over 70 albums, many of which have won top recording awards such as the Grand Prix du Disque and Grammophon Awards. With Pinnock leading, it has recorded complete symphonies of Mozart, Bach's Brandenburg Concerti and Orchestral Suites, and many Haydn symphonies and Vivaldi concertos. In addition it has participated in recordings of Haydn masses and Handel oratorios and operas. It has toured extensively in Europe and Asia, including a 1998 25th anniversary tour.
Hometown
London, England, UK
Genre
Classical
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