Richard Egarr
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I can’t think of anything that would improve this package: performances are stylish and beautifully polished. The recording is a beauty —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2007, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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Building a Library, October 2017, First Choice
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Handel: Brockes-Passion
RecommendedRobert Murray, Cody Quattlebaum, Elizabeth Watts, Ruby Hughes, Tim Mead, Gwilym Bowen, Nicky Spence
Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr
This formidably well-documented project is matched by a comparably sympathetic performance, Egarr paces the piece unhurriedly, recognising Handel’s often vivid responses to Brockes’s graphic... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Choral & Song Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Choral
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JS Bach, Handel & Scarlatti: Gamba Sonatas
Steven Isserlis (cello), Richard Egarr (harpsichord), with Robin Michael (cello)
This isn’t one for the dyed-in-the-wool authenticist…fortunately, dessicated 'authenticity' has been supplanted by imaginatively experimenting performers supported by scholarly evidence…in the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, Editor's Choice
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Corelli's Sonatas have never felt more alive and less perfectly preserved than they do here, and if you care at all for the baroque repertoire or fine fiddle playing, you owe it to yourself... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2003, Disc of the Month
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also recommended
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Bach, J S: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1-4, BWV1066-1069
Richard Egarr (director & harpsichord)
Academy of Ancient Music
[Egarr] has given careful thought to articulation and phrasing. Menuets and Gavottes are poised and unhurried while the Overtures themselves, with their resplendent opening measures and lively... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2015, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Sullivan, A: HMS Pinafore
RecommendedElizabeth Watts (Josephine), Toby Spence (Ralph Rackstraw), John Mark Ainsley (Sir Joseph Porter KCB), Andrew Foster-Williams (Captain Corcoran), Hilary Summers (Buttercup), Neal Davies (Dick Deadeye), Gavan Ring (Bill Bobstay), Barnaby Rea (Bob Becket), Kitty Whately (Hebe), Tim Brooke-Taylor (narrator)
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Richard Egarr brings springy energy to the score...Elizabeth Watts's Josephine has a mischievous touch. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th May 2016
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2016, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Biber: The Rosary Sonatas
RecommendedAndrew Manze (violin), Richard Egarr (organ and harpsichord), Alison McGillivray (cello Sonata XII)
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Building a Library, December 2004, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2005, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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Bach - Harpsichord Concertos
RecommendedRichard Egarr (harpsichord), Rachel Brown (flute)
The Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze
While Manze draws spirited playing from his ensemble, it's Egarr's intimately dramatic approach that really makes these discs special —
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Building a Library, October 2018, Also recommended
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Building a Library, December 2024, Recommended Recording
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Handel: Organ Concertos, Op. 4 Nos. 1-6, HWV289-294
RecommendedThe Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr (organ & direction)
There is a freshness and sense to what (Egarr) does which becomes more apparent with every hearing —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th February 2008
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Baroque Instrumental
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Bach, J S: English Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV806-811
Richard Egarr [harpsichord, by Joel Katzman, Amsterdam, 1991, after Ruckers, Antwerp, 1638]. Pitch: a’ = 409 • Temperament: Egarr, based on 18th-century models
Egarr opens No. 1 like a lutenist improvising, flexing his fingers and checking his tuning, before embarking on a thoughtful stream of deliberate quavers...The dances are full of imaginative... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Instrumental Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2013, Instrumental Choice
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