The John Eliot Gardiner Collection
Eiddwen Harrhy, Jennifer Smith, Judith Nelson, Elisabeth Priday, Timothy Penrose, Wynford Evans, Martyn Hill, David Thomas, Ashley Stafford, Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Evangelist), Andreas Schmidt (Jesus), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Ann Monoyios (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (contralto), Michael Chance...
The John Eliot Gardiner Collection
Eiddwen Harrhy, Jennifer Smith, Judith Nelson, Elisabeth Priday, Timothy Penrose, Wynford Evans, Martyn Hill, David Thomas, Ashley Stafford, Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Evangelist), Andreas Schmidt (Jesus), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Ann Monoyios (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (contralto), Michael Chance...
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SIR JOHN ELIOT GARDINER CELEBRATES HIS 70th BIRTHDAY IN STYLE
30-CD box, in the packaging-style of the Messiaen Edition of 2008: tremendous value for this calibre of recorded material.
Original Jackets
The 108-page booklet includes an extended interview-article (2,500 words) with Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Principal of the Royal Academy of Music in London, recording producer and trumpet-player.
The truly great DG / Archiv & Philips recordings from across his career, ranging from Monteverdi to Stravinsky via Handel, Bach, Mozart and Verdi.
Released to co-incide with his 70th birthday, several major performances, at least one TV appearance and the publication of his long-awaited book on Bach
One of the great advocates of period-instrument performance he has received more Gramophone awards than any other living artist … and now Sir John Eliot Gardiner is reaching the ripe old age of 70 without any signs of letting up on his almost frenetic life in music.
It’s an overwhelmingly vocal collection, a sequence of highly dramatic musical works that faithfully reflects Gardiner’s musical ideals and predilections. Sung texts and translations will be available as a digital download. The 30-CD box, in the packaging-style of the Messiaen Edition of 2008, presents the recordings in their original jackets, the 108-page booklet includes an extended interview-article with Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Principal of the Royal Academy of Music in London, recording producer and trumpet-player. As ever with Gardiner, this provides a stimulating account of his life and music, and we plan to make the full interview, conducted earlier this year, available on the special website we are preparing for the occasion.
The birthday itself falls on 20 April 2013. Around it will be a marathon concert in London’s Royal Albert Hall, consisting of all the Bach Passions and Oratorios performed in a single day. Gardiner is also publishing a book on Bach, and there will be TV appearances as well (The Andrew Marr Show in the UK).
Artists
Eiddwen Harrhy, Jennifer Smith, Judith Nelson, Elisabeth Priday, Timothy Penrose, Wynford Evans, Martyn Hill, David Thomas, Ashley Stafford, Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Evangelist), Andreas Schmidt (Jesus), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Ann Monoyios (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (contralto), Michael Chance (countertenor), Howard Crook (tenor), Olaf Bar (baritone), Cornelius Hauptmann (bass), Nigel Robson (Jephtha), Lynne Dawson (Iphis), Anne Sofie von Otter (Storge), Michael Chance (Hamor), Stephen Varcoe (Zebul) & Ruth Holton (Angel), Diana Montague (Iphigénie), Thomas Allen (Oreste), John Aler (Pylade), René Massis (Thoas), Nancy Argenta (Une prêtesse), Sophie Boulin (Une prêtesse), Colette Alliot-Lugaz (Diane), Danielle Borst (Une grecque), René Schirrer (Un scythe), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Idomeneo), Anne Sofie von Otter (Idamantes), Sylvia McNair (Ilia), Hillevi Martinpelto (Elettra), Nigel Robson (Arbace), Malcolm Bilson (fortepiano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Andreas Schmidt (bass), Hillevi Martinpelto (Leonore), Kim Begley (Florestan), Franz Hawlata (Rocco), Matthew Best (Pizarro), Alastair Miles (Fernando), Christiane Oelze (Marzelline), Michael Schade (Jaquino), Robert Burt (Erster Gefangner), Colin Campbell (Zweiter Gefangner), Charlotte Margiono (soprano), Catherine Robbin (contralto), William Kendall (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass), Cheryl Studer (Hanna Glawari), Barbara Bonney (Valencienne), Bryn Terfel (Baron Mirko Zeta), Boje Skovhus (Danilo Danilowitsch), Rainer Trost (Camille de Rosillon), Heinz Zednik (Njegus), Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Luca Canonici (tenor), Küchl-Quartett, Rainer Keuschnig (organ)
Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre de L’Opéra de Lyon, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Wiener Philharmoniker, NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Monteverdi Choir & London Symphony Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
Contents and tracklist
- Nigel Robson (tenor), His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts (chamberensemble), Ann Monoyios (soprano), Marinella Pennicchi (soprano), Alastair Miles (bass), Mark Tucker (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass), Jakob Lindberg (theorbo), Sandro Naglia (tenor), Jakob Lindberg (lute), David Miller (theorbo), Christopher Wilson (theorbo), Patrick Russill (chorusmaster), Michael Chance (countertenor), Ian Watson (organ)
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1989-05-13
- Recording Venue: Basiliek San Marco, Venice
- Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Judith Nelson (soprano), Elisabeth Priday (soprano), David Thomas (bass)
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1981-06-26
- Recording Venue: Stadthalle, Göttingen
- Wynford Evans (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Judith Nelson (soprano), Jennifer Smith (soprano), Timothy Penrose (countertenor)
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1981-06-26
- Recording Venue: Stadthalle, Göttingen
- Jennifer Smith (soprano), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Judith Nelson (soprano), Timothy Penrose (countertenor), David Thomas (bass), Wynford Evans (tenor)
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1981-06-26
- Recording Venue: Stadthalle, Göttingen
- Judith Nelson (soprano), Timothy Penrose (countertenor), Ashley Stafford (countertenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), Jennifer Smith (soprano), Stephen Varcoe (bass)
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1981-06-26
- Recording Venue: Stadthalle, Göttingen
- Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano), Jennifer Smith (soprano), Wynford Evans (tenor), Elisabeth Priday (soprano), David Thomas (bass)
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1981-06-26
- Recording Venue: Stadthalle, Göttingen
- Patrick Russill (chorusmaster), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Andreas Schmidt (baritone), Anne Sofie von Otter (contralto), Cornelius Hauptmann (bass), Ann Monoyios (soprano), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Olaf Bär (baritone), Howard Crook (tenor), Michael Chance (countertenor)
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1988-04-16
- Recording Venue: "The Maltings", Concert Hall, Snape
- Anne Sofie von Otter (contralto), Patrick Russill (chorusmaster), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Michael Chance (countertenor), Howard Crook (tenor), Cornelius Hauptmann (bass), Andreas Schmidt (baritone), Olaf Bär (baritone), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Ann Monoyios (soprano)
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1988-04-16
- Recording Venue: "The Maltings", Concert Hall, Snape
- Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Nigel Robson (tenor), Anne Sofie von Otter (contralto), Michael Chance (countertenor), Lynne Dawson (soprano)
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1988-06-16
- Recording Venue: Stadthalle, Göttingen
- Michael Chance (countertenor), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Nigel Robson (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Anne Sofie von Otter (contralto)
- Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1988-06-16
- Recording Venue: Stadthalle, Göttingen
- Nigel Robson (tenor), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Ruth Holton (soprano), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Anne Sofie von Otter (contralto), Michael Chance (countertenor)
- Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1988-06-16
- Recording Venue: Stadthalle, Göttingen
- Nigel Robson (tenor), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (contralto), Michael Chance (countertenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Ruth Holton (soprano)
- Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1988-06-16
- Recording Venue: Stadthalle, Göttingen
- Diana Montague (mezzo-soprano), Lucinda Houghton (soprano), Nancy Argenta (soprano), Sophie Boulin (mezzo-soprano), Jane Armstrong (soprano), Suzanne Flowers (soprano), Carol Hall (soprano), Nicola Jenkin (soprano), Jean Knibbs (contralto), Rachel Platt (soprano), Mary Seers (soprano), René Massis (bassbaritonevocalist), René Schirrer (bassbaritonevocalist)
- Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1985-02
- Recording Venue: Lyon, France
- Thomas Allen (baritone), John Aler (tenor), René Schirrer (bassbaritonevocalist), Diana Montague (mezzo-soprano), Nancy Argenta (soprano), Lucinda Houghton (soprano), Sophie Boulin (mezzo-soprano), Jane Armstrong (soprano), Suzanne Flowers (soprano), Carol Hall (soprano), Nicola Jenkin (soprano), Jean Knibbs (contralto), Rachel Platt (soprano), Mary Seers (soprano)
- Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1985-02
- Recording Venue: Lyon, France
- Diana Montague (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), John Aler (tenor), Sophie Boulin (mezzo-soprano)
- Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1985-02
- Recording Venue: Lyon, France