Jonathan Cohen
Jonathan Cohen is among the most versatile musicians on the international early music scene, excelling as a cellist, keyboardist, and conductor. He is the founder of the influential period-instrument ensemble Arcangelo.
Cohen was born in Manchester, England, on November 17, 1977. He attended the Royal Northern College of Music, studying with cellist Emma Ferrand, and then moved on to Clare College, Cambridge, where he studied music and graduated in 2000. During the first part of his career, Cohen was active mostly as a cellist, performing with both mainstream and historically oriented ensembles, including the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Becoming more interested in conducting and chamber music performance, he founded the Picander Ensemble in 2004. He made his recording debut in 2006 as a cellist, with The King's Consort on an album of Vivaldi concertos on the Hyperion label.
In the late 2000s decade, Cohen collaborated with violinist Benjamin Nabarro, violist Lawrence Power, and pianist Daniel Tong in performances of piano quartet repertory at London's Wigmore Hall and many other major venues and festivals. He served as an assistant conductor to William Christie with the early music group Les Arts Florissants and Emmanuelle Haïm with Le Concert d'Astrée, and in 2010, he founded the early music group Arcangelo. This ensemble has been internationally successful, making several appearances at the BBC Proms and performing at the Philharmonie in Berlin, the Musikverein in Vienna, and Carnegie Hall in New York, among other venues.
Cohen has also served as an artistic partner with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and as the artistic director of Britain's Tetbury Festival. In 2018, he was named the music director of Les Violons du Roy. Cohen is an enthusiastic conductor of Classical-period repertory as well as the usual Baroque material featured by early music groups. Cohen's more than 20 recordings display his full range of talents. With Arcangelo, he has recorded mostly for the Hyperion label, though he has also released albums on Archiv, Berlin Classics, Signum Classics, and other labels. In 2021, Cohen and Arcangelo moved to the Alpha label for a new recording of Handel's Brockes-Passion, HWV 48, featuring soprano Sandrine Piau. Arcangelo remained vigorously active as of the mid-2020s, issuing a recording of Handel's oratorio Theodora, HWV 60, on Alpha in 2024.
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Arias for Benucci: Music Written for Francesco Benucci, Mozart's First Figaro
Matthew Rose, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 25 Sep 2015
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Scene! (Concert Arias)
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Opera - Released by Berlin Classics on 15 May 2015
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Handel: Finest Arias for Base (Bass) Voice, Vol. 2
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Classical - Released by Hyperion on 29 Jun 2018
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The Early Horn: Telemann, Graun, Haydn & Mozart
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Classical - Released by Hyperion on 28 Feb 2020
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Handel: Brockes-Passion
Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 12 Mar 2021
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Anthony Roth Costanzo, Jonathan Cohen, Les Violons du Roy
Classical - Released by UMC - Decca Gold on 4 Jul 2018
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Enchanted Forest
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Classical - Released by Archiv Produktion on 1 Jan 2013
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Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: II. Adagio
Charles Richard-Hamelin, Les Violons du Roy, Jonathan Cohen
Concertos - Released by Les Productions Analekta Inc. on 22 Sep 2023
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Bach: Violin Concertos in A Minor & E Major etc.
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Vivaldi: 7 Cello Concertos
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Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Jul 2006
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1000 Airplanes On The Roof: The Encounter
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Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11: Pena Tiranna
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Bach: Cantatas 35 & 169 "Geist und Seele" & "Gott soll allein"
Iestyn Davies, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
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Handel: Finest Arias for Base (Bass) Voice, Vol. 2
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3 Bach Magnificats: J.S. Bach, J.C. Bach & C.P.E. Bach
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Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 2 Nov 2014
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C.P.E. Bach: 3 Cello Concertos
Nicolas Altstaedt, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 2 Sep 2016
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Mozart: Oboe & Bassoon Concertos – Haydn: Sinfonia concertante
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 31 May 2015
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Monteverdi: Madrigals of Love & Loss (from Books 6-8)
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Charpentier: Leçons de ténèbres, Litanies & Magnificat
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