Patrick Ayrton
As keyboardist and later conductor, British-born Patrick Ayrton has been a mainstay of the historical performance scene, especially in his adopted country of the Netherlands. He is also a noted educator.
Ayrton was born in London in 1961. He began his musical career studying piano but soon switched to organ and harpsichord, studying first in Switzerland and then at the Academy of Music and Figurative Arts in Vienna with Alfred Mitterhofer, Michael Radulescu, and Erwin Ortner. He went on for further studies in the Netherlands with Ton Koopman and has remained in that country, teaching improvisation, continuo, and chamber music at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. Ayrton's solo career has taken him to many countries; he has appeared with both modern-instrument ensembles, including the London Symphony Orchestra, and historically oriented ones, including the Combattimento Consort Amsterdam. Dutch conductor Arie van Beek encouraged him to develop his own skills as a conductor, and his activities in that area have been similarly varied, including appearances with the Orchestra of the Auvergne, the Latvian Radio Choir, and the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra. He also founded his own Baroque instrumental ensemble, Les Inventions, a period-instrument ensemble that aims to explore unknown 18th century repertoire, such as the works of Joseph Touchemoulin and Thomas Linley. Les Inventions have often worked with the British vocal group Voces8. Ayrton has recorded several albums for the Globe label, including the jazz-Baroque fusion album Some Like It Plucked (2019).
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Touchemoulin: Concertos & Symphonies
Alexis Kossenko, Daniel Sepec, Les Inventions, Patrick Ayrton
Classique - Paru chez Ramée le 18 déc. 2009
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Four Hands on Mozart
Patrick Ayrton, Wolfgang Glüxam
Classique - Paru chez Fra Bernardo le 17 mai 2019
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Some like it plucked (Gershwin, Horovitz, Schnittke, Stravinsky, Garner, Satie, Poulenc...)
Classique - Paru chez Globe le 5 avr. 2019
5 de Diapason24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
William Byrd: Keyboard Works
Classique - Paru chez Globe le 1 janv. 1994
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Works for 2 Harpsichords
Classique - Paru chez Globe le 15 févr. 1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
F. Couperin: Concerts Royaux
David Walter, Marion Middenway, Patrick Ayrton
Classique - Paru chez Polymnie le 22 oct. 2012
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Bach: Transcriptions and Arrangements of Works by His Contemporaries
Classique - Paru chez Globe le 1 janv. 1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Diminutions and Ostinati
Patrick Ayrton, Rainer Zipperling, Saskia Coolen
Classique - Paru chez Globe le 25 sept. 2008
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Practising Time and Art
Johannes Boer, Erik Beijer, Nuno Miranda, Patrick Ayrton
Classique - Paru chez Donemus Musicians' Voice le 1 janv. 1970
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Divisions and Fantasias
Patrick Ayrton, Rainer Zipperling, Saskia Coolen
Classique - Paru chez Globe le 14 déc. 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo