London Baroque
London Baroque is one of the most highly respected and widely admired ensembles devoted to the performance of Baroque chamber music. The group's broad repertory has included familiar as well as virtually unknown works from the period inclusive of the late 16th to the mid 18th centuries. London Baroque consists of four players -- two violinists, a cellist, and keyboardist -- but is sometimes augmented by additional instrumentalists or vocalists. The ensemble has made a large number of recordings, primarily for two well-known European labels, Harmonia Mundi and BIS. It has also appeared regularly on television and radio throughout Europe.
London Baroque was founded in 1978 by the group's Austrian-born first violinist Ingrid Seifert and its cellist Charles Medlam. The ensemble's original keyboard player, John Toll, is also credited as being a co-founder at the 1978 official inception, though he actually joined after initial organizational actions were taken by the other two. Toll (who died in 2001) left the group in 1995 and was replaced by Terence Charlston. Violinist Richard Gwilt, the other member, joined London Baroque in 1984. In concerts and on recordings where the ensemble employs additional vocal or instrumental forces, Charles Medlam is usually designated as the group's director.
In its first 10 years London Baroque gave 528 concerts and thereafter generally carried a schedule of 50 or so concerts a year, a good portion of them spread across Europe, Asia, and the U.S., as well as more exotic locations. The group drew attention quickly in its early years, both in the U.K. and internationally. In the 1980s and 1990s it made 20 recordings for the Harmonia Mundi label, including the two-CD set of Purcell's Trio Sonatas, Marais' La Gamme (a collection of instrumental works), and two CDs of trio sonatas by Handel and J.S. Bach. In general, the recordings were critically well-received and popular with the public.
In 2000 London Baroque signed with BIS Records and its first recording, a two-disc set of trio sonatas and other instrumental works by Vivaldi, was issued in August that year. By 2005 the group had made 10 recordings for BIS, including an album of French 17th century Trio Sonatas, a disc that offers works by Lully, François, and Louis Couperin, Marais, among others.
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The Trio Sonata Through Two Centuries
Chamber Music - Lançado por BIS em 5 de out. de 2018
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C.P.E. Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Continuo
London Baroque, Charles Medlam, Richard Egarr, William Hunt
Classical - Lançado por harmonia mundi em 1 de jan. de 1988
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Corelli: Sonate Da Chiesa, Op. 1 & 3
London Baroque and Charles Medlam
Classical - Lançado por harmonia mundi em 10 de jul. de 2007
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BAROQUE TRUMPET (THE ART OF THE), Vol. 3
Niklas Eklund, Susanne Ryden, London Baroque, Charles Medlam
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por Naxos em 21 de jan. de 1998
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The Trio Sonata in 17th-Century Italy
Chamber Music - Lançado por BIS em 1 de out. de 2012
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Triosonaten
London Baroque and Richard Egarr
Classical - Lançado por harmonia mundi em 17 de out. de 1994
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Trio Sonata in 17th Century England
Chamber Music - Lançado por BIS em 27 de jan. de 2003
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Purcell: Trio Sonatas
Classical - Lançado por harmonia mundi em 24 de jun. de 2008
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Stravaganza Napoletane
Chamber Music - Lançado por BIS em 28 de ago. de 2004
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Bach, J.S.: Trio Sonatas, Bwv 525-530
Chamber Music - Lançado por BIS em 1 de jul. de 2002
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Lawes: Fantasia-Suites for Two Violins, Bass Viol & Organ
Classical - Lançado por harmonia mundi em 15 de jan. de 2008
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Lawes: Sonatas for Violin, Bass Viol & Organ
Classical - Lançado por harmonia mundi em 24 de dez. de 2009
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Schütz: Opus ultimum. Der Schwanengesang, Op. 13, SWV 482 - 494
Hilliard Ensemble, London Baroque, Knabenchor Hannover, Heinz Hennig
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 1 de jan. de 1985
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Trio Sonata In 17th-Century France
Chamber Music - Lançado por BIS em 1 de abr. de 2005
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J.C.F. Bach: Trio Sonatas
Classical - Lançado por harmonia mundi em 22 de dez. de 2008
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Leclair: Trio Sonatas
Classical - Lançado por harmonia mundi em 22 de dez. de 2008
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Purcell: Fantazias / Pavan / Chacony / In Nomine
Chamber Music - Lançado por BIS em 31 de out. de 2001
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Leclair: Sonates en trio, Op. 4
Classical - Lançado por harmonia mundi em 15 de jan. de 2008
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The Trio Sonata in 18th-Century Germany
Chamber Music - Lançado por BIS em 23 de abr. de 2013
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Handel: Sonatas, Op.5
London Baroque, Richard Egarr, Charles Medlam
Classical - Lançado por harmonia mundi em 22 de dez. de 2008
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Mozart: Concertos K.107 (After Keyboard Sonatas, Op.5 of J.C. Bach)
Classical - Lançado por harmonia mundi em 3 de jun. de 2008
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