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.
© TiVo
Similar artists
-
The Trio Sonata Through Two Centuries
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 5 Oct 2018
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
C.P.E. Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Continuo
London Baroque, Charles Medlam, Richard Egarr, William Hunt
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 1 Jan 1988
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Corelli: Sonate Da Chiesa, Op. 1 & 3
London Baroque and Charles Medlam
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 10 Jul 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
BAROQUE TRUMPET (THE ART OF THE), Vol. 3
Niklas Eklund, Susanne Ryden, London Baroque, Charles Medlam
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Naxos on 21 Jan 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Trio Sonata in 17th-Century Italy
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 1 Oct 2012
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Triosonaten
London Baroque and Richard Egarr
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 17 Oct 1994
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Trio Sonata in 17th Century England
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 27 Jan 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Purcell: Trio Sonatas
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 24 Jun 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Stravaganza Napoletane
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 28 Aug 2004
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bach, J.S.: Trio Sonatas, Bwv 525-530
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 1 Jul 2002
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Lawes: Fantasia-Suites for Two Violins, Bass Viol & Organ
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 15 Jan 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Lawes: Sonatas for Violin, Bass Viol & Organ
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 24 Dec 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Schütz: Opus ultimum. Der Schwanengesang, Op. 13, SWV 482 - 494
Hilliard Ensemble, London Baroque, Knabenchor Hannover, Heinz Hennig
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Jan 1985
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Trio Sonata In 17th-Century France
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 1 Apr 2005
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
J.C.F. Bach: Trio Sonatas
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 22 Dec 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Purcell: Fantazias / Pavan / Chacony / In Nomine
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 31 Oct 2001
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Leclair: Trio Sonatas
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 22 Dec 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Leclair: Sonates en trio, Op. 4
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 15 Jan 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Trio Sonata in 18th-Century Germany
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 23 Apr 2013
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Handel: Sonatas, Op.5
London Baroque, Richard Egarr, Charles Medlam
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 22 Dec 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The trio sonata in 18th century italy
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 1 Feb 2013
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo