John Constable
John Constable studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Harold Craxton. His career began at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, where he worked on the music staff. Since 1984, he has served as the principal harpsichordist for the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and the principal pianist for the London Sinfonietta, Britain's leading contemporary music ensemble, since its founding. He has performed as a soloist under the batons of such conductors as Simon Rattle, Hans Werner Henze, David Atherton, and Oliver Knussen. He has performed as continuo harpsichordist for recordings of Mozart operas with Colin Davis, Neville Marriner, Simon Rattle, and Georg Solti. With soprano Lucy Shelton, he gave the world premiere of Elliott Carter's Of Challenge and of Love at the Aldeburgh Festival. Constable has performed recitals at the BBC's New British Music and Lutoslawski weekends at the Barbican and the American Independents Festival at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. In 2000, he was a soloist in the Boulez at 75 Festival and in 2001 at the BBC's Schnittke Festival at the Barbican. In 1998, he performed the Elliott Carter Double Concerto with the London Sinfonietta at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and with the ASKO Ensemble at the Concertgebouw. Constable has made numerous recordings of chamber music and song repertoire for Argo, Decca, EMI, Philips, Deutsche Grammophon, Hänssler, and Capriccio. These include a disc of music for viola and piano with Paul Silverthorne, a selection of Liszt songs with Philip Langridge, a collection of Warlock songs with Adrian Thompson and Christopher Maltman, Fauré and Ravel songs with Felicity Palmer, Haydn Lieder with Dame Janet Baker, and A Spanish Songbook with Jill Gomez. He is a frequent collaborator with Lucy Shelton, with whom he has recorded Messiaen's Harawi and the complete songs of Elliott Carter and Stravinsky. Constable is a professor at the Royal College of Music, London, and a Fellow at the Royal Academy of Music.
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Discography
15 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Bel Canto - Italian Opera Arias (Kathleen Battle Edition, Vol. 3)
Kathleen Battle, John Constable, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Campanella
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 1 Jan 1993
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The World of Favourite Ballads
Stuart Burrows, John Constable
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1990
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Falla: El Retablo de Maese Pedro; Harpsichord Concerto; Psyche
John Constable, London Sinfonietta, Sir Simon Rattle
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1980
The Qobuz Essential Discography16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Victorian and Edwardian Ballads
Benjamin Luxon, David Willison, Felicity Palmer, John Constable
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Vivaldi: Stabat Mater/Salve Regina, etc.
Nico van der Meel, Anton Scharinger, Jochen Kowalski, John Constable, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Vittorio Negri
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1991
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Curlew (The) / Lillygay / Peterisms / Saudades (English Song, Vol. 4)
Adrian Thompson, Christopher Maltman, John Constable, Philippa Davies, Christine Pendrill, Duke Quartet
Art Songs, Mélodies & Lieder - Released by Naxos on 7 Apr 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Henze: Compases; Violin Concerto No.2 etc
Hirofumi Fukai, Brenton Langbein, London Sinfonietta, Hans Werner Henze, Anna Reynolds, John Constable
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1991
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Home Sweet Home
Felicity Palmer, John Constable
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1980
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Messiaen: Harawi, Chant d'amour et de mort
Classical - Released by Koch International Classics on 16 Feb 1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Alwyn: Song Cycles: Invocations - A Leave-taking
Classical - Released by Chandos on 1 Oct 1993
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bel Canto - Italian Opera Arias (Kathleen Battle Edition, Vol. 3)
Kathleen Battle, John Constable, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Campanella
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 1 Jan 1993
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Lecuona: On A Night Like This
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by BIS on 1 May 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Cycles de mélodies pour soprano et piano
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Naxos on 1 Jan 1992
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Alwyn: Invocations & A Leave-Taking
Anthony rolfe Johnson, Jill Gomez, Graham Johnson, John Constable
Mélodies - Released by Chandos on 1 Oct 1993
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Michael Guttman, John Constable, Pauline Dowse
Classical - Released by imp on 1 Jan 1993
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo