La Nuova Musica
With concerts and recordings featuring fresh historical-instrument performances of beloved Baroque works, the English vocal and instrumental ensemble La Nuova Musica has gained broad success. Unusually, they have specialized equally in music of the early 17th century and the High Baroque. La Nuova Musica was founded in 2007 by David Bates, a singer who had been inspired by his work with John Eliot Gardiner, Marc Minkowski, Emmanuelle Haïm (for whom he has served as chorus master), and other renowned conductors of Baroque music, and resolved to create an ensemble that he could shape according to his own artistic vision.
The group takes its name from the Italian term "le nuove musiche," a treatise by composer Giulio Caccini that set out the tenets of text expression in early opera. It was with the music of Caccini that La Nuova Musica made its recording debut, in 2009 on the Somm label. They were then signed to Harmonia Mundi, for which they have recorded exclusively ever since. Their first Harmonia Mundi recording featured Handel's rarely heard and technically treacherous pastoral-themed opera Il pastor fido (1712). Since then they have recorded both sacred and secular works, both vocal and instrumental. Their 2017 Harmonia Mundi recording of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater and Bach's Cantata No. 54 and Cantata No. 170 gained strong critical acclaim.
La Nuova Musica has performed widely at venues specializing in early music, both in England and on the European continent. The group has made regular appearances at the Aldeburgh Music festival, the Brighton Festival, Spitalfields Music (where they have offered an all-Monteverdi program), the London Handel Festival, and London's Wigmore Hall. At St. John's Smith Square they presented a sold-out performance of Handel's Orlando, and highlights of the 2018 season included a Bach cantata program with countertenor Tim Mead.
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Discography
9 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
La Nuova Musica, David Bates, Tim Mead, Fleur Barron, Giulia Semenzato, Nicky Spence
Classical - Released by PentaTone on 1 Sep 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Handel's Unsung Heroes
La Nuova Musica, David Bates, Lucy Crowe, Iestyn Davies
Opera - Released by PentaTone on 15 Oct 2021
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Handel : Dixit Dominus - Vivaldi : Dixit Dominus, In furore iustissimae irae
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on 22 Apr 2013
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 [Live]
La Nuova Musica, Iestyn Davies, David Bates, Rebecca Bottone, Sophie Bevan
Opera - Released by PENTATONE on 1 Oct 2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Beauteous Softness
Tim Mead, La Nuova Musica, David Bates
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 24 Mar 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
A Royal Trio: Arias by Handel, Bononcini & Ariosti
Lawrence Zazzo, David Bates, La Nuova Musica
Opera - Released by harmonia mundi on 14 Oct 2014
Gramophone Editor's Choice24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Il Circolo Di Giulio Caccini
Classical - Released by Magnatune on 29 Feb 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
David Bates, La Nuova Musica, Iestyn Davies, Sophie Bevan, Rebecca Bottone
Opera - Released by PENTATONE on 1 Oct 2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Beauteous Softness
David Bates, La Nuova Musica, Tim Mead
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 24 Mar 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo