Nigel North
English lutenist Nigel North picked up the lute in the late 1960s while studying guitar at the Guildhall School of Music. At the time, this was viewed as "slacking" to some extent, as the lute was then largely regarded as a historical curiosity rather than a pursuit that was liable to earn one a teaching position. But North found his voice in the lute and stuck with it, and managed to land a position as lute player within the Early Music Consort of London during the last part of its existence under David Munrow. North also backed up legendary countertenor Alfred Deller in some of his final recordings. As the period performance movement began to take off in the wake of Munrow's death, North was able to find work playing continuo parts in ensembles such as Academy of Ancient Music, English Concert, and le Grande Ecurie. In 1975 the Guildhall School of Music appointed North to the position of lute instructor, even though he was still a student at the time. He held this position for 21 years.
North's career as a solo artist on recordings began in 1978 with a L'Oiseau Lyre disc of music by Robert de Visée. Since then he has recorded most frequently (and arguably, best) with Linn Records in the U.K., but North has also appeared as a soloist on discs released by the Saydisc and Arcana labels. In 1988 North co-founded the ensemble Romanesca with violinist Andrew Manze and continuo keyboardist Toll. Together they recorded some of the finest discs of violin-led Baroque chamber music ever for Harmonia Mundi, including multi-award winning sets of works by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Antonio Vivaldi, and Johann Rosenmüller. Unfortunately, when Manze accepted directorship of the Academy of Ancient Music in 1998, Romanesca's activity came to a close, and with the death of John Toll in 2001, their recorded output appears finite. North left the Guildhall School in 1996 and spent three years teaching at the Hochschule der Künst in Berlin. In 1999, North joined the faculty of Indiana University in Bloomington as a professor in the Early Music Institute there.
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J.S. Bach Complete Lute Works and Other Transcriptions
Klassiek - Released by Deux-Elles Limited on 21 apr. 2023
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Dowland: Lachrimae
Nigel North, Voix Humaines, Les
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Musical Banquet
Klassiek - Released by ECM New Series on 20 mei 2008
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Dolcissima Et Amorosa: The Lute Music of Il Divino, Francesco Canova da Milano Vol.1
Klassiek - Released by BGS Records on 1 apr. 2014
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A Decoration of Silence: The Lute Music Of "Il Divino", Francesco Canova da Milano, Vol.2
Klassiek - Released by BGS Records on 20 apr. 2018
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Corelli: Trio Sonatas Op. 1 No.1; Op. 2 No. 6; Op. 1 No. 9; Op. 2 No. 9; Op. 1 No. 3; Op. 2 No. 4; Op. 1 No. 7; Op. 2 No. 12; Op. 1 No. 11; Op. 1 No. 12
Trevor Pinnock, William Pleeth, Simon Standage, Micaela Comberti, Nigel North
Klassiek - Released by Archiv Produktion on 1 jan. 1987
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Musique pour luth
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 16 nov. 2010
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Au joly bois
Kate Clark, Nigel North, Freek Borstlap
Klassiek - Released by Ramée on 27 aug. 2012
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Baroque Lute
Klassiek - Released by Linn Records on 1 jan. 1991
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Dowland: A Varietie of Lute Lessons
Klassiek - Released by Linn Records on 1 jan. 2000
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Piccinini: Intavolature di Liuto et di Chitarrone, Libro Primo
Klassiek - Released by Arcana on 27 dec. 2019
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Go from my Window
Klassiek - Released by Linn Records on 1 sep. 2003
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Musique pour luth (volume 1) : Fancies, Dreams & Spririts
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 20 jun. 2006
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Musique pour luth (Volume 4)
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 31 mrt. 2009
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Musique pour luth (Volume 3)
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 11 dec. 2007
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Udite amanti: 17th Century Italian Love Songs
Klassiek - Released by Linn Records on 1 dec. 1991
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Galanterie: Music for Lute by Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Vol. 3
Klassiek - Released by BGS Records on 2 okt. 2015
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Musique pour luth (volume 2) : Dowland's Tears
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 12 dec. 2006
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Dowland: Lute Lessons
Klassiek - Released by Arcana on 1 jan. 1996
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Bach on the Lute, Vol. 4
Klassiek - Released by Linn Records on 1 sep. 1996
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Burst forth, my tears
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 1 jan. 2009
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