Andrew Parrott
A pioneer in Britain's historical performance movement, conductor Andrew Parrott has also specialized in 20th century and contemporary music. He has made more than 60 recordings with his Taverner Choir, Consort, and Players.
Parrott was born in Walsall, in England's West Midlands, on March 10, 1947. His dual interest in early music and contemporary music dates back to his student days at Oxford University, where he studied performance practices of the 16th and 17th centuries and methods of researching them while also serving as assistant to composer Michael Tippett. Tippett was himself interested in Renaissance music and suggested to Parrott that he form a new Renaissance-oriented choir to perform at the 1973 Bath Festival, with which Tippett was associated. Parrott agreed, and the new choir became an ongoing operation and added instrumental groups under its umbrella. In 1982, Parrott conducted a performance of Bach cantatas for release on the Hyperion label. He has generally favored small-group performances of Bach, sometimes with one voice per part.
Parrott has also served as a conductor of other early music groups, beginning with England's Musica Reservata in the 1970s. From 2001 to 2010, he was music director of the New York Collegium, and he has appeared with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Parrott has also conducted conventional orchestras, including the Slovak Philharmonic and the Residentie Orchestra of The Hague, and he served as artistic director of the Kent Opera and has appeared at Italy's La Scala, the Royal Swedish Opera at Drottningholm, and the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, London. His repertory of modern music is large, including works by figures as varied as Luigi Nono, Edgar Varèse, and John Tavener, and he has conducted several premieres, including that of Judith Weir's A Night at the Chinese Opera; he later recorded that opera on the NMC label. Parrott's performances are undergirded by research that has been compiled into several books, including The Essential Bach Choir (2000) and The Pursuit of Musick (2023). In 2023, he conducted the Munich Radio Orchestra in a recording of Mozart's Die verstellte Gärtnerin (the German version of La finta giardiniera, K. 196) on the CPO label. By that time, his recording catalog comprised more than 80 albums, appearing on Virgin Classics, BIS, Sony Classical, and many other labels.
© James Manheim /TiVo
Artistas semelhantes
-
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Andrew Parrott, Taverner Players
Classical - Lançado por AVIE Records em 22/04/2013
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Monteverdi: 1610 Vespers
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 01/01/1984
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Christmas Carols
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 15/10/2007
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Handel: Israel in Egypt
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 01/01/1990
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Una "Stravaganza" dei Medici, intermedi (1589) per "La Pellegrina"
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 01/01/1988
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
J. S. Bach - Wert/Praetorius
Classical - Lançado por AVIE Records em 16/06/2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 01/09/1996
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Musica della Capella Sistina: Allegri, Josquin, Palestrina & Morales
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 01/01/1996
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
A Baroque Festival
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 11/01/2005
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Tallis: Latin Church Music
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 01/01/1989
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Purcell: Music for Pleasure and Devotion
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 03/02/2003
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gabrieli, Giovanni: Symphoniae Sacrae II
Andrew Parrott, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/01/1978
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Carol Album
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 11/10/1989
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Vespro della beata Vergine 1610
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 01/01/1984
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Pachelbel's Canon & Other Baroque Favourites
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 01/01/1988
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Purcell - Odes
Andrew Parrott, Taverner Players
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 01/01/1989
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Nick Bicat: Beslan / Requiem
Nick Bicat, Andrew Parrott, Taverner Players
Classical - Lançado por NICK BICAT em 27/09/2015
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 04/02/2002
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Vivaldi: Gloria & Magnificat
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 01/01/1994
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sanctus: Himmlische Klassik / Heavenly Classics
Classical - Lançado por Parlophone Records Limited em 05/04/2013
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bach : Magnificat - Oratorio de Pâques
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 01/01/1990
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo