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When this album was recorded in 1980, the English Baroque Soloists ensemble had only been founded for barely two years. Indeed, John Eliot Gardiner first created the Monteverdi Choir in 1964, then...

John Eliot Gardiner will celebrate his 80th birthday on 20th April 2023. On 7th April, we are releasing a 64-CD boxset including his complete Erato Recordings, and are also celebrating this wonderful...

The singing of the Monteverdi Choir is superlatively good and they have been well recorded. A splendid record. Gramophone Michel Garcin, Erato's renowned artistic director from 1953 on, was the first...

Taken together these motets and quasi-motets form one of the peaks of Bach's art as a composer of choral music. Compressed and complex, they make enormous demands on performers, requiring exceptional...

My love for baroque music has never been exclusive. Of course I am attracted by period instruments, but that has never been an end in itself. For me, it is simply a matter of always moving further...

John Eliot Gardiner TITLE: Purcell: King Arthur (2CD) Label: PRX/Warner Classics/Parlophone - With it's lavish music and elaborate staging, the semi-opera King Arthur is one of the master-pieces in...

As John Eliot Gardiner converted his Monteverdi Orchestra to early instruments in the mid-1970s and renamed it the English Baroque Soloists, he engaged his magnificent instrumentalists, choir and a...

Something special happens when she starts to sing - something that sets off a thrill..." wrote Opera News of Vivica Genaux. This collection of three recitals showcases the virtuosity, elegance and...

Gens,Veronique Tragediennes (Vol. 1-3) CD1. Armide: Acte II, Sc?ne 5 - Monologue D'armide: Enfin Il Est en Ma Puissance - By V?ronique Gens/Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset 2. Armide: Overture...

Gershwin / Ravel Erato Story - Piano Cons CD1. Piano Concerto in F Major : I Allegro 2. Piano Concerto in F Major : II Andante Con Motto 3. Piano Concerto in F Major : III. Allegro Agitato 4. Piano...

Gounod / Plasson / Hendricks / Denize / Aler / Dam Mors Et Vita CD1. Mors Et Vita, Une Trilogie Sacree, Pars Prima - Mors: Prologue: "Horrendum Est Incidere Ego Sum Resurrectio (Choeur, Baryton) 2...

A magical performance from Peter Mattei, the Estonian National Male Choir and Estonian National Symphony Orchestra makes this one of the definitive recordings of Grieg's most loved work.1. No. 1 at...