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...
Several Eloquence releases have celebrated the pellucid timbre and vivid characterisation of the British soprano Jennifer Vyvyan. 'A treasury to treasure' was the BBC Music Magazine's verdict on...
Gardiner/English Chamber Orchestra Purcell: Queen Mary CD1. Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary - March 2. Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary - "Man That Is Born" 3. Music for the Funeral of Queen...
Purcell's The Fairy Queen is based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, a play not frequently performed in the late 17th century, nor very well regarded ("the most insipid ridiculous play that...