London Baroque

London Baroque成立于1978年。是巴洛克風格的典范。世界普遍認為其是巴洛克室內(nèi)音樂的典范。在剛開始的十年里，他們參加了528場音樂會，并取得了驕人的成績。此后的時間里，他們平均每年也有大概50場的演出。他們的作品也遍布了歐洲，亞洲等地。
 
Ingrid Seifert & Richard Gwilt - Violin
Charles Medlam - Cello & Viola da Gamba
Steven Devine - Harpsichord & Organ
 
Formed over thirty years ago in 1978, London Baroque enjoys the position of being one of the most experienced and long-lived baroque chamber groups around. London Baroque, regarded worldwide as one of the foremost exponents of baroque chamber music, remains loved and appreciated by audiences as much today as twenty years ago. &We are used to the high standard of these players. The tireless variation of phrasing and dynamics of the individual parts, the perfectly coordinated agogic detail together with the highly imaginative approach lead to wonderfully lively music-making&, (Aug 2001) &... the performances were immaculately controlled, at all times a delight to the ear -- supple, flexible playing which touched the heights of virtuosity and the depths of emotion& (Financial Times, 1980)
 
London Baroque continues to give vital and enriching performances with all the technical perfection and musical maturity their public has come to expect. They have performed in most of the major European festivals, appeared frequently on TV and radio the world over, and tour regularly in Japan and the USA. Their repertoire spans a period from the end of the sixteenth century up to Mozart and Haydn with works of virtually unknown composers next to familiar masterpieces of the baroque and early classical eras.
 
The 2013/2014 season contains programmes ranging from early English music to Mozart and contemporaries. With the four core players there will be appearances in Italy, England, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland. In addition there will be concerts with Emma Kirkby in England, Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Japan, China, and Turkey.
 
London Baroque has performed at the Salzburg, Edinburgh, Bath, Beaune, Innsbruck, Utrecht, York Festivals, and the Stuttgart, Ansbach and Lausanne Bach festivals.
 
Recording now for BIS (after a long and fruitful collaboration with Harmonia Mundi France) London Baroque's recent releases have received great critical acclaim; &Sympathetic and ... with some finely poetic playing. These performances seem to me model.& (Gramophone, Sept 2001) and &They have never made a better disc and neither have I heard a superior performance of any Handel trio sonata.& (Goldberg, July 2001) -- both of their disc with Emma Kirkby of Handel sacred cantatas.
 
And of their release of Vivaldi Op. 1 trio sonatas; &London Baroque bring their customary virtues to these performances, including excellent internal rapport and blend, a richly mined string tone, passion and intensity.& (Gramophone, March 2001)
 
London Baroque has appeared on television in England, France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Holland, Spain, Sweden, Poland, Brazil, Estonia, Hungary and Japan.