Arcangelo is a UK-based early music ensemble founded by Jonathan Cohen in 2010. It performs and records music from the

Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...

, Classical, and early Romantic repertoire, ranging from

Monteverdi Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considere ...

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

. It is noted for its approach based on the collaborative tradition of chamber music making. Its cast varies in size, from small instrumental repertoire of 4 musicians to large choral works of 80 such as J. S. Bach's Mass in B Minor. Performances and tours have included appearances at

Wigmore Hall The Wigmore Hall is a concert hall at 36 Wigmore Street, in west London. It was designed by Thomas Edward Collcutt and opened in 1901 as the Bechstein Hall; it is considered to have particularly good building acoustics, acoustics. It specialis ...

Aldeburgh Festival The Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts is an English arts festival devoted mainly to classical music. It takes place each June in the town of Aldeburgh, Suffolk and is centred on Snape Maltings Concert Hall. History of the Aldeburgh Festi ...

Edinburgh Festival __NOTOC__ This is a list of Arts festival, arts and cultural festivals regularly taking place in Edinburgh, Scotland. The city has become known for its festivals since the establishment in 1947 of the Edinburgh International Festival and the ...

BBC Proms The BBC Proms is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in central London. Robert Newman founded The Proms in 1895. Since 1927, the ...

, The Globe's

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is an indoor theatre forming part of the Shakespeare's Globe complex, along with the recreated Globe Theatre on Bankside in Southwark, London. Built by making use of 17th-century plans for an indoor English theatre, ...

Hampton Court Palace Hampton Court Palace is a Listed building, Grade I listed royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest and upstream of central London on the River Thames. Opened to the public, the palace is managed by Historic Royal ...

Tetbury Tetbury is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish inside the Cotswold (district), Cotswold district in Gloucestershire, England. It lies on the site of an ancient hill fort, on which an Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon monastery was found ...

Music Festival,

Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhattan), 57t ...

Salzburg Festival The Salzburg Festival () is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer, for five weeks starting in late July, in Salzburg, Austria, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart's operas are a focus of ...

Musikverein The ( or ; ), commonly shortened to , is a concert hall in Vienna, Austria, which is located in the Innere Stadt district. The building opened in 1870 and is the home of the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra. The acoustics of the building's 'Grea ...

Vienna and

Berliner Philharmonie The () is a concert hall in Berlin, Germany, and home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. The Philharmonie lies on the south edge of the city's Tiergarten and just west of the former Berlin Wall. The Philharmonie is on Herbert-von-Karajan- ...

. It was the first ever Baroque Ensemble in Residence at

in the 2016–17 concert season

Musicians and soloists

Arcangelo has performed with soloists including Iestyn Davies MBE (counter tenor),

Christiane Karg Christiane Karg (born 6 August 1980) is a German operatic soprano. The award-winning singer became known for performing Mozart roles at the Salzburg Festival, and made an international career. Career Born in Feuchtwangen, Bavaria, Karg studied ...

(soprano), Matthew Rose (bass), Vilde Frang (violin),

Alina Ibragimova Alina Rinatovna Ibragimova (; born 28 September 1985) is a Russian-British violinist. Early life and education Ibragimova was born in Polevskoy, Russian SSR, to a Tatar family. Her family was musical, and she began playing the violin at ...

(violin), Tim Mead (counter tenor), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Christopher Purves (baritone),

Anna Prohaska Anna Prohaska (born June 27, 1983) is an Austrian-British lyric soprano. She lives in Berlin. Career Anna Prohaska studied in Berlin at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music. Prohaska made her debut in 2002 at the Komische Oper in Harry Kupfer’s ...

(soprano), and Louise Alder (soprano) Its ranks are cast from both the UK and continental Europe, and include young emerging musicians who are invited to the group as part of their artistic and career development.

Recordings

Labels that the ensemble has recorded under

Hyperion Records Hyperion Records is a British classical music record label. It was independent until February 2023, when it was acquired by the Universal Music Group. Under Universal, Hyperion is one of the three main classical record labels, alongside Decca a ...

* Berlin Classics * Universal Music / Archiv Produktion *

Warner Classics Warner Classics is the classical music arm of Warner Music Group. The label began issuing new recordings under the Warner Classics banner in 1991. The company also includes the Erato Records and Teldec Records labels. Based in France, Warner Cla ...

* Alpha Classics

Discography and awards

Porpora Nicola (or Niccolò) Antonio Giacinto Porpora (17 August 16863 March 1768) was an Italian composer and teacher of singing of the Baroque era, whose most famous singing students were the castrati Farinelli and Caffarelli. Other students included ...

: ''Cantatas'', Iestyn Davies, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

CDA67894, 2011 * ''Arias for Guadagni'', Iestyn Davies, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

CDA67924, 2012, Gramophone Award Winner 2012 and Sky Arts South Bank Awards Nominee 2013 * ''Amoretti''

, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen Berlin Classics

885470003894, 2012 *

Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( ; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti. Born in Halle, Germany, H ...

's: ''Finest Arias for Base Voice, Vol. 1,'' Christopher Purves, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

CDA67842, 2012, Gramophone Award Nominee 2013, BBC Music Magazine Award Nominee 2014, and The Stanley Sadie Handel Recording Prize Nominee 2013 * ''Enchanted Forest''

, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...

Archiv Produktion Archiv Produktion is a classical music record label of German origin. It originated in 1948 as a classical label for the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft (DGG), and in 1958 Archiv was established as a subsidiary of DGG, specialising in recordin ...

02894790077, 2013, and a track included on ''Canti Amorosi'' (2014), also on ''Das Händel Album'' (2016) and on the ''Handel: The Essentials'' (2017) compilations on

, and one on the ''Vivaldi: The Classics'' (2016) compilation on U-5 Records, 7332849150985. *

Claudio Monteverdi Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string instrument, string player. A composer of both Secular music, secular and Church music, sacred music, and a pioneer ...

: ''Madrigals of Love and Loss'' James Gilchrist, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

CDA68019, 2014 *

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

''Mass in B Minor'', Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

CDA68051/2, 2014, Gramophone Award Finalist, 2015 * '' W.A. Mozart violin concertos'' Vilde Frang, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

0825646276776, 2015, BBC Music Magazine: Concerto Choice March 2015, W.A. Mozart Sinfonia Concertante named Best recording, Gramophone Magazine 2015, Echo Klassik Award winner 2015, Number 1 in the UK specialist classical chart on 1 March 2015, Number 13 in the German classical chart in March 2015, and a track included on the 'Classical 2016' 2-CD compilation on Warner Classics * ''Scene!''

, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen Berlin Classics

885470006468, 2015, International Opera Awards Nominee 2016, Gramophone Award finalist 2016, and Echo Klassik Award winner 2016; 5 tracks from ''Amoretti'' and ''Scene!'' feature on ''Portrait'', a compilation disc by

released in 2016 on Berlin Classics *

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

and

Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( ; ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...

: ''concertos'' Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Alfredo Bernardini (oboe), Ilya Gringolts (violin), Peter Whelan (bassoon), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

CDA68051, 2015 * ''Arias for Benucci'' Matthew Rose, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

CDA68078, 2015, International Opera Awards Nominee 2016 *

: Violin Concertos with

(violin), Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen

CDA68068, 2015, Presto Classical Disc of the Year 2015, was Number 1 in the UK specialist classical chart on 12 November 2015 and Number 14 in the US Billboard chart on 7 November 2015 *

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German composer and musician of the Baroque and Classical period. He was the fifth ch ...

: Cello Concertos with Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen

CDA68112, 2016, Finalist, International Classical Music Award 2017, was listed by US National Public Radio as one of the 1 best classical albums of 2016, Number 5 in the UK specialist classical chart on 8 September 2016 and Number 13 in the US Billboard chart on 13 September 2016, and won a 2017

BBC Music Magazine ''BBC Music Magazine'' is a British monthly magazine that focuses primarily on classical music. The first issue appeared in September 1992. BBC Worldwide, the commercial subsidiary of the BBC, was the original owner and publisher together with ...

Concerto Award *

''Cantatas No 54, 82 and 170'' Iestyn Davies, Arcangelo, & Jonathan Cohen

CDA68111, 2016, Number 1 in the UK specialist classical chart on 19 January 2017, 2017 Gramophone Award Winner in the Baroque Vocal category. One of the Sunday Times best albums of 2017; one of BBC Radio 3 Album Review Critics' Choice for 2017; one of Opera News' best albums of 2017. *

François Couperin François Couperin (; 10 November 1668 – 11 September 1733) was a French Baroque music, Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as ''Couperin le Grand'' ("Couperin the Great") to distinguish him from other members of the musi ...

''L'Apothéose de Lully & Leçons de ténèbres'' Katherine Watson, Anna Dennis, Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen

CDA68093, 2017 *

Dietrich Buxtehude Dieterich Buxtehude (; born Diderich Hansen Buxtehude, ; – 9 May 1707) was a Danish composer and organist of the Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal and instrumen ...

''Sonatas Opus 1'', Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen, Alpha Classics

Alpha 367, 2017, nominated for a 60th Annual Grammy Awards, Grammy Award 2018. *

John Blow John Blow (baptised 23 February 1649 – 1 October 1708) was an English composer and organist of the Baroque period. Appointed organist of Westminster Abbey in late 1668,Jonathan Cohen

CDA68149, 2017, nominated for a 2018

Award * Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, CPE Bach, JC Bach,

JS Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the orc ...

''Magnificats'', Joélle Harvey, Olivia Vermeulen, Iestyn Davies, Thomas Walker, Thomas E. Bauer, Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen,

CDA68157, 2018, nominated for a Gramophone Award 2018 * John Blow, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, ''Leçons de ténèbres, Litanies & Magnificat'', Samuel Boden, Stephane Degout, Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen

CDA68171, 2018 *

's: ''Finest Arias for Base Voice, Vol. 2,'' Christopher Purves, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

CDA67152, 2018

Media

* Arcangelo video clips from recordings for

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2011-ongoing * Video clip published by Berlin Classics about

's album ''Amoretti'' with Arcangelo

2012 * Video clips from ''Enchanted Forest'',

with Arcangelo, and other related programmes

2013 * Arcangelo replay of WQXR radio broadcast at Carnegie Hall, with

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2013 * Video clip published by Berlin Classics about

's album ''Scene!'' with Arcangelo

2015 * Video clips published by

about Vilde Frang's album of

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

Violin concertos with Arcangelo

2015 * BBC Music Magazine podcast:

''violin concertos''

, Arcangelo, Recording of the Mont

* Arcangelo filmed performance with Isabelle Faust (violin) for the

115th Anniversary Celebration concert

June 2016 * Video clips from Arcangelo at the BBC

The Proms The BBC Proms is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in central London. Robert Newman founded The Proms in 1895. Since 1927, the ...

at The Globe's

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August 2016 * Arcangelo video clip about the Buxtehude Opus 1 recording, July 2017

References

External links

Arcangelo website
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