Arcangelo (ensemble) explained

Arcangelo is a UK-based early music ensemble founded by Jonathan Cohen in 2010.^[1] It performs and records music from the Baroque, Classical, and early Romantic repertoire, ranging from Monteverdi to Beethoven. 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,^[2] Aldeburgh Festival,^[3] Edinburgh Festival,^[4] BBC Proms,^[5] The Globe's Sam Wanamaker Playhouse,^[6] Hampton Court Palace,^[7] Tetbury Music Festival,^[8] Carnegie Hall,^[9] Salzburg Festival,^[10] Musikverein Vienna^[11] and Berliner Philharmonie.^[12]

It was the first ever Baroque Ensemble in Residence at Wigmore Hall in the 2016–17 concert season^[13]

Musicians and soloists

Arcangelo has performed with soloists including Iestyn Davies MBE (counter tenor),^[14] Christiane Karg (soprano),^[15] Matthew Rose (bass),^[16] Vilde Frang (violin),^[17] Alina Ibragimova (violin),^[18] Tim Mead (counter tenor),^[19] Nicolas Altstaedt (cello),^[20] Christopher Purves (baritone),^[21] Anna Prohaska (soprano),^[22] 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^[23]
• Berlin Classics^[24]
• Universal Music / Archiv Produktion^[25]
• Warner Classics^[26]
• Alpha Classics^[27]

Discography and awards

• Porpora: Cantatas, Iestyn Davies, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen Hyperion Records, http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67894 CDA67894, 2011
• Arias for Guadagni, Iestyn Davies, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen Hyperion Records, http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67924 CDA67924, 2012, Gramophone Award Winner 2012^[28] and Sky Arts South Bank Awards Nominee 2013^[29]
• Amoretti Christiane Karg, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen Berlin Classics, https://www.discogs.com/Christiane-Karg-Amoretti/release/9645892 885470003894, 2012
• Handel's: Finest Arias for Base Voice, Vol. 1, Christopher Purves, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen Hyperion Records, http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67842 CDA67842, 2012, Gramophone Award Nominee 2013,^[30] BBC Music Magazine Award Nominee 2014,^[31] and The Stanley Sadie Handel Recording Prize Nominee 2013^[32]
• Enchanted Forest Anna Prohaska, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen Deutsche Grammophon / Archiv Produktion, http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/gb/cat/4790077 02894790077, 2013, and a track included on Canti Amorosi (2014), also on Das Händel Album (2016) and on the Handel: The Essentials^[33] (2017) compilations on Deutsche Grammophon, and one on the Vivaldi: The Classics (2016) compilation on U-5 Records, 7332849150985.
• Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals of Love and Loss James Gilchrist, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen Hyperion Records, http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68019 CDA68019, 2014
• Johann Sebastian Bach Mass in B Minor, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen Hyperion Records, http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68051/2 CDA68051/2, 2014, Gramophone Award Finalist, 2015^[34]
• W.A. Mozart violin concertos Vilde Frang, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen Warner Classics, http://www.warnerclassics.com/release/3253637,0825646276776/frang-vilde-mozart-violin-concertos-nos-1-5-and-sinfonia-concertante 0825646276776, 2015, BBC Music Magazine: Concerto Choice March 2015,^[35] W.A. Mozart Sinfonia Concertante named Best recording, Gramophone Magazine 2015,^[36] Echo Klassik Award winner 2015,^[37] Number 1 in the UK specialist classical chart on 1 March 2015,^[38] Number 13 in the German classical chart in March 2015,^[39] and a track included on the 'Classical 2016' 2-CD compilation on Warner Classics^[40]
• Scene! Christiane Karg, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen Berlin Classics, https://web.archive.org/web/20170104162803/http://www.edel.com/de/audio/release/christiane-karg/scene/ 885470006468, 2015, International Opera Awards Nominee 2016,^[41] Gramophone Award finalist 2016,^[42] and Echo Klassik Award winner 2016;^[43] 5 tracks from Amoretti and Scene! feature on Portrait, a compilation disc by Christiane Karg released in 2016 on Berlin Classics^[44]
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn: concertos Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Alfredo Bernardini (oboe), Ilya Gringolts (violin), Peter Whelan (bassoon), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen Hyperion Records, http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68051/2 CDA68051, 2015
• Arias for Benucci Matthew Rose, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen Hyperion Records, http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68078 CDA68078, 2015, International Opera Awards Nominee 2016^[41]
• Johann Sebastian Bach

Violin Concertos with Alina Ibragimova (violin), Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen Hyperion Records, http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68068 CDA68068, 2015, Presto Classical Disc of the Year 2015,^[45] was Number 1 in the UK specialist classical chart on 12 November 2015^[38] and Number 14 in the US Billboard chart on 7 November 2015^[46]

• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Cello Concertos with Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen Hyperion Records, http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68112 CDA68112, 2016, Finalist, International Classical Music Award 2017,^[47] was listed by US National Public Radio as one of the 1 best classical albums of 2016,^[48] Number 5 in the UK specialist classical chart on 8 September 2016^[38] and Number 13 in the US Billboard chart on 13 September 2016,^[49] and won a 2017 BBC Music Magazine Concerto Award^[50]

• Johann Sebastian Bach Cantatas No 54, 82 and 170 Iestyn Davies, Arcangelo, & Jonathan Cohen Hyperion Records, http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68111 CDA68111, 2016, Number 1 in the UK specialist classical chart on 19 January 2017,^[51] 2017 Gramophone Award Winner in the Baroque Vocal category.^[52] 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 L'Apothéose de Lully & Leçons de ténèbres Katherine Watson, Anna Dennis, Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen Hyperion Records, http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68093 CDA68093, 2017
• Dietrich Buxtehude Sonatas Opus 1, Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen, Alpha Classics, https://www.outhere-music.com/en/albums/trio-sonatas-op-1-alpha-367 Alpha 367, 2017, nominated for a Grammy Award 2018.^[53]
• John Blow, Odes, Samuel Boden, Thomas Walker, Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen Hyperion Records, http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68149 CDA68149, 2017, nominated for a 2018 BBC Music Magazine Award^[54]
• CPE Bach, JC Bach, JS Bach Magnificats, Joélle Harvey, Olivia Vermeulen, Iestyn Davies, Thomas Walker, Thomas E. Bauer, Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen, Hyperion Records, http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68157 CDA68157, 2018, nominated for a Gramophone Award 2018^[55]
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Leçons de ténèbres, Litanies & Magnificat, Samuel Boden, Stephane Degout, Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen Hyperion Records, http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68149 CDA68171, 2018
• Handel's: Finest Arias for Base Voice, Vol. 2, Christopher Purves, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen Hyperion Records, http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67842 CDA67152, 2018

Media

• Arcangelo video clips from recordings for Hyperion Records https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCID1hC_dzM&list=PLpiMiYZXBVkAtNpuzHocqBMBY5dS4Uy-m, 2011-ongoing
• Video clip published by Berlin Classics about Christiane Karg's album Amoretti with Arcangelo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMsblXSbYic, 2012
• Video clips from Enchanted Forest, Anna Prohaska with Arcangelo, and other related programmes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP5tQZPisnw&list=PLEsDcXfe0ouAj1TDmYBksWWVQWz7vkDSq, 2013
• Arcangelo replay of WQXR radio broadcast at Carnegie Hall, with Alina Ibragimova http://www.carnegiehall.org/BlogPost.aspx?id=4295001268, 2013
• Video clip published by Berlin Classics about Christiane Karg's album Scene! with Arcangelo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oe3lR3vY1M, 2015
• Video clips published by Warner Classics about Vilde Frang's album of Mozart Violin concertos with Arcangelo: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=arcangelo+vilde+frang+warner+classics, 2015
• BBC Music Magazine podcast: Johann Sebastian Bach violin concertos Alina Ibragimova, Arcangelo, Recording of the Month http://www.classical-music.com/monthly-choice/js-bach-violin-concertos
• Arcangelo filmed performance with Isabelle Faust (violin) for the Wigmore Hall 115th Anniversary Celebration concert, http://www.medici.tv/#!/wigmore-hall-115th-anniversary-celebratory-concert-day2-arcangelo, June 2016
• Video clips from Arcangelo at the BBC The Proms at The Globe's Sam Wanamaker Playhouse http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p044pdp2, August 2016
• Arcangelo video clip about the Buxtehude Opus 1 recording,^[56] July 2017

External links

• Arcangelo website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Creation of Arcangelo. Arcangelo. 4 November 2016.
2. Web site: Arcangelo at Wigmore Hall. Wigmore Hall. 10 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160612135013/http://wigmore-hall.org.uk/wigmore-hall-live/143-wigmore-hall-115th-anniversary-gala-concert-1-june-2016/file. 12 June 2016. dead.
3. Web site: Arcangelo at Aldeburgh Festival. Aldeburgh blog. Aldeburgh Music. 4 November 2016.
4. Web site: Arcangelo at Edinburgh Festival. Edinburgh Festival. 10 November 2016.
5. Web site: Arcangelo at the BBC Proms. BBC News . 4 November 2016.
6. Web site: Arcangelo at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. Sam Wanaker Playhouse. Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. 10 November 2016.
7. Web site: Arcangelo at Hampton Court Palace. Historic Royal Palaces. HRP. 10 November 2016.
8. Web site: Arcangelo at Tetbury Music Festival. BBC Music Magazine. BBC. 10 November 2016.
9. Web site: Arcangelo at Carnegie Hall. Carnegie Hall. 10 November 2016.
10. Web site: Arcangelo at Carnegie Hall. Carnegie Hall. Carnegie Hal. 4 November 2016.
11. Web site: Musikverein Vienna concert. Musikverein. 4 November 2016.
12. Web site: Arcangelo concert at the Berlin Philharmonie. Twotickets.de. 4 November 2016.
13. Web site: Wigmore Hall announces 16/17 season Residency. Wigmore Hall. 4 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161118161201/https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/artistic-series/arcangelo-baroque-ensemble-in-residence. 18 November 2016. dead.
14. Web site: Recordings with Iestyn Davies. Hyperion Records. 4 November 2016.
15. Web site: Recordings with Christiane Karg. Berlin Classics. 4 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170204085612/http://www.edel.com/de/suchergebnisse/?tx_indexedsearch%5Bsubmit_button%5D.x=9&tx_indexedsearch%5Bsubmit_button%5D.y=11&term=amoretti. 4 February 2017. dead.
16. Web site: Recording with Matthew Rose. Hyperion Records. 4 November 2016.
17. Web site: Recording with Vilde Frang. Warner Classics. 4 November 2016.
18. Web site: Recording with Alina Ibragimova. Hyperion Records. 4 November 2016.
19. Web site: Recording with Tim Mead. Hyperion Records. 4 November 2016.
20. Web site: Recordings with Nicolas Altstaedt. Hyperion Records. 4 November 2016.
21. Web site: Recording with Christopher Purves. Hyperion Records. 4 November 2016.
22. Web site: Recording with Anna Prohaska. Archiv Produktion / Deutsche Grammophon. Deutsche Grammophon. 4 November 2016.
23. Web site: Hyperion recording artist. Hyperion Records. 4 November 2016.
24. Web site: Berlin Classics recording artist. Berlin Classics. 4 November 2016.
25. Web site: Archiv Producktion / Deutsche Grammophon recording artist. Deutsche Grammophon.
26. Web site: Warner Classics recording artist. Warner Classics. 4 November 2016.
27. Web site: Arcangelo on Alpha Classics. Outhere. 11 July 2017.
28. Web site: Gramophone Award Winner 2012. Gramophone Magazine. 24 December 2016.
29. Web site: Sky Arts South Bank Awards 2014. Sky UK. 24 December 2016.
30. Web site: Gramophone Award nominations 2013. Gramophone Magazine. 24 December 2016.
31. Web site: BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014. BBC Music Magazine/. BBC. 24 December 2016.
32. Web site: The Stanley Sadie Handel Recording Prize 2013. gfhandel.org. 24 December 2016.
33. Web site: HANDEL The Essentials – Download / Streaming – Buy Now. deutschegrammophon.com. 4 September 2017.
34. Web site: Gramophone Award Nominee 2015. Gramophone Magazine. 24 December 2016.
35. Web site: BBC Music Magazine Concerto Choice. Classical Music. BBC. 24 December 2016.
36. Web site: Gramophone Magazine best recording of the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante. Gramophone Magazine. 24 December 2016.
37. Web site: Echo Klassic Award 2015. Echo Klassik/. 24 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20180425212137/http://www.echoklassik.de/fileadmin/echoklassik/upload/news/2015/ECHO_Klassik_2015_Prize_Winners_FINAL_150910.pdf. 25 April 2018. dead.
38. Web site: UK specialist classical chart. Official Charts . 24 December 2016.
39. Web site: German Classical music chart. Klassik Akzente. 24 December 2016.
40. Web site: Classical 2016 compilation. Warner Classics. 24 December 2016.
41. Web site: International Opera Awards 2016. International Opera Awards. 24 December 2016.
42. Web site: Gramophone Awards nominations 2016. Gramophone Magazine. 24 December 2016.
43. Web site: Echo Klassik Award 2016. Echo Klassik. 24 December 2016.
44. Web site: 'Portrait' – Christiane Karg. Berlin Classics. Edel. 11 January 2017.
45. Web site: Presto Classical Disc of the Year 2015. Presto Classical. 24 December 2016.
46. US Billboard traditional classical chart, w/e 7 November 2015. Billboard. 24 December 2016.
47. Web site: ICMA Awards 2017. ICMA. 24 December 2016.
48. Web site: NPR 10 best classical albums of 2016. NPR. 24 December 2016.
49. US Billboard traditional classical chart, w/e 10 September 2016. Billboard. 24 December 2016.
50. Web site: 2017 BBC Music Magazine Award. BBC Music Magazine Awards 2017. BBC. 24 January 2017.
51. Web site: UK Specialist classical chart. UK Official Charts. 19 January 2017.
52. Web site: Baroque Vocal. Gramophone. 23 August 2017. Gramophone. 2 September 2017.
53. News: See The Full List of 60th GRAMMY Nominees. 27 November 2017. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 19 January 2018.
54. Web site: Vote now in the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2018 BBC Music Magazine Awards. BBC Music Magazine. 19 January 2018. 30 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120530202830/http://awards.classical-music.com/. dead.
55. Web site: Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2018. McCarthy. James. 2018-06-14. www.gramophone.co.uk. en. 2018-08-04.
56. Web site: Promo Clip. YouTube. 25 July 2017.