The English Baroque Soloists have long been established as one of the world’s leading period instrument orchestras. Throughout their repertoire, ranging from Monteverdi to Mozart and Haydn, they are equally at home in chamber, symphonic and operatic repertoire and the distinctive sound of their warm and incisive playing is instantly recognisable.
The ensemble has performed at many of the world’s most prestigious venues including La Scala in Milan, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Sydney Opera House. In the course of the 1990s they performed Mozart’s seven mature operas and recorded all Mozart’s mature symphonies and his complete piano concerto cycle. Last summer they toured in Germany and the UK with Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos and Orchestral Suites, following the release of their acclaimed Brandenburg Concertos recording by the Company’s label, Soli Deo Gloria.
The English Baroque Soloists are regularly involved in projects along with the Monteverdi Choir, with whom they took part in the trail-blazing Bach Cantata Pilgrimage in 2000, performing all of Bach’s sacred cantatas throughout Europe.
In 2009/10 they toured several projects together under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner: Haydn’s oratorios The Creation and The Seasons, Handel’s Israel in Egypt, Bach’s Mass in B Minor and most recently Monteverdi’s Vespers (1610). They recently performed a series of Bach Advent Cantatas concerts to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Bach Cantatas Pilgrimage.
