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	John Eliot Gardiner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Eliot Gardiner made his London opera debut with Die Zauberflöte in 1969 at the English National Opera, and he first appeared at Covent Garden in 1973 conducting Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride.
		In 1998, John Eliot Gardiner was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
		Gardiner was married to violinist Elizabeth Wilcock from 1981 to 1997; they had three daughters.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Eliot_Gardiner (501 words)

	John Eliot Gardiner (Conductor) - Short Biography
		John Eliot Gardiner has undertaken numerous tours with the Monteverdi Choir and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique.
		John Eliot Gardiner holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Lyons (1987) and was named "Officier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" (1988) and "Commander of the British Empire" (1990).
		John Eliot Gardiner received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II at the June Birthday Honours in 1998.
	www.bach-cantatas.com /Bio/Gardiner-John-Eliot.htm (511 words)

	Sir John Eliot Gardiner
		Founder and artistic director of the Monteverdi Choir, the English Baroque Soloists and the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner’s performances in concert and on record are unmistakeable both for their zest and technical mastery and the highly personal readings of music from Monteverdi to Verdi and beyond.
		Alongside the activities with his own ensembles, John Eliot Gardiner appears regularly as guest conductor with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Philharmonia, Chamber Orchestra of Europe and in the USA the Boston and Cleveland orchestras.
		In 1987 John Eliot Gardiner received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Lyon, and last year he was nominated Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
	members.tripod.com /~criticsonline/gardiner.html (531 words)

	classical music - andante - sir john eliot gardiner's electrifying haydn
		The English Baroque Soloists don't often perform in England anymore in these financially difficult times, and in recent years their founder and director, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, has spent more time guest-conducting Schubert, Mendelssohn, Bruckner and Stravinsky (although the year 2000 was, of course, an exception to the rule, with the notorious Bach Cantata Pilgrimage).
		In fact, the 44th Symphony is full of congeniality and warmth underneath its tumultuous exterior, and Gardiner presented a moulded performance that was notable for the technical security of the horns — a rarity in many period-instrument concerts — and the mastery of a phenomenal violin section in the dazzling finale.
		Gardiner's quartet of soloists was fine, although at times they were slightly obscured by the ecstatic orchestral and choral entries surrounding them — after all, Gardiner's famously full-blooded approach occasionally has its risks as well as its handsome dividends.
	www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=15143 (827 words)

	Telegraph \| Entertainment \| The maestro who's gambling on the glories of Bach
		Gardiner was able to hang on to the engineers; and the soloists, choir and orchestra agreed for the recordings to go ahead anyway, "initially as an educational documentary".
		Gardiner has plans to hand "some of the recordings to colleges of music and university departments as an archival document of the project", but he is also casting his line into commercial waters to see whether a wider audience will bite.
		Gardiner's trump card, however, could well be the association of the discs with the original concert pilgrimage, which, as he says, "was a way of performing the cantatas in a coherent manner.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/01/20/bmgard20.xml&sSheet=/arts/2005/01/20/ixartright.html (963 words)

	Decca Music Group - John Eliot Gardiner
		John Eliot Gardiner is one of the most versatile conductors of our time.
		Alongside the activities with his own ensembles, John Eliot Gardiner appears regularly as guest conductor with the most important European symphony orchestras, including the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonic orchestras and the London Symphony Orchestra.
		In 1987 John Eliot Gardiner received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Lyon, and in 1996 he was nominated Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
	www.deccaclassics.com /artists/gardiner/biog.html (369 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Arts \| Arts news \| Top conductor goes it alone after record label pulls plug
		Sir John Eliot Gardiner rehearsing a Bach concert in Iona abbey in 2000 with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists.
		The conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner - for 20 years one of the most famous names contracted to the recording company Deutsche Grammophon - has launched his own CD label, after recovering from the blow of the abrupt severance of his contract with DG.
		Sir John faced a crisis when the company pulled the plug just as he was planning the gargantuan project of touring with and recording live the complete Bach cantatas throughout the year 2000, which would have resulted in over 50 CDs.
	arts.guardian.co.uk /news/story/0,11711,1386743,00.html (824 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Beethoven: 9 Symphonies / John Eliot Gardiner at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		John Eliot Gardiner is one of Europe’s leading conductors.
		Add to that the fact that Gardiner and the ORR play at significantly faster tempi than most "traditional" recordings, and I was faced with a wonderfully dynamic, energetic and distinctive listening experience...
		Gardiner’s solution was simple: study the original autographed scores or printed first editions; make scholarly conclusions as to what Beethoven’s actual intentions were; and perform the music on "period" instruments according to those historical conclusions.
	www.epinions.com /content_28327054980 (1663 words)

	St. John Passion by John Eliot Gardiner at jsbach.org
		Gardiner uses his usual period forces to great effect, as his orchestra does not eschew vibrato yet the texture remains transparent.
		Gardiner opted to use women in the choir and arias, which lends more musicality, as period performances using boys in this difficult repertoire often sound sophomoric to these ears.
		The caliber of the singing is second to none, notably in the haunting aria "Es ist vollbracht!" This is a disc to treasure.
	www.jsbach.org /gardinerstjohnpassion.html (148 words)

	John Eliot Gardiner - General Discussions - Part 9
		Gardiner's performance is "ridiculously fast, absurd." We concur entirely that this type of performance is not the type that Bach would have allowed under his direction.
		John Butt, imho, is arguing in favor of publically performing these pieces which are normally considered rather academic by many musicians, listeners and critics.
		Gardiner himself speaks in the article about the almost forensic research of fingerprints on the scores which is as interesting as any other insightful research of the past.
	www.bach-cantatas.com /Performers/Gardiner-Gen9.htm (5595 words)

	BBC - Classical Review - Haydn: Great Masses, John Eliot Gardiner
		John Eliot Gardiner's new recording of the last two Haydn Masses finds us at the end of the process: the composer in his late 60s full of spiritual optimism, and with the tools to express it in the most imaginative fashion.
		Gardiner's performances have tremendous drive and energy, yet he knows how to slow the pulse and allow his soloists to shine in the quieter moments.
		JEG brings out the dramatic edge of these pieces particularly well (and includes the infamous now you see it now you don't timpani roll in the Agnus Dei).
	www.bbc.co.uk /music/classical/reviews/haydnmass_gardiner.shtml (766 words)

	Decca Music Group - John Eliot Gardiner
		In this article, we've also included audio excerpts of the new Philips recording of Verdi's Falstaff with John Eliot Gardiner that was released recently.
		Gardiner has listened repeatedly to the tapes of Toscanini rehearsing the soloists and orchestra to hear how the great Italian maestro worked on text and characterisation.
		Gardiner is keen to point out how different is Falstaff, not just from all of Verdi’s previous operas but from every other opera ever written.
	www.deccaclassics.com /artists/gardiner/falstaff_feature.html (2094 words)

	classical music - andante - john eliot gardiner's bach cantata pilgrimage wins gramophone record of the year
		LONDON — Sir John Eliot Gardiner's self-produced recording of Bach cantatas won record of the year honors Thursday [September 29] at the annual Gramophone Awards.
		The conductor's recording, on Gardiner's Soli Deo Gloria label, developed from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage in 2000 which took Gardiner around Europe with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists.
		Gardiner established his own label after Deutsche Grammophon pulled out of the project to record all 198 of the surviving sacred cantatas.
	www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=26026 (622 words)

	Amazon.com: Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies / Gardiner: Music: Ludwig van Beethoven,Orchestre Revolutionnaire et ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The best part for me is particularly Gardiner's reinterpretation of the meter which gives one a far greater sense of impending change in pieces such as his 3rd, 5th, and 9th.
		Gardiner's orchestra is also smaller wich diminishes the volume but having a modern orchestra of 300+ members is simply overkill for such pieces and the results are worst in muffling the strings than Gardiner's lack of punch with traditional strings and orchestra size.
		I think Gardiner's interpretations are just fine despite their defects as many of its other contenders have problems of their own which, in my opinion, are worst than those of Gardiner's.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000057EO?v=glance (2837 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Music, Styles, Classical, Classical Instrumental, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sir John Eliot Gardiner's period-instrument orchestra is well named, for in some of the most recorded repertoire of all time he revolutionises our conception of how these titanic works should sound.
		JEG's magic touch has brought new sparkle and life, at least in my ears, to almost everything he touches (though his Bach Cantatas somehow leave me emotionally unfulfilled).
		John Eliot Gardiner's original Millennium Bach Cantata Pilgrimage plan intended weekly Deutsche Grammophon recordings of all the concerts; unfortunately this did not prove practical.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/506256 (798 words)

	PlaybillArts: News: John Eliot Gardiner Wins Gramophone Record of the Year Award
		Conductor John Eliot Gardiner is the winner of Gramophone magazine's 2005 record of the year award for a recording of Bach Cantatas released on his newly formed label, Soli Deo Gloria.
		The Bach Cantatas CD, which features Gardiner's Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, is the first artist-produced recording to win the prestigious record of the year award.
		Gardiner formed Soli Deo Gloria after Deutsche Grammophon canceled the conductor's contract and declined to continue releasing the recordings he had made during his Bach Cantata Pilgrimage in 2000.
	www.playbillarts.com /news/article/2978.html (463 words)

	Sir John Eliot Gardiner to give US conservatory address \| Sound Generator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sir John Eliot Gardiner, founder and conductor of the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, and L'Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, is to give a Commencement Address at New England Conservatory later this month.
		Sir John Eliot Gardiner who was born in Dorset, in the South West of England, began conducting at age 15 and toured the Middle East leading the Oxford and Cambridge Singers while still an undergraduate at Cambridge University.
		Sir John has conducted many of the important orchestras of the world, often initiating traditional symphonic ensembles into the subtleties of period performance practice.
	www.soundgenerator.com /news/index.cfm?articleid=5409 (676 words)

	Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem / John Eliot Gardiner \| ArkivMusic
		Gardiner's performance is notable for its intensity and fervour (not mere ferocity) and for the superb singing of his choir: splendidly firm and secure attacks and phrasing, always with fine tonal quality, meticulous attention to dynamic nuances, and alertness to verbal meaning and nuance.
		The solo baritone is a real find: an admirably focused voice with cleanly projected words and sensitive tonal gradations: if the soprano, pure-voiced and consoling, seems slightly less distinguished, it may be that she is set a trifle too far from the microphone.
		In the past Gardiner has sometimes been accused of minimizing the spiritual quality of religious works: that can certainly not be said of this outstanding performance.
	www.arkivmusic.com /classical/Catalog?catalog_num=432140&source=WGUC (210 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Arts \| Arts news \| Look sharp: chance to buy live CD straight after the concert
		On Thursday Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his orchestra, the English Baroque Soloists, will make that possible, creating what is believed to be the fastest classical CD release.
		As audiences leave Sir John Eliot's concert at Cadogan Hall in London, they will be able to walk away with a live recording of the music played in the first half of the evening - Mozart's Symphonies Nos 39 and 41 - produced by his own label, SDG.
		But this is a first for the classical world, and also the first time a commercial label will produce a live CD that members of the audience will be able to take away at the end of the concert.
	arts.guardian.co.uk /news/story/0,,1703989,00.html (539 words)

	John Eliot Gardiner News - Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Christmas Day 2000 found John Eliot Gardiner in St. Bartholomew's Church on Fifth Avenue in New York, leading his choral and instrumental forces in music celebrating Jesus' birth.
		It must have been an incredibly sweet moment for John Eliot Gardiner when he and his Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists won record of the year at the Gramophone magazine's annual awards ceremony...
		One of the leading pioneers of early classical music, conductor John Eliot Gardiner will appear this weekend at the Seoul Arts Center with the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists.
	www.topix.net /who/john-eliot-gardiner/page2 (379 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		While I applaud Gardiner's attempt to remove some of the slushy sentimentalism that creeps into some performances of this work, I nevertheless feel that he has erred towards the opposite extreme.
		Gardiner introduces unmarked emphasis' in both the first and fourth movements that I personally find extremely distracting.
		The fugue at the end of the third movement and the "Denn es wird..." in the sixth movement both seem to suffer from this (although he isn't alone in preferring this tempo in the sixth movement).
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000413E (605 words)

	Gramophone - News - The world's best classical music magazine
		Sir John Eliot Gardiner is launching his own label, Monteverdi Productions, to release recordings by his ensembles the Monteverdi Choir, the English Baroque Soloists and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique.
		The label will begin by releasing the recordings made during Gardiner’s Bach Cantata Pilgrimage in 2000, which will appear on the imprint Soli Deo Gloria (to the glory of God Alone) — named after the dedicatory initials JS Bach appended to his Cantata scores.
		The 2000 pilgrimage, which marked the 250th anniversary of Bach’s death, saw Gardiner conduct 198 works throughout Europe and the US in 93 concerts, on the days for which the music was written.
	www.gramophone.co.uk /newsMainTemplate.asp?storyID=2209&newssectionID=1 (248 words)

	John Eliot Gardiner - In Rehearsal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		John Eliot Gardiner - In Rehearsal (1999) [Unrated]
		As a key figure in the revival of early music John Eliot Gardiner has won international acclaim.
		In this programme he is seen rehearsing Bach's Cantata BWV 63 plus an interview with the man himself.
	www.lovefilm.com /view_dvd.php?dt_id=8448 (80 words)

	John Eliot Gardiner
		One of the most exciting and versatile conductors of our time and a key figure in the early music revival, Sir John Eliot Gardiner has consistently gone against the prevailing orthodoxy through his particular combination of scholarship and inspired musicianship.
		Founder and Artistic Director of the Monteverdi Choir, the English Baroque Soloists and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Sir John Eliot Gardiner's performances in concert and on record are unmistakable, both for their zest and technical mastery and the highly personal readings of music from Monteverdi to Verdi and beyond.
		During 2006 Gardiner has planned several Mozart Celebration programmes with the Monteverdi Choir, which started with an extensive tour of the east and west coast of North America in January.
	www.monteverdiproductions.co.uk /about_us/jeg.cfm (414 words)

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