We celebrate Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert’s founding 50 years ago with this complete edition of their recordings for Archiv Produktion. From the initial wish to “experiment and open the mind to new ideas” the ensemble recorded one extraordinary recording after another, many of which have remained in the canon as reference recordings to this day.

One such album is the recording of Bach’s 6 Brandenburg Concertos, where Trevor Pinnock collaborated with varying groups of colleagues from The English Concert. Recorded in 1982, they are now also available in the high-quality spatial listening experience of Dolby Atmos®.

On 100 discs (99 CD & 1 DVD), this box presents the complete oeuvre of Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert on Archiv Produktion. Purcell, Vivaldi, Handel, Bach, Haydn and Mozart are the focus of the repertoire. Numerous recordings such as the Brandenburg Concertos, Corelli’s Concerti Grossi or the symphonies of William Boyce are among the milestones of recording history. A Bach album from the ensemble’s early days is released for the first time on CD, as well as the never-published Dead March from Handel’s “Saul”. A 184-page booklet with essays by Trevor Pinnock and Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, the director of the Royal Academy of Music, as well as numerous photos and documents complete the extensive portrait.

Trevor Pinnock joins Sarah Willis on the DG Podcast

Trevor Pinnock joined Sarah Willis as her special guest on this month’s episode of the DG Podcast. The harpsichordist and conductor tells Sarah about his studies, how he came to found The English Concert 50 years ago, his memories of recording a huge range of repertoire for DG, and much more. To mark The English Concert’s anniversary, DG has created a 100-disc box set of the ensemble’s complete recordings on Archiv Produktion, listen here.

Accompanying the box 99-CD & 1-DVD box set is a collection of digital albums and a previously unreleased recording of George Frideric Handel’s “Saul”: Act III: Dead March.

See below four albums by Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert that are released digitally for the first time. 

Now in Dolby Atmos® – Trevor Pinnock recorded Vivaldi’s Four Seasons on period instruments with The English Concert (Simon Standage as the soloist) in October 1981. It became and has remained a reference recording ever since. Enjoy this recording, alongside Corelli’s Twelve concerti grossi, Op. 6 and Bach’s 6 Brandenburg Concertos in the high-quality spatial listening experience of Dolby Atmos®.