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Laurence Cummings
12+ albums
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Laurence Cummings, is a harpsichordist, organist, and conductor. He is Head of Historical Performance at the Royal Academy of Music (since 1997), Musical Director of the London Handel Orchestra and Festival (since 1999), Musical Director of the Tilford Bach Society, a founding member of the London Handel Players, and a Trustee of the Handel House Museum. Cummings was educated at Solihull School, Christ Church, Oxford and the Royal College of Music and he has studied with Jill Severs. Particularly important achievements to date include making the first recording of Handel’s newly-discovered Gloria with soloist Emma Kirkby and the Royal Academy of Music Baroque Orchestra, and recordings of the keyboard works of Louis and François Couperin. He has performed with ensembles including Les Arts Florissants, English National Opera, English Touring Opera, the Gabrieli Consort, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Opera Theatre Company, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Royal Academy of Music Baroque Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, The Sixteen, Streetwise Opera and soloists including Daniel Taylor (countertenor), Maurice Steger (recorder) and Emma Kirkby (soprano). User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
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Psalmen Davids sampt etlichen Moteten und Concerten, Op. 2, SWV 22-47: An den Wassern zu Babel
8262Keyboard Sonata In D Minor, K. 120/L.215/P.146: Keyboard Sonata In D Minor, K.120/L.215/P.146: Allegrissimo
2183Keyboard Sonata In F Minor, K. 466/L.118/P.501: Keyboard Sonata In F Minor, K.466/L.118/P.501: Andante
1294Funeral Music for Queen Mary
1235Keyboard Sonata In F Minor, K. 467/L.476/P.513: Keyboard Sonata In F Minor, K.467/L.476/P.513: Allegrissimo
1226Keyboard Suite No. 7 In G Minor, HWV 432 : I. Ouverture
1167Menuet de Poitou et son Double
1088Keyboard Suite No. 7 In G Minor, HWV 432 : VI. Passacaille
1039Keyboard Suite No. 7 In G Minor, HWV 432 : III. Allegro
10310Keyboard Suite No. 7 In G Minor, HWV 432 : II. Andante
99albums
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Eternal Baroque
The Art of the Baroque Harpsichord
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Baroque Harpsichord (The Art Of The)
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Discover Music of the Baroque Era
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Strictly Baroque
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GIBBONS: Choral and Organ Music
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World of Early Music
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PURCELL: Full Anthems / Music on the Death of Queen Mary
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An Introduction To Early Music
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A To Z Of Classical Music [Disc 1]
Handel: Eight Great Harpsichord Suites HWV 426-433
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100 Classics [Disc 7] バロック・ベスト!