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Monica Huggett
12+ albums
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Monica Huggett (born May 16, 1953 in London, England) is a British conductor and leading baroque violinist. At the age of 16 she started studying at the Royal Academy of Music, London with Manoug Parikian and Kato Havas, baroque violin with Sigiswald Kuijken. She co-founded and served as leader of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra under Ton Koopman from 1980 to 1987. She was made a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in 1994, and serves as professor of baroque violin at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen, Germany. She has worked with Christopher Hogwood at the Academy of Ancient Music, with Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert, and toured the US in concert with James Galway. She has served as guest director of Arion Baroque Orchestra, Montreal, Tafelmusik, Toronto, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Baroque, San Francisco, the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, and Concerto Copenhagen. Huggett continues as artistic director of the Portland Baroque Orchestra and of the Irish Baroque Orchestra and is guest director of the Seville Baroque Orchestra. She also founded the Ensemble Sonnerie and Hausmusik London as a chamber ensemble which concentrates on Romantic music. She has won Gramophone awards for her recordings of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin (1997) and Biber's violin sonatas (2002). Her unparalleled expertise in the musical and social history of the baroque era, coupled with her unique and compelling interpretation of baroque music, has made he
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Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin BWV 1001-1006, Sonata No. 3 in C major BWV 1005: IV. Allegro assai
1,1402Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin BWV 1001-1006, Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006: I. Prel
58733. Allegro
2034Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin BWV 1001-1006, Partita No.3 in E major BWV 1006: Gavotte en ron
1725Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin BWV 1001-1006, Sonata No. 1 in G minor BWV 1001: I. Adagio
1396Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat BWV1051: I. [Allegro]
1327Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat BWV1051: II. Adagio ma non tanto
1178Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin BWV 1001-1006, Partita No. 3 In E Major BWV 1006: I. Preludio
1139Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat BWV1051: III. Allegro
10610Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin BWV 1001-1006, Partita No.3 in E major BWV 1006: Gavotte en rondeaux - Menuets I et II - Bourrée
85albums
Haydn and the Gypsies
Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin
Brandenburg Concertos
Corelli: Sonatas
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Vivaldi: Concerti Opp.3,4,8 & 9 (6 CDs)
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Bach 100 Best
Solo Violin Sonatas & Partitas
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The Most Relaxing Vivaldi Album In The World... Ever!
Fontana Sonatas
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100 Best Baroque
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Vivaldi: L'Estro Armonico ; 6 Flute Concertos
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Bach : Violin Concertos & Concerto for 2 Violins