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Red Priest
12+ albums
baroqueinstrumentalearly musicClassicalenglish
about
Red Priest is one of the major success stories on the international early music scene today. Named after the flame-haired priest, Antonio Vivaldi, this extraordinary English ensemble has redefined the art of baroque music performance, combining the fruits of extensive research with swashbuckling virtuosity, creative re-composition, heart-on-sleeve emotion and compelling stagecraft. The group performs largely from memory, allowing an operatic level of freedom and interaction, and its programs are drawn from myriad baroque sources to create a kaleidoscopic range of moods and colours. International music critics have described the Red Priest style as “electrifying,” “sheer daring,” “immaculately forged,” “sonically supercharged,” “brilliant and inspired,” “deliciously twisted”—but the group's extravagantly baroque ethos is perhaps best summed up in the words of English musicologist and broadcaster George Pratt: "If nobody goes over the top, how will we know what lies on the other side?" Members of Red Priest: Piers Adams, recorders Julia Bishop, violin Angela East, cello Howard Beach, harpsichord David Greenberg, guest violinist for US tour User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
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Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565: I. Toccata
1842Jean Marie Le Clair -Tambourin
1303Preludio from Solo Violin Partita in E Major, BWV 1006
1174Andante from Flute Sonata in E minor , BWV 1034
865The Four Seasons Concerto in E Major, RV 269 'Spring': I. Allegro
816Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847: I. Prelude
777Largo e Dolce from Flute Sonata in A major, BWV 1032
778Prelude in D major from Suite No.6 for Cello, BWV 1012
759Prelude in G minor for Harpsichord, BWV 885
7010Allegro from Flute Sonata in C major, BWV 1033
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