Nigel North Archives - BGS Records https://www.bgsrecords.com/product-category/artists/nigel-north/ Thu, 04 Jan 2024 12:14:22 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Capriccio – Music for lute by Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Vol 4 https://www.bgsrecords.com/product/capriccio-music-for-lute-by-sylvius-leopold-weiss-vol-4/ Fri, 05 Nov 2021 09:58:12 +0000 https://www.bgsrecords.com/?post_type=product&p=486 The post Capriccio – Music for lute by Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Vol 4 appeared first on BGS Records.

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]]> A Decoration Of Silence: The lute music of il Divino (Vol. 2) https://www.bgsrecords.com/product/nigel-north-a-decoration-of-silence/ Sun, 17 Dec 2017 11:06:56 +0000 https://www.bgsrecords.com/?post_type=product&p=251 The lute music of il Divino Francesco Canova da Milano (1497 - 1543), Vol. 2 For lute and viola da mano

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Francesco Canova da Milano (1497 – 1543), Vol. 2
Lute and viola da mano

Order code: BGS128
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]]> Galanterie Music for Lute by Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Vol.3 https://www.bgsrecords.com/product/galanterie-music-lute-slyvius-leopold-weiss-vol-3/ Fri, 09 Oct 2015 15:00:37 +0000 https://www.bgsrecords.com/?post_type=product&p=138 Nigel North continues his series of iconic lute recordings on BGS Records with the third volume in his series of works by Sylvius Leopold Weiss. Galanterie charts music for 13-course lute thought to have been composed between 1720 and 1730, whilst Weiss was employed as a royal chamber musician for the Elector August II of [...]

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“North speaks Weiss’s cosmopolitan language with finely attuned fluency, consummate flair and seductive persuasiveness” BBC Music Magazine (reviewing Volume 2 in this series)

Nigel North, lute

Release date: 9th Oct 2015
Order code: BGS125
Barcode: 0799439689855

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]]> Dolcissimi et Amorosa, Vol.1 The Lute Music of il Divino – Francesco Canova da Milano https://www.bgsrecords.com/product/dolcissimi-et-amorosa-vol-1-lute-music-il-divino-francesco-canova-da-milano/ Mon, 01 Sep 2014 14:39:05 +0000 https://www.bgsrecords.com/?post_type=product&p=134 World-renowned lutenist Nigel North begins a new series of recordings with BGS exploring the lute works of il Divino, the nickname of Francesco Canova da Milano (1497-1543).

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“North leans more towards allowing a phrase’s flow gently to retard as it reaches the still pool of its final tone…ultimately it’s North’s intense introspection and empathy that make this thoughtful programme more satisfyingly psychological than psychedelic.” Gramophone, August 2014

Nigel North

Release date: 1st Sep 2014
Order code: BGS122
Barcode: 0680569884596

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]]> The Heart Trembles with Pleasure: Music for lute by Sylvius Leopold Weiss (Vol.1) https://www.bgsrecords.com/product/heart-trembles-pleasure-music-lute-sylvius-leopold-weiss-vol-1/ Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:26:14 +0000 https://www.bgsrecords.com/?post_type=product&p=63 The first release in Nigel North's new series for BGS of the works of the master 18th-century lutenist Sylvius Leopold Weiss. Nigel North is one of Britain's best-known and loved musicians, appointed Professor of Lute at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama at the age of just 21. North combines a historically-informed approach with [...]

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Gramophone Award Short-listed, Best Baroque Instrumental Recording 2012

“North’s articulation and timing are faultless, with fleet-footed bourres and courantes of reckless perfection. But it is the sheer beauty of sound that is most remarkable: clear, luxuriant, expansive.” The Independent

Release date: 11th Jun 2013
Order code: BGS119
Barcode: 05070000007502

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]]> Cantabile: Music for lute by Sylvius Leopold Weiss (Vol. 2) https://www.bgsrecords.com/product/cantabile-music-lute-sylvius-leopold-weiss-vol-2/ Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:12:13 +0000 https://www.bgsrecords.com/?post_type=product&p=127 The follow-up disc to Nigel's Gramophone Award-nominated debut recording, incorporating middle-period pieces from Weiss's career as he took up a position in the court of Dresden. Nigel North is one of Britain's best-known and loved musicians, appointed Professor of Lute at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama at the age of just 21. North [...]

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“North speaks Weiss’s cosmopolitan language with finely attuned fluency, consummate flair and seductive persuasiveness.” BBC Music Magazine, Performance – 5 Stars

Nigel North

Release date: 24th Oct 2012
Order code: BGS120
Barcode: 0609613833960

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