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Andrew Parrott
hps, org, *1947 GB, Metropolitan Borough of Walsall
Singer / Composer / Conductor of Classical
Andrew Parrott (born 10 March 1947) is a British conductor, perhaps best known for his pioneering "historically informed performances" of pre-classical music. He conducts a wide range of repertoire, including contemporary music. He conducted the premiere of Judith Weir's A Night at the Chinese Opera (as well as its first recording). He has also recorded new music by other modern British composers (including John Tavener), and by Vladimír Godár.He is a Patron of Bampton Classical Opera.
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Canticum in nativitatem Domini, 'Frigidae noctis umbra': Marche on Christmas Carols by Andrew Parrott Purcell: Abdelazer, Z. 570: II. Rondeau on Purcell: Music for Pleasure and Devotion by Henry Purcell & Andrew Parrott Vivaldi: Gloria in D Major, RV 589: I. Gloria in excelsis Deo on Vivaldi: Gloria & Magnificat by Antonio Vivaldi & Andrew Parrott Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for Three Violins and Continuo in D Major: Canon on A Baroque Festival by Andrew Parrott Bach, JS: Easter Oratorio, BWV 249: No. 1, Sinfonia on Bach: Magnificat / Cantatas 4, 11 & 50 / Easter Oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach & Andrew Parrott Bach, JS: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: No. 10, Choral. "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" on A Baroque Festival by Andrew Parrott Vivaldi: Magnificat in G Minor, RV 610b: V. Esurientes on Vivaldi: Gloria & Magnificat by Antonio Vivaldi & Andrew Parrott Vespro della beata Vergine (1610): Concerto - Duo Seraphim on Vespro della beata Vergine 1610 by Claudio Monteverdi & Andrew Parrott Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "Summer": III. Presto on Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni e altri concerti by Antonio Vivaldi, Taverner Players & Andrew Parrott Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro on Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni e altri concerti by Antonio Vivaldi, Taverner Players & Andrew ParrottTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messe De Nostre Dame / Musica Della Capella Sistina | Guillaume de Machaut, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Cristóbal de Morales, Josquin Des Prés, Gregorio Allegri - Taverner Consort, Taverner Choir, Andrew Parrott | 2017 | Album |
| Muzik Zum Aschied: Farewell Classics | Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich, Truls Mørk, Neeme Järvi, Riccardo Muti, Roger Norrington, Andrew Parrott | 2017 | Compil. |
| Western Wind : Mass By John Taverner & Court Music For Henry VIII | John Taverner, Taverner Choir, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott | 2016 | Album |
| Tenebrae | Carlo Gesualdo - Taverner Consort, Andrew Parrott | 2013 | Album |
| Piano Concerto No. 5 / Choral Fantasia | Ludwig van Beethoven - Ronald Brautigam, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Parrott | 2010 | Album |
| Vespers 1610 · Mass Of Thanksgiving · Madrigals | Claudio Monteverdi – Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort, Choir & Players | 2009 | Compil. |
| Santa Cecilia | Henry Purcell, Georg Friedrich Händel, Joseph Haydn - Andrew Parrott, Philip Ledger, Michel Corboz | 2009 | Compil. |
| Piano Concertos WoO 4 & No. 2 | Ludwig van Beethoven - Ronald Brautigam, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Parrott | 2009 | Album |
| Piano Concertos 1&3 | Ludwig van Beethoven - Ronald Brautigam, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Parrott | 2008 | Album |
| Mass Of Thanksgiving, Venice 1631 | Claudio Monteverdi / Taverner Consort, Taverner Choir And Taverner Players - Andrew Parrott | 2006 | Album |
| Pachelbel's Canon And Other Baroque Favourites | Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort, Choir & Players, Boston Early Music Festival | 2005 | Album |
| Antonio Vivaldi | Antonio Vivaldi, Fabio Biondi, Gérard Lesne, David Daniels, Andrew Parrott, Anne-Sophie Mutter | 2005 | Compil. |
| Spem In Alium / Latin Church Music | Thomas Tallis - Taverner Consort & Taverner Choir, Andrew Parrott | 2003 | Compil. |
| From Monteverdi To Vivaldi | Andrew Parrott, Taverner Players | 2003 | Compil. |
| Music For Pleasure And Devotion | Henry Purcell, Taverner Consort, Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott | 2003 | Compil. |
| Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel - Taverner Choir, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott | 2002 | Album |
| Mass in B minor | Johann Sebastian Bach, Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort & Players | 2002 | Album |
| Saint John Passion, Mass In B Minor, Easter Oratorio, Ascension Oratorio | Johann Sebastian Bach - Taverner Consort & Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott | 2002 | Album |
| Venetian Church Music | Giovanni Gabrieli / Claudio Monteverdi / Antonio Vivaldi - Taverner Consort, Taverner Choir, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott | 2001 | Album |
| Tenebræ | Carlo Gesualdo - Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort | 2000 | Album |
| Ich Habe Genug-Hunt Cantata & Wedding Cantata | Emma Kirkby, David Thomas, Jennifer Smith, Simon Davies, Michael George, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott, The Parley Of Instruments, Roy Goodman, Johann Sebastian Bach | 2000 | Album |
| Out Of The Night | Arvo Pärt / John Tavener - Taverner Choir, Andrew Parrott | 1999 | Album |
| Magnificat • Easter Oratorio | Johann Sebastian Bach - Taverner Consort & Players, Andrew Parrott | 1999 | Compil. |
| Brandenburg Concertos / Orchestral Suites | Johann Sebastian Bach, Andrew Parrott | 1999 | Compil. |
| Odes For St Cecilia's Day / Music For Queen Mary | Henry Purcell, Taverner Consort, Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott | 1999 | Album |
| Hail! Bright Cecilia | Henry Purcell, Taverner Choir · Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort | 1995 | Album |
| Dido & Aenas | Henry Purcell, Taverner Choir, Emily Van Evera, Ben Parry, Andrew Parrott | 1994 | Album |
| Gloria, Magnificat | Taverner Players, Taverner Choir, Andrew Parrott, Antonio Vivaldi | 1994 | Album |
| Carol Album 2 | Andrew Parrott - Taverner Consort, Taverner Choir & Taverner Players | 1993 | Album |
| Missa "Ave Maris Stella" / Motets & Chansons | Josquin Des Prés, Andrew Lawrence-King, Taverner Consort & Taverner Choir, Andrew Parrott | 1993 | Album |
| Suites (Ouvertüren) | Johann Sebastian Bach, Boston Early Music Festival, Andrew Parrott | 1993 | Album |
| Music For Easter | Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort, Taverner Choir | 1993 | Compil. |
| Music For Christmas Volume II Number 4 | Taverner Consort, Taverner Choir And Taverner Players Directed By Andrew Parrott | 1993 | Compil. |
| The Christmas Album - Festive Music From Europe And America | Andrew Parrott - Taverner Consort, Taverner Choir & Taverner Players | 1992 | Album |
| British Composers: Glyndebourne Wind Serenades | The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Andrew Parrott | 1992 | Album |
| Madrigali Guerrieri Et Amorosi (1638) [Madrigals Of War And Love, From Book VIII] | Claudio Monteverdi, Andrew Parrott, Taverner Players | 1992 | Album |
| Mass In C Minor, Kv427 (417a) 2 Epistle Sonatas Kv67/Kv329 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Andrew Parrott, John Finney, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Handel And Haydn Society Chorus, Nancy Armstrong, Dominique Labelle, Jeffrey Thomas, Richard Morrison, James Christie | 1992 | Album |
| St John Passion | Johann Sebastian Bach, Taverner Consort & Players, Andrew Parrott | 1991 | Album |
| Canzonas, Sontatas, Motets | Giovanni Gabrieli, Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort & Players | 1991 | Album |
| Requiem KV626 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Boston Early Music Festival, Andrew Parrott, John Finney | 1991 | Album |
| Israel In Egypt | Georg Friedrich Händel, Taverner Choir, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott | 1990 | Album |
| Carmelite Vespers (1707) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Taverner Choir, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott | 1989 | Album |
| The Carol Album: Seven Centuries Of Christmas Music | Andrew Parrott - Taverner Consort, Taverner Choir & Taverner Players | 1989 | Album |
| Mass Of Thanksgiving / Danksagungs-Messe / Messe D'Action De Grâces (1631) | Claudio Monteverdi / Taverner Consort, Taverner Choir And Taverner Players - Andrew Parrott | 1989 | Album |
| Latin Church Music I · Spem In Alium (A40) · Complete Responds | Thomas Tallis - Taverner Consort, Taverner Choir, Andrew Parrott | 1989 | Album |
| Latin Church Music II · Gaude Gloriosa Dei Mater · Lamentations I & II · Motets From Cantiones Sacrae (1575) | Thomas Tallis - Taverner Consort, Taverner Choir, Andrew Parrott | 1989 | Compil. |
| Die Brandenburgischen Konzerte / The Brandenburg Concertos / Les Concertos Brandenbourgeois | Johann Sebastian Bach, John Holloway, Roy Goodman, Marion Verbruggen, John Toll, Paul Goodwin, Janet See, David Staff, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott | 1989 | Album |
| «Maestro De' Concerti» | Antonio Vivaldi, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott | 1988 | Album |
| Canon & Gigue | Johann Pachelbel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich Händel, Henry Purcell, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott | 1988 | Album |
| Baroque Classics | Taverner Consort, Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott | 1988 | Album |
| Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas a 6 | John Taverner, Andrew Parrott, Taverner Choir | 1988 | Album |
| Una "Stravanganza" Dei Medici - Intermedi (1589) Per "La Pellegrina" | Andrew Parrott / Tessa Bonner / Emma Kirkby / Emily Van Evera / Nigel Rogers / Taverner Consort / Taverner Choir / Taverner Players | 1988 | Album |
| Weihnachtsgeschichte Christmas Story / Vier Monetten Aus Polyhymnia Caduceatrix Et Panegyrica | Heinrich Schütz - Michael Praetorius - Andrew Parrott - Taverner Choir | 1987 | Album |
| Musica Della Cappella Sistina | Gregorio Allegri / Josquin Des Prés / Cristóbal de Morales / Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina / Taverner Consort / Andrew Parrott | 1987 | Album |
| Ode On St. Cecilia's Day 1692, "Hail! Bright Cecilia" | Henry Purcell, Nicholas Brady, Taverner Choir, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott | 1986 | Album |
| Mass In B Minor | Johann Sebastian Bach, Emma Kirkby, Emily Van Evera, Panito Iconomou, Christian Immler, Michael Kilian, Rogers Covey-Crump, David Thomas, Taverner Consort & Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott | 1985 | Album |
| Messe De Nostre Dame | Guillaume de Machaut - Taverner Consort, Taverner Choir, Andrew Parrott | 1984 | Album |
| Vespro Della Beata Vergine (1610) | Claudio Monteverdi, Taverner Consort, Taverner Choir, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott | 1984 | Album |
| The Four Seasons | John Holloway / Andrew Parrott = Taverner Players : Antonio Vivaldi | 1984 | Album |
| Selva Morale E Spirituale | Claudio Monteverdi, Emma Kirkby • Nigel Rogers • Rogers Covey-Crump • David Thomas, Taverner Consort, Taverner Choir, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott | 1984 | Album |
| Bach Cantatas (Ich Habe Genug, BWV 82 / Weichet Nur, Betrübte Schatten, BWV 202 (Wedding Cantata)) | Johann Sebastian Bach - Emma Kirkby, David Thomas, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott | 1982 | Album |
| Dido & Aeneas | Henry Purcell - Emma Kirkby • Judith Nelson • David Thomas, Taverner Choir • Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott | 1981 | Album |
| Gloria * Magnificat | Antonio Vivaldi - Taverner Choir / Andrew Parrott / Emily Van Evera / Nancy Argenta / Alison Place / Catherine King / Margaret Cable | Album |
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