Wode Recording Released

21 July 2011

BBC The Great Composers Magazine recommends Dunedin

17 March 2011

We would naturally recommend our own recordings of Handel's Messiah and Bach's Matthew Passion, but are always delighted when others agree with us. A special edition from BBC Music Magazine focusing on the lives and essential works of The Great Composers lists both our Messiah and Matthew Passion as the recommended recordings.

Handel's Messiah and Bach's Matthew Passion represent two fundamental pillars of the Western European music tradition. Our recording of Handel's Messiah won the Gramophone Award in 2007 for best baroque vocal recording and a MIDEM award. Bach's Matthew Passion is not short of accolades receiving the best recording 2008 by High Fidelity magazine.

Dunedin's success on both the platform and the recording market is testament to the passion and commitment of our artists.

Both recordings are available digitally on Linn Records who currently holds the Gramophone Label of the year award.

No 11

16 December 2010

Linn Records Label of the year

01 October 2010

We are delighted to announce that our recording partner Linn Records has won the Gramophone label of the year award. 

 

On Friday 1st October, at the annual Gramophone Awards, Linn was named Label of the Year. For Linn, winning this prestigious award is the culmination of nearly three decades of work, and represents the dedication of a team striving to give the you the best music, with no compromises on quality or support of our artists.

 

To hear Gramophone's Editor-in-Chief James Jolly describing Linn as "...the very model of a modern record company"  was, well, music to our ears.

 

Celebrate with 3 for 2 on all Linn Albums

 

To help celebrate this momentous occasion, we are offering 3 albums for the price of 2 across all Linn Records titles be it Studio Master download, SACD or even 180g Vinyl; with the offer running until 31st October 2010. Simply use the promotion code 3FOR2 when checking out.

 

Don’t know where to start? Well, our the award-winning albums below is a good place, or perhaps our specially selected range of highlights.

 

Previous Linn Award-Winners

 

Recent Gramophone Award ceremonies have seen many of Linn's artists singled out for their outstanding recordings.

 

In 2010 the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Sir Charles Mackerras was a Finalist in the Orchestral Album of the Year category for their album Mozart Symphonies 29, 31 (Paris), 32, 35 (Haffner) & 36 (Linz) whilst Phantasm was a Finalist in the Early Music Album of the Year category for their album, John Ward: Consort music for five and six viols.

 

2009 saw another two recordings highlighted: Henry Purcell: Ten Sonatas in Four Parts by Retrospect Trio was a Finalist in the Baroque Instrumental Album of the Year category and the Dunedin Consort's Acis and Galatea (Original Cannons Performing Version 1718) was a Finalist in the Baroque Vocal Album of the Year category.

 

James Gilchrist flew the flag for Linn at the 2008 Awards with a Finalist nod in the Solo Vocal Album of the Year category for this album with the Fitzwilliam Quartet and pianist Anna Tilbrook, On Wenlock Edge.

 

Linn's biggest triumph, prior to being named 'Label of the Year' came in 2007 when the mighty Dunedin Consort scooped the Baroque Vocal Album of the Year Award for their recording of Handel's Messiah (Dublin Version, 1742).  This superb two-disc album was later released on 180g vinyl in a beautiful 3 LP boxed set.

 

Many thanks to all who contributed to these successes, we will be working hard to bring you more award-winning recordings in the future.

 

John Butt joins prestigious Council

02 September 2010

David Willetts, Minister for Universities & Science, has announced the appointment of John Butt and three other academics to the governing body, the Council, of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Council members are appointed by the Minister for Universities and Science and are responsible for the overall strategic direction of the AHRC including its key objectives and targets, and key decisions about the research direction of the AHRC.

Each year the AHRC provides approximately £112 million from the Government to support research and postgraduate study in the arts and humanities, from languages and law, archaeology and English literature to design and creative and performing arts. In any one year, the AHRC makes approximately 700 research awards and around 1,350 postgraduate awards. Awards are made after a rigorous peer review process, to ensure that only applications of the highest quality are funded. The quality and range of research supported by this investment of public funds not only provides social and cultural benefits but also contributes to the economic success of the UK.

Gramophone's Editor's Choice

30 June 2010

The award-winning Dunedin Consort's "spine-tingling" new album 'J.S. Bach Mass in B Minor' has just been named 'Editor's Choice' in the latest issue of Gramophone Magazine. This wonderful double album features the premiere recording of the Breitkopf & Härtel Edition of Bach's popular mass edited by Joshua Rifkin in 2006. Director John Butt and the Dunedin Consort make this both a revealing, historically accurate soloist-led performance and a truly groundbreaking recording.

Lammermuir Festival

25 May 2010

The Dunedin Consort & Players have been chosen to close a new and exciting music festival which will run from the 10th to the 19th September 2010. The Lammermuir Festival will feature many major artists, ensembles and orchestras in a host of intriguing venues across East Lothian, Scotland, including historic buildings and on board Concorde.

John Butt wins the Royal Academy of Music Kohn Foundation Bach Prize

29 March 2010

The Dunedin Consort is delighted to announce that John Butt is to be the fifth recipient of the Royal Academy of Music/Kohn Foundation Bach Prize.