John Eliot Gardiner

Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

Così fan tutte

Mozart and Da Ponte use the theme of "fiancée swapping", which dates back to the 13th century; notable earlier...

Music, War and Revolution

Understanding how the musical world was impacted by the World War I.

Bach: A Passionate Life

John Eliot Gardiner goes in search of Bach the man and the musician. The famous portrait of Bach portrays a gru...

The Marriage of Figaro - ROH

A count has designs on his personal valet's fiancée and is determined to stop their wedding taking place. Meanw...

The Marriage of Figaro

This is a good video of "Figaro", but there are a couple of better ones available. The Bohm and the Pappano are...

The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past

Documentary about sixteen great conductors of the 20th century.

John Eliot Gardiner Conducts Chabrier, Stravinsky and Debussy With Isabelle Faust

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France performs a programme of French and Russian works with celebrated B...

Berlioz: Les Troyens

This epic opera follows Virgil, beginning as the Greeks appear to have ceded the field after ten years of the T...

Mozart Requiem and Mass In C Minor

Two of Mozart's best-loved choral works - the 1791 Requiem, and the Mass in C minor, both of which were unfinis...

Vespro Della Beata Verginie

Vespro Della Beata Vergine

This large-scale live recording (Gardiner's second) was made in Venice's St Mark's Basilica. It captures the dr...

Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice

Film recording of Robert Wilson’s stage production of the opera by Gluck. John Eliot Gardiner conducts Berlioz’...

Rigoletto

David McVicars Production of Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House 2012, with Dimitri Platanias, Ekaterina Siurina...

Semele

On Thursday 2 May 2019, the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, led by John Eliot Gardiner, brought...

Claudio Monteverdi - Vespro della Beata Vergine

J.S. Bach Christmas Oratorio

In the historic Weimar Herder Church Sir John Eliot Gardiner finds the perfect setting for his recording of the...

Bach at St David's

Video of a performance from the Bach cantata pilgrimage undertaken by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the Monteverdi C...

Berlioz Rediscovered: Symphonie Fantastique & Messe Solennelle

Monteverdi & Caravaggio at the Galleria Borghese in Rome

In the magnificent rooms of the Galleria Borghese in Rome, John Eliot Gardiner and his ensembles The Monteverdi...

John Eliot Gardiner: Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro

John Eliot Gardiner leasd a brilliant cast in Mozart's beloved opera, Le Nozze Di Figaro. Recorded live in 1993...

J. S. Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 'Scottish'

Inspired by his travels to the British Isles and full of the influence of the rolling Scottish landscape, both...