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Andrew Parrott

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Taverner Consort & Players: New Recording from July 2012!!Celebrating 40 Years Since Their Formation! Monteverdis Orfeo!Founded in 1973 by Andrew Parrott, the Taverner Consort & Playerspioneers of period performanceare celebrating their 40th anniversary.Their first new recording since the 2011 release of J.S. Bachs Funeral Music (the worlds first recording of the fully reconstructed version / AV2241) is Monteverdis opera Orfeo! The Taverna Consort & Players, whose repertoire focuses primarily on music from the Middle Ages through the Baroque era, were early adopters of the OVPP approach advocated by Rifkin.Their refined, clear sounda hallmark of their small ensembleand their historically informed performance and interpretation, based on Parrotts meticulous research, have continued to evolve.Given that the Tavana Consort & Players recordings of Monteverdiincluding *Vespers of the Blessed Virgi