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This conductor-less ensemble of 11 members was founded
in 1981 by David Takeno of The Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London
and from the beginning their director has been Robert Salter. In 1982 they became the first British
ensemble to win the Jeunesses Musicales Competition
in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. In 1983 they came to the attention
of the public eye when it performed in Cannes at the first classical MIDEM
and has since given made several recordings, performed throughout the world
and appeared on BBC television and radio programmes. In 1999 they received a nomination for
the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award.
Tomaso
Giovanni Albinoni recordings
Concerto No. 2 for Oboe in D minor, Op 9
RCA 0 9026 60224 2 7 (CD: Baroque Oboe Concertos)
Oboe - Malcolm Messiter
Sources:
- http://www.peoplesound.com/artist/guildhallstringensemble
- http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/artist_page.asp?name=guildhall
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