Concertos

'Simon Standage and Catherine Weiss are well-matched in the double concertos, from hair-raising momentum to lovely slow-movement dialogue… Crispian Steele-Perkins plays with a rare lightness and delicacy… Apart from the 'Christmas Concerto' not a note is otherwise currently available on disc; such undeserved neglect earns this disc a particularly warm welcome.'
BBC Music Magazine

'This is another enlightening disc that Baroque enthusiasts will welcome.'
Gramophone

Every so often one encounters a composer whose innovations had an enormous impact on music but whom subsequent events overshadowed. One such is Giuseppe Torelli, a great innovator who deserves to be credited with much of the early development of the concerto. This fascinating disc includes the Concerti Op. 8, a landmark opus worthy of special attention, for it influenced a whole new generation of composers including Vivaldi,Telemann and Bach. These historically accurate performances give us a chance to experience these ground-breaking concertos as they would have been heard at the time, and will prove popular with scholars and fans of early music alike.

Simon Standage has made over thirty recordings with Collegium Musicum 90 on the Chandos label.

Collegium Musicum 90 is one of today's premiere period ensembles. It regularly receives outstanding reviews for its Chandos recordings.