I Fagiolini | |
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 I Fagiolini performing at Much Wenlock in 2022 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Oxford, England |
| Genres | Early music, Renaissance music, Contemporary music |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Labels | Chandos Records, Coro Records |
| Members | Robert Hollingworth - Director Anna Crookes - Soprano Julia Doyle - Soprano Rebecca Lea - Soprano Emma Tring - Soprano Clare Wilkinson - Mezzo-soprano William Purefoy - Counter-Tenor Richard Wyn Roberts - Counter-Tenor Matthew Long - Tenor Nicholas Hurndall Smith - Tenor Nicholas Mulroy - Tenor Greg Skidmore - Baritone Eamonn Dougan - Baritone Charles Gibbs - Bass |
| Past members | Robin Blaze Matthew Brook Carys Lane Giles Underwood Roderick Williams Hugh Wilson |
| Website | Official website |
I Fagiolini is a British vocal ensemble specialising in early music and contemporary music. Founded by Robert Hollingworth at Oxford in 1986, the group won the UK Early Music Network’s Young Artists’ Competition in 1988 and a Royal Philharmonic Society Award in 2006. It has an international reputation for presenting music in unusual ways, for example in John La Bouchardière's production and film The Full Monteverdi. I Fagiolini has recorded over 25 CDs, as well as DVDs of The Full Monteverdi and Orazio Vecchi's L'Amfiparnaso with Simon Callow.
The group has recorded the recently found 40-part mass (1566) by Striggio. The CD was released in March 2011 and won the Early Music category in the 2011 Gramophone Awards and a Diapason d'Or de l'Année.
In 2023 I Fagiolini embarked on a project to record the multi-choir music of Orazio Benevoli. The third CD in this series, released in February 2026, was described by Gramophone magazine as "peak I Fagiolini" and "quite superb".
