Nicolas Robertson (Tenor)

Born: March 2, 1954 - Birmingham, England

The English tenor, Nicolas [Nicholas] Robertson, studied at Dover College and at St John's College, Cambridge.

Nicolas Robertson was a long-time member of The Tallis Scholars (Director: Peter Phillips), Taverner Consort (Director: Andrew Parrott), The English Concert Choir (Director: Trevor Pinnock), The Sixteen (Director: Harry Christophers), and Monteverdi Choir (Director: John Eliot Gardiner). In 2000 he participated in the latter's Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, during which all J.S. Bach's sacred canatas were performed and recorded live. He appeared at York Early Music Festival and York Festival and Mystery Plays. Currently he works as proof-reader, programme-note writer and assistant to his wife, Lidia Rita Martins Robertson, in workshops in the music/education department at Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. He currently lives in Lisbon, Portugal.

Sources:
Bits & pieces from various sources
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (October 2014)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Harry Christophers

Tenor

Member of The Sixteen:
BWV 225-230

John Eliot Gardiner

Tenor

BWV 245 [1^st]

John Eliot Gardiner

Tenor

Member of Monteverdi Choir:
[E-3] (1983): BWV 243 [1^st recording]
[C-2] (1990): BWV 140 [1^st recording], BWV 147 [1^st recording]
C-10 (1998); BWV 63, BWV 64, BWV 121
BCP Vol. 2: CD-1: BWV 2, BWV 10, BWV 76; CD-2: BWV 21, BWV 135
BCP Vol. 3: CD-1: BWV 24, BWV 185, BWV 177, BWV 71; CD-2: BWV 131, BWV 93, BWV 88
BCP Vol. 4: CD-1: BWV 9, J. Kuhnau/J.S. Bach: Motet Der Gerechte kömmt um
BCP Vol. 7: CD-2: BWV 50, BWV 130, BWV 19, BWV 149
BCP Vol. 8: CD-1: BWV 138, BWV 99, BWV 100; CD-2: BWV 161, BWV 27, BWV 8, BWV 95
BCP Vol. 11: CD-1: BWV 162, BWV 180
BCP Vol. 13: CD-1: BWV 61, BWV 62, BWV 36; CD-2: BWV 70, BWV 132, BWV 147
BCP Vol. 14: BWV 91, BWV 121, BWV 40, BWV 110
BCP Vol. 15: BWV 64, BWV 151, BWV 57, BWV 133
BCP Vol. 16: BWV 225, BWV 122, BWV 28, BWV 190
BCP Vol. 17: CD-1: BWV 143, BWV 41, BWV 16, BWV 171; CD-2: BWV 153, BWV 58
BCP Vol. 18: CD-1: BWV 63, BWV 191, BWV 65, BWV 123; CD-2: BWV 154, BWV 124, BWV 32
BCP Vol. 20: CD-2: BWV 18, BWV 181, BWV 126
BCP Vol. 21: CD-1: BWV 22, BWV 23, BWV 127, BWV 159
BCP Vol. 22: CD-1: BWV 4 [2^nd], BWV 31, BWV 66 [2^nd]; CD-2: BWV 6 [2^nd], BWV 134, BWV 145
BCP Vol. 23: CD-1: BWV 150, BWV 67, BWV 42, BWV 158
BCP Vol. 24: CD-1: BWV 12, BWV 103, BWV 146; CD-2: BWV 166, BWV 108, BWV 117
BCP Vol. 25: CD-1: BWV 86, BWV 87, BWV 97
BCP Vol. 26: CD-1: BWV 172, BWV 59, BWV 74, BWV 34; CD-2: BWV 173, BWV 68, BWV 174
BCP Vol. 27: CD-1: BWV 184, BWV 175; CD-2: BWV 194, BWV 176, BWV 165, BWV 129
V-9 (2011): BWV 225-230, BWV Anh 159
BWV 232 [1^st, 1985]
V-13 (2013): BWV 232 [2^nd recording]
V-10 (2015): BWV 232 [3^nd recording]
V-11 (2015, Video) BWV 232 [4^th recording]
BWV 244 [1^st, 1988], BWV 245 [1^st, 1986], BWV 248/1-6 [1^st, 1987]
[V-14] (2016, Video): BWV 244 [2^nd recording]
[V-12] (2016): BWV 244 [3^rd recording]

Andrew Parrott

Tenor

BWV 245

Peter Phillips

Tenor

Member of The Tallis Scholars:
V-1 (1986): Chorale

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