Bio
Launched in 2005, Soli Deo Gloria is a record company founded by Sir John Eliot Gardiner for his three ensembles; the Monteverdi Choir, the English Baroque Soloists and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique.
SDG has rapidly established itself as one of the leading independent labels, praised for the exceptional quality of its recordings as well as for the elegance of its packaging. In October 2005 its very first release won Record of the Year at the Gramophone Awards, and all subsequent releases have won international acclaim.
SDG is a not-for-profit organisation and any revenue from its recordings is reinvested into making new recordings of Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi forces’ innovative projects: Pilgrimage to Santiago followed an acclaimed concert tour along the route to Compostela to receive as much praise as the concerts.
Autumn 2007 sees the first recordings with the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, recorded at the Royal Festival Hall in London and the Salle Pleyel in Paris during the Brahms and his Antecedents concert cycle.
The name Soli Deo Gloria is drawn from the initials that Johann Sebastian Bach appended at the end of each of his Cantatas, dedicating them to the "glory of God alone".
Autumn 2007 sees the first recordings with the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, recorded at the Royal Festival Hall in London and the Salle Pleyel in Paris during the Brahms and his Antecedents concert cycle.
The name Soli Deo Gloria is drawn from the initials that Johann Sebastian Bach appended at the end of each of his Cantatas, dedicating them to the "glory of God alone".
