David Cordier (Counter-tenor)

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David Cordier (Counter-tenor)

Born: England

The English counter-tenor, David Cordier, was a former member of King’s College Choir. Originally student of mathematics, he completed his musical training at the Royal College of Music in London.

David Cordier is internationally known for the extremely natural quality of his counter-tenor voice. The range of his repertoire is impressive, for he is equally involved in early music and in new music.

David Cordier is to be heard in many commercial recordings.

Source: Liner notes to the CD ‘Thuringia Cantat – Vol. 2’ conducted by Wolfgang Unger (Thorofon, 1995)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (April 2002)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works
Conductor	As	Works
Bruce Dickey	Alto	BWV 118 [w/ Concerto Palatino]
Karl Hochreiter	Alto	BWV 225-230
Gustav Leonhardt	Alto	BWV 244
Wolfgang Unger	Alto	BWV 71

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