Group
The Parley of Instruments
- From
- London, United Kingdom
- Since
- 1979–present
- Releases
- 48
- classical
About
The Parley of Instruments is a London-based early music group founded in 1979. The ensemble's co-founders were Peter Holman and the violinist Roy Goodman, who have been the ensemble's two main conductors. The name "parley of instruments" comes from the London concerts in 1676 organised by the violinist John Banister.
Members
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Mark Caudle cello, viola da gamba, violin
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Theresa Caudle viola, violin
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Lisa Cochrane viola
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Tim Crawford theorbo
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Paul Denley viola
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Roy Goodman violin
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Peter Holman chamber organ
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Annette Isserlis violin
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Amanda MacNamara violone
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Roy Mowatt violin
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Judy Tarling violin
Discography
Albums
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Armonico tributo: Salzburg 1682
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Sonatae tam aris, quam aulis servientes
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Sacred Vocal Music
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Hunt Cantata, BWV 208 "Was mir behagt"
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Music for Lute and Mandolin
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Christmas Music by Michael Praetorius
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Ayres for the Theatre
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Italian Baroque Trumpet Music
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Purcell's London
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Consort Music
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Dr. Arne at Vauxhall Gardens
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Six Concertos in Seven Parts, op. 2
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Recorder Concertos
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For Unto Us a Child Is Born
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German Consort Music 1660-1710 Apple Music
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Solomon
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Anthems, Motets and Ceremonial Music
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Il Ballo dellʼ Ingrate / Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda / Ballo ‘Movete’ / Altri Canti dʼAmor
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An Englishman Abroad
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Music For Prince Charles: Fantasias and Dances by Orlando Gibbons & Thomas Lupo
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Six Favourite Concertos
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William Croft at St Pauls
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Christmas Music
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Awake My Lyre
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Lachrimae or Seaven Teares
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Recorder Concerti
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Hark How the Wild Musicians Sing: The Symphony Songs of Henry Purcell
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English 18th-century Keyboard Concertos
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Odes to Saint Cecilia
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Complete Ayres for the Theatre
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The Broken Consort
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English Classical Violin Concertos
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Boyce: Trio Sonatas
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While Shepherds Watched
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Artaxerxes
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A high priz'd noise: Violin Music for Charles I
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Messa Concertata, Canzonas & Motets
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Handel in Hamburg
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German 17th-Century Church Music
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Ich habe genug - Hunt Cantata & Wedding Cantata
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Haydn and His English Friends
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Dances from Terpsichore, 1612 (The Parley of Instruments feat. director: Peter Holman)
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Noble Bass Viol
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Lyric Ode on the Fairies, Aerial Beings and Withces of Shakespeare
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English Classical Clarinet Concertos
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Late Consort Music by John Jenkins
Links
Listen
Official
Concerts
Tags
- early music group
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 70af5d9a-c6e0-4fcf-9cde-4d3d00e0fcb0
- ISNI
- 0000000094158394
- ISNI
- 0000000106844720
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.