ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Double Concertos Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Georg Kallweit [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 21/Jul/2017 ] The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin transports us to the Venice of the 'red-haired priest'. "Simple excellence leading to simple enjoyment, and a composer's unique creative spark vividly expressed." Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Motets RIAS-Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 21/Jul/2017 ] BBC Radio 3: Building a Library Highly Recommended - June 2005 |
BOCCHERINI
Symphonies Op 35, 41 & 42. Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 11/Aug/2003 ] What better proof than these Symphonies commissioned by the Crown Prince of Prussia to show how the Italian 'Boquerini' never lost contact with Europe, even when retired to the depths of the Spanish countryside. With their colourful instrumentation... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Four Seasons (with Rebel - Les Elements) [with FREE Harmonia Mundi catalogue] Midori Seiler (violin) / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi / CD/Book - released 15/Jan/2015 ] "Berlin's Akademie delivers an elegant performance with piquant avian effects." The Independent, 31st January 2010 |
ROSSINI
Stabat Mater Krassimira Stoyanova / Petra Lang / Bruce Fowler / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin / Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "Marcus Creed favours period instruments and a chamber choir, and with sound that is lucid and spacious the results are highly appealing." Five Stars BBC Music Magazine |
ANTONIO VIVALDI / JEAN-FERY REBEL
Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni [The Four Seasons] / Rebel: Les Eléments Midori Seiler (solo violin) / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 14/Jun/2019 ] "..[Midori Seiler] and the Berliners have simply insisted on taking nothing for granted...the sheer flair of this new release dazzles as much as it delights." BBC Music |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Troubadours, Trouveres, Minstrels Studio der Frühen Musik, Thomas Binkley [ Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / 2 CD - released 5/May/2008 ] "The Studio's cult mezzo Andrea von Ramm and lutenist-director Binkley still chill the blood in the lament of a pilgrim captured by Saracens, just one highlight of this classic, bold imaginative survey." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
VIVALDI
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons Midori Seiler (solo violin), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] Following the stage production in which the orchestra joined forces with a dancer. Encouraged by the outstanding success of these performances, the Akademie für Alte Musik was keen to rerecord the works in the studio... |
Mozart, Wo
Kirchensonate Es-Dur KV 67, Grabmusik KV 42, Requiem d-moll KV 626 Seebach-Ziegler, Braun-Fernwald, Gallos, Mayr, Salzburger Domchor; Orchester d. Dom-Musik-Vereins, Messner [ ORFEO / CD - released 28/Jun/1995 ] |
Jacobs/Akademie Fur Alte Musik
Telemann: Cantatas & Odes [ Profil / CD - released 28/Feb/2011 ] |
KRIEGER / HAMMERSCHMID / DEDEKIND / ALBERT / ERLEBACH / KINDERMANN
German Baroque Lieder Annette Dasch (soprano) / Members of Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "Annette Dasch is a young German soprano who is picking off the formative stage-posts of professional opportunity with a special interest in period performance. This surprisingly esoteric debut disc of 17th century German song draws on this penchant... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Jephtha - oratorio in three acts John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Michael George (bass) Catherine Denley (mezzo-soprano) RIA Kammerchor . Akademie fer Alte Musik Berlin. Marcus Creed [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "this new recording, at super budget price, allows us to appreciate a new team of soloists. And for those who do not know this moving work, this new recording is a good place to start exploring." (MusicWeb July 2003) |
BROSCHI / GALUPPI / GIACOMELI / HASSE / PORPORA
Arias for Farinelli Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano) / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "While Vivica Genaux has all the virtupsity needed to negotiate the intricately embellished lines in these songs, she knows, too, how to use ornamentation for expressive effect. Strongly recommended." ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music... |
PAUL WRANITZKY
Wranitzky: Symphonies Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 17/Jun/2022 ] Bernhard Forck leads Akamus in a spirited showcase of the Moravian-born composer's gifts as an orchestrator, featuring the overture to Oberon, the 'Grande Symphonie caractéristique pour la Paix avec la République francaise', and the 'Tempest' Symphony. |
BONPORTI / CALDARA / COLISTA / LONATI / STRADELLA / etc
Solo & Trio Sonatas & Chamber Concertos Alte Musik Köln [ Myrios / CD - released 14/Jan/2013 ] A collection of works by composers that all spent time in Rome during the 17th Century. Featuring many pieces that have been rediscovered and are World Premier Recordings. Composers include Bonporti, Caldara, Stradella, Ravenscroft and Manelli. This... |
Ensemble Fur Neue Musik Zurich
The Sin Of Jesus [ HatHut Records / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] |
Ensemble Fur Neue Musik Zurich
The Freedom Of Speech [ HatHut Records / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] |
Ensemble Fur Neue Musik Zurich
Vox Balaenae [ HatHut Records / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] |
Ensemble Fur Neue Musik Zurich
A Songbook [ HatHut Records / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] |
Ensemble Fur Neue Musik Zurich
The Hearts Ear [ HatHut Records / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] |