BEETHOVEN / BERLIOZ / BRUCKNER / COPLAND / MOZART / PROKOFIEV / SCHUBERT / etc
100 Great Symphonies [56 CD set] Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, etc [ Deutsche Grammophone / 56 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] A SYMPHONY EDITION CHOSEN BY POPULAR VOTE: Deutsche Grammophon rolls out a cornucopia of great symphonic music, chosen by the people - all the symphonies you'll ever need in a compact cube, at a great price! |
SCHUTZ
11 Motets Pro Cantione Antiqua London Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Restoration Academy Edgar Fleet, conductor [ Regis Records / CD - released 2/Jun/2004 ] Penguin Guide 3 stars |
HANDEL
12 Solo Sonatas Op 1 Academy of Anciet Music / Richard Egarr [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Handel wrote the solo sonatas of Opus 1 for the professional musicians of his London opera orchestra.They demand considerable skill and stamina both from the soloist and the continuo. Prominent bass parts give the sonatas a contrapuntal strength and... |
SCHULHOFF / KRENEK / d'INDY
The 20th Century Concerto Grosso Maria Prinz (piano); Karl-Heinz Schütz (flute) Christoph Koncz (violin); Robert Nagy (cello) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marrine [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] .On this disc, we feature the works of three composers - Vincent d'Indy, Ernst Krenek, and Erwin Schulhoff - who all in the mid- to late-1920s adopted neoclassicism and chose to write works in the neo-baroque concerto grosso style, using a... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
50 Best Film Classics [3 CD set] Various Artists including Sabine Meyer, Radu Lupu, Martha Argerich, Academy St Martin in the Fields, Taverner Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 10/Jul/2019 ] Classical music used in such classic movies as 'The King's Speech', 'Gallipoli', 'Barry Lyndon', 'Out of Africa', 'Fantasia', 'Amadeus', 'The Living Daylights', 'Elizabeth' & 'Farinelli'. |
ALBINONI / BACH / BEETHOVEN
Adagios I Solisti Veneti, the Amerdam Baroque Orchestra, Academy of St martins in the Fields, Ton Koopman, Daniel Barenboim, etc [ Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 18/Aug/2008 ] "Scimone's complete set is very recommendable… They radiate simple vitality, a love of life and a youthful exuberance that belies the composer's age. The playing is warm and musical…" (Penguin Guide on Albinoni) |
TOMASO ALBINONI
Albinoni: Concertos, Sonata, Adagio I Musici, Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields [ Alto / CD - released 4/Sep/2021 ] "that Albinoni wrote excellent solo concertos is clear enough from this record, all players involved are splendid …very well recorded. These will please admirers of I Musici, the group is well-balanced and the soloists admirable. The oboe concerto... |
The Academy Is
Almost Here (Limited Edition LP) [ Atlantic / Warner / LP - released 29/Jan/2021 ] In celebration of Fueled By Ramen's 25th Anniversary, this classic FBR release will be reissued on silver vinyl! |
BRAHMS / WAGNER
Alto Rhapsody, Haydn Variations, Tragic & Academic Festival Overtures / Siegfried Idyll Lucretia West, Alto, Vienna Academy Male Voice Choir, Vienna Phil. Knappertsbusc [ Decca Legends / CD - released 26/Feb/2002 ] The beloved Brahms recording sessions from 1957 |
Marco Cappelli's Italian Surf Academy
The American Dream [ CD ] |
GEORG FRIEDRICH HANDEL / RICCARDO BROSCHI / ANTONIO VIVALDI
Amore / Dolore - Countertenor Arias Nicolò Balducci (counter-tenor), Baroque Academy Gothenburg Symphony [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] Nicolò Balducci sings of love, passion and fury. |
CARISSIMI / VIVALDI / GLUCK / CALDARA / HANDEL / etc
Arie Antiche: songs and arias Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. Sir Neville Marriner [ SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Sep/2005 ] The sequence of Italian operas on this recording take us from the birth of opera at the end of the sixteenth century to the first flowerings of the Classical period nearly 200 years later. The extraordinary power and agility of Dmitri Hvorostovsky's... |
C. P. E. BACH / J. C. BACH / THOMAS ARNE
Arne, CPE Bach & JC Bach: Harpsichord Concertos George Malcolm (harpsichord) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Sep/2017 ] There were many worlds in George Malcolm's (1917-1997) universe - organist, harpsichordist, pianist, composer, choral director and conductor - and this one demonstrates his unique skill as a solo performer who, throughout his career, more than any... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Art of the Trumpet Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner / with Roland Pontinen & Peter Solomon (piano) [ Decca Collector's Edition / 5 CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] This collection of three centuries of trumpet music ranges from Baroque concertos by Vivaldi and Albinoni and cornerstones of the trumpet repertory such as the concertos by Haydn and Hummel, to contemporary classics such as Luciano Berio's Sequenza... |
Russian Academy/Munbaev
B Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jan/2006 ] |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach at Bedtime Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Andreas Greger, Arthur Grumiaux, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra [ Philips Lifestyle / CD - released 5/May/2000 ] Lullabies for the still of the night! |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas BWV170, BWV82. BWV159, BWV56, BWV211, BWV212 Janet Baker, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Julia Varady, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Academy of St. Martin of the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 18/Mar/2020 ] The complete Philips and L'Oiseau-Lyre recordings of Bach cantatas made by Sir Neville Marriner, reissued together for the first time. Bach's cantatas vary enormously in scale and style, ranging from festal works featuring elaborate choral... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Concertos Neil Black (oboe d'amore) Carmel Kaine (violin) William Bennett (flute) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 13/Jan/2003 ] 'it makes fascinating listening … excellence of playing and recording' Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245 James Gilchrist, Neal Davies, Sophie Bevan, Iestyn Davies, Benedict Kearns / Academy of Ancient Music & King's College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Cleobu [ King's College SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 15/May/2017 ] "The Academy of Ancient Music retains it standing as one of the best period music ensembles in the world, King's College nonpareil among contemporary sacred music bands, and the recording gorgeously captured in a venue most of us are quite familiar." |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Keyboard Concertos Vol 1 (Nos 3, 5, 6 & 7) Murray Perahia (piano and conductor), Academy of St Martins in the Fields [ Sony Music / CD - released 20/Mar/2001 ] ROSETTE (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Concerto |