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VASKS / WEILL
Violin Concertos Anthony Marwood, violin / Academy of St. Martin in the Field [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Nov/2005 ] 'Anthony Marwood has championed the Vasks over a number of years and delivers a wonderfully moving and intense performance of the solo part. The strings of the ASMF are responsive partners … Their colleagues in the wind, brass and percussion... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Symphonies complete (budget price) Arleen Auger, Catherine Robbin, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gregory Reinhart / The Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood [ Decca Collectors Edition / 5 CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "As befits Hogwood's performances, the L'Oiseau-Lyre recordings have a mingled size and clarity that tend to outshine not only Nimbus's obviously idiosyncratic sound but also the slightly grey sound of Norrington's EMI Seventh. Only time will tell... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1-4, BWV1066-1069 William Bennett (flute), Thurston Dart (continuo) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca / CD - released 2/Feb/2004 ] Originally recorded in 1970 |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV589 (with Bach - Magnificat in D BWV243) Barbara Hendricks, Ann Murray, Jean Rigby, Uwe Heilmann / Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields / Sir Neville Marriner [ Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] "Barbara Hendricks and Ann Murray are the admirably paired soloists in Vivaldi's Gloria; both bring beauty of line and a feeling of élan. Hendricks and Murray recur in Bach's Magnificat along with Jean Rigby, Uwe Heillman and Jorma Hynninen" MusWeb |
W. A. MOZART / ANTONIO ROSETTI
Die Schonsten Horn Konzerte (Best-Loved Horn Concertos) Barry Tuckwell (horn) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner / English Chamber Orchestra, Barry Tuckwell [ Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 13/Jun/2014 ] "The Academy strings sound very fresh and dance beautifully in the allegros... this reissue can be strongly recommended on all counts." - Gramophone on the Mozart |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas (complete opera) Catherine Bott, Emma Kirkby, John Mark Ainsley, David Thomas / Chorus and Orchestra of The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood [ Decca / CD - released 23/Jan/2006 ] "…Catherine Bott's Dido is perfectly rendered as part of an integrated recorded sound in a performance that's breathtakingly well nuanced. Emma Kirkby's Belinda is similarly finely turned In addition" (BBC Music) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV1046-1051 (Complete) English Chamber Orchestra & Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Benjamin Britten and Neville Marriner [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] Penguin Stereo Guide *** Three Stars |
TAVENER / ALLEGRI / BARBER / FAURE / PALESTRINA / and many more
The Glory Of New College Choir Choir of New College, Oxford / Edward Higginbottom, with the Academy of Ancient Music [ Erato / Warner Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2018 ] "This is one of the most sublime choral records I have ever heard." - Organists' Review |
HANDEL
Dettingen Te Deum / Zadok the priest / etc The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge / The Academy of Ancient Music / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "The label itself is recommendation enough, but Stephen Layton conducting Cambridge's Trinity College Choir and the Academy of Ancient Music is extra asssurancwe of top-notch quality." (William Dart NZ Herald June 2008) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Cello Concertos Christophe Coin (cello) / The Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood [ Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] Reissued from the L'Oiseau-Lyre catalogue |
J. S. BACH
The Best of Johann Sebastian Bach (LP) Concentuis Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt / Beatrice Rana / Academy St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner / Ton Koopman / etc [ Warner Classics / 2 LP - released 11/Jun/2021 ] Highlights from the greatest masterpieces by JS Bach performed by first-class musicians: Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Mstislav Rostropovich, Ton Koopman, Alexandre Tharaud, David Fray, Sir Neville Marriner, Fabio Biondi, Emmanuel Pahud, Beatrice Rana,... |
W.A. MOZART
Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (Complete opera) Lynne Dawso, Marianne Hirsti, Uwe Heilmann, Günter von Kannen, Wolfgang Hinze / Academy Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 5/May/2003 ] This recording was made in 1990 after a series of stage performances. |
VERDI / ROSSINI / TCHAIKOVSKY / HANDEL / RACHMANINOV / etc
Dmitry Hvorostovsky: Portrait Dmitry Hvorostovsky (baritone) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields [ Philips Portrait of the Artist / 2 CD - released 12/Jun/2006 ] Dmitri Hvorostovsky is one of the leading representatives of a generation of Russian singers who, unlike their immediate predecessors, have been able to establish themselves as international stars. |
HENRY PURCELL
Sweeter Than Roses Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Paul Esswood, Catherine Bott, Stafford Dean, Ian Partridge / The Academy of Ancient Music, English Chamber Orchestra [ Decca Budget Boxes / CD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] Purcell's Theatre music on a specially priced budget CD. |
PURCELL
Theatre Music (music from Abdelazer, Don Quixote, The Virtuous Wife, Oedipus, etc) Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, Elizabeth Lane, Joy Roberts, Prudence Lloyd, James Bowman / Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood [ Decca Budget Boxes / 6 CD Box Set - released 14/Jun/2004 ] All of Purcell's Theatre music on a 6 CD budget set |
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... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos Jan Lisiecki (piano/director) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] International Classical Music Awards 2019 Nominee - Concerto |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss (R.): Orchestral Lieder / Metamorphosen Gundula Janowitz (soprano) / Academy Of London, Richard Stamp [ Erato Classics Redline / CD - released 15/Oct/2018 ] "Janowitz's voice is inherently light...her relatively uncomplicated, 'classical' approach, brings dividends of its own in terms of clarity of expression and phrasing. And then, there is the sheer elation of that extraordinary, golden high register" |
MENDELSSOHN
String Symphonies Nos 9, 10 & 12 / Concerto in A minor for Piano & Strings John Ogdon (piano) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 12/Jun/2006 ] "If you are looking to experience more of the young Mendelssohn, then this is the disc for you" (MusicWeb Feb 2007) |
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