VIVALDI
Concert for the Prince of Poland The Academy of Ancient Music / Andrew Manze [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Sep/2007 ] "This is a delightful, well-conceived programme, executed with refinement of taste and technique." Gramophone |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Water Music (Complete) / The Alchemist / Music for the Royal Fireworks / etc Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood [ L'Oiseau-Lyre Double / 2 CD - released 26/Jun/2004 ] "A useful and attractive two-CD collection, bringing together rarities as well as complete Fireworks and Water Music." - **(*) Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6 (complete) The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood [ L'Oiseau Lyre / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] Hogwood leads an exciting, fast-paced account of the Brandenburgs on original instruments. |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Double & Triple Concertos The Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood [ L'Oiseau-Lyre / CD - released 15/Jun/2008 ] In addition to volumes and volumes of church and chamber music, the astonishingly prolific Georg Philipp Telemann wrote a great many concertos--the most engaging of which are those for two or more solo instruments, often in interesting combinations. |
VIVALDI
Concertos, Sonatas, Sacred Music, Cantatas The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood, with Emma Kirkby, Christoph Coin, Anner Bylsma, Frank de Bruine & others [ L'Oiseau-Lyre / Decca / 20 CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] This collection represents the full range of Vivaldi recordings Christopher made with the AAM, and includes L'Estro Armonico Op.3, La Stravaganza Op.4, and the violin concertos Opp. 6, 8, 9, 11, and 12; solo concertos for flute (op. 10), oboe,... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Oratorios: Messiah, Athalia, Esther and La Resurrezione [8 CD set] Academy of Ancient Music / Emma Kirkby / Joan Sutherland / Aled Jones / David Thomas et al [ Decca / 8 CD Box Set - released 7/Dec/2005 ] Now at budget price! Christopher Hogwood's pioneering period instrument recordings of 4 Handel oratorios. |
JOHN TAVENER
Tavener: Eternity's Sunrise Academy of Ancient Music / Goodwin, Manze, Rozario, Gooding, Tavener [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ] Tavener's work touches the heart like that of few composers. |
JOHN TAVENER
Total Eclipse, Agraphon Academy of Ancient Music / Paul Goodwin / Patricia Rozario, John Hale, saxophone [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 23/May/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Contemporary |
HANDEL
Organ Concertos Op 4 Academy of Ancient Music / Richard Egarr [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Mar/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Baroque Instrumental - "Egarr's playing sparkles with vitality and character. The musicianship of the Academy of Ancient Music is outstanding, and their articulate and dynamically shaded playing is subtle... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Organ Concertos Op 7 Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Oct/2009 ] "These spry, shapely performances bring lustre and spirit to the six organ concertos that Handel composed over a span of years towards the end of his life." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine October 2009 |
HANDEL
Trio Sonatas Opp. 2 & 5 Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 16/Jun/2010 ] "…Baroque chamber-playing of the very highest order: sincerely conversational, emotive and finely nuanced." Gramophone Awards 2010 Finalist - Baroque Instrumental |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 3 Nos. 1-6 / Sonata a 5 HWV 288 The Academy of Ancient Music / Richard Egarr [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 9/Apr/2007 ] "A revitalised academy bring fresh attention to Handel's charming music. The Academy of Ancient Music are in world-beating form once more with this magnificent Handel disc. Egarr and the musicians play with a dynamism and warmth which suggest that... |
J. C. BACH
Bach (J.C.): Symphony for Double Orchestra / Symphony, Op. 18 No. 4 / Overture: Adriano in Siria / etc. The Academy of Ancient Music / Simon Standage (director) [ Chandos Chaconne Classics / CD - released 17/Nov/2004 ] '…I have very much enjoyed this record and can recommend it warmly…' - Gramophone |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6 Andrew Manze (violin / director) / Academy of Ancient Music [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 7/Jul/2017 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) |
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... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: complete incidental music Actors from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jaime Laredo [ Nimbus / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] This recording was made with a single Nimbus Ambisonic microphone placed in front of the orchestra. In the space between the conductor and the microphone the actors were free to group themselves according to the demands of the dialogue. However, in... |
Gypsy Music From Turkey
Gypsy Music from Turkey [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] A rich collection of authentic and traditional Turkish gypsy music including Saba dance, Karcihar dance and Çiftetellis from all over Turkey. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete oratorio Live from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge 2009) Ailish Tynan, Alice Coote, Allan Clayton & Matthew Rose / Choir of King's College, Academy of Ancient Music, Stephen Cleobury [ Warner Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2010 ] "The first choral concert transmitted live to 85 cinemas, Stephen Cleobury's interpretation ticks all the boxes, with choir and orchestra impeccably balanced, and soloists glowing." The Independent, 24th April 2009 **** |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Peter Grimes (complete opera filmed on Aldeburgh beach in 2013) Alan Oke, Giselle Allen, David Kempster / Guildhall School of Music & Drama & Britten-Pears Orchestra, Steuart Bedford [ Arthaus DVD / DVD - released 10/Mar/2014 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
LEONARD SLATKIN
Slatkin Conducts Slatkin - The Raven / Endgames / Kinah / In Fields Alec Baldwin (narrator) / Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Manhattan School of Music Symphnoy Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] Leonard Slatkin celebrated his 75th birthday in September 2019. Many of the selections in this program come from a concert given in his honour and are also a tribute to his remarkable musical family, both past and present. |