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 **** |
BACH / CORELLI / TORELLI / FASCH
Jubilo [standard edition] Alison Balsom (trumpet) / Academy of Ancient Music, Pavlo Beznosiuk, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ Warner Classics / CD - released 15/Dec/2016 ] With this release Alison records on the natural trumpet for the first time since the hugely successful album Sound the Trumpet. Inspired by seasonal Baroque repertoire, the recording includes concertos by Bach, Corelli, Torelli, and Fasch performed... |
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... |
Asterix Music
Cupid's Arrow/Let Your Body Show You How [ Firehouse Sound Labs / 7in - released 24/Feb/2017 ] Funk is a dish best served hot and these two modern funk anthems are bound to get your body temperature up. "Cupid's Arrow" recounts a tale of genuine love at first sight over an infectious synth funk groove, it's honest and true to life content make... |
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) |
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 |
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 |
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. |
JOSEF HAYDN
The Creation (Complete oratorio in English) Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Chorus and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood [ L'Oiseau-Lyre / Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "fine clarity of detail and an attractive freshness" *** Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
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 |
DOWLAND / PURCELL / MOZART / HANDEL / etc
Emma Kirkby - A Portrait Emma Kirkby, soprano, Christopher Hogwood, The Academy of Ancient Music [ Decca Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] Rosette (highest rating) - Penguin Stereo Guide |
Hot Water Music
A Flight and a Crash [ Epitaph Records / CD - released 5/Jul/2001 ] Superpunks emerge from the swamps of Gainesville, Florida. Good stuff |
AGOSTINO STEFFANI
Steffani: Niobe Regina di Tebe (complete opera) Karina Gauvin, Philippe Jaroussky, Amanda Forsythe, Aaron Sheehan / Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs [ Erato / Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 18/Jan/2015 ] "The performance is never forced but always emotive...An exemplary testament of superb musicianship from all participants...this is a landmark event in Steffani's much-deserved rehabilitation." (Gramophone Magazine Award Nomination 2015 Baroque Vocal |
TAKEMITSU
In an Autumn Garden / Voyage for 3 Biwas / Autumn (Excerpts) / etc Kinshi Tsuruta, Biwa Katsuya Yokoyama, Shakuhachi Music Department, Imperial Hou [ DG 20/21 Series / CD - released 23/Jun/2002 ] newly remastered for this reissue. |
Langley Schools Music Project
Innocence and Despair [ Bar None / CD ] |
Various Artists / Music of Lully. Musica Antiqua Koln
Le Roi Danse [The King is Dancing] (Original Soundtrack) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 4/Oct/2002 ] A film by Gerard Corbiau |
HANDEL / GIBBONS / PARRY / WALTON / WESLEY / STANFORD / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II - Music From the Official Record 2nd June 1953 Massed Trumpeters from the Royal Military School of Music, Coronation Choir, Coronation Orchestra, Dr. Osborne Harold Peasgood (organ) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 20/May/2022 ] This recording of the BBC's broadcast of the coronation service from Westminster Abbey was taken by means of a direct line to Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, London. |
Music For Renaissance Instruments
Kagel / Collegium Instrumentale 1898 [ CD - released 14/Jun/1999 ] |