Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
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very fine accounts of five excellent sinfonias … If you do not know any orchestral Bach, this would be an excellent introduction. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2015, Editor's Choice
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Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610)
Robert Howarth (director/harpsichord)
Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment & Choir of the Age of the Enlightenment
What is impressive is the grammatical sense (underpinned by flexible accentuation) that the choir brings to the projection of the words in Dixit Dominus and at many other places. Also, as we... — More…
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Mozart: Horn Concertos
Roger Montgomery (horn) & Margaret Faultless (director/violin)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Montgomery slips into their varying moods through affecting phrasing, resilient changes in tempo, accentuation and dynamics, partnered by the OAE at its best. Well worth owning. — More…
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Mahler: Totenfeier & Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Vladimir Jurowski
Jurowski brings Mahler's tragic worlds - both cosmic and human - alive with incomparable vividness...Details leaps out in the fine balance of the Wayfarer Songs, too. Sarah Connolly holds her... — More…
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Rameau: Anacreon
Matthew Brook (Anacréon), Anna Dennis (Chloé) & Agustín Prunell-Friend (Batile)
The Choir of the Enlightenment & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Jonathan Williams
Rameau fans will rejoice over this world premiere recording … there’s elegant, expressive heart-warming singing from Matthew Brook and Anna Dennis. One of the chief pleasures lies in the band’s... — More…
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Amanda Roocroft (soprano), Fiona Janes (mezzo), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Neal Davies (bass)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & The New Company, Sir Charles Mackerras
The sleeve-note of this disc describes Beethoven's Ninth Symphony as 'euphoric', and that is exactly the word to apply to this performance. No passage from darkness to light here, but a pervasive... — More…
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