Recordings
The AAM has made over 250 recordings, including Brit- and Grammy-award-winning discs of the great baroque and classical masterworks, opera releases starring Cecilia Bartoli, Dame Emma Kirkby and Dame Joan Sutherland and pioneering cycles of the Mozart and Beethoven symphonies.
Featured recordings
Chandos Anthems
Handel, George Frideric (1685–1750)
Academy of Ancient Music
Emma Kirkby soprano
Iestyn Davies alto
James Gilchrist tenor
Neal Davies bass
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Stephen Layton conductor
2009, Hyperion CDA67737
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The Creation
Haydn, Joseph (1732–1809)
Academy of Ancient Music
Emma Kirkby Gabriel, Eve
Anthony Rolfe Johnson Uriel
Michael George Raphael, Adam
Choir of New College, Oxford
Kym Ampf mezzo-soprano solo
Christopher Hogwood conductor
1990, Decca 430 397-2
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Complete Symphonies
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756–91)
Academy of Ancient Music
Jaap Schröder leader
Christopher Hogwood director & harpsichord
1979, Decca 452 496-2
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Requiem
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756–91)
Academy of Ancient Music
Emma Kirkby soprano
Carolyn Watkinson contralto
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson tenor
David Thomas bass
Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir (David Hill choir master)
Christopher Hogwood conductor
1984, Decca 411 712-2
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Complete Theatre Music
Purcell, Henry (1659–95)
Academy of Ancient Music
Judith Nelson soprano
Elizabeth Lane soprano
Joy Roberts soprano
Prudence Lloyd soprano
Emma Kirkby soprano
James Bowman countertenor
Martyn Hill tenor
Roger Covey-Crump tenor
Paul Elliott tenor
Alan Byers tenor
Peter Bambler tenor
Julian Pike tenor
Christopher Kyte bass
Geiffrey Shaw bass
Michael George bass
David Thomas bass
1976, Decca 475 529-2
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Eternity’s Sunrise
Tavener, John (1944–)
Academy of Ancient Music
Patricia Rozario soprano
Julia Gooding soprano
George Mosely baritone
Andrew Manze violin
Paul Goodwin conductor
1999, HMU 907231
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Complete symphonies
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770–1827)
Academy of Ancient Music
Arlene Auger soprano
Catherine Robbin contralto
Anthony Rolfe Johnson tenor
Gregory Reinhart bass
London Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Christopher Hogwood conductor
2004, Decca 476 168-6
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Messiah (Cleobury conductor)
Handel, George Frideric (1685–1750)
Academy of Ancient Music
Ailish Tynan soprano
Alice Coote mezzo-soprano
Allan Clayton tenor
Matthew Rose bass
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury conductor
2009, EMI 268 1562
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Rinaldo
Handel, George Frideric (1685–1750)
Academy of Ancient Music
Bernarda Fink Goffredo
Cecilia Bartoli Almirena
David Daniels Rinaldo
Daniel Taylor Eustazio
Gerald Finley Argante
Luba Orgonasova Armida
Bejun Mehta Mago cristiano
Ana-Maria Rincon Donna & Sirena II
Catherine Bott Sirena 1
Mark Padmore Un araldo
Christopher Hogwood conductor
2000, Decca 467 087-2
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