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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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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