Latest News: Classical, AAM Records (label)
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Presto Music Classical Podcast,
Episode 36: I've Started, So I'll Finish – A Return to Mozart with Robert Levin 22nd April 2023Pianist, conductor, musicologist and Mozart reconstructionist Robert Levin talks about the resumption of his complete survey of Mozart's works for keyboard and orchestra.
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Interview,
Julian Perkins on John Eccles's Semele 18th March 2021The conductor and keyboardist talks about his recent recording of John Eccles's tragic Semele with the Academy of Ancient Music.
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Interview,
Richard Egarr on Handel's Brockes-Passion 7th April 2020The conductor talks to David about his recording of Handel's visceral Passion setting, which was taken from a live performance at the Barbican on Good Friday 2019 and released on the Academy of Ancient Music's own label last autumn.
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Recording of the Week,
Handel's Brockes-Passion from Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music 4th October 2019Using a new performing edition by oboist Leo Duarte, the Academy of Ancient Music and some exceptional young soloists make a compelling case for Handel's visceral 'Passion-Oratorio' on the 300th anniversary of its premiere.
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Recording of the Week,
Passion settings by James MacMillan and JS Bach 6th April 2015David listens to two very different musical responses to the Passion story – James MacMillan's new St Luke Passion and the Academy of Ancient Music's performance of Bach's time-honoured St Matthew.