01	Concerto in D major, op. 11 no. 1 RV 207 - Allegro						03:12
	02	Concerto in D major, op. 11 no. 1 RV 207 - Largo						02:20
	03	Concerto in D major, op. 11 no. 1 RV 207 - Allegro						02:35
	04	Concerto in E minor, op. 11 no. 2 `Il favorito' RV 277 - Allegro						04:36
	05	Concerto in E minor, op. 11 no. 2 `Il favorito' RV 277 - Andante						04:15
	06	Concerto in E minor, op. 11 no. 2 `Il favorito' RV 277 - Allegro						04:19
	07	Concerto in A major, op. 11 no. 3 RV 336 - Allegro						03:58
	08	Concerto in A major, op. 11 no. 3 RV 336 - Aria: Andante						03:42
	09	Concerto in A major, op. 11 no. 3 RV 336 - Allegro						03:53
	10	Concerto in G major, op. 11 no. 4 RV 308 - Allegro						04:27
	11	Concerto in G major, op. 11 no. 4 RV 308 - Largo Cantabile						03:24
	12	Concerto in G major, op. 11 no. 4 RV 308 - Allegro						03:52
	13	Concerto in C minor, op. 11 no. 5 RV 202 - Allegro non molto						05:12
	14	Concerto in C minor, op. 11 no. 5 RV 202 - Largo						03:09
	15	Concerto in C minor, op. 11 no. 5 RV 202 - Allegro non molto						04:16
	16	Concerto in G minor, op. 11 no. 6 RV 460 - Allegro non molto						03:48
	17	Concerto in G minor, op. 11 no. 6 RV 460 - Largo Cantabile						02:51
	18	Concerto in G minor, op. 11 no. 6 RV 460 - Allegro non molto						03:13

The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood L'Oiseau-Lyre 436 172-2

Academy of Ancient Music
Country England
Birth 1973

Biography
Founded in 1973, The Academy of Ancient Music is one of the world's most prominent specialist orchestras playing period-type instruments.
The group was founded by Christopher Hogwood, a harpsichordist who already had begun a distinguished career in the field of early music. He was a student at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he became the regular harpsichord player for David Munrow, one of the early figures in the British "original instruments" movement, and was an original member of Munrow's Early Music Consort (founded 1967). At Cambridge, Hogwood was also strongly influenced by Raymond Leppard and Thurston Dart, while his harpsichord teachers were Rafael Puyana and Gustav Leonhardt.

Hogwood founded the Academy of Ancient Music to recreate the original sound of Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical music. To create this sound, it is necessary to use "original," or "period," instruments, namely, instruments replicating, as much as this is possible, those used in the past. Thus, for example, among other features, period string instruments have gut strings, and lower and flatter bridges.

The ensemble inherited the name of the London Academy of Ancient Music, active From 1726 to 1792. The new Academy of Ancient Music rapidly gained a reputation for stylishness and brilliance. Hogwood chose members who were not only masters of their instruments but also scholars of performance style. When performing choral works, they are usually joined by its own The Academy of Ancient Music Chorus or an English Cathedral (or College choir. Its performing forces have ranged from as few as four to as many as 180, depending on the works performed.

Soon Hogwood and his ensemble gained an exclusive recording contract with Decca's L'Oiseau-Lyre label. The ensemble has recorded the complete piano concertos of Wolfgang Mozart with fortepianist Robert Levin, who followed the authentic practice of improvising his cadenzas. Period opera recordings, include Dido and Aeneas, Orlando, Die Entfьhrung aus dem Serail, and La Clemenza di Tito. The last-named won the 1995 German Record Critics' Prize and a Grammy nomination, as did their discs of Haydn's Orfeo and Handel's Rinaldo. Hogwood's group has recorded music as recent as Eternity's Sunrise by John Tavener (1997).

In 1996, the Academy engaged Paul Goodwin as Associate Conductor and Andrew Manze as Associate Director. (They record with the Academy on the Harmonia Mundi label). -- Joseph Stevenson




Academy of Ancient Music (HIP Chamber Orchestra)


Founded: 1973, England

The original Academy of Ancient Music was established in 1726 for the purpose of studying and performing 'old' music - defined initially as anything composed at least a century earlier, but soon to include more contemporary composers, most notably Handel.

The modern revival of The Academy was founded by Christopher Hogwood in 1973 to give audiences an experience of music as it might have sounded at the time it was written. The ensemble brings together specialists in every branch of baroque and classical performance style, playing instruments of the appropriate period in appropriate numbers. For choral works it is joined either by The Academy of Ancient Music Chorus or a cathedral or collegiate choir with boys' voices. Extending its policy of working with directors other than Hogwood, in 1996 it appointed Paul Goodwin as Associate Conductor and Andrew Manze as Associate Director.

The Academy of Ancient Music is especially well known for its pioneering recordings under Christopher Hogwood for Decca. Having been the first orchestra to record all of Mozart's symphonies on period instruments, The AAM has since recorded the complete piano concertos and symphonies of Beethoven, and is part way through recording the complete Haydn symphonies and the complete Mozart piano concertos with fortepianist Robert Levin. Opera releases on CD include Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Handel's Orlando and Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito with Cecilia Bartoli, which was awarded the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik and a Grammy nomination. The award-winning combination of Hogwood/Bartoli/AAM continued with Haydn's Orfeo and Handel's Rinaldo (released in autumn 2000). The AAM Chamber Ensemble has recorded (also for Decca) classical repertoire including clarinet quintets by Mozart and Weber, Beethoven's Septet, Schubert's Octet and Trout Quintet, and the quintets for fortepiano and wind by Mozart and Beethoven.

Under the direction of Paul Goodwin and Andrew Manze, The AAM also records for Harmonia Mundi USA. The first recording with Andrew Manze, Bach's solo and double violin concertos, was released in 1997 to wide critical acclaim, and was shortly followed by Vivaldi's Concert for the Prince of Poland and the complete Concerti Grossi Op.6 of Handel (nominated for a Grammy). The most recent Manze/AAM recording, the complete Concerti Grossi of Geminiani (after Corelli Op.5), was released in July 2000. Under Paul Goodwin The AAM has recorded a selection of Christmas music by Schutz and his contemporaries, Mozart's rare Singspiel Zaide and The AAM's first commission, John Tavener's Eternity's Sunrise, which met with an enthusiastic critical response on its release in 1999. A second Tavener recording, Total Eclipse, is to be released in 2001.

Several recording projects have also resulted in videos or television programmes, which include Handel's Messiah, Haydn's Creation, a South Bank Show filmed at Esterhaza about Haydn's symphonies and The Sorceress, which features Dame Kiri Te Kanawa singing music from various Handel operas. In 1997 the AAM's performances in Salzburg of Mozart piano concertos played by Robert Levin on Mozart's own fortepiano were filmed for release on video.

The AAM spends much time on tour, especially in Europe but also paying regular visits to North and South America and Asia. The 2000/01 season marks the start of a new London season at St John's, Smith Square and includes major tours to the USA (under Andrew Manze) and Japan (under Christopher Hogwood). It also includes a European tour of Haydn's Orfeo with Cecilia Bartoli (again under Christopher Hogwood) and an Arts Council funded tour of the UK under Paul Goodwin of a programme featuring The AAM's latest commission, David Bedford's Like a Strand of Scarlet. The following season 2001-2002 includes major tours to South America (under Andrew Manze and Christopher Hogwood) and the USA (under Christopher Hogwood with fortepianist Robert Levin).