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Mozart - Complete Symphonies

Victoria: Sacred Works

Ensemble Plus Ultra, Michael Noone

Building a Library, June 2016, First Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Early Music

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The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Building a Library, October 2022, Also Recommended

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Lamento | Arias, Cantatas and Scenes by the Bach Family

Magdalena Kozena Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel

BBC Music Magazine, March 2005, Disc of the month

Bach, C P E: Hamburg Symphonies (6) for Strings, Wq. 182 (H657-662)

The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Gramophone Awards, 1980, Winner - Early Music

Vivaldi - Violin Concertos

Giuliano Carmignola (violin) Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon

Gramophone Magazine, August 2006, Editor's Choice

Victoria: Requiem 1605 'Officium defunctorum'

Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh

Building a Library, October 2005, Highly Recommended

Music for the Duke of Lerma

Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh

Gramophone Magazine, January 2003, Editor's Choice

Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K621 | (complete opera)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Sylvia McNair, Julia Varady, Catherine Robbin, Cornelius Hauptmann English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 & 40

Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado

BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, Disc of the month

Haydn: The Creation | (sung in German)

Sylvia McNair, Donna Brown, Michael Schade, Gerald Finley & Rodney Gilfry The Monteverdi Choir & The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Choral

Vivaldi - Concertos for Two Violins

Giuliano Carmignola & Viktoria Mullova (violins) Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon

Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2009

Corelli: 6 Concerti Grossi Op.6

The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Early Music (Baroque)

Magdalena Kožená: Monteverdi

Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano) La Cetra, Andrea Marcon

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016

Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel

Gramophone Awards, 1993, Winner - Baroque Instrumental

Handel: Acis and Galatea

Norma Burrowes (Galatea), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Acis), Martyn Hill (Damon), Willard White (Polyphemus) English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Gramophone Awards, 1978, Winner - Early Music

Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629 | (complete opera)

Eiddwen Harrhy, Jennifer Smith, Judith Nelson, Elisabeth Priday, Timothy Penrose, Wynford Evans, Martyn Hill, Stephen Varcoe, Ashley Stafford English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

Mozart - Arias

Magdalena Kozená (mezzo) The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Simon Rattle

Gramophone Magazine, September 2006, Disc of the Month

Special offer. Bachiana | Music by the Bach family

Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel

Gramophone Magazine, February 2002, Editor's Choice

Henry Purcell: Choral Works

Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and The English Concert, Simon Preston

Building A Library, October 2025, Top Choice

Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550, etc.

The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Special offer. Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas for Harpsichord

Ralph Kirkpatrick (harpsichord)

Special offer. Mozart: Mass in C minor

Camilla Tilling (soprano), Sarah Connolly (soprano), Timothy Robinson (tenor), Neal Davies (bass) Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

Gramophone Magazine, January 2006, Editor's Choice

Gesualdo: Victoria

Tenebrae, Nigel Short

BBC Music Magazine, June 2013, Choral & Song Choice

Biber: Missa Salisburgensis

Gabrieli Consort and Players & Musica Antiqua Köln, Paul McCreesh & Reinhard Goebel

Building a Library, December 2004, First Choice

Mozart - Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5

Giuliano Carmignola (violin), with Danusha Waskiewicz (viola) Orchestra Mozart (on period instruments), Claudio Abbado

Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Concerto

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Mozart - The Piano Concertos

Malcolm Bilson (fortepiano) The English Baroque Soloists (on authentic instruments), John Eliot Gardiner

Building a Library, December 2016, First Choice

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Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride

Mireille Delunsch, Simon Keenlyside, Yann Beuron, Laurent Naouri, Alexia Cousin Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

Building a Library, October 2007, First Choice

Ombre de mon amant | French Baroque Arias

Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano) Chœur et orchestre Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Recital

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo

Helmut Krebs (Orfeo), Hanni Mack-Cosack (Euridice), Margot Guilleaume (La Musica/Proserpina), Hildegard Wild (Ninfa), Horst Günter (Plutone), Bernhard Michaelis (Pastore 1), Fritz Wunderlich (Apollo/Pastore 2), Peter Offermanns (Pastore 3), Clemens Kaiser-Breme Pastore 4), Peter Roth-Ehrgang (Caronte), Jeanne Deroubaix ((La Messagiera/La Speranza) Orchester der "Sommerlichen Musiktage Hitzacker 1955", Chor der Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik, Hamburg, August Wenzinger

Building a Library, May 2017, Historic Choice

Praetorius: Pablo Heras-Casado

Balthasar-Neumann-Chor-und-Ensemble, Pablo Heras-Casado

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015

Schumann - Das Paradies und die Peri

Barbara Bonney, Alexandra Coku, Bernarda Fink, Neill Archer, Gerald Finley, Cornelius Hauptmann, Christoph Prégardien Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

Building a Library, October 2010, First Choice

Lieder Mélodies

Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Melvyn Tan (piano), Christina Högman (sop), Eric Hoeprich (clarinet), Nils-Erich Sparf (violin)

Gramophone Magazine, September 2001, Disc of the Month

A Venetian Christmas

Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh

Gramophone Magazine, December 2001, Editor's Choice

Special offer. Handel: Utrecht Te Deum & Jubilate

Ilse Wolf (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Wilfred Brown (tenor), Edgar Fleet (tenor), Thomas Hemsley (bass) Geraint Jones Singers & Orchestra, Geraint Jones

J. S. Bach - Arias

Magdalena Kožená, Musica Florea & Marek Štryncl

Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording

Haydn: The Creation | (sung in German)

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Michael Schade (tenor), Gerald Finley (bass) Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Choral

Mozart: Coronation Mass & Vesperae Solennes

English Concert & Chorus, Trevor Pinnock

Building a Library, March 2014, First Choice

Mahan Esfahani: Time Present and Time Past

Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) Concerto Köln

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015

Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel

Gramophone Awards, 1993, Winner - Baroque Instrumental

Handel: Ezio, HWV29

Sonia Prina (Valentiniano), Ann Hallenberg (Ezio), Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani (Massimo), Karina Gauvin (Fulvia), Marianne Andersen (Onoria), Vito Priante (Varo) Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis

Gramophone Magazine, June 2009, Editor's Choice

Handel: Semele

Kathleen Battle (Semele), Marilyn Horne (Juno/Ino), Samuel Ramey (Cadmus/Somnus), John Aler (Jupiter), Michael Chance (Athamas), Neil Mackie (Apollo), Sylvia McNair (Iris) Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson

Grammy Awards, 36th Awards (1993), Best Opera Recording

Handel: Saul

Andreas Scholl, Neal Davies, Mark Padmore, Susan Gritton, Nancy Argenta Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

Building a Library, October 2004, First Choice

Vivaldi: Motezuma

Vito Priante (Motezuma), Marijana Mijanovic (Mitrena), Roberta Invernizzi (Teutile), Maite Beaumont (Fernando), Romina Basso (Ramiro), Inga Kalna (Asprano) Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis

BBC Music Magazine, April 2006, Opera Choice

Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea

Sylvia McNair, Anne Sofie von Otter, Dana Hanchard, Michael Chance English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Handel: Theodora, HWV 68

Susan Gritton (Theodora), Susan Bickley (Irene), Robin Blaze (Didymus), Paul Agnew (Septimius), Neal Davies (Valens) Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

Building a Library, September 2013, First Choice

Handel: Solomon

Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano), Alison Hagley (soprano), Susan Bickley (soprano), Susan Gritton (soprano), Paul Agnew (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass) Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh

Building a Library, May 2013, First Choice

Handel: Tolomeo, Re di Egitto HWV25

Ann Hallenberg (Tolomeo), Karina Gauvin (Seleuce), Anna Bonitatibus (Elisa), Romina Basso (Alessandro), Pietro Spagnoli (Araspe) Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis

Gramophone Magazine, July 2008, Editor's Choice

Bach, J S: Goldberg Variations, BWV988

Trevor Pinnock (cembalo)

Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232

Maria Stader (soprano), Hertha Töpper (contralto), Kieth Engen (bass), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Münchener Bach-Orchester, Münchener Bach-Chor, Karl Richter

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Zelenka: Capriccios Nos. 1-5, etc.

Camerata Bern, Alexander van Wijnkoop

Building A Library, November 2021, Also Recommended

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Schumann: Complete Symphonies and Das Paradies und die Peri

Barbara Bonney, Alexandra Coku, Bernarda Fink, Neill Archer, Gerald Finley, Cornelius Hauptmann, Christoph Prégardien, Roger Montgomery, Susan Dent, Gavin Edwards, Robert Maskell (horns) Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Building a Library, November 2014, First Choice

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Handel: Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3, HWV348-350

The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Bach, J S: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV1007-1012

Pierre Fournier (cello)

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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232

Munchener Bach-Chor, Munchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter

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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo

Emilia Petrescu (La Musica), Anna Reynolds (Proserpina), Ian Partridge (Apollo/Pastore 1), James Bowman (La Speranza), Nigel Rogers (Orfeo), John Elwes (Spirito 1/Pastore 3), Stafford Dean (Plutone/Pastore 4), Alexander Malta (Spirito 2) Blaserkreis Fur Alte Musik Hamburg, Camerata Accademica Hamburg, Hamburger Bläserkreis für alte Musik, Jürgen Jürgens

Telemann: Wind Concertos

Wilbert Hazelzet (flute), Peter Westermann, Michael Niesemann, Piet Dhont (oboes), Eric Hoeprich, Lisa Klevit (chalumeaux), Friedemann Immer (trumpet), Michael Schneider (recorder) Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel

Vivaldi: L'estro armonico - 12 concerti, Op. 3, etc.

Lisa Beznosiuk (flute) The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Vivaldi: L'estro armonico - 12 concerti, Op. 3

Simon Standage (violin), Elizabeth Wilcock (violin), Michaela Comberti (violin), Miles Golding (violin), Jaap Ter Linden (cello) The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Andreas Schmidt, Barbara Bonney, Michael Chance, Cornelius Hauptman The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, John Eliot Gardiner