Label : Decca

60 CDs celebrating 60 years of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. This new edition, an exciting new collaboration between Decca and the Academy, celebrates the Academy’s international reputation for its distinctive, polished and refined sound through a hand-picked selection of 60 recordings from their vast catalogue of over 500

Recordings taken from the Decca, Argo and Philips catalogues, plus Sony Classical, Pentatone and Onyx. Including the first and last recordings with Sir Neville Marriner, recordings with Iona Brown and with present Music Director Joshua Bell, this edition is a true survey of the first 60 years of the Academy.

150pp booklet includes, essays from Lady Marriner, Sir Neville Marriner’s daughter Susie Harries, Academy discographer Philip Stuart, a few words from current and former players, facsimiles from Academy archives and many photographs from Decca archive.

Tracklist :

CD 1: The First Recordings I: Corelli / Torelli / Locatelli / Albicastro / Handel et al
CD 2: The First Recordings II: Avison / Handel / Telemann / Vivaldi / Geminiani et al
CD 3: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (1970 and 1980 recordings)
CD 4: Vivaldi: Concertos for Wind & Strings
CD 5: Vivaldi: Concertos
CD 6: Geminiani: 6 Concerti Grossi
CD 7: Trumpet Concertos: Telemann / Albinoni / Hertel / Fasch / Vivaldi / Albrechtsberger / L. Mozart / Hummel
CD 8: Telemann: Violin Concertos / Overture in C major “Hamburger Ebb und Flut”
CD 9: Handel: Concerti Grossi, op. 3 / Alcina, HWV 34 – incidental music
CD 10: Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi, op. 6 / Oboe Concertos / 3 Concerti a due cori (1)
CD 11: Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi, op. 6 / Oboe Concertos / 3 Concerti a due cori (2)
CD 12: Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi, op. 6 / Oboe Concertos / 3 Concerti a due cori (3)
CD 13: J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concertos nos 1, 2 & 4, BWV 1052, 1053, 1055
CD 14: J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concertos nos. 3, 5 & 6, BWV 1054, 1056-1058
CD 15: J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos
CD 16: J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue (beginning), BWV 1080
CD 17: J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue (conclusion) / Sonata for Flute, Violin and Continuo
CD 18: Arne / C.P.E. Bach / J.C. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos
CD 19: J.C. Bach: 6 Symphonies, op. 3 / Mozart: March in D major, K408 no. 2 / Haydn: Symphony no. 52 in C minor
CD 20: Wassenaer: 6 Concerti Armonici (formerly attrib. to Pergolesi)
CD 21: Baroque Horn Concertos: Knechtl / Reinhardt / Quantz / Graun / Röllig
CD 22: Gluck: Don Juan – ballet / Handel: Ariodante & Il pastor fido – ballet music
CD 23: Haydn: Cello Concertos nos. 1 & 2 / Trumpet & Harpsichord Concertos
CD 24: Haydn: Overture in D major / Acide e Galatea Overture / 6 Allemandes Hob. IX:9 / 6 Allemandes from Hob. IX / Organ & Horn Concertos
CD 25: Haydn: Symphonies nos. 53, 99 & 102
CD 26: M. Haydn: Horn Concerto in D major / 6 Minuets / Duo Concertante for Viola and Organ in C major
CD 27: Mozart: Serenades & Divertimenti
CD 28: Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K297b & K364 / Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K546
CD 29: Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Posthorn Serenade / Serenata notturna
CD 30: Mozart: Gran Partita / Divertimento in C major, K188
CD 31: Beethoven: 2 Minuets WoO 7 / 12 German Dances WoO 8 / 12 Contredances WoO 14 / Große Fuge in B-flat major, op. 133
CD 32: Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 4 & 7
CD 33: Weber: Clarinet Concertos nos. 1 & 2 / Clarinet Concertino
CD 34: Rossini: Complete Overtures I
CD 35: Rossini: Complete Overtures II
CD 36: Rossini: Complete Overtures III
CD 37: Concert à la carte: Clarke / Handel / Purcell / Rossini / Boccherini / Mozart / Haydn / Tchaikovsky / Schubert / Medelssohn / Bree / Ricciotti / Locatelli
CD 38: Mendelssohn: String Symphonies nos. 9, 10, 12 / Concerto for Piano & Strings in A major
CD 39: Mendelssohn: Symphonies nos. 3 “Scottish” & no. 4 “Italian”
CD 40: Gounod: The 2 Symphonies / Faust Ballet Music
CD 41: Dvořák: Serenades
CD 42: Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite / Serenade for Strings / Violin Concerto
CD 43: Grieg: Holberg Suite / Elegiac Melodies / Sibelius: Valse triste / Rakastava / Nielsen: Little Suite / Wirén: Serenade etc.
CD 44: Bruch & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos
CD 45: R. Strauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme suite / Couperin Suite
CD 46: Bruch: Scottish Fantasy / Violin Concerto no. 1
CD 47: Popular French Orchestra Works: Berlioz / Ravel / Saint-Saëns / Debussy / Chabrier / Canteloube / Satie / Fauré
CD 48: Respighi: Pines of Rome / Fountains of Rome / Roman Festivals / The Birds
CD 49: Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta / Divertimento
CD 50: Stravinsky: Pulcinella – Suite / Apollon musagète / Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
CD 51: Elgar / Warlock / Butterworth: Orchestral Works
CD 52: Delius / Holst / Elgar: Orchestral Works / Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Oboe & Strings
CD 53: Vaughan Williams: The Wasps – Overture / Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / Variations for Orchestra / Romance for Harmonica and Strings etc.
CD 54: Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending / Fantasia on Greensleeves / English Folk Song Suite etc.
CD 55: English Seasons: Delius / Bridge / Foulds / Grainger / Bax
CD 56: Finzi: Clarinet Concerto / Dies Natalis / Nocturne / Romance for String Orchestra
CD 57: Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra / Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli / Little Music for String Orchestra / Walton: Façade (Highlights)
CD 58: Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / Britten: Nocturne / Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
CD 59: Williamson: The Happy Prince / Walton: Sonata for String Orchestra
CD 60: Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate, K165 / Clarinet Concerto / Piano Concerto no. 21