Richard Egarr - Handel/ Haydn: The Birth Of The Symphony

The first release on AAM Records, the new label of the Academy of Ancient Music - recently described as the finest period-instrument orchestra in the world by Classic FM.Birth of the symphony explores the development of the symphony in the eighteenth century, surveying groundbreaking musical advances across Europe.The recording includes brilliant and rarely-heard works by composers of the avant-garde Mannheim school, Richter and Stamitz, as well as Haydn's mature La passione symphony.Supplementary materials available online include a documentary film featuring AAM musicians discussing and performing these symphonies.