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Le Portrait musical de la Nature ou Grande Simphonie in G Major: V. L'inno con variazioni - Coro Allegro con brio - Andantino Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck 04:53
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Ouvertüre Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and René Jacobs, René Jacobs 06:01
Violin Concerto in G Minor, BWV 1056R: II. Largo Isabelle Faust, Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck 02:52
Die Zauberflöte, K.620 : 29. Auftritt. Duetto, Papageno, Weib : "Pa - Pa - Pa" Daniel Schmutzhard, Daniel Schmutzhard, René Jacobs, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and Sunhae Im, René Jacobs, Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin 02:59
Serse: Aria "Ombra mai fù" (Atto I, scena 1) Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and Andreas Scholl, Andreas Scholl 03:03
Selig ist der Mann, BWV 57: VIII. Choral "Richte dich, Liebste" Members of RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Raphael Alpermann 00:47
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: III. Allegro Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Isabelle Faust, Antoine Tamestit 04:15
Die Zauberflöte, K.620: 15. Auftritt. Drei Knaben : "Zum Ziele führt dich diese Bahn" (Drei Knaben, Tamino) René Jacobs, René Jacobs, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Alois Mühlbacher, Daniel Behle, Christoph Schlögl and Philipp Pötzlberger, Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Alois Mühlbacher 01:14
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: I. [Ohne Satzbezeichnung] Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin 04:46
Die Zauberflöte: I. Akt, 19. Auftritt (Monostatos, Tamino, Pamina, Sarastro). Monostatos: "Nun stolzer Jüngling, nur hieher!" René Jacobs, René Jacobs, Kurt Azesberger, Marcos Fink, Marlis Petersen, Daniel Behle and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Kurt Azesberger, Marcos Fink 03:10

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Grammy-winning, globetrotting chamber orchestra Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (Academy for Ancient Music Berlin) came from behind the Iron Curtain in East Berlin in 1982, intrigued by the increase in interest in period-accurate instrumentation that was percolating elsewhere in the classical world. The group was able to break out globally after the reunification of Germany in 1990, and embarked on multiple decades of prominence in the period-instrument world, highlighted by collaborations with figures like Belgian conductor René Jacobs and Italian mezzo-soprano Cecila Bartoli. The unit was nominated for a Grammy in 1999 in the Best Small Ensemble Performance category for its recording of Scarlatti: Il Primo Omicidio, and was the backing orchestra for Bartoli’s Grammy-winning Dreams & Fables - Gluck Italian Arias in 2001. They have also delved into the dance world and performed alongside several prominent modern dance troupes, and have headlined opera houses and festivals around the world, including the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music and at Carnegie Hall in New York.