The Academy of Ancient Music is a British period-instrument orchestra based in
Cambridge, England. Founded in 1973 by harpsichordist and conductor Christopher
Hogwood, the ensemble performs Baroque, Classical, and Romantic repertoire using
period instruments or modern replicas. It became the first orchestra to record
Mozart's complete symphonies on period instruments and recorded Mozart's
complete piano concertos with fortepianist Robert Levin. Under associate
conductor Paul Goodwin, the ensemble expanded into contemporary music,
commissioning John Tavener's Eternity's Sunrise an...