CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD 1941 - 2014

Christopher Hogwood, whose Academy of Ancient Music was a key ensemble in the period-instrument movement, striving to perform early music as the composer intended and as audiences were first presumed to have heard it, died on Wednesday 24 SEP 2014, at his home in Cambridge, England. He was 73.
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Christopher Jarvis Haley Hogwood CBE (10 September 1941 – 24 September 2014) was an English conductor, harpsichordist, writer, musicologist and the founder of the Academy of Ancient Music.
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Organ Polychrome:
The French School featuring organist Jan Kraybill and the Julia Irene Kauffman Organ, Casavant Frères, Op. 3875. This is the premier solo recording of this new instrument! Strong appeal for organ aficionados and audiophiles!

 

 And now in Hybrid Surround Sound SACD format, the
Kansas City Symphony's Miraculous Metamorphoses.
This disc contains both 5.1 surround and stereo SACD layers, as well as a stereo compact disc layer made with the HDCD process for higher fidelity. A limited number of review copies are available. The CD version was released in March 2014.