Armonia Atenea
Greece's Armonia Atenea is one of the few major orchestras to perform on both modern and period instruments. The group has been affiliated with the Friends of Music Society in Athens and has used the names Athens Camerata and Friends of Music Orchestra. Armonia Atenea is the name used in connection with international commitments, of which the orchestra has had many.
The orchestra was founded in 1991 by the Friends of Music as a resident group for the city's new Megaron Concert Hall; in the 2010s it divided its concert activities between the Megaron and Athens' Onassis Cultural Center. The group's artistic director is Greek conductor and pianist George Petrou, who has developed specialties in Baroque opera and contemporary music. Its former artistic directors include Alexander Myrat, Christopher Warren-Green, and Sir Neville Marriner; the orchestra's list of external collaborators is equally international, including Fabio Biondi, Thomas Hengelbrock, Philippe Entremont, Christopher Hogwood, Helmuth Rilling, Heinrich Schiff, Stephen Kovacevich, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Yehudi Menuhin, as well as soloists Martha Argerich, Yuri Bashmet, Joshua Bell, Max Emanuel Cencic, Karina Gauvin, Vivica Genaux, Leonidas Kavakos, Julia Lezhneva, Radu Lupu, and Mischa Maisky.
In addition to its consistent Athens concert schedule, Armonia Atenea has appeared at the Musikverein in Vienna, the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, the Opera Royal Versailles, the Concertgebouw, the Salle Pleyel, the Innsbruck Summer festival of Early Music, and the Versailles Festival. Armonia Atenea's recordings have appeared on Decca, Sony Classical, EMI Classics, MDG, ECM, and other top labels and have won several major awards. Many of its recordings have focused on Baroque opera and ballet; Petrou has specialized in little-known works such as pasticcios and on unusual versions. The orchestra has backed "Baroque Divas" Sonia Prina, Romina Basso, Vivica Genaux, and Mary-Ellen Nesi in a selection of Baroque arias on an album of that title, following it up with the album Rokoko, featuring countertenor Max Emanuel Cencic. In 2018 it collaborated with Cencic once again for an album of arias by Nicola Porpora. The grand sponsor of Armonia Atenea is the Onassis Foundation.
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Discography
16 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Porpora: Polifemo
Classical - Released by Parnassus Arts Productions on 8 Sep 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Carlo il Calvo
Classical - Released by Parnassus Arts Productions on 5 Jan 2022
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Nicola Porpora : Opera Arias
Max Emanuel Cencic, Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
Opera Extracts - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 2 Mar 2018
Qobuzissime24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Georg Friedrich Händel : Alessandro
Max Emanuel Cencic, Julia Lezhneva, Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ludwig van Beethoven : Prometheus
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2014
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Rokoko - Hasse Opera Arias
Max Emanuel Cencic, Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2013
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Rossini
Franco Fagioli, Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 9 Sep 2016
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Baroque Divas
Vivica Genaux, Mary-Ellen Nesi, Sonia Prina, Romina Basso, Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Oct 2015
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Christoph Willibald von Gluck : Opera Arias
Daniel Behle, Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2014
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Polifemo: Scena V Aria: Alto Giove (Aci) (Single Version)
Yuriy Mynenko, George Petrou, Armonia Atenea
Classical - Released by Parnassus Arts Productions on 25 Aug 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rokoko - Hasse Opera Arias
Max Emanuel Cencic, Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven: Prometheus
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Porpora: Opera Arias
Max Emanuel Cencic, Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 2 Mar 2018
Qobuzissime16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gluck Opera Arias
Daniel Behle, Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Baroque Divas
Vivica Genaux, Mary-Ellen Nesi, Sonia Prina, Romina Basso, Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Oct 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rossini
Franco Fagioli, Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 9 Sep 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo