ALBUMVivaldi: The Four SeasonsRichard Tognetti & Australian Chamber Orchestra
ALBUMMozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 K. 595Imogen Cooper, Australian Chamber Orchestra & Richard Tognetti
ALBUMGrieg: Holberg Suite – String Quartet in G Minor – 2 Elegiac Melodies – ErotikkRichard Tognetti & Australian Chamber Orchestra
ALBUMDances to a Black PipeMartin Fröst, Australian Chamber Orchestra & Richard Tognetti
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 Op. 58, Piano Sonatas Nos. 14 "Moonlight" & 31Dejan Lazić, Australian Chamber Orchestra & Richard Tognetti
ALBUMVivaldi: Flute ConcertosRichard Tognetti, Emmanuel Pahud & Australian Chamber Orchestra
ALBUMVivaldi: Flute ConcertosAustralian Chamber Orchestra, Emmanuel Pahud & Richard Tognetti
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Artist Biography
Young, charismatic, and innovative, the 17-member Australian Chamber Orchestra has inspired other new ensembles with its collaborative ethos -- it has no conductor -- and innovative approaches. Steeped in a history but always looking to the future, ACO programs embrace celebrated classics alongside new commissions and adventurous cross-artform collaborations. The ACO was founded in 1975 by cellist John Painter. The group took on its current emphasis in 1990 when Richard Tognetti. Since then, the ACO has performed classical repertoire, newly commissioned pieces, and collaborations with a wide variety of artists both within the classical sphere and beyond. The ACO's recording career began in 1987 with an album of Australian music and expanded rapidly after Tognetti's hiring. In 2017, the ACO released an album pairing music by Mozart with that of Radiohead keyboardist Greenwood, the first Australian-produced classical vinyl for two decades.