From the mid-1790s to the early 1820s Johann Simon Mayr wrote just under 70 operas, a good number of which went on to triumph across Europe. Set in the Spanish city of Zamora, and described as a... more

Portuguese composer Lues Tinoco's works are "as engrossing as they are entertaining" (Musical Opinion), and these premiere recordings represent some of the most exciting new orchestral work to appear... more

First performed in 1765; Antonio Sacchini's Saint Philip Neri's Renunciation of All Worldly Wealth is an oratorio about the father of the oratorio. It depicts the spiritual trials of Saint Philip... more

Some musicologists have proposed that many of Bach's sacred vocal works were actually written for solo voices and not a choir. Accent's critically-acclaimed cantata series provides a strong... more