Apollo’s Fire, the leading American period-instrument orchestra from Cleveland founded in 1992 by award-winning harpsichordist and conductor Jeannette Sorrell, launches a major new series on Avie with two vibrant and varied recordings (a recording of Mozart is being released simultaneously), featuring the music of J S Bach.

These vibrant performances of varied works by J S Bach feature popular repertoire brought together in pairings that have not appeared on disc before. The 2-CD Bach set takes the ever-popular Brandenburg Concertos and uniquely couples them with two Harpsichord Concertos, one of which is also presented in a reconstruction for violin.

Taking its name from the classical god of music and the sun, Apollo’s Fire is dedicated to the performance of 17th- and 18th-century music on period instruments. Founder and Music Director Jeannette Sorrell and her ensemble of dynamic and creative early-music artists from North America and Europe have been praised internationally for stylistic freshness and buoyancy, animated spontaneity, technical excellence and creative programming.