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Julian Perkins
Julian Perkins is a British conductor and keyboard player. Shortlisted for the Gramophone Award in 2021, he is Artistic Director of the Portland Baroque Orchestra in the US. He lives in London, England and is also Founder Director of the early music ensemble Sounds Baroque and Artistic Director of Cambridge Handel Opera Company. As a conductor, Julian Perkins has been praised for his 'heartening dramatic energy' and 'dynamic direction', while his harpsichord playing has been described as 'superbly creative' and 'wonderfully adept and stylish'. He conducted the first professional recording of Eccles's Semele with the Academy of Ancient Music, and the world première recordings of Daniel Purcell's opera-oratorio The Judgment of Paris and Stephen Dodgson's opera Margaret Catchpole. His solo discography includes world premières of virtuosic harpsichord suites by James Nares, John Christopher Smith and John Worgan, clavichord works by Herbert Howells and Stephen Dodgson, Johann Sebastian Bach's French Suites and a clavichord programme entitled Handel's Attick. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Perkins) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

Songs

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The Judgment of Paris: No. 1, Sonata
Academy of Ancient Music & Julian Perkins
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The Judgment of Paris: No. 35, Chorus. One Only Joy Mankind Can Know
Academy of Ancient Music, Julian Perkins, & Cambridge Handel Opera Company
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The Judgment of Paris: No. 10, Chorus. Happy Thou of Human Race
Academy of Ancient Music, Julian Perkins, & Cambridge Handel Opera Company
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The Judgment of Paris: No. 11, Symphony for Juno
Academy of Ancient Music & Julian Perkins
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The Judgment of Paris: No. 32, Symphony for Venus
Academy of Ancient Music & Julian Perkins

Albums

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Weber: Complete Keyboard Duets

2020
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Ingenious Jestings – James Nares: Eight Harpsichord Setts • Handel: Suite in D Minor

2008
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Handel: Overture to Riccardo Primo - Smith: Six Suites of Lessons for the Harpsichord

2015
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Mozart: Piano Duets, Vol. 2

2018
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Handel's Attick: Music for Solo Clavichord

2023
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Daniel Purcell: The Judgment of Paris

2014
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Mozart: Piano Duets, Vol. 1

2016
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Tournament for Twenty Fingers

2022
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J.S. Bach: French Suites, BWV 812-817

2016
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Worgan: Complete Harpsichord Music

2021

Videos

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The Judgment of Paris: No. 35, Chorus. One Only Joy Mankind Can Know

Julian Perkins, Academy Of Ancient Music, & Cambridge Handel Opera Company • 1.3K views
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Julian Perkins – Handel's Air in G minor

Sounds Baroque – Julian Perkins • 1.7K views
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The Judgment of Paris: No. 10, Chorus. Happy Thou of Human Race

Julian Perkins, Academy Of Ancient Music, & Cambridge Handel Opera Company • 1.6K views