Based in Cleveland, Ohio, the period-instruments orchestra Apollo's Fire was founded in 1992. Thanks to a new contract, the Midwest's best-kept musical secret is finally reaching British ears. Conductor Jeannette Sorrell presents an elegantly proportioned "Symphony No. 40", with an attratively immediate woodwind sound; the French-influenced "Chaconne" from Idomeneo is vividly characterised and "Parto, m'affretto" (from Lucio Silla) showcases colortura soprano Amanda Forsythe - a voice to remmeber.