With Fretwork, he recorded 31 albums, and also performed on film soundtracks including
Coffee and Cigarettes and
The Da Vinci Code. Fretwork is known for its global touring and, as well as performances of
early music, commissioning new compositions for viol consort. Campbell was Professor of
viola da gamba and
violone at the
Royal Academy of Music. As a gamba soloist he has been associated since 1981 with Sir
John Eliot Gardiner's English Baroque Soloists and their performances and recordings of
J. S. Bach and
François Couperin. He has performed as gamba-soloist or principal cellist with ensembles including
Northern Sinfonia, the orchestra of
The Sixteen, Ex Cathedra of Birmingham, the
City of London Sinfonia, the St James's Baroque Players,
Florilegium, and
Paul McCreesh's Gabrieli Players. He was a founding member of Jakob Lindberg's Dowland Consort, Philip Picket's Musicians of the Globe and,
Charles Humphries's ensemble Kontrabande. ==References==