Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra is not a full-time ensemble, but nevertheless a quite busy group of about 26 or so musicians, many of international renown, who assemble several times yearly to perform a series of concerts devoted mostly to Baroque-era music. The repertory range falls in the period 1600 to 1791 (the year of Mozart's death, not a coincidental cutoff point, according to the group's founder, conductor Ton Koopman). The ABO regularly appears on recordings, its discography actually outpacing its concert work in later years. Perhaps the recording project the ABO is best known for is a cycle of the J.S. Bach cantatas (sacred as well as secular), which by its 2004 completion, ran to well over 20 volumes (67 discs in a 2007 release of the complete set). Of course, this massive undertaking would be impossible without a choir, and the ABO fields its own, with a talented ensemble of mostly Dutch singers that can range from around 15 to over 30 members. The ABO has appeared on more than 50 recordings, mostly for the Challenge Classics and Erato labels.
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra was founded by Ton Koopman in 1979. Most of the players had already earned international reputations for their work in Baroque repertory. Typically, the ABO would perform in Amsterdam (the Concertgebouw), the Hague, Utrecht, Rotterdam, as well as in other major concert halls throughout Europe and the U.S.: New York's Lincoln Center, London's Barbican Center, Paris' Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, and the Vienna Musikverein are among the many major concert venues in which it has scored critical success.
By the 1990s the group was among the most celebrated Baroque ensembles in Europe. In 1992 Koopman founded the Amsterdam Baroque Choir, which debuted at the Holland Festival of Early Music that year with a Biber Requiem and Vespers. In 1994 Koopman and the ABO and Choir launched the massive Bach cantata undertaking for the Erato label. The latter half of the cycle was issued on the Challenge Classics label, however. The ABO and Choir have received numerous awards for their recordings: the first four issues in the Bach project received the 1997 Deutsche Schallplattenpreis Echo Klassik, and other citations included a Gramophone Award, a Diapason d'Or, and two Edison Awards. Among the more important later recordings by the ABO and Choir was a June 2007 Kultur Video DVD of five J.S. Bach religious cantatas.
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Bach : Violin Concertos & Concerto for 2 Violins
Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Monica Huggett, Alison Bury
Musique concertante - Paru chez Warner Classics International le 12 oct. 1990
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Kerstspel
Ton Koopman, Nieuw Vocaal Amsterdam, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Challenge Classics le 24 nov. 2017
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Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1 - 6 - Concertos, BWV 1044 & 1059
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman
Classique - Paru chez Warner Classics International le 1 janv. 1996
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Bach, JS: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman
Classique - Paru chez Warner Classics International le 1 sept. 1989
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Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman
Classique - Paru chez Warner Classics le 1 sept. 1989
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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, The Sixteen
Classique - Paru chez Warner Classics le 16 juil. 2021
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Buxtehude: Opera Omnia XVII - Vocal music, Vol. 7
Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Challenge Classics le 28 juin 2013
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CPE Bach: Flute Concertos
Konrad Hünteler, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman
Classique - Paru chez Warner Classics le 1 janv. 1989
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Handel: Water Music
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman
Classique - Paru chez Warner Classics le 1 janv. 1993
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CPE Bach: Oboe Concertos, Wq. 164 & 165, Oboe Sonata, Wq. 135
Ku Ebbinge, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman
Classique - Paru chez Warner Classics le 1 janv. 1990
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Bach, JS : Harpsichord Concertos Nos 1, 2, 5 & 6 (- Elatus)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman
Classique - Paru chez Warner Classics International le 1 sept. 1996
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Handel: Concerti grossi, Op. 6
Classique - Paru chez Warner Classics le 1 janv. 1987
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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629
Catherine Bott, Jeffrey Thomas, Michael Schopper, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman
Classique - Paru chez Warner Classics le 1 janv. 1995
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Whitsun Cantatas
Barbara Schlick, Deborah York, Bogna Bartosz, Kai Wessel, Christoph Prégardien, Klaus Mertens
Classique - Paru chez Challenge Classics le 22 avr. 2009
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Organ Concertos
Classique - Paru chez Challenge Classics le 1 oct. 2010
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Leopold Mozart & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman
Classique - Paru chez Challenge Classics le 8 avr. 2008
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Mozart : Serenades Nos 6, 'Serenata notturna' & 7, 'Haffner' (Apex)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman
Classique - Paru chez Warner Classics International le 1 janv. 1991
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London Symphonies: Symphonies nos. 97 & 98
Classique - Paru chez Challenge Classics le 2 avr. 2010
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