Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is a period-instrument chamber group that has pursued an innovative democratic structure with no permanent conductor. The group has worked with a great variety of collaborators, including the Royal Opera and Glyndebourne Festival Opera.
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment was formed in 1986 by a group of young London musicians, all of whom had a deep knowledge of historical performance practices on their instruments. The group currently has 26 members who follow democratic procedures (the orchestra is formally a cooperative) in making performance decisions. There are, however, section principals and four leaders, as of 2021, violinists Huw Daniel, Kati Debretzeni, Margaret Faultless, and Matthew Truscott. There is no permanent conductor, but over the years, the orchestra has attracted such major conducting talents as Simon Rattle, Vladimir Jurowski, and Iván Fischer; Rattle and Frans Brüggen were named principal guest conductors. As the name suggests, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment focuses on the music of the 17th and 18th centuries and has performed music as early as Monteverdi and as late as Mahler on period instruments. The group has enjoyed long collaborations with several opera companies, including the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, where it has held the title of associate orchestra since 2002, and the Royal Opera, where it made its debut in 1995 performing in the original 1857 version of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra. The ensemble is also the resident orchestra at London's Southbank Centre, where it offers an annual season. It has appeared twice at the BBC Proms. The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment also offers an informal concert series called "The Night Shift" and has toured the U.S., South America, and Southeast Asia. In September 2020, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment moved its headquarters to the Acland Burghley School campus in Tufnell Park, Camden, establishing a rehearsal hall, office, library, and recording studio there.
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment has succeeded as a recording ensemble since 1992 when it released an album featuring C.P.E. Bach's little-known oratorio, The Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus. The group has recorded for Virgin Classics, Sony, Signum Classics, and many other labels. On an album released in the summer of 2021, the orchestra moved to the ECM label, backing pianist András Schiff in the piano concertos of Brahms.
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Mozart: The Five Violin Concertos
Monica Huggett, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Classical - Released by Parlophone UK on Jan 1, 1994
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Renée Fleming - Handel Arias (Digital Bonus Version)
Renée Fleming, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 2004
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Andreas Scholl - Heroes
Andreas Scholl, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Roger Norrington
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 1999
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The Crown: Heroic Arias for Senesino
Randall Scotting, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Laurence Cummings
Opera - Released by Signum Records on Sep 2, 2022
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Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Apr 15, 1999
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Aksel ! (Arias by Bach, Handel & Mozart)
Aksel Rykkvin, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Nigel Short
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Signum Records on Sep 1, 2016
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Gustav Mahler : Totenfeier - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Vladimir Jurowski
Classical - Released by Signum Records on Sep 24, 2012
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Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton, The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
Classical - Released by Hyperion on Mar 2, 2018
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J.S. Bach: Easter Oratorio; Ascension Oratorio
Gustav Leonhardt, Choir of the Enlightenment, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jun 3, 1994
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Monteverdi: Vespers
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Classical - Released by Signum Classics on Jan 4, 2011
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Bach: Violin Concertos
Elizabeth Wallfisch, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 1, 1993
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Great Handel
Ian Bostridge, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jul 9, 2007
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Le grand Händel
Ian Bostridge, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jul 16, 2007
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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: Rameau, Handel & Pergolesi
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Classical - Released by UME - Global Clearing House on Feb 28, 2023
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Kati Debretzeni , Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Concertos - Released by Signum Records on Apr 7, 2014
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Rameau: Suite "Les Paladins"
Gustav Leonhardt, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 1992
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Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 21, Fantasy on Polish Airs, Op. 13 & Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22
Emanuel Ax, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Charles Mackerras
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on Mar 9, 1998
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Blow: Venus & Adonis
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, René Jacobs
Opera - Released by harmonia mundi on Mar 27, 2008
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Bach: Easter Oratorio
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Classical - Released by UME - Global Clearing House on Apr 9, 2023
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 "Italian" & A Midsummer Night's Dream
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Charles Mackerras
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 1, 1994
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Brahms: Piano Concertos
András Schiff, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Classical - Released by ECM New Series on May 21, 2021
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