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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Donizetti: Les Martyrs
Joyce El-Khoury, Michael Spyres, David Kempster, Brindley Sherratt, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Mark Elder
Classical - Released by Opera Rara on Jan 1, 2015
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Bach, J.S.: The Four Orchestral Suites
Frans Brüggen, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Apr 14, 1997
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The Mozart Album
Danielle de Niese, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Charles Mackerras
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 2009
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Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos.1, 3 & 4
Viktoria Mullova, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 2002
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Sento Amor : Operatic Arias
David Daniels, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Nov 1, 1999
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Rameau: Anacréon (1754)
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, The Choir of the Enlightenment, Jonathan Williams
Opera - Released by Signum Records on Sep 18, 2015
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Haydn Symphonien Nr. 45, Nr. 48 & Nr. 49 (Audior)
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Frans Brüggen
Classical - Released by Decca on Jan 1, 2009
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Telemann: Les plaisirs: Chamber Concertos
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Marion Verbruggen, Monica Huggett, Sarah Cunningham
Concertos - Released by harmonia mundi on Sep 10, 1993
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Vivaldi: Concerti
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Anthony Robson
Classical - Released by Linn Records on Nov 6, 2000
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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 34 & 40; Notturno for 4 Orchestras
Frans Brüggen, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra Of The 18th Century
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Mar 1, 1995
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Handel: Duets From the Great English Oratorios
Robin Blaze, Nicholas Kraemer, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Carolyn Sampson
Classical - Released by BIS on Mar 1, 2006
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Johan Helmich Roman : Solo Concertos
Elizabeth Wallfisch, Anthony Robson, Lisa Beznosiuk, Anthony Halstead, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Concertos - Released by Musica Sveciae on Jan 1, 1994
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Beethoven & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos
Monica Huggett, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Charles Mackerras
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Sep 3, 2001
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Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8 "Unfinished"
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Charles Mackerras
Classical - Released by Parlophone UK on Jan 1, 1996
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Renée Fleming - Handel Arias
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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Purcell: Birthday Odes for Queen Mary
Gustav Leonhardt, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 1, 1992
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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor; Violin Concerto in D Minor
Alina Ibragimova, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Vladimir Jurowski
Classical - Released by Hyperion on Sep 28, 2012
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Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 43, 50, 58 & 59
Frans Brüggen, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 1998
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Harpsichord Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1059 (Reconstructed by Steven Devine): III. Presto
Steven Devine, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Concertos - Released by Resonus Classics on Jun 9, 2023
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Gordon: Bassoon Concerto 'Observations on Air'
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Peter Whelan
Classical - Released by Linn Records on Oct 11, 2019
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Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton
Classical - Released by Hyperion on Nov 3, 2013
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