Freiburger Barockorchester
Language available : englishThe Freiburger Barockorchester (Freiburg Baroque Orchestra) is a period-instrument ensemble focused on the authentic performance of Baroque music, though its repertoire extends into the Classical and Romantic periods as well. The Freiburger Barockorchester is mainly led by the concertmaster and often features members of the ensemble as soloists. The Freiburger Barockorchester was founded in 1987, in the German city known as the unofficial "Capital of the Black Forest," by a group of students who shared an interest in playing Baroque music on authentic period instruments. The first three years of its existence, the Freiburger Barockorchester performed without a conductor, preferring to select a musician from within its ranks to lead its music on a case-by-case basis. Nevertheless, in 1990, Thomas Hengelbrock was named joint musical director along with Gottfried von der Goltz, a situation that lasted until 1997 when Hengelbrock stepped down. His place was taken by Petra Müllejans, who lead the Freiburger Barockorchester in tandem with von der Goltz. Müllejans was succeeded by Kristian Bezuidenhout in 2017. The ensemble regularly performs with guest conductors for more expansive works and still often performs without a conductor. The Freiburger Barockorchester tours all over the world and records with frequency; it utilizes distinguished guest conductors on about a fourth of its public concerts, but not on recordings. Freiburger Barockorchester contributed some of the very best recordings to be issued by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi in the waning years of its association with BMG. The group's controversial recording of the J.S. Bach Mass in B minor, led by Hengelbrock and featuring the Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, is perhaps the only recording of this work in recent memory to approach Bach's masterwork from a genuinely new perspective. The Freiburger Barockorchester is also known for its capability in accompanying singers, such as Sandrine Piau and Angelika Kirchschlager; the latter appears with the group on a Christmas DVD entitled Sounds Like Christmas. Although it did not accompany Cecilia Bartoli on her recording Opera Proibita, the Freiburger Barockorchester accompanied Bartoli in touring with its program, with Müllejans leading the ensemble. The Freiburger BarockConsort is a chamber group that is drawn from the inner ranks of the Freiburger Barockorchester. Since BMG folded its classical operation in 1999, the Freiburger Barockorchester has appeared on the Virgin, Naïve, and Harmonia Mundi labels, among others. In 2019, the Freiburger Barockorchester released several recordings: Beethoven: Leonore and Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 2; Symphony No. 1 on Harmonia Mundi, and Mozart: Youth Symphonies on Aparte.
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The Freiburger Barockorchester (Freiburg Baroque Orchestra) is a period-instrument ensemble focused on the authentic performance of Baroque music, though its repertoire extends into the Classical and Romantic periods as well. The Freiburger Barockorchester is mainly led by the concertmaster and often features members of the ensemble as soloists.
The Freiburger Barockorchester was founded in 1987, in the German city known as the unofficial "Capital of the Black Forest," by a group of students who shared an interest in playing Baroque music on authentic period instruments. The first three years of its existence, the Freiburger Barockorchester performed without a conductor, preferring to select a musician from within its ranks to lead its music on a case-by-case basis. Nevertheless, in 1990, Thomas Hengelbrock was named joint musical director along with Gottfried von der Goltz, a situation that lasted until 1997 when Hengelbrock stepped down. His place was taken by Petra Müllejans, who lead the Freiburger Barockorchester in tandem with von der Goltz. Müllejans was succeeded by Kristian Bezuidenhout in 2017. The ensemble regularly performs with guest conductors for more expansive works and still often performs without a conductor.
The Freiburger Barockorchester tours all over the world and records with frequency; it utilizes distinguished guest conductors on about a fourth of its public concerts, but not on recordings. Freiburger Barockorchester contributed some of the very best recordings to be issued by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi in the waning years of its association with BMG. The group's controversial recording of the J.S. Bach Mass in B minor, led by Hengelbrock and featuring the Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, is perhaps the only recording of this work in recent memory to approach Bach's masterwork from a genuinely new perspective. The Freiburger Barockorchester is also known for its capability in accompanying singers, such as Sandrine Piau and Angelika Kirchschlager; the latter appears with the group on a Christmas DVD entitled Sounds Like Christmas. Although it did not accompany Cecilia Bartoli on her recording Opera Proibita, the Freiburger Barockorchester accompanied Bartoli in touring with its program, with Müllejans leading the ensemble. The Freiburger BarockConsort is a chamber group that is drawn from the inner ranks of the Freiburger Barockorchester.
Since BMG folded its classical operation in 1999, the Freiburger Barockorchester has appeared on the Virgin, Naïve, and Harmonia Mundi labels, among others. In 2019, the Freiburger Barockorchester released several recordings: Beethoven: Leonore and Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 2; Symphony No. 1 on Harmonia Mundi, and Mozart: Youth Symphonies on Aparte.
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Bach: Orchestral Suites BWV 1066-1069
Freiburger Barockorchester
Concertmuziek - Released by harmonia mundi on 8 nov. 2011
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Telemann, Platti, Vivaldi & Geminiani: Concerti all'arrabbiata
Freiburger Barockorchester
Klassiek - Released by Aparté on 12 nov. 2021
Italy. Home to the spicy arrabiata pasta sauce made with tomatoes and dried chillis, and also home to fierily explosive baroque music. I’m not entirel ...
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J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
Freiburger Barockorchester
Klassiek - Released by harmonia mundi on 10 feb. 2014
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Freiburger Barockorchester
Klassiek - Released by harmonia mundi on 21 aug. 2020
In their own way Beethoven’s five piano concertos relate a part of their composer’s life. In the previous volume of this complete recording, Kristian ...
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Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op. 56 & Trio, Op. 36
Freiburger Barockorchester
Klassiek - Released by harmonia mundi on 19 feb. 2021
After a successful trilogy devoted to the concertos and trios of Schumann, the team assembled alongside the Freiburger Barockorchester and Pablo Heras ...
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Beethoven: Leonore
Freiburger Barockorchester
Opera - Released by harmonia mundi on 25 okt. 2019
4F de Télérama5 Sterne Fono Forum KlassikCreated in 1804 in Vienna before an audience of French officers, none of whom understood any German, Beethoven’s only opera, Leonore, was not successf ...
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 & Choral Fantasy
Freiburger Barockorchester
Klassiek - Released by harmonia mundi on 26 jun. 2020
A fantasy that turned into a symphony? First and foremost, this double album enshrines the exemplary work of an ensemble whose designation ‘Baroque Or ...
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Locatelli:Concerti Grossi
Freiburger Barockorchester
Klassiek - Released by harmonia mundi on 22 dec. 2004
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Mozart: Symphonies nos.39 & 40 (Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs)
Freiburger Barockorchester
Klassiek - Released by harmonia mundi on 12 apr. 2010
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Georg Philipp Telemann : Musique de table (Intégrale) (Freiburger Barockorchester)
Freiburger Barockorchester
Symfonische muziek - Released by harmonia mundi on 19 okt. 2010
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Johann Sebastian Bach : Violin Concertos
Freiburger Barockorchester
Concertmuziek - Released by harmonia mundi on 25 mrt. 2013
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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Freiburger Barockorchester
Opera - Released by harmonia mundi on 1 jan. 2007
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Handel. Rinaldo
Freiburger Barockorchester
Opera - Released by harmonia mundi on 21 mrt. 2003
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Handel : Concerti a due cori
Freiburger Barockorchester
Kamermuziek - Released by harmonia mundi on 9 feb. 2018
5 étoiles de ClassicaIt was for the occasion of the Covent Garden premiere of his oratorio Joshua in 1748, that Handel composed – or rather arranged – the first of his thr ...
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Beethoven: Missa solemnis, Op. 123
Freiburger Barockorchester
Missen, passies, requiems - Released by harmonia mundi on 29 jan. 2021
Conductor René Jacobs' turn to Beethoven has yielded impressive results by going back to Beethoven's works and rethinking them from the ground up. His ...
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 - The Creatures of Prometheus
Freiburger Barockorchester
Symfonieën - Released by harmonia mundi on 19 feb. 2021
The output of the Freiburger Barockorchester over time has moved forward from core Baroque repertory to Mendelssohn and Schubert. The group leapfrogge ...
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Zelenka/Pisendel: Concertos
Freiburger Barockorchester
Symfonische muziek - Released by deutsche harmonia mundi on 2 mei 1994
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Mozart: Wind Concertos
Freiburger Barockorchester
Klassiek - Released by harmonia mundi on 28 aug. 2007
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Biber, Muffat: Sonatas
Freiburger Barockorchester
Klassiek - Released by deutsche harmonia mundi on 1 jan. 1994
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Bach, W.F.: Concerti
Freiburger Barockorchester
Klassiek - Released by Carus on 1 jul. 2002
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Haydn: Symphonies No. 6 - 8
Freiburger Barockorchester
Klassiek - Released by harmonia mundi on 1 jan. 2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo