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Frans Brüggen
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Born: October 30, 1934 - Amsterdam, Holland Once the world’s most famous recorder player, today Frans Brüggen is considered among the foremost experts in the performance of eighteenth century music. He studied the recorder with Kees Otten and flute at the Amsterdam Muzieklyceum. In addition, he took courses in musicology at the University of Amsterdam. At the age of 21, he was appointed professor at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague and later held position as Erasmus Professor at Harvard University and Regent’s Professor at the University of Berkeley, making him one of the youngest musical scholars of the time though still remaining, as Luciano Berio wrote, “a musician who is not an archeologist but a great artist”. After finishing his studies he launched a major career as a virtuoso performer of music for the recorder. As a flute soloist, he was equally at home in performances of the Baroque masters and contemporary avant-garde composers. He also gave informative lectures and illustrative performances of recorder music in Europe. In 1981, he founded the Orchestra of the 18th Century, which consists of some 60 members from 22 different countries. He conducted the orchestra he conducted with fine success on both sides of the Atlantic. Three or four times a year the orchestra assembles to go on tour. The musicians, who are all specialists in 18th and early 19th century music, play on period instruments, or on contemporary copies thereof. The wide-ranging repertoire this
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Mozart: Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550 - 1. Molto allegro - Excerpt
3712Gloria in excelsis Deo
2183Telemann : Overture des Nations anciens et moderne for Strings in G major TWV55, G4 : IV Les Allemands modernes
1924Rameau: Suite Les Indes Galantes / Prologue - 1. Ouverture
1535Concerto in F Major, No. 1, RV 98, Tempesta di mare: (Allegro)
1516Rameau: Suite Les Indes Galantes / Les Sauvages - 21. Air pour les sauvages
1327Concerto in F Major, No. 1, RV 98, Tempesta di mare: Largo
1308Concerto in F Major, No. 1, RV 98, Tempesta di mare: Presto
1299Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 in A, Op.90 - "Italian" - 1. Allegro vivace
12510St John Passion, BWV 245: Part I: Chorale: Herr, unser Herrscher (Chorus)
115albums
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100 Classical Favourites
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The Early Recordings, Vol. 1
Recorder Music on Original Instruments: Parcham, van Eyck, Lœillet, Dieupart & Telemann
Rameau: Les Indes Galantes Suite
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Vivaldi: Concerti for Flute, Strings and Basso continuo, Op.10, Nos. 1-6; Marcello/Platti: Concerti for for Oboe, Strings and Basso continuo
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Bach: St John Passion, BWV 245
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Bach: Messe in h-moll
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Mozart: Symphony No. 40 - Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
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Beethoven at Bedtime - A Gentle Prelude to Sleep
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100X Klassiek
Flute Sonatas from the Italian Baroque, Vol. 2
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French Baroque Music for Flute by Hottetere, Philidor & Boismortier