Ton Koopman was born in Zwolle in 1944. After a classical education he stud… Read Full Bio ↴Ton Koopman was born in Zwolle in 1944. After a classical education he studied organ, harpsichord and musicology in Amsterdam and was awarded the Prix d'Excellence for both instruments. Almost from the beginning of his musical studies he was fascinated with authentic instruments and a performance style based on sound scholarship.
Even before completing his studies he laid the foundations for a career as a conductor of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century music and this fascination with the Baroque era led him in 1969, at age 25, to establish his first Baroque orchestra and, in 1979, to found The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra followed in 1993 by the Amsterdam Baroque Choir.
Koopman's extensive and impressive activities as a soloist, accompanist and conductor have been recorded on a large number of LP's and CD's for labels like Erato, Teldec, Sony, Philips and DGG. Recently Ton Koopman has created his own record label: 'Antoine Marchand', with which he will publish his future recordings.
Over the course of a forty-year career Ton Koopman has appeared at the most important concert halls and festivals of the five continents.
As an organist he has performed on the most prestigious historical instruments of Europe, and as a harpsichord player and conductor of his Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir he has been a regular guest at venues which include the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Theatre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, the Philharmonie in Munich, the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, the Lincoln Center in New York, and leading concert halls in Vienna, London, Berlin, Brussels, Madrid, Rome, Salzburg, Tokyo and Osaka. Over the past ten years Ton Koopman has been engaged in 'the recording project of the '90's' (so described by 'The Guardian' in London). Between 1994 and 2004 he has conducted and recorded all the existing cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach, a massive work for which he has been awarded with the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis "Echo Klassik 1997", the Prix Hector Berlioz, and been nominated for both the Grammy Award (USA) and the Gramophone Award (UK). In March 2000 he received an Honorary Degree from the Utrecht University for his scholarly work on the Bach Cantatas and Passions and in February 2004 he was awarded both the prestigious Silver Phonograph by the Dutch recording industry and the VSCD Classical Music Award 2004 by the Directors of Theatres and Concert Halls of Holland. Ton Koopman is also very active as a guest conductor and he has worked with many prominent orchestras in Europe, the USA and Japan including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Boston Symphony, the Vienna Symphony, the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Danish Radio Orchestra and many others. He has been for eight years principal conductor of the Radio Chamber Orchestra in Holland and he is principal guest conductor of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. In the coming season he will be working with the Chicago Symphony, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Helsinki Radio Orchestra, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, the Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.
Ton Koopman publishes regularly and for a number of years he has been engaged in editing the complete Handel Organ Concerti for Breitkopf & Härtel. Pedagogy has been an important factor in Ton Koopman's life for many years and to that end he is professor of harpsichord at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and is an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music in London.
http://www.tonkoopman.nl/
Even before completing his studies he laid the foundations for a career as a conductor of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century music and this fascination with the Baroque era led him in 1969, at age 25, to establish his first Baroque orchestra and, in 1979, to found The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra followed in 1993 by the Amsterdam Baroque Choir.
Koopman's extensive and impressive activities as a soloist, accompanist and conductor have been recorded on a large number of LP's and CD's for labels like Erato, Teldec, Sony, Philips and DGG. Recently Ton Koopman has created his own record label: 'Antoine Marchand', with which he will publish his future recordings.
Over the course of a forty-year career Ton Koopman has appeared at the most important concert halls and festivals of the five continents.
As an organist he has performed on the most prestigious historical instruments of Europe, and as a harpsichord player and conductor of his Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir he has been a regular guest at venues which include the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Theatre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, the Philharmonie in Munich, the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, the Lincoln Center in New York, and leading concert halls in Vienna, London, Berlin, Brussels, Madrid, Rome, Salzburg, Tokyo and Osaka. Over the past ten years Ton Koopman has been engaged in 'the recording project of the '90's' (so described by 'The Guardian' in London). Between 1994 and 2004 he has conducted and recorded all the existing cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach, a massive work for which he has been awarded with the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis "Echo Klassik 1997", the Prix Hector Berlioz, and been nominated for both the Grammy Award (USA) and the Gramophone Award (UK). In March 2000 he received an Honorary Degree from the Utrecht University for his scholarly work on the Bach Cantatas and Passions and in February 2004 he was awarded both the prestigious Silver Phonograph by the Dutch recording industry and the VSCD Classical Music Award 2004 by the Directors of Theatres and Concert Halls of Holland. Ton Koopman is also very active as a guest conductor and he has worked with many prominent orchestras in Europe, the USA and Japan including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Boston Symphony, the Vienna Symphony, the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Danish Radio Orchestra and many others. He has been for eight years principal conductor of the Radio Chamber Orchestra in Holland and he is principal guest conductor of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. In the coming season he will be working with the Chicago Symphony, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Helsinki Radio Orchestra, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, the Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.
Ton Koopman publishes regularly and for a number of years he has been engaged in editing the complete Handel Organ Concerti for Breitkopf & Härtel. Pedagogy has been an important factor in Ton Koopman's life for many years and to that end he is professor of harpsichord at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and is an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music in London.
http://www.tonkoopman.nl/
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12Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn BWV 157: Aria: Ich halte meinen Jesum feste5:06Ton Koopman
13Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn BWV 157: Recitative: Mein lieber Jesu du1:25Ton Koopman
14Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn BWV 157: Aria and Recitative: Ja, ja, ich halte Jesum feste5:23Ton Koopman
15Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn BWV 157: Chorale: Meinen Jesum laß ich nichtTon Koopman
16Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch was gut ist BWV 45: Erster Teil: Chorus: Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch was gut istTon Koopman
17Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch was gut ist BWV 45: Erster Teil: Recitative: Der Höchste läßt mich seinen Willen wissenTon Koopman
18Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch was gut ist BWV 45: Erster Teil: Aria: Weiß ich Gottes RechteTon Koopman
19Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist BWV 45: Zweiter Teil: Arioso: Es werden viele zu mir sagen2:43Ton Koopman
20Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist BWV 45: Zweiter Teil: Aria: Wer Gott bekennt aus wahrem HerzensgrundTon Koopman
21Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist BWV 45: Zweiter Teil: Recitative: So wird denn Herz und MundTon Koopman
22Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist BWV 45: Zweiter Teil: Chorale: Gib, Daß ich tu mit FleißTon Koopman
25"Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht" BWV 52: Recitative (Soprano): ""Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht"0:51Ton Koopman
26"Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht" BWV 52: Aria (Soprano): "Immerhin, wenn ich gleich verstoßen bin"Ton Koopman
28"Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht" BWV 52: Aria (Soprano): "Ich halt es mit dem lieben Gott"3:37Ton Koopman
30"Es wartet alles auf dich" BWV 187: Erster Teil - Chorus: "Es wartet alles auf dich"5:33Ton Koopman
31"Es wartet alles auf dich" BWV 187: Ester Teil - Recitative (Bass): "Was Kreaturen hält das große Rund der Welt!"Ton Koopman
32"Es wartet alles auf dich" BWV 187: Ester Teil - Aria (Alto): "Du Herr, du krönst allein das Hahr mit deinem Gut"3:49Ton Koopman
33"Es wartet alles auf dich" BWV 187: Zweiter Teil - Aria (Bass): "Darum sollt ihr nicht sorgen"Ton Koopman
35"Es wartet alles auf dich" BWV 187: Zweiter Teil - Recitative (Soprano): "Halt ich nur fest an ihm"Ton Koopman
36"Es wartet alles auf dich" BWV 187: Zweiter Teil - Chorale: "Gott hat die Erde zugericht"Ton Koopman
42"Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan" BWV 98: Chorus: "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan"3:57Ton Koopman
43"Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan" BWV 98: Recitative (Tenor): "Ach Gott! Wenn wirst du mich einmal"Ton Koopman
44"Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan" BWV 98: Aria (Soprano): "Hört, ihr Augen, auf zu weinen"3:29Ton Koopman
45"Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan" BWV 98: Recitative (Alto): "Gott hat ein Herz, das des Erbarmens Überfluß"Ton Koopman
46"Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan" BWV 98: Aria (Bass): "Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht"3:56Ton Koopman
52"Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet" BWV 164: Aria (Tenor): "Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet"4:25Ton Koopman
53"Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet" BWV 164: Recitative (Bass): "Wir hören zwar, was selbst die Liebe spricht"1:40Ton Koopman
54"Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet" BWV 164: Aria (Alto): "Nur durch Lieb und durch Erbarmen"3:21Ton Koopman
55"Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet" BWV 164: Recitative (Tenor): "Ach, schmelze doch durch deinen Liebesstrahl"Ton Koopman
56"Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet" BWV 164: Aria (Duet: Soprano, Bass): "Händen, die sich nicht verschließen"Ton Koopman
57"Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet" BWV 164: Chorale: "Ertöt uns durch dein Güte"0:49Ton Koopman
58"Schwingt freudig euch empor" BWV 36: Erster Teil - Chorus: "Schwingt freudig euch empor"4:00Ton Koopman
59"Schwingt freudig euch empor" BWV 36: Erster Teil - Chorale (Soprano): "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"3:53Ton Koopman
60"Schwingt freudig euch empor" BWV 36: Erster Teil - Aria (Tenor): "Die Liebe zieht mit sanften Schritten"5:28Ton Koopman
61"Schwingt freudig euch empor" BWV 36: Erster Teil - Chorale: "Zwingt die Saiten in Cythara"Ton Koopman
62"Schwingt freudig euch empor" BWV 36: Zweiter Teil - Aria (Bass): "Wilkommen werter Schatz"Ton Koopman
63"Schwingt freudig euch empor" BWV 36: Zweiter Teil - Chorale (Tenor): "Der du bist dem Vater gleich"1:43Ton Koopman
64"Schwingt freudig euch empor" BWV 36: Zweiter Teil - Aria (Soprano): "Auch mit gedämpften, schwachen Stimmen"Ton Koopman
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Bach: Cantatas Vol. 18 - Disc 1
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