Max van Egmond (born 1 February 1936 in

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) is a Dutch bass and baritone singer. He has focused on oratorio and

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and is known for singing works of

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. He was one of the pioneers of

historically informed performance Historically informed performance (also referred to as period performance, authentic performance, or HIP) is an approach to the performance of Western classical music, classical music which aims to be faithful to the approach, manner and style of ...

of Baroque and Renaissance music.

Career

Max van Egmond studied voice at

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with Tine van Willingen de Lorme. Max van Egmondat all-music At the age of eighteen he became a member of De Nederlandse Bachvereniging (Netherlands Bach Society).Max van Egmond
on the bach-cantatas website Starting in 1965, he became involved in the complete Bach recordings of

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt Johann Nikolaus Harnoncourt (6 December 1929 – 5 March 2016) was an Austrian conductor, known for his historically informed performances. He specialized in music of the Baroque period, but later extended his repertoire to include Classical ...

and

Frans Brüggen Franciscus ("Frans") Jozef Brüggen (30 October 1934 – 13 August 2014) was a Dutch Conducting, conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist. Biography Born in Amsterdam, Brüggen was the youngest of the nine children of August Brüggen, a t ...

. He recorded the ''

St Matthew Passion The ''St Matthew Passion'' (), BWV 244, is a '' Passion'', a sacred oratorio written by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1727 for solo voices, double choir and double orchestra, with libretto by Picander. It sets the 26th and 27th chapters of th ...

'' under

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in 1969 and Nikolaus Harnoncourt in 1970, singing the bass arias. In 1973, he was the

Vox Christi Vox Christi, Latin for Voice of Christ, is a setting of Jesus' words in a vocal work such as a Passion (music), Passion, an Oratorium or a Cantata. Conventionally, for instance in Protestant music of the Baroque era, the vox Christi is set for a Ba ...

in the first historically informed performance in the Netherlands of Bach's ''St Matthew Passion''. Johan van der Meer conducted the Groningse Bachvereniging, the Evangelist was Marius van Altena, the other soloists were three boys of the

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, Harry Geraerts, Michiel ten Houte de Lange, Frits van Erven Dorens and Harry van der Kamp.

Ton Koopman Antonius Gerhardus Michael "Ton" Koopman (; born 2 October 1944) is a Dutch conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and musicologist, primarily known for being the founder and director of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir. He is a professor ...

and Bob van Asperen played the organs. In 1977, he performed the part with Charles de Wolff and De Nederlandse Bachvereniging, in 1989 with Gustav Leonhardt. In the ''

St John Passion The ''Passio secundum Joannem'' or ''St John Passion'' (), BWV 245, is a Passion or oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, the earliest of the surviving Passions by Bach. It was written during his first year as director of church music in Leipzi ...

'' he recorded the words of Jesus in 1965 with Harnoncourt and the

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, in 1979 with van der Meer, in 1986 with de Wolff, and in 1987 the arias with

Sigiswald Kuijken Sigiswald Kuijken (; born 16 February 1944) is a Belgian violinist, violist, and conductor known for playing on period and original instruments. Biography Kuijken was born in Dilbeek, near Brussels. He was a member of the Alarius Ensemble o ...

and

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. He participated in recordings of Monteverdi's operas with Harnoncourt, ''

L'Orfeo ''L'Orfeo'' (Stattkus-Verzeichnis, SV 318) (), or ''La favola d'Orfeo'' , is a late Renaissance music, Renaissance/early Baroque music, Baroque ''favola in musica'', or List of operas by Claudio Monteverdi, opera, by Claudio Monteverdi, with a li ...

'' in 1968, and the first complete recording of ''

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'' in 1971. He also performed more recent operas, such as the world premieres at

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of Jurriaan Andriessen's ''Het Zwarte Blondje'' in 1962 and of Antony Hopkins' ''Three's Company'' in 1963. In 1969 he was the soloist in Reger's '' Hebbel Requiem'' in concerts recorded live in the

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with Junge Kantorei, Symphonisches Orchester Berlin and conductor Joachim Carlos Martini. In 1976 he performed with the same choir Handel's ''

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'' in

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. In 1998 he sang the words of Jesus in Bach's ''St Matthew Passion'' in St. Martin, Idstein with Elisabeth Scholl,

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and Max Ciolek as the Evangelist.Matthäuspassion
on the St. Martin Idstein website (in German) Max van Egmond has performed and recorded romantic Lieder of Schubert, Schumann and Fauré, among others, accompanied on

period instruments In the historically informed performance movement, musicians perform classical music using restored or replicated versions of the instruments for which it was originally written. Often performances by such musicians are said to be "on authentic ...

. ''Songs by Gabriel Fauré'' were accompanied by

Jos van Immerseel Jos Van Immerseel (born 9 November 1945) is a Belgian harpsichordist, pianist and Conducting, conductor. Van Immerseel studied Pipe organ, organ, piano and harpsichord at the Antwerp Conservatory under Flor Peeters, Eugène Traey and harpsicho ...

on an Erard piano built in 1897.Egmond, Max van - baritone / Immerseel, Jos van - piano Erard 1897 - 8295 Faure songs
Channel Classics Schubert's ''

Winterreise ''Winterreise'' (, ''Winter Journey'') is a song cycle for voice and piano by Franz Schubert (Schubert Thematic Catalogue, D. 911, published as Opus number, Op. 89 in 1828), a setting of 24 Poetry, poems by German poet Wilhelm Müller. It is the ...

'' was accompanied by Penelope Crawford on a fortepiano of

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, built in 1835.Franz Schubert
Musica Omnia He was a teacher at the Sweelinck Conservatory Amsterdam from 1980 until 1995 and conducted master classes, annually in Mateus, Portugal, and at the Baroque Performance Institute at

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since 1978. One of his students has been Harry van der Kamp.

Selected recordings

*''St Matthew Passion'',

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Hermann Prey Hermann Prey ( Berlin, 11 July 1929 – Krailling, 22 July 1998) was a German lyric baritone, who was equally at home in the Lied, operatic and concert repertoires. His American debut was in November 1952, with the Philadelphia Orchestra and ...

, Teresa Żylis-Gara, Margarita Lilova, Coro di Voci Bianche dell'Oratorio dell'Immacolata di Bergamo, Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano della RAI,

, Dino Classics 1969 *''BACH, J.S.: Matthäus-Passion'' – Kurt Equiluz, Karl Ridderbusch, soprano soloists of the Wiener Sängerknaben, James Bowman, Tom Sutcliff, Paul Esswood, Nigel Rogers,

Michael Schopper Michael Schopper (born 28 May 1942) is a German bass-baritone in opera and concert, and an academic teacher. Michael Schopper was educated with the Regensburger Domspatzen and studied on a scholarship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes ...

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, Teldec 1970 *''Motetti ed arie a basso solo''

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: Laudate Dominum. Carissimi: O vulnera doloris.

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: Maddalena alla croce.

Francesca Caccini Francesca Caccini (; 18 September 1587 – most likely between 1641 and 1645) was an Italian composer, singer, lutenist, poet, and music teacher of the early Baroque era. She was also known by the nickname La Cecchina , given to her by the Floren ...

: O che nuovo stupor. Bassani: Nascere, dive puellule. Cazzati: Factum est praelium magnum. Giovanni Battista Brevi: Catenae terrenae.

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: In Calvaria ruppe.

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: Dal tribunal augusto.

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. Ricercar. 1988. *Johann Sebastian Bach:

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s for bass solo '' Kreuzstab'' & '' Ich Habe Genug'',

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1977
review
by Ehud Shiloni 1998) *

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: ''Die letzten Leiden des Erlösers'', Barbara Schlick,

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, Catherine Patriasz,

Christoph Prégardien Christoph Prégardien (born 18 January 1956) is a German lyric tenor whose career is closely associated with the roles in Mozart operas, as well as performances of Lieder, oratorio roles, and Baroque music. He is well known for his performances a ...

, Collegium Vocale Gent,

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*''Songs by Gabriel Fauré'',

, piano,

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1995 *Franz Schubert: ''

Schwanengesang ''Schwanengesang'' (Swan Song), 957, is a collection of 14 songs written by Franz Schubert at the end of his life and published posthumously: # Liebesbotschaft (text: Ludwig Rellstab) # Kriegers Ahnung (Rellstab) # Frühlingssehnsucht (Rellst ...

'', Robert Schumann: ''

Dichterliebe ''Dichterliebe'', ''A Poet's Love'' (composed 1840), is the best-known song cycle by Robert Schumann ( Op. 48). The texts for its 16 songs come from the ''Lyrisches Intermezzo'' by Heinrich Heine, written in 1822–23 and published as part of Hein ...

'', Kenneth Slowik, fortepiano, Musica Omnia 2001 *Schubert: ''

'', Penelope Crawford, fortepiano, Musica Omnia 2006 *Schubert: ''

Die schöne Müllerin ' (,"The Fair Maid of the Mill", Op. 25, D. 795), is a song cycle by Franz Schubert from 1823 based on 20 poems by Wilhelm Müller. It is the first of Schubert's two seminal cycles (preceding ''Winterreise'')'','' and a pinnacle of ''Lied'' r ...

'', Penelope Crawford, fortepiano, Musica Omnia 2006 *Bach: '' Missae breves'', Peter Watchorn (organ), Publick Musick, Thomas Folan (conductor), Musica Omnia 2006

References

External links

Max van Egmond
website
Entries for Bach recordings by Max van Egmond
on

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* Julie Muller
Max van Egmond / Baritone
biography including discography, PDF, 403 p. 1985/2010

October 7, 1987 {{DEFAULTSORT:Egmond, Max Van 1936 births Living people Dutch bass-baritones Dutch basses Academic staff of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam Dutch performers of early music People from Semarang