Concerto Amsterdam was a classical chamber ensemble based in the
Netherlands and active during the 1960s and 1970s in both live performance and the recording studio. It was founded in 1960 by the Dutch violinist
Jaap Schröder with most of its members drawn from Amsterdam's
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.[1] In addition to Schröder who served as the ensemble's
concert master until 1973, its soloists have included keyboardist
Gustav Leonhardt, violist Joke Vermeulen, flautist
Frans Brüggen, and cellist
Anner Bylsma.[2][3]
Concerto Amsterdam's musicians originally played on modern instruments using "
historically informed" performance techniques. However, in the late 1960s the ensemble transitioned to performing on "period" instruments.[4][5] The mainstay of their repertoire was music from the
Baroque and early
Classical periods, but they also made the first complete recording of Die 7 Kammermusiken by the 20th-century composer
Paul Hindemith.[2] The ensemble received the
Edison Award in 1977.[6] Many of their original
vinyl recordings for
Telefunken have since been reissued on CD by
Teldec in Das Alte Werke series.
Horn Concertos by
Danzi,
Rosetti &
Haydn (1969);
Hermann Baumann, soloist. Originally released on LP by Telefunken, reissued on CD by Teldec in 2012.
Danzi: Bassoon Concerto in F, P. 237 & Sinfonia Concertante in B, P. 227; Karl-Otto Hartmann &
Dieter Klöcker, soloists. Jaap Schröder (cond.). Originally released on LP by
Acanta/
Bellaphon (EA 23 144), ca. 1971.