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ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas BWV Nos 97 - 99Claus Lengert, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Philippe Huttenlocher, Ruud van der Meer, Tölz Boys' Choir & Wilhelm Wiedl
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos 67 - 69aCollegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Peter Jelosits, Philippe Herreweghe, Ruud van der Meer, Tölz Boys' Choir & Wilhelm Wiedl
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos 70 - 73Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Jörg Erler, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Lieuwe Visser, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Ruud van der Meer, Tölz Boys' Choir & Wilhelm Wiedl
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos 100-102Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Detlef Bratschke, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Philippe Huttenlocher, Tölz Boys' Choir & Wilhelm Wiedl
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 76 - 78Adalbert Kraus, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Detlef Bratschke, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Ruud van der Meer, Tölz Boys' Choir & Wilhelm Wiedl
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 79 - 82Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Detlef Bratschke, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Philippe Huttenlocher, Ruud van der Meer, Tölz Boys' Choir & Wilhelm Wiedl
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 87 - 90Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Marcus Klein, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Ruud van der Meer & Tölz Boys' Choir
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 91 - 93Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Detlef Bratschke, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Ruud van der Meer, Tölz Boys' Choir & Wilhelm Wiedl
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 112 - 114Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Detlef Bratschke, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Markus Huber, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Ruud van der Meer, Sebastian Hennig & Tölz Boys' Choir
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 115 - 117Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Markus Huber, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Philippe Huttenlocher & Tölz Boys' Choir
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 125 - 127Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Sebastian Hennig, Thomas Thomaschke & Tölz Boys' Choir
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 128 - 130Alan Bergius, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Sebastian Hennig, Stefan Rampf, Tölz Boys' Choir & Walter Heldwein
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 134 - 137Alan Bergius, Albert Hartinger, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Marius Van Altena, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Tölz Boys' Choir & Walter Heldwein
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 143 - 146Alan Bergius, Ansgar Pfeiffer, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Roger Cericius, Thomas Hampson & Tölz Boys' Choir
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 150 - 153Ansgar Pfeiffer, Christoph Wegmann, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Sebastian Hennig, Stefan Rampf, Thomas Hampson & Tölz Boys' Choir
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 158, 159, 161 & 162Christoph Wegmann, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Robert Holl, Tobias Eiwanger & Tölz Boys' Choir
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 170 - 173Alan Bergius, Christian Immler, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Helmut Wittek, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Marius Van Altena, Matthias Echternach, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Panito Iconomou, Philippe Herreweghe, Robert Holl, Stefan Gienger & Tölz Boys' Choir
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 174 - 176Christian Immler, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Marius Van Altena, Matthias Echternach, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Robert Holl & Tölz Boys' Choir
ALBUMBach, JS: Sacred Cantatas, BWV Nos. 180 - 182Alexander Raymann, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Jan Patrick O'Farrell, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Robert Holl & Tölz Boys' Choir
About Max van Egmond
Artist Biography
With a voice essentially bass-baritone in range but with a lighter, more baritonal coloring, Max van Egmond achieved considerable fame through his series of Bach oratorio recordings made for Teldec under the direction of Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Gustav Leonhardt. His smooth, soft-edged timbre fit the lyric approach Harnoncourt favored, if missing something of the fire and intensity brought to Bach's bass arias by certain other singers such as Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and John Shirley-Quirk. In collaboration with these celebrated conductors, however, he found his way to an understanding of period music performance that has maintained its authority through several decades of evolving practice; his singing invariably met the highest standards for musical integrity. Born in the former Dutch East Indies, Max van Egmond continued his schooling in Holland following WWII. At Hilversum, he studied with Tine van Willigen de Lorme, also taking lessons from Dr. Anton van der Horst. At the age of 18, he joined the Nerderlandse Bach Vereniging (Netherlander Bach Society). In 1959, he was a prizewinner in the 's-Hertogenbosch Voice Competition following his friend and soprano colleague Elly Ameling, who had similarly distinguished herself three years earlier. The young bass baritone won awards at Brussels that same year and at Munich in 1964. While Egmond had made his professional debut in a performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion at Naarden in 1954, it was only in the aftermath of his competition awards that he devoted himself full-time to the music profession. He quickly gained an international following in oratorio, especially after being engaged for Teldec's massive project to record the complete passions, cantatas, and masses of Bach. Although he appeared with success in recital and in opera, his reputation as a singer of oratorio outranked his standing in other areas, especially with the record-buying public. With Harnoncourt, Leonhardt, and Frans Brueggen, he became the leading choice in other venues and under other conductors for the performance of these works. His performances and recordings with the Ricercar Consort helped revive interest in seventeenth century German oratorio. Recognition came from his own country in the form of numerous honors and citations. Queen Beatrix bestowed a special decoration celebrating his decades of service to Holland's musical life. While his expertise inclined him toward the performance of period opera, Egmond occasionally ventured into more contemporary fields, performing at the Netherlands Opera in world premieres of Jurriaan Andriessen's Het Zwarte Blondje in 1962 and of Anthony Hopkins' Three's Company in 1963. The singer even sang Quinault in a 1966 production of Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur in 1966, a venture available in a live recording. Egmond has pursued a productive career as a teacher as well. As early as 1972, he was engaged as a teacher of singing and interpretation at Amsterdam's Muzieklyceum and from 1980 to 1995 (the year of his public retirement), he was a professor at the Sweelinck Conservatory at Amsterdam. In the United States, he forged a long-term relationship with the Baroque Performance Institute at Oberlin; since 1978, he has taught classes in interpretation, technique, and vocal diction (his own diction was of remarkable clarity). In addition to numerous master classes around the world, Egmond offers instruction each year at Mateus, Portugal, and has guided many promising singers into fruitful careers. One of his star pupils has been Dutch bass Harry van der Kamp, who, like his teacher, has made a name for himself in Baroque music performance.
Hometown
Semarang, Java
Genre
Classical
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