Max van Egmond (born 1 February 1936 in
Semarang ) is a Dutch bass and baritone singer. He has focused on oratorio and
Lied and is known for singing works of
Johann Sebastian Bach . He was one of the pioneers of
historically informed performance of Baroque and Renaissance music.
Career
Max van Egmond studied voice at
Hilversum with Tine van Willingen de Lorme.
[1] At the age of eighteen he became a member of
De Nederlandse Bachvereniging (Netherlands Bach Society).
[2]
Starting in 1965, he became involved in the complete Bach recordings of
Gustav Leonhardt ,
Nikolaus Harnoncourt and
Frans Brüggen . He recorded the
St Matthew Passion under
Claudio Abbado in 1969 and Nikolaus Harnoncourt in 1970, singing the bass arias.
[3]
[4] In 1973, he was the
Vox Christi 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
Tölzer Knabenchor ,
René Jacobs ,
Harry Geraerts , Michiel ten Houte de Lange, Frits van Erven Dorens and
Harry van der Kamp .
Ton Koopman and
Bob van Asperen played the organs.
[5] In 1977, he performed the part with
Charles de Wolff and De Nederlandse Bachvereniging,
[6] in 1989 with Gustav Leonhardt.
[7] In the
St John Passion he recorded the words of Jesus in 1965 with Harnoncourt and the
Concentus Musicus Wien , in 1979 with van der Meer, in 1986 with de Wolff, and in 1987 the arias with
Sigiswald Kuijken and
La Petite Bande .
He participated in recordings of Monteverdi's operas with Harnoncourt,
L'Orfeo in 1968,
[8] and the first complete recording of
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria in 1971.
[9] He also performed more recent operas, such as the world premieres at
De Nederlandse Opera 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
Berliner Philharmonie with
Junge Kantorei ,
Symphonisches Orchester Berlin and conductor
Joachim Carlos Martini .
[10] In 1976 he performed with the same choir Handel's
Messiah in
Eberbach Abbey .
[11] In 1998 he sang the words of Jesus in Bach's St Matthew Passion in
St. Martin, Idstein with
Elisabeth Scholl ,
Andreas Scholl and
Max Ciolek as the Evangelist.
[12]
[13]
Max van Egmond has performed and recorded
romantic Lieder of Schubert, Schumann and Fauré, among others, accompanied on
period instruments . Songs by Gabriel Fauré were accompanied by
Jos van Immerseel on an
Erard piano built in 1897.
[14] Schubert's
Winterreise was accompanied by
Penelope Crawford on a fortepiano of
Conrad Graf , built in 1835.
[15]
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
Oberlin, Ohio since 1978. One of his students has been
Harry van der Kamp .
[1]
Selected recordings
St Matthew Passion ,
Peter Schreier ,
Hermann Prey ,
Teresa Żylis-Gara ,
Margarita Lilova , Coro di Voci Bianche dell'Oratorio dell'Immacolata di Bergamo, Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano della RAI,
Claudio Abbado , 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 ,
Regensburger Domspatzen ,
Choir of King's College, Cambridge ,
Concentus Musicus Wien ,
Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Teldec 1970
Motetti ed arie a basso solo
Monteverdi : Laudate Dominum.
Carissimi : O vulnera doloris.
Frescobaldi : Maddalena alla croce.
Francesca Caccini : O che nuovo stupor.
Bassani : Nascere, dive puellule.
Cazzati : Factum est praelium magnum.
Giovanni Battista Brevi : Catenae terrenae.
Maurizio Cazzati : In Calvaria ruppe.
Benedetto Marcello : Dal tribunal augusto.
Ricercar Consort . Ricercar. 1988.
Johann Sebastian Bach:
cantatas for bass solo
Kreuzstab &
Ich Habe Genug ,
Frans Brüggen ,
Sony 1977 (
review by Ehud Shiloni 1998)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach : Die letzten Leiden des Erlösers ,
Barbara Schlick ,
Greta De Reyghere ,
Catherine Patriasz ,
Christoph Prégardien ,
La Petite Bande ,
Collegium Vocale Gent ,
Sigiswald Kuijken ,
Sony
[1]
Songs by Gabriel Fauré ,
Jos van Immerseel , piano,
Channel Classics Records 1995
[14]
Franz Schubert:
Schwanengesang , Robert Schumann:
Dichterliebe ,
Kenneth Slowik , fortepiano, Musica Omnia 2001
[15]
Schubert:
Winterreise ,
Penelope Crawford , fortepiano, Musica Omnia 2006
[15]
Schubert:
Die schöne Müllerin , Penelope Crawford, fortepiano, Musica Omnia 2006
[15]
Bach:
Missae breves ,
Peter Watchorn (organ),
Publick Musick ,
Thomas Folan (conductor), Musica Omnia 2006
[15]
References
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Max van Egmond at all-music
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Max van Egmond on the bach-cantatas website
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St. Matthew passion, Bach: Matthäus-Passion on bach-cantatas, Abbado #44, Harnoncourt #47
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Geringe Mittel review in
Der Spiegel 5 April 1971 (in German)
^ Jolande van der Klis (2011).
Johan van der Meer, dirigent Groningse Bachvereniging (1913–2011) . Tijdschrift Oude Muziek (in Dutch). Vol. 26/2. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 2 January 2011 .
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J.S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion on bach-cantatas, #51 and # 54
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J.S. Bach: Matthäuspassion on bach-cantatas, #71
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Monteverdi: L'orfeo / Harnoncourt, Hansmann, Berberian Naxos
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Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D'ulisse In Patria / Harnoncourt Naxos
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"Max Reger, Chorstücke (1969)" (in German). junge-kantorei.de. 2010. Archived from
the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2010 .
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Pfingstkonzerte in Kloster Eberbach
Archived 2012-03-04 at the
Wayback Machine Junge Kantorei (in German)
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"Andreas Scholl past concerts 1998" . andreasschollsociety.org. 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010 .
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Matthäuspassion on the St. Martin Idstein website (in German)
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Egmond, Max van - baritone / Immerseel, Jos van - piano Erard 1897 - 8295 Faure songs
Archived 2011-07-08 at the
Wayback Machine Channel Classics
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Franz Schubert
Archived 2011-07-16 at the
Wayback Machine Musica Omnia
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