Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century strives to re-create the sound of the larger ensembles that performed the music of the Classical period in its own time. The group has amassed a large recording catalog on the Philips and Glossa labels. The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century (in Dutch: Orkest van de Achttiende Eeuw) was co-founded by recorder player and conductor Frans Brüggen and Baroque violinist Lucy van Dael in 1981. As with other historically oriented ensembles, the members of the group use instruments authentic to the period of the music being played, but in othe...