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Dutch pianist and conductor, born 22 December 1948.
He has been the principal conductor of the Nieuw Ensemble since 1982.

ALBUMS

Rudolf Escher - Concertgebouw Orchestra* ∙ Riccardo Chailly ∙ Netherlands Chamber Choir* ∙ Ed Spanjaard

Orchestral Music / Chamber Music / Choral Music

2020, 3xCD, Comp, Brilliant Classics

Joël Bons - Jean-Guihen Queyras cello, Atlas Ensemble / Ed Spanjaard

2019, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, BIS,

Robin de Raaff - Cikada* / Christian Eggen, Het Brabants Orkest / Etienne Siebens, Nederlands Balletorkest* / Stefan Asbury, Radio Chamber Orchestra* / Peter Eötvös, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra* / Ed Spanjaard, Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne* / Lorraine Vaillancourt

Stolen Back From Time (The Large Orchestral And Ensemble Works)

2017, 2xCD, Album, Attacca,

Kees Olthuis, Jaurés Lamaraque-Pons, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Sofia Gubaidulina, Gustavo Núñez, Ed Spanjaard, Concertgebouworkest

2013, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Channel Classics

Maurice Duruflé, Francis Poulenc, Brabant Koor, Het Brabants Orkest, Barbara Kozelj, Maarten Koningsberger, Ed Spanjaard

Bosch Requiem 2012

2013, DVD-V, Album, Multichannel, Etcetera (3)

Elisabetta Fiorillo, Olga Romanko, Vladimir Stoyanov, Ignacio Encinas, Martin Tzonev, Ira Lauren, André Post, Opera In Ahoy' Choir, Louis Buskens, Netherlands Ballet Orchestra, Ed Spanjaard

Verdi - Il Trovatore

2012, 2xCD, Album, RE, Companions Classics

Willem Jeths - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra* / Ed Spanjaard conductor, Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic*, Otto Tausk conductor, Doelen Quartet*, Susanne van Els, Nobuko Imai, Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer, Mijke Sekhuis, Karin Strobos

2011, CD, Album, Etcetera (3),

Gustav Mahler, Colin Matthews, Geert van Keulen, Detlev Glanert, Willem Jeths, Joey Roukens, Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin*, Luciano Berio, Matthew Hindson, Lothar Zagrosek, Markus Stenz, Ed Spanjaard, David Robertson (5), Susanna Mälkki, Detlef Roth, Alexei Ogrintchouk, Jörgen van Rijen, Marijn Mijnders, Monica Naselow, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra*

2011, 2xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, RCO Live,

Contemporary/Modern

Arthur Honegger - Opera Trionfo, Nieuw Ensemble, Ed Spanjaard

Les Aventures Du Roi Pausole

2010, CD, Album, Brilliant Classics,

Neo-Classical/Musical/Modern/Operetta

Mozart* - Lenneke Ruiten, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Ed Spanjaard

Arias - "Exsultate, Jubilate"

2010, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, PentaTone classics

Calliope Tsoupaki, Nieuw Ensemble, Ed Spanjaard

St. Luke's Passion (Abridged Version)

2010, CD, Album, sli, Etcetera (3)

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Juho Pohjonen, Danish National Symphony Orchestra*, Ed Spanjaard

Plateaux Pour Piano Et Orchestre

2008, CD, Album, Multichannel, SAC, Dacapo (4)

Ed Spanjaard, Limburgs Symfonie Orkest

2007 2008 125 Jaar

2007, CD, Comp, Promo, Not On Label

Wagner*, Charlotte Margiono, Ed Spanjaard, Limburg Symphony Orchestra*

Charlotte Margiono Sings Richard Wagner

2006, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, PentaTone Classics, PentaTone Classics

Gabriel Fauré - Christiane Oelze, Harry Peeters, Netherlands Chamber Choir*, Limburg Symphony Orchestra Maastricht*, Ed Spanjaard

2004, SACD, Hybrid, PentaTone classics

Carel Kraayenhof, Sexteto Canyengue, Ed Spanjaard / Matangi Chamber Music Orchestra

2003, CD, Album + DVD-V, Decca,

Neo-Classical/Tango

Carter*, Nieuw Ensemble, Ed Spanjaard

Homages & Dedications

2003, CD, Album, Montaigne

Francis Poulenc / Renate Arends, Bernard Loonen, Mattijs Van De Woerd, Opera Trionfo, Nieuw Ensemble, Ed Spanjaard

Les Mamelles De Tiresias

Netherlands Chamber Choir* (Ensemble Vocal Néerlandais) Ed Spanjaard, Debussy*, Ravel*, Jolivet*, Françaix*, Messiaen*, Florentz*

French Choral Music

2002, CD, Album, Globe (3),

Impressionist/Contemporary

Carel Kraayenhof, Sexteto Canyengue, Nederlands Kamerkoor, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Ed Spanjaard

2002, SACD, Album, Sup, PentaTone classics, Universal

Elisabetta Fiorillo, Olga Romanko, Vladimir Stoyanov, Ignacio Encinas, Opera In Ahoy' Choir, Netherlands Ballet Orchestra, Ed Spanjaard

Il Trovatore - Verdi

2002, DVD-V, PAL, Companions Classics

Carel Kraayenhof, Sexteto Canyengue, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Netherlands Chamber Choir*, Ed Spanjaard

Contemporary/Tango

Guo Wenjing, Nieuw Ensemble, Ed Spanjaard

Wolf Cub Village

2001, CD, Album, Zebra Records (25)

Elisabetta Fiorillo, Olga Romanko, Vladimir Stoyanov, Ignacio Encinas, Martin Tzonev, Ira Lauren, André Post, Opera In Ahoy' Choir, Louis Buskens, Netherlands Ballet Orchestra, Ed Spanjaard

Il Trovatore - Verdi

2001, 2xCD, Companions Classics

Rudolf Escher, Netherlands Chamber Choir*, Ed Spanjaard

The Choral Works Of Rudolf Escher

1998, CD, Album, Promo, NM Classics

Roberto Gerhard - Nieuw Ensemble • Ed Spanjaard

Portraits & Horoscopes

1996, CD, Largo

Jonathan Harvey - Arditti String Quartet*, Nieuw Ensemble, Felix Renggli, Ed Spanjaard

String Quartets, Lotuses, Scena

1995, CD, Album, Montaigne,

Jacques Zoon, Dmitri Ferschtman, Ronald Brautigam, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra*, Ed Spanjaard, Jac van Steen

Henriëtte Bosmans

1995, CD, NM Special

Philippe Hurel - Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ed Spanjaard

Six Miniatures En Trompe-l'œil - Leçon De Choses - Opcit - Pour L'image

Nieuw Ensemble, Ed Spanjaard, Mo Wuping, Shi Kelong

New Music From China

1994, CD, Zebra Records (25),

Radio Kamerorkest, Ed Spanjaard

Piano Concertos In The Netherlands

1994, CD, NM Classics,

Willem Pijper • Henriëtte Bosmans • Hans Kox • Leo Smit (2) – Heinrich Schiff • Dmitri Ferschtman • Quirine Viersen • Pieter Wispelwey • Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra* • Ed Spanjaard

Cello Concertos

H. Andriessen*, Diepenbrock*, Van Gilse*, Badings*, Ed Spanjaard, Residentie Orkest

Theo Loevendie, Rosemary Hardy, Jard Van Nes, John Snijders, Nieuw Ensemble, Ed Spanjaard

Six Turkish Folkpoems - Venus And Adonis - Back Bay Bicinium - Strides - Music For Flute And Piano - Two Songs

1991, CD, Album, Etcetera (3)

Brian Ferneyhough, Brenda Mitchell (3), Harrie Starreveld, Armand Angster, Irvine Arditti, Nieuw Ensemble, Ed Spanjaard

La Chûte D'Icare / Superscriptio / Intermedio Alla Ciaccona / Etudes Trascendentales / Mnemosyne

1989, CD, Album, Etcetera (3),

Contemporary/Serial

Ed Spanjaard Conducts Robert Heppener - Nieuw Ensemble / Jane Manning / National Youth Orchestra Of The Netherlands

Trail / Memento / Boog

CD, Donemus, Donemus

Bernard Zweers, Daniël de Lange, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra*, Ed Spanjaard, Anthony Halstead

Symphony Nr. 1 in D Major, Symphony Nr. 1 In C Minor

CD, Album, Sterling (2)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra* – Ed Spanjaard, Christianne Stotijn, Michel van der Aa, Markus Stenz, Otto Ketting, David Robertson (5), Tristan Keuris, Sofiya Gubaydulina*, Mayke Nas

Horizon 3: Recordings From The 2008-2009 Season

APPEARANCES +

Bosmans*, Van Baaren*, Smit*, De Leeuw*, Smulders*, Pijper*, Badings*, Keuris*, Van Vlijmen* - Ronald Brautigam, Ellen Corver, René Eckhardt, Sepp Grotenhuis, Ivo Janssen (3), David Kuyken

Piano Concertos From The Netherlands

2025, 3xCD, Comp, Brilliant Classics,

Romantic/Modern/Contemporary

Berio*, Macmillan*, Verbey*, Jörgen van Rijen, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra*

Trombone Concertos

2019, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Comp, RE, BIS,

Dutch Composers*

Forbidden Music In World War II

2015, 10xCD, Comp + Box, Etcetera (3),

Karin Rehnqvist

2013, CD, Album, Sterling (2),

Wagner Transcriptions

Alphons Diepenbrock

Anniversary Edition

2012, 8xCD + DVD-V + Box, Comp, Etcetera (3),

Modern/Neo-Romantic

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra*

Live, The Radio Recordings 2000-2010

2012, 14xCD + Box, RCO Live, Radio Nederland Wereldomroep,

Classical/Romantic/Impressionist/Modern/Contemporary

Ernestine Stoop & Astrid Haring

2012, CD, Album, Not On Label

Pentatone The First 10 Years: 2002 - 2011

2011, 11xSACD, Multichannel, Comp + Box, PentaTone classics,

Classical/Romantic/Modern

Michel van der Aa

Spaces Of Blank; Mask; Imprint

2010, CD, Album, Disquiet Media,

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra* – Michel van der Aa • Otto Ketting • Tristan Keuris • Sofiya Gubaydulina* • Mayke Nas

Horizon 3: Recordings From The 2008-2009 Season

Sables, Oxygène / New Heaven! / Septet

2009, CD, Etcetera (3)

Mauricio Kagel / Nieuw Ensemble

2008, CD, Album, Winter & Winter

Boulez*, Carter*, Glass*, Messiaen*, Pärt*

5 Films On The Greatest 20th Century Composers

2008, 5xDVD-V, NTSC + Box, Comp, Boo, Medici Arts, Idéale Audience,

Modern/Interview

Daphnis Et Chloé

2008, CD, Album, Avro

Klassieke Muziekweek CD 2007 - Liever Live!

2007, CD, Smplr, Klassieke Muziek Week

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra*

Live, The Radio Recordings 1970-1980

2006, 14xCD + Box, RCO Live, Radio Nederland Wereldomroep,

Renaissance/Baroque/Choral/Romantic/Modern/Contemporary

Orchestra Works

2006, CD, Etcetera (3)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Concert Arias I

2005, CD, Brilliant Classics

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Concert Arias II

2005, CD, Brilliant Classics

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Complete Works = L'Oeuvre Intégrale = Gesamtwerk

2005, 170x CD, CD, Box Set,

Classical/Choral/Opera

Time Machine (An Anthology Of Music From The Netherlands)

2004, 3xCD, Comp, MuziekGroep Nederland,

Jörgen van Rijen

2004, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Channel Classics

Nederlands Kamerkoor

Ton de Leeuw Choral Works

2004, CD, Album, NM Classics,

Choral/Contemporary

Super Audio CD Sampler

Total Music Immersion - Super Audio CD Sampler

2002, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Philips

Aangenaam... Klassiek - Editie 2002

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Stichting CPG,

Opera/Fado/Romantic/Classical

Jan Rokus Van Roosendael

2002, 2xCD, Album, Attacca

Carel Kraayenhof

Francis Poulenc

Les Mamelles De Tiresias

Carel Kraayenhof

De Officiële Muziek Bij Het Huwelijk Van Willem-Alexander & Máxima

James Dillon (2) - Arditti String Quartet*, Nieuw Ensemble

Traumwerk / String Quartet No. 2 / Parjanya-vata / Vernal Showers

2001, CD, Montaigne, Naïve,

Alphons Diepenbrock

Alphons Diepenbrock And The Golden Age

2001, CD, Album, Composers' Voice,

Eclat / Sur Incises

2000, DVD, Copy Prot., NTSC, Idéale Audience International

Het Brabants Orkest / Rossini*, Verdi*

1999, CD, Album, Not On Label (Het Brabants Orkest Self-released)

1999, 2xCD, Companions Classics

1998, CD, Album, NM Special,

Fifty Years Holland Festival · A Dutch Miracle

1997, 6xCD + Box, Comp, Ltd, Globe (3),

Romantic/Classical/Opera/Neo-Romantic/Modern/Contemporary/Post-Modern/Baroque

1997, CD, Album, Composers' Voice

Vintage 1996, Music From Holland

1996, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, NM Classics

De Overtocht / De Aankomst / Het Oponthoud / Kom, Over De Zeeën

1996, CD, Album, Composers' Voice,

Claude Debussy, Ernestine Stoop

1995, CD, Globe (3)

Alessandro Melchiorre

Terra Incognita

1993, CD, Album, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)

Duet / Inversie / Contractie / Expulsie / Hommage / Alban Berg: Sonata Op. 1, Arr. For Orchestra

1993, CD, Album, Donemus,

Het Residentie Orkest*, Andriessen*, Diepenbrock*, Van Gilse*, Badings*

400 Years Of Dutch Music – Vol.8

Modern/Neo-Romantic

Radio Kamer Orkest*

Aspects Of Music From The Netherlands 17: Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra

Donizetti* - Caballé* · Carreras* · Ramey*, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Jesús López Cobos*

Lucia Di Lammermoor

Holland Festival Highlights 89

1989, 2xCD, Radio Nederland

Caecilia Consort

Caecilia Consort

1989, CD, Album, Attacca

Philippe Hurel, Jean-Marc Singier

Villa Medicis '88

1989, CD, Éditions Salabert

Dutch Concert Rostrum

1988, 2xLP, Transcription, Gat, Radio Nederland

Cantares / Moments / Concert Etude / Canto

1986, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)

Louis Andriessen

Melodie / Symfonie Voor Losse Snaren

Limburgs Symphonie Orkest*

1983, LP, Album, Not On Label,

Romantic/Modern

Various Dutch Composers*

1982, LP, Radio Nederland,

Modern/Contemporary

Huib Emmer / Guus Janssen / Joël Bons / Ernst Oosterveld

Montage / Octet / Sextet / Transitions

1982, LP, Composers' Voice, Composers' Voice,

Nederlands Balletorkest*, Ravel* / Netherlands Ballet Orchestra, Berio*

Ravel (Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales / La Valse) / Berio (Folksongs)

1980, LP, Not On Label

Berlioz* - London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus*, Colin Davis*

Musique Sacrée = Sacred Music = Geistliche Musik (L'Enfance Du Christ - Requiem - Te Deum)

Various Dutch Composers*

1978, LP, Ltd, Radio Nederland

Brilliant Classics Sampler

CD, Smplr, Joan Records,

Nederlands Kamerkoor

Highlights 600 Years Choral Music

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart In De Lage Landen

CD, Not On Label,

Various / Iris Hond

Aangenaam Klassiek 2012

2012, 2xCD, Comp + CD, Bon, STEP (Stichting Entertainmentretail Promotion),

Various / Lavinia Meijer

Aangenaam... Klassiek 2011 / Lavinia Meijer Speelt Philip Glass

2011, 2xCD, Comp + CD, Album + Box, STEP (Stichting Entertainmentretail Promotion), Channel Classics,

Opera/Neo-Classical/Baroque/Classical

Wie Is Bang Voor Nederlandse Muziek...?

2005, 2xCD, Comp, NM Special,

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