Bart van Oort chamber music

Van Swieten Society: Beethoven’s Beethoven

Van Swieten Society - Franc Polman and Igor Ruhadze, violin; Bernadette Verhagen, Viola; Job ter Haar, cello, Bart van Oort, fortepiano.

Symphony no.2 in D major, op. 36 for pianotrio
Quintet for Piano and winds in Eb major, op. 16

Recorded: 27-28-29 June, 2007. Quintone  Records Q08003, July 2008.

The Van Swieten Society’s "Beethoven's Beethoven" features two chamber music works by Beethoven in arrangements of the composer himself. Beethoven’s enormous popularity during his early years in Vienna is reflected by the large number of arrangements he made of his own works which were so popular that the public couldn’t get enough of them. This purely practical manner of approaching a score was nothing special for Beethoven and his contemporaries; however, according to Beethoven, this process is best done by the master himself or someone as good as the master because there are important compositional decisions to be made, such as: which parts are integral to the score and which can be omitted, and perhaps most importantly for the piece to be played well, which passages are idiomatic for the new chamber ensemble and which much be reconfigured in order to make them so.
With this CD the Van Swieten Society has made a rare historical instrument recording of these two beautiful but (in this form) relatively little known chamber music masterworks.


Van Swieten Society: Carl Maria von Weber: Romantic Chamber Music

Marion Moonen, fluit, Frank van den Brink, klarinet, Franc Polman and Igor Ruhadze, viool, Bernadette Verhagen, altviool, Job ter Haar, cello, Bart van Oort, fortepiano.

Clarinet Trio in Bb major, op. 34, J. 182
Aufforderung zum Tanze Op. 65,J.260
Flute Trio in G minor, Op. 63,J.259

Recorded: June 9-11, 2008, Quintone Records Q09001, July 2009


Van Swieten Society: The Young Mendelssohn

Van Swieten Society - Frank van den Brink, clarinet, Franc Polman, violin (tracks 1-4), Igor Ruhadze, violin (tracks 8-11) Bernadette Verhagen, viola (tracks 1-4 and 8-11), Ruben Sanderse, viola (tracks 1-4), Job ter Haar, cello, Tomoki Sumiya, bas, Bart van Oort, fortepiano

Sextet for Piano and Strings in D Major, op. 110 (1824)
Clarinet Sonata in Eb Major (1824)
Piano Trio in C minor (1821)

Recorded: June 25-26 and July 9-10, 2009, Lutheran Church, Deventer.
Quintone Records, Fall 2009.


Van Swieten Society: Schubert at Home

Van Swieten Society: Francine van der Heijden, soprano; Marion Moonen, flute; Frank van den Brink, clarinet, Igor Ruhadze, violin; Bernadette Verhagen, viola; Job ter Haar, cello; Izhar Elias, gitar; Maria Vahervuo, double bass; Bart van Oort, fortepiano.

Franz Schubert Piano Quintet in A, “Trout Quintet”, Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D. 965, Gitar Quartet in G, D. 96.


Recording: fall 2010/January 2011. 
Quintone Records, fall 2011.


Pianotrios by Beethoven and Hummel.
Bart van Oort, fortepiano; Ryo Terakado, violin; Hidemi Suzuki, cello.
Recorded: July 1996. Columns Classics 0107, 1997.
Beethovens first pianotrio op. 1/1 in Eb major with two pianotrios by Hummel op. 12 and op. 96. Beethoven's early works brought classicism to its peak; Hummel opened the door to romanticism.

Bohemian Songs
Claron McFadden, soprano; Bart van Oort, fortepiano.
Recorded: September 1996.  Columns Classics no 99194, January 1997.
A collection of little known but lovely songs from Bohemian composers such as Dussek, Kozeluch, Steffan, Vorisek, Pichl, Rösler, Rössler-Rossetti, Becvarovsky, Masek. While some are rooted in the classical tradition (Kozeluch, Steffan), others are Schubertian in scope and color (Dussek, Becvarovsky).

Mendelssohn Concertos.
Gil Sharon, violin; Bart van Oort, piano; Amati Chamber Orchestra.
Recorded: November 1996. Columns Classics 0051, 1997.
Re-released: Brilliant Classics 99550/1, 2000.
Mendelssohn's Concert for piano, violin and strings in D minor with Gil Sharon represents Bart van Oort's only recording on a modern piano.

Mozart Piano Quartets
Bart van Oort, fortepiano; Tjamke Roelofs, violin; Bernadette Verhagen, viola; Jaap ter Linden, cello. Piano Quartet no. 1 in g minor, K. 478; Piano Quartet no. 2 in Eb, K. 493.
Recorded: September 1998.  Columns Classics no 99239, February 1999.
Re-released (1): Brilliant Classics 99339, 2000
Re-released (2): Brilliant Classics 99724/5, 2002.
Re-released (various cd boxes): Brilliant Classics Mozart Complete Works

Mozart Complete Songs I and II
with Bas Ramselaar, bass and Claron McFadden, soprano.
Recorded:  12-14 Dec. 2001. Brilliant Classics 99731/7, October 2002
Recorded: 13-14 May 2002. Brilliant Classics 99731/8, October 2002
Re-released (various cd boxes): Brilliant Classics Mozart Complete Works
All songs by Mozart, including the two opera arias now only known in the arrangement Mozart made for voice and piano.

Maria Szymanowska, Ballades & Romances
Projected release: Spring 2012.

Elisabeth Zapolska, mezzo-soprano, Bart van Oort, fortepiano Broadwood 1825.
Recording: June 20-22, 2011, Rhoon. Projected release: 
Acte Preable Records AP0260, March 2012.
Romance de la Reine Hortense; Romance; Complainte d'un aveugle; Le Départ; Peine et Plaisir; Romance du Saule; Ballade; Romance à la nuit; Le connois-tu; Se spiegar; Romance d'A.Galitzine arrangé pour le Pianoforte solo; Chant de la Vilia; Pieśń z wieży; Alpuhara; Świtezianka; Kazimierz Wielki; Jadwiga, Królowa Polski; Jan Albrycht; Michał Gliński; Stefan Czarniecki; Ah! Jakiż to piękny kwiatek.

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Mozart Concertos
Piano Concertos K466 and K467. Accademia Hermans, Fabio Ciofini and Bart van Oort, fortepiano.
Recording: May 23-25, 2011 in Teatro Cucinelli, Solomeo di Corciano (It). for Bottega Discantica" di Milano.Projected release: Spring 2012.

Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Works for flute, cello and piano
Linde Brunmayr, flute; Jaap ter Linden, cello, Bart van Oort, fortepiano.
Recording: October 2008 for ORF (Austrian Radio). Projected release: 2013.


Franz Schubert: Works for flute and piano

Sonatinas D. 384, op. post.137 (arranged by Marieke Schneemann); Six Songs (arranged by Böhm, 1870); Theme and Variations on ‘’Trockne Blumen’’

Marieke Schneemann, flute; Bart van Oort,  fortepiano

Recording: April 2010. Release: Quintone Records Q10003, Oct 2010.


O Soothe Me, My Lyre: Beethoven Folk Song Settings

Schottish Songs from op. 108, WoO 152, WoO 153, WoO 154, WoO 155, WoO 156, WoO 158b, WoO 158c.

Lynn Dawson, soprano; Alida Schat, violin; Jaap ter Linden, cello, Bart van Oort, fortepiano.

Recorded: August 2008. Berlin Classics 0016392BC. Released: July 2009.


Joseph Haydn: Complete Piano Trios (10 CDs)

Van Swieten Society - Franc Polman and Rémy Baudet, violin; Marion Moonen, flute; Jaap ter Linden and Job ter Haar, cello, Bart van Oort, fortepiano.

Recorded: Between October 2003 and September 2005. Brilliant Classics 92794, December 2005.

Although called the Van Swieten Trio, this is the first recording under the name of the Van Swieten Society. Six members of the VSS cooperated to produce this momnumental recording, the first which is actually complete (not including the spurious piano trios 'discovered' by Robbins Landon) and the first complete set on historical instruments.