The Chamber Orchestra of Europe (COE) is a European chamber orchestra, established in 1981 and administratively based in London. The orchestra members represents 15 nationalities amongst its 50 members. The players pursue parallel careers as international soloists, members of eminent chamber groups, and as tutors and professors of music. The orchestra operates without public subsidy, with no single home resident hall, and without a chief conductor or music director.
The idea for the COE came from musicians in the European Community Youth Orchestra, from members who were past the age limit for the ECYO and who wanted to continue working together in a chamber orchestra context. The founding members included the oboist Douglas Boyd, who served as the COE's principal oboist from 1981 to 2002. Conductors Claudio Abbado and Nikolaus Harnoncourt were particularly important in the early history of the orchestra for establishing its profile. Both Nikolaus Harnoncourt and his wife Alice Harnoncourt are honorary members of the COE.
The COE performs regularly in the major cities of Europe, with occasional visits to the USA, Hong Kong, Japan and Australia. The COE has strong links with the Deutsche Ensemble Akademie and Alte Oper in Frankfurt and the Styriarte Festival in Graz, as well as the Philharmonie in Cologne, the Cité de la Musique in Paris, and the Berlin, Bremen and Salzburg Festivals. In 2007, the European Union appointed the COE as a Cultural Ambassador in its Culture Programme. The COE created the COE Academy in 2009 to award scholarships to gifted music students and provide opportunities to study with COE musicians.
The orchestra has made commercial recordings for several labels with various conductors, including Abbado, Paavo Berglund, Harnoncourt, and Thomas Hengelbrock. ?《From Wikipedia》
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01. J.S. Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings, and Continuo in D minor, BWV 1043 - 1. Vivace
02. J.S. Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings, and Continuo in D minor, BWV 1043 - 2. Largo
03. J.S. Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings, and Continuo in D minor, BWV 1043 - 3. Allegro
04. J.S. Bach: Violin Concerto No.2 in E, BWV 1042 - 1. Allegro
05. J.S. Bach: Violin Concerto No.2 in E, BWV 1042 - 2. Adagio
06. J.S. Bach: Violin Concerto No.2 in E, BWV 1042 - 3. Allegro assai
07. J.S. Bach: Concerto for Violin, Oboe, and Strings in D minor, BWV 1060 - 1. Allegro
08. J.S. Bach: Concerto for Violin, Oboe, and Strings in D minor, BWV 1060 - 2. Adagio
09. J.S. Bach: Concerto for Violin, Oboe, and Strings in D minor, BWV 1060 - 3. Allegro
10. J.S. Bach: Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, BWV 1041 - 1. (Allegro moderato)
11. J.S. Bach: Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, BWV 1041 - 2. Andante
12. J.S. Bach: Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, BWV 1041 - 3. Allegro assai
