Amsterdam Toonkunst Choir
The Amsterdam Toonkunst Choir is a Dutch choral society founded in the nineteenth century as part of the wider Toonkunst movement.
The choir has been associated with the performance of large-scale choral and choral-orchestral repertory in Amsterdam.
Its history belongs to the Dutch civic choral tradition that developed alongside the city’s orchestral and concert institutions.
BRAHMS Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Recorded live in Amsterdam, 7th November 1940
Duration 65:50
Jo Vincent, soprano
Max Kloos, baritone
Amsterdam Toonkunst Choir
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conducted by Willem Mengelberg
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
Studio recording, 1952
Total duration: 66:29
Erna Spoorenberg (soprano)
Maria von Ilosvay (contralto)
Frans Kroons (tenor)
Hermann Schey (bass)
Amsterdam Toonkunst Choir
Residentie Orkest den Haag
Willem van Otterloo, conductor