Excellent Baroque Conductors and Orchestras

                                      A List of Several Hundred Early Music Ensembles

    Neville Mariner  (1924 - 2016)              Academy of St. Martin in the Fields  (f. 1959),  violinist

    Karl Richter  (1926 - 1981)                   Münchener Bach Chor & Orchester  (Munich)  (f. 1954)  

                                                                   Richter was also a harpsichordist & organist  

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt  (1929 - 2016)   Concentus Musicis Wien  (Vienna)  (f. 1953)

    John Elliot Gardner  (b. 1943)              English Baroque Soloists & Choir  (f. 1978)  

                                                                  Gardiner is especially known for conducting Bach's music

    Christopher Hogwood  (1941 - 2014)   Academy of Ancient Music  (f. 1973)  Also a harpsichordist

    Jordi Savall  (b. 1941)                           Also a Viol da gamba player

    Ton Koopman  (b. 1944)                       Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir  (f.)  

                                                                  Koopman is also a harpsichordist and organist

    William Christie  (b. 1944)                   Les Arts Florissants  (f. 1979)

    Trevor Pinnock  (b. 1946)                     The English Concert  (f. 1972)  Also a harpsichordist


    Somewhat less famous, yet excellent

    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra  (Canadian)  (f. 1979)

    Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin  (founded 1982)

    Il Giardino Armonico  (Milan, Italy)  (founded 1985)

    Concerto Köln  (Cologne, Germany)  (founded 1975)

    Freiberger Barockorchester  (Freiberg, Germany)  (founded 1987)

    Apollo's Fire  (Cleveland, Ohio)  Jennette Sorrell, conductor, harpsichord  (founded 1992)

    Voices of Music  (San Francisco, Ca)  (founded ?)