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Technical & Musical Terms & Abbreviations
Part 5: Acronyms of Performers

1B1 = Ensemble Bjergsted 1, Norwegian String Ensemble (Web)

 

A

AAA = Ars Antiqua Austria, Austrian Instrumental Baroque Ensemble (AO)

AAM = The Academy of Ancient Music, English HIP Chamber Orchestra (Web)

AAMB = Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, German Baroque Orchestra (AO)

ABB = Australian Baroque Brass, Australian Brass Ensemble (Web)

ABC = The American Boychoir, American Boys Choir (AO)

ABF = Ansbach Bach Festival, Choir & Orchestra (AO)

ABO&C = Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Dutch Baroque Orchestra & Choir (AO)

ABM = Académie Baroque de Montréal, Canadian Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

ABS = American Bach Soloists, American Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

ABV = Aachener Bachverein, German Choir (AO)

ACC = Chœur de Chambre Accentus, French Chamber Choir (AO)

ACO = Amsterdam Chamber Orchestra, Dutch Chamber Orchestra (AO)

ACO2 = Australian Chamber Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra (Web)

ADC = Aachener Domchor, German Choir (AO)

ADK = Augsburger Domsingknaben, Austrian Boys’ Choir (AO)

AFK = Accademia Filarmonica Köln. German Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

AL = Akateeminen Laulu ry (Academic Choral Society), Helsinki, Finnish Choir (Web)

ALH = Ars Lyrica Houston, American Early Music Ensemble (Web)

AMN = Amadeus-Chor & Orchester, Choir & Orchestra (AO)

ANSC = Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Italian Choir & Orchestra (AO)

(AO)E = Alpha Omega Ensemble, American Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

APO = Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra , Armenian Symphony Orchestra

ARJ = Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, English Tenor (YA)

ASC = Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Austrian Choir (AO)

ASI = Accademia Strumentale Italiana, Italian Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

ASKC = Aurelius Sängerknaben Calw, German Boys’ Choir (AO)

ASMF = Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, English Chamber Orchestra (AO)

ASO = Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra (AO)

ASQ = Alexander String Quartet, American Chamber Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

ASU-EME = ASU Early Music Ensemble, Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

AVE = Alsfelder Vokalensemble, German Vocal Ensemble (AO)

AVM = Arcis-Vocalisten München, German Chamber Choir (AO)

AWC = Anton-Webern-Chor, German Choir (AO)

 

B

BAG = Bach Aria Group, American Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

BAMG = Chorus & Orchestra of the Bach Akademie Meiji Gakuin Tokyo, Japanese Choir & Orchestra (AO)

BASQ = Blue Aurora Saxophone Quartet, Japanese Saxophone Quartet (Web)

BBC = Basler Bach-Chor, Swiss Choir (AO)

BBCCO = BBC Concert Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra (Web)

BBCP = BBC Philharmonic, English Symphony Orchestra (Web)

BBCSC = BBC Chorus/ BBC Symphony Chorus, English Choir (Web)

BBCSO = BBC Symphony Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra (Web)

BBC-SSO = BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Web)

BBE = Boston Bach Ensemble, American Choir & Period-Instrument Orchestra (AO)

BBL = Baroque Brass of London, English Brass Ensemble (Web)

BBO = Bremer Bach-Orchester, German Orchestra (AO)

BBS = Berliner Barock Solisten, German Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

BC&OM = Bach Choir & Orchestra of Mainz, German Choir & Otchestra (AO)

BCB = Bach-Collegium Berlin, German Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

BCCPO = Bach Cantata Choir, Portland, Oregon, Choir & Orchestra (AO)

BDP = Bambini di Praga, Czech Children's Choir (Web)

BCG = Baroque Choral Guild / Bay Choral Guild, American Choir (Web)

BCJ = Bach Collegium Japan, Japanese Vocal & Instrumental Ensemnle (AO)

BCJKH = Bachchor der Johanniskantorei Halle, German Choir (AO)

BCM = Bach Collegium München, German Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

BCS = Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, German Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

BCS = Budapest Chamber Symphoy [unused], Hungarian Chamber Orchestra (Web)

BCT = Bach-Chor Tübingen, German Choir (AO)

BCZ = Bach Collegium Zürich, Swiss Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

BEWS = Barockensemble der Wiener Symphoniker, Austrian Baroque Ensemble (AO)

BEL = Bach-Ensemble Luzern, Swiss Choir & Orchestra (Web)

BKC = Berner Kammerchor, Swidd Chamber Choir (Web)

BKCW = Chor und Orchester der Bach-Kantaten-Club Würzburg, German Choir & Orchestra (Web)y

BKO = Berner Kammerorchester, Swiss Chamber Orchestra (Web)

BKP = Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie, German Chamber Orchestra (Web)

BMC = Blanche Moyse Chorale, American Choir (AO)

BMQ = Brillant Magnus Quintet, Spanish Brass Ensemble (Web)

BOB = Bach-Orchester Berlin, German Orchestra (AO)

BOCB = Barockorchester Capriccio Basel, Swiss Baroque Orchestra (AO)

BODH = Barockorchester Den Haag, Dutch Baroque Orchestra (AO)

BOLA = Barockorchester L'ARCO, German Baroque Orchestra (AO)

BOLAF = Barockorchester L’arpa festante, German Baroque Orchestra (AO)

BONJ = Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey, American Baroque Orchestra (Web)

BOP = Bachorchester Pforzheim, German Orchestra (AO)

BOS = Barockorchester Stuttgart, German Baroque Orchestra (AO)

BPO = Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian Symphony Orchestra (Web)

BRKO = Kammerorchester des Symphonieorchesters des Bayerischen Rundfunks, German Chamber Orchestra (AO)

BRSO = Bayerischer Rundfunk Symphonieorchester, German Symphony Orchestra (& Choir) (AO)

BSA = Berliner Singakademie, German Choir (Web)

BSCD = Bach Collegium San Diego, American Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

BSK = Badische Staatskapelle, German Orchestra (AO)

BSM = Bach Society of Minnesota, American Choir (Web)

BSO = Boston Symphony Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra (AO)

BSOF = Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, German Symphony Orchestra (Web)

BSQ (1) = Budapest Saxophone Quartet, Hungarian Saxophone Quartet (Web)

BSQ (2) = Borromeo String Quartet, American String Quartet (Web)

BSUCCT = Bloor Street United Church Choir, Toronto, Canadian Choir (AO)

BTCO = Bolshoi Theater Chamber Orchestra, Russian Chamber Orchestra (AO)

BTEM = Bach Trompetensemble München, German Trumpet Ensemble (AO)

BUCE = Boston University Choral Ensembles, American Choirs (AO)

BWMC = Baldwin-Wallace Motet Choir, American Choir (AO)

BZM = Bach Zum Mitsingen: Coro de cambra & Ensamble, Spanish Chamber Choir & Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

 

C

CAS = Camerata Academica Salzburg, Austrian Chamber Orchestra (AO)

CASW = Choral Arts Society of Washington, American Choir & Orchestra (AO)

CBB = Cia. Bachiana Brasileira, Brazilian Choir & Orchestra (Web)

CBCSO = CBC Symphony Orchestra, Canadian Symphony Orchestra (Common)

CBCVO = CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Canadian Orchestra (AO)

CBE = Columbus Bach Ensemble, American Baroque Ensemble (Web)

CBSO = Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra (Web)

CCA = Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Dutch Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

CCCC = Christ Church Cathedral Choir, English Boys’ Choir (AO)

CCE= Chamber Choir of Europe, European Chamber Choir (Web)

CCL = Chursächsische Capelle Leipzig, German Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

CCM = Le Choeur Classique De Montréal, Canadian Choir (AO)

CCN = Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Belgian Chamber Choir (AO)

CCO = Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Dutch Chamber Orchestra (AO)

CCRDAM = Children's Choir of the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Danish Children’s Choir (AO)

CCS = Cantabile Chamber Singers, Canadian Chamber Choir (Web)

CDC = Choeur de Chambre, Japanese Chamber Choir (AO)

CDSE = Chanteurs de Saint-Eustache, Paris, French Choir (AO)

CEFC = Crouch End Festival Chorus, English Choir (Web)

CFC = Children's Festival Chorus of Pittsburgh, American Children’s Choir (Web)

CGN = Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, German Choir (AO)

CGSB = Chorgemeinschaft St. Bernhard, München, German Choir (AO)

CGSS = Chorgemeinschaft St. Sebastian, German Choir (AO)

Chór SGH = Choir of the Warsaw School of Economics, Polish Choir (Web)

CIB = Collegium Instrumentale Brugense, Belgian Orchestra (AO)

CIP = Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, American Symphony Orchestra & Choir (Web)

CLS = City of London Sinfonia, English Chamber Orchestra (AO)

CLT = Commonwealth Lyric Theater (CLT), American Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

CMBV = Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, French Choir (Web)

CMK = Chorus Musicus Köln, German Chamber Choir (AO)

CMS = Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, American Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

CMW = Concentus Musicus Wien, Austrian Instrumantal Ensemble (TB)

CM-TUC = Motettenchor und Collegium Musicum der TU Chemnitz, German Choir & Orchestra (AO)

CM-WDR = Collegium Musicum des Westdeutscher Rundfunk, German Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

CMWI = Collegium Musicum Wilhelm Isselmann, Chamber Orchestra (AO)

CM90 = Collegium Musicum 90, English Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

CNCO = Choir of New College, Oxford, English Choir (AO)

CNS = Canticum Novum Singers, American Chamber Choir (Web)

CNSO = Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Czech Symphony Orchestra (AO)

CoCo = Concerto Copenhagen, Danish Period-Instrument Ensemble (Web)

COE = Chamber Orchestra of Europe, European Chamber Orchestra (Web)

CPAL = Chœur Pro Arte de Laussane, Swiss Choir (Web)

CPM = Carolina Pro Musica, Early Music Ensemble (Web)

CPO = Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, Danish Symphony Orchestra (Website, Not used)

CPO = Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Symphony Orchestra (AO)

CRA = Choeur Regional d'Auvergne, French Choir (AO)

CSC = Chicago Symphony Chorus, American Choir (AO)

CSE1 = Collegium St. Emmerson, German Orchestra (AO)

CSHKB = Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin, German Choir (AO)

CSIC = Chamber Singers of Iowa City, American Choir (AO)

CSIL = Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola, American Choir (AO)

CSMH = Chor St. Michaelis Hamburg, German Choir (AO)

CSO = Chicago Symphony Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra (AO)

CSO = Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra (Website, Not used)

CVC = Collegium Vocale Camerata, Dutch Chamber Choir (Web)

CVG = Collegium Vocale Gent Belgian Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

CVL = Collegium Vocale Leipzig, German Vocal Ensemble (AO)

CVT = Coro Valdese di Torino, Italian Choir (AO)

CVTU = Camerata vocalis of Tübingen University, German Chamber Choir (AO)

CWR = ChorWerk Ruhr, German Chamber Choir (Web)

CWCZ - Kammerchor Clara-Wieck-Chöre Zwickau, German Chamber Choir (AO)

 

D

DBO = Dresdner Barockorchester,German Baroque Orchestra (AO)

DBS = Deutsche Bachsolisten, German Chamber Orchestra (AO)

DFC = Deutsch-Finnische Chor, Helsinki, Finnish Choir (Web)

DFD = Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German Bass-Baritone Singer (AO)

DHBO =Barockorchester Den Haag, Dutch Baroque Orchestra (Web)

DKA = Deutsche Kammerakademie, German Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

DKDF = Kantorei der Dreikönigskirche Frankfurt, German Choir (AO)

DKK = Dresdner Kapellknaben, German Boys’ Choir (AO)

DKKH = Debreceni Kodály Kórus, Hungarian Choir (Web)

DKO = Detmolder Kammerorchester, German Chamber Orchestra (Web)

DKO-Berlin = Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, German Chamber Orchestra (Web)

DKP = Domkantorei Paderborn, German Choir (AO)

DKPB = Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, German Chamber Orchestra (AO)

DKVB = Deutsche Kammer-Virtuosen Berlin, German Chamber Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

DLC = Dresdner Kammerchor, German Chamber Choir (AO)

DNO = Das Neue Orchester, German Period Instruments Orchestra (AO)

DNSO = Danish National Symphony Orchestra = Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Danish Symphony Orchestra (Web)

DRKO = Deutsches Radio Kammerorchester, German Chamber Orchestra (Web)

DRVE = DR VokalEnsemblet = Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Danish Vocal Ensemble (AO)

DSO = Detroit Symphony Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra (Web)

DSO = Dallas Symphony Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra (Web, Not used)

DSO = Dunedin Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra (Web, Not used)

DSOB = Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin = Radio-Symphonie-Orchester-Berlin, German Symphony Orchestra (AO)

DSQ = Danish Saxophone Quartet, Danish Saxophone Quartet (Web)

 

E

EBE = European Brandenburg Ensemble, European Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

EBL (2) = Ensemble Baroque du Léman, Swiss Instrumental Baroque Ensemble (AO)

EBL (1) = Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, French Instrumental Baroque Ensemble (AO)

EBN = L'Ensemble-Orchestre régional de Basse-Normandie / L'Ensemble de Basse-Normandie / Ensemble Instrumental de Basse Normandie, French Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

EBS = English Baroque Soloists, English Baroque Ensemble (AO)

EBSP = Ensemble Bach São Paulo, Brazilian Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

EBT = Ensemble Baroque de Toulouse, French Baroque Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

ECA = Europa Chor Akademie, German Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

ECC = Ensemble Choral de la Côte, Nyon, Swiss Choir (AO)

ECO = English Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra (Web)

ECW = Ensemble Continuum Wien, Austrian Instrmental Ensemble (Webs)

EECC = Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Swedish Chamber Choir (AO)

EG = Ensemble Galilei, American Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

EJF = Evangelisches Jugendchor Fürstenfeldbruck & Bach-Orchester Fürstenfeldbruck, German Choir & Orchestra (AO)

EJM = Ensemble Jacques Moderne, French Vocal Ensemble (Web)

EKSI = Evangelische Kantorei St. Ingbert, German Choir (AO)

EMBDC= Ensemble de Musique Baroque Da Camera, French Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble

EMK = Ensemble Metamorphosis Köln, German Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

EMP = Ensemble Métamorphoses de Paris, French Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

EMPF = Ensemble Musica Poetica Freiburg, German Baroque Instrumental & Vocal Ensemble (AO)

EMSC = European Medical Students' Choir, European Choir (Web)

EMVS = Ensemble musica viva Stuttgart, German Chamber Ensemble (AO)

EnB1 = Ensemble Bjergsted 1, Norwegian String Ensemble (Web)

ENP = English Northern Philharmonia, English Orchestra (AO)

EOP = Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, French Orchestra (AO)

EPCC = Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Estonian Chamber Choir (Web)

ERC = Eastman-Rochester Chorus, American Choir (Web)

ERSO = Estonian National Symphony Orchestra / Estonian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Estonian Symphony Orchestra (Web)

ESCB = Ernst Senff Chor Berlin, German Choir (AO)

ESSO = Eastman School Symphony Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra (Web)

EUBC = Euterpe Baroque Consort (Belgian Vocal & Instrumental Baroque Ensemble (Web)

EUBO = European Union Baroque Orchestra, European Baroque Orchestra (Web)

EVA = Ensemble Vocal Atlas, Moroccan Vocal Ensemble (Web)

EVCT = Ensemble Vocal Coeli et Terra, French Vocal Ensemble (AO)

EVE = Ensemble Vocal Euterpe, Swiss Vocal Ensemble (AO)

EVL = Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Swiss Vocal Ensemble (AO)

EVM = Ensemble Vocal Magadis, French Choir (Web)

 

F

FAB = Fine Arts Brass Ensemble, English Brass Ensemble (Web)

FBO = Freiburger Barockorchester, German Baroque Orchestra (AO)

FCCL = Favorit- und Capellchor Leipzig, German Vocal Ensemble (AO)

FGKS = Figuralchor der Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, German Choir (AO)

FIBO = Finnish Baroque Orchestra, Finnish Baroque Orchestra (Web)

FK = Frankfurter Kantorei, German Choir (AO)

FKO = Frankfurter Kantatenorchester, German Orchestra (AO)

FLCO = Ferenc Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Hungarian Chamber Orchesta (AO)

FMD = Fuldaer Mädchenkantorei und Domsingknaben, German Choir (AO)

FMR = Florilegium Musicum Rotterdam, Dutch Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

PFSC = First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Choir, Waterloo, Iowa, American Choir (AO)

FRSO = Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Finnish Symphony Orchestre (AO)

FSA = Frankfurter Singakademie, German Choir (AO)

FSBQ = Florida State Brass Quintet, American Brass Quintet (Web)

FVE = Freiburger Vokalensemble, German Chamber Choir (AO)

FVS = Filipino Voice Symphony, Singaporean Choir (Facebook)

FW = Fritz Werner, German Conductor

FWSO = Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra / Chamber Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra / Chamber Orchestra (Web)

 

G

GAG = Gli Angeli Genève, Swiss Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

GAM = Gradus Ad Musicam, French Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

GBC = Gifu Bach-Chor, Japanese Choir (AO)

GCC = Grupo de Canto Coral, Argentinean Chamber Choir (Web)

GCZ = Gemischte Chor Zürich, Swiss Choir (AO)

GDC = Gloriæ Dei Cantores American Choir (AO)

GECC = Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus, American Children’s Choir (AO)

GEPO = George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, Romanian Symphony Orchestra (AO)

GIC = Goethe-Institut Choir, Irish Choir (Web)

GKC = GewandhausKammerchor, Leipzig, German Chamber Choir (AO)

GKS = Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, German Choir (AO)

GKS = Grazer Keplerspatzen, Austrian Choir (AO)

GMJO = Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Austrian aSymphony Orchestra (Web)

GOL = Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, German Symphony Orchestra (Web)

GS= Greater San Diego Music Coterie American Chamber Choir & Chamber Orchestra (Web)

GSG = Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, German Choral Conductor (Panito)

GSK = Göttinger Stadtkantorei, German Choir (AO)

GSO = Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Symphony Orchestra (Web)

GVO = Grupo Vocal Olisipo, Portuguese Vocal Ensemble (Web)

 

H

H&HS = Handel and Haydn Society, American Choir & Orchestra (AO)

H&L = Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Gustav Leonhardt, Austrian & Dutch conductors, who co-joined in the recording of the first complete Bach Cantatas cycle on original instruments (AO)

HBC = Holland Boys Choir, Dutch Choir (AO)

HBCO = Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra, American Chamber Orchestra (Web)

HBE = Haarlems Bach Ensemble, Dutch Choir & Orchestra (Web)

HBG = Haags Barokgezelschap, Dutch Choir & Baroque Ensemble (Web)

HBO = Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra (Web)

HBS = Holland Baroque Society, Dutch Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

HCB = Handel Choir of Baltimore, American Choir (AO)

HEBO = Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, Finnish Baroque Orchestra (Web)

HGC = Harvard Glee Club, American Men Choir (AO)

HGO = Het Gelders Orkest, Dutch Orchestra (Web)

HHK = Hannoversche Hofkapelle, German Chamber Orchestra (Web)

HHO = Hart House Orchestra, Canadian Chamber Orchestra (Web)

HKO = Heidelberger Kammerorchester, German Chamber Orchestra (AO)

HMC = Heidelberger Madrigalchor, German Choir (AO)

HMS&C = His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, English Wind Instrumets Ensemble (AO)

HON = Harmony of Nations, Eueopean Baroque Orchestra (Web)

HRBA = Croatian Baroque Ensemble (HRBA), Croatian Baroque Ensemble (Web)

HRCM = Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, American Choir (Web)

HRM = Hilde Rössl-Majdan, Austrian Contralto (AO)

HRSO, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Hungarian Symphony Orchestra (AO)

HR-SO = HR-Sinfonieorchester / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Germany Symphony Orchestra (Web)

HSC = Houston Symphony Chorale / Chorus, American Choir (Web)

HSCH = Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn, German Choir (AO)

HSCM = Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Münster, German Choir (AO)

HSEM = Heinrich-Schütz-Ensemble München, German Choir (AO)

HvK = Herbert von Karajan, German Conductor (AO)

 

I

IBO = Irish Baroque Orchestra, Irish Baroque Orchestra (Web)

IBP = International Baroque Players, English Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

IBS = Israeli Bach Soloists, Israeli Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

ICB = Il Complesso Barocco, Italian Baroque Orchestra (AO)

ICC = Imogen Children’s Chorale, Australian Children's Choir (Web)

ICCO = Itacha College Chamber Orchestra, American Chamber Orchestra (Web)

ICO = Irish Chamber Orchestra, Irish Chamber Orchestra (Web)

IDF = Il delirio fantastico, French Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

IGA = Il Giardino Armonico, Italian Instrumental Ensemble (TB)

IKO = Israel Netanya Kibbutz Orchestra, Israeli Orchestra (Web)

IPO = Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra (Web)

ISDZ = I Solisti di Zagreb, Yugoslavian Chamber Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

ISM = Il Seminario Musicale, French Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

ISO = Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra (Web)

IUBO = Indiana University Baroque Orchestra, American Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

IUPAS = Indiana University Pro Arte Singers, American Chamber Choir (AO)

IUS = Indiana University Singers, American Chamber Choir (AO)

IWU-CC = Illinois Wesleyan University Collegiate Choir, American Choir (AO)

 

J

JBO = Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra, Israeli Baroque Orchestra (Web)

JCBA = Johann Christian Bach-Akademie, German Chamber Orchestra (Web)

JCCC = Jesus College Chapel Choir, Cambridge, Choir (AO)

JEG = John Eliot Gardiner, English Conductor (AO)

JKCBW = Junger Kammerchor Baden-Württemberg, German Chamber Choir (AO)

JKCD = Junger KonzertChor Düsseldorf, German Choir (Web)

JKH = Jugendkantorei Hösel, German Boys' Choir (Web)

JVEH = Junges Vokalensemble Hannover, Vocal Ensemble (AO)

JvK = John van Kesteren, Dutch Tenor (AO)

 

K

KAC = Kibbutz Artzi Choir Israeli Choir

KAP = Kammerakademie Potsdam German Chamber Orchestra (Web)

KBE = Kettwiger Bach-Ensemble German Choir (AO)

KBG = Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke German Choir (AO)

KCBC = Kansas City Baroque Consortium, American Baroque Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

KCCIS = Knabenchor Collegium Iuvenum Stuttgart German Boys’ Choir (AO)

KCH = Knabenchor Hannover German Boys’ Choir (AO)

KCM = Kammerchor Mannheim German Chamber Choir (AO)

KCO = Kammerchor Oberaspach Chamber Choir (AO)

KCP = Kühn’s Choir Prague Czech Choir (AO)

KDKF = Kantorei der Dreikönigskirche Frankfurt German Choir (AO)

KHS-CO = Chamber Orchestra of the Kyiv House of Scientists, Ukrainian Chamber Orchestra (AO)

KIK = Kantorei der Immanuelkirche, München German Choir (AO)

KKB = Knabenkantorei Basel Boys' Choir (Web)

KKC = Kölner Kammerchor German Chamber Choir (AO)

KKO = Kölner Kammerorchester German Chamber Orchestra (AO)

KOB = Kammerorchester Berlin German Chamber Orchestra (AO)

KODS = Kammerorchester Dieter Sauer German Chamber Orchestra (AO)

KPK = Kammerphilharmonie Kaiserpfalz German Chamber Orchestra (AO)

KPKDH = Kantorei der Pauluskirche Duisburg-Hochfeld German Choir (AO)

KSCC = Kfar-Saba Chamber Choir Israeli Chamber Choir (AO)

KSJ = Kantorei St. Jacobi Hamburg German Choir (AO)

KSMH = Kantorei St. Mauritius Hardegsen German Choir (AO)

 

L

LACC = Los Angeles Chamber Choir, American Chamber Choir (AO)

LACO = Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, American Chamber Orchestra (AO)

LAF = Les Arts Florissants, French Orchestra & Choir (AO)

LAPO = Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra (AO)

LBC = Leipzig Bläser-Collegium, German Brass Ensemble (AO)

LBE = Luthers Bach Ensemble, Dutch Chamber Choir & Baroque Orchestra (Web)

LBO = Leipziger Barockorchester, German Baroque Orchestra (AO)

LBS = London Bach Society, English Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

LC = Leonhardt-Consort, Dutch Instrumental Ensemble (TB, , Not used)

LCDA = Le Concert d'Astrée, French Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

LCDN = Le Concert des Nations, Spanish Baroque Orchestra (Web)

LCE = Leipziger Concert Ensemble, German Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

LCO (1) = Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra (Web)

LCO (2) = London Chamber Orchestra (LCO), English Chamber Orchestra (Web)

LCR = La Chapelle Rhénane, French Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

LCRC = La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Spanish Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

LCS = London Choral Society / London Chorus, English Choir (Web)

LCV = Das Leipziger Concerto Vocale, German Vocal Ensemble (AO)

LFAB = La Follia Austin Baroque, American Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

LFF = Les Folies Françoises, French Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

LFKZ = Liszt Ferenc Kamarazenekar, Hungarian Chamber Orchestra (Web)

LFO = London Festival Orchestra, English Orchestra (Web)

LFS = Festival Strings Lucerne / Lucerne Festival Strings, Swiss Chamber Orchestra (AO)

LHE = London Harpsichord Ensemble, English Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

LHL = Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson, American Mezzo-soprano (YA)

LHMF = Leith Hill Music Festival Chorus & Orchestra, English Choir & Orchestra (AO)

LKK = Lübecker Kantori / Lübecker Knabenkantorei an St. Marien, German Choir / Boys’ Choir (Web)

LMP = London Mozart Players, English Chamber Orchestra (Web)

LNM = La Nuova Musica, English Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

LMSJ = Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, Grench Instrumental Ensmble (AO)

LNOBT = Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre: Orchestra & Chorus, Lithuanian Orchestra & Choir (Web)

LOJC = London Oratory Junior Choir, English Boys Choir (AO)

LOM = L’Offrande Musicale, Belgian Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

LPAO = London Pro Arte Orchestra, English Orchestra (AO)

LPB = La Petite Bande, Belgian Baroque Instrumental & Choral Ensemble (AO)

LPDM = Le Parlement de Musique, French Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

LPM = London Pro Musica, Canadian Choir (Web)

LPO = London Philharmonic Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra (AO)

LSDL = Les Solistes de Liége, Belgian Chamber Ensemble (AO)

LSF = La Stagione Frankfurt, German Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

LSFS = Lynn Swanson Festival Singers, American Choir (Web)

LSO = London Symphony Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra (AO)

LTL = Les Talens Lyriques, French Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

LUC = Leipziger Universitätschor, German Choir (AO)

LVB = Les Voix Baroques, Canadian Chamber Baroque Ensemble (AO)

LVDR = Les Violons du Roy, Canadian Chamber Orchestra & Choir (AO)

LVE = Leipziger Vocalensemble, German Vocal Ensemble (AO)

 

M

M4M = Measure for Measure, American Choir (Web)

MAB = Musica Aeterna Bratislava, Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

MABO = Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra, American Baroque Orchestra (Web)

MAE = Meridian Arts Ensemble, Brass Quintet (Web)

MAK = Musica Antiqua Köln, German Instrumental Ensemble (TB)

MBC = Mannheim Bach Choir, German Choir (AO)

MBS = Münchner Bachsolisten, German Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

MC = Monadnock Chorus & Orchestra, American Choir & Orchestra (Web)

MCC = Miami Children's Chorus, American Children's Choir (Web)

MCE = Minnesota Contemporary Ensemble, American Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

MCK = Kärntner Madrigalchor Klagenfurt, Austrian Choir (AO)

MCO = Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Russian Chamber Orchestra (Web)

MCO = Mahler Chamber Orchestra, European Chamber Orchestra (Web, Not used)

MCP = Motettenchor Pforzheim, German Choir (AO)

MCS = Motettenchor Stuttgart, German Choir (AO)

MCW = Monteverdichor Würzburg, German Choir (AO)

MDHM = Mitteldeutsche Hofmusik, German Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

MDKK = Mitteldeutsche Kammerkantate, German Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

MDKO = Mitteldeutsches Kammerorchester, German Chamber Orchestra (AO)

MDLG = Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, French Orchestra (Web)

MDRSO = MDR Sinfonieorchester, German Symphony Orchestra (AO)

NDS = Musicians of the Dreaming Spires, Oxford, English Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

MEO = FVG Mitteleuropa Orchestra, Italian Orchestra (AO)

MGC = Maîtrise de garçons de Colmar, French Boys Choir (AO)

MKK = Mikaeli Kammarkör, Swedish Chamber Choir (AO)

MKO = Münchener Kammerorchester, German Chamber Orchestra (AO)

MKO Leipzig = Mendelssohn Kammerorchester Leipzig, German Chamber Orchestra (Web)

MKOU = Motettkören i Gamla Uppsala Kyrka, Swedish Choir (AO)

MMFO = Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra / Mostly Mozart Orchestra, American Chamber Orchestra (Web)

MMKK= Maria Magdalena Kammarkör (MMKK), Swedish Chamber Choir (Web)

MMVE= Maria Magdalena Vokalensemble, Swedish Vocal Ensemble (Web)

MOB = Music of the Baroque, Chicago, American Choir & Orchestra (Web)

MOM = Monteverdi-Orchester München, German HIP Orchestra (AO)

MOS = Michael O'Neal Singers, American Choir (Web)

MPCO = Minsk Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Russian Chamber Orchestra (AO)

MPO = Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Russian Symphony Orchestra (Web)

MRSO = Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra / USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra / Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio, Russian Symphony Orchestra (Web)

MSH = Somerset Hills Community Chorus, American Choir (AO)

MSO = Münchner Symphoniker, German Symphony Orchestra (AO)

MSQ = Modern String Quartet, German String Quartet (Web)

MSW = Master Singers of Worcester, American Choir (Web)

MTC = Mormon Tabernacle Choir, American Choir (AO)

MUCC = Marshall University Chamber Choir / Marshall University Choral Union, American Choirs (AO)

MWC = Masterwork Chorus & Orchestra, American Choir & Orchestra (AO)

 

N

NACO = National Arts Centre Orchestra, Canadian Orchestra (Web)

NASKA = Nationaal Symfonisch Kamerorkest, Dutch Chamber Orchestra (Web)

NBC = Netherlands Bach Collegium, Dutch Baroque Orchestra (AO)

NBCML = Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig, German Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

NBCSO = NBC Symphony Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra (AO)

NBE = Niagara Brass Ensemble, Canadian Brass Ensemble (AO)

NBO = Norwegian Baroque Orchestra, Norwegian Baroque Orchestra (AO)

NBOB = Neues Barockorchester Berlin, German Baroque Orchestra (AO)

NBV = Nederlandse Bach Vereniging, Dutch Choir & Baroque Orchestra (AO)

NCBO = North Carolina Baroque Orchestra, America Baaroque Orchestra (Web)

NCC = Nederlands Kamerkoor, Dutch Chamber Choir (AO)

NCSO / NCS = North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra (Web)

NCV = Neue Chorgemeinschaft Vaterstetten, German Choir (AO)

NDBO = Norddeutsches Barockorchester, German Baroque Orchestra (AO)

NDFC = Norddeutscher Figuralchor, German Choir (AO)

NDR Chor = Norddeutschen Rundfunk Chor, German Choir (Web)

NDR-RPH = NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, German Symphony Orchestra (AO)

NDR-SO = Norddeutschen Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester, German Symphony Orchestra (AO)

NePhO = Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Dutch Symphony Orchestra (Web)

NH = Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Austrian Conductor (Panito)

NHKSO = NHK Symphony Orchestra, Japanese Symphony Orchestra (Web)

NHM = Neue Hofkapelle München, German Orchestra (AO)

NICE = New Israeli Chamber Ensemble, Israeli Chamber Orchestra (AO)

NIVE = New Israeli Vocal Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble (Web)

NQHO = New Queen's Hall Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra (Web)

MITSO = MIT Symphony Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra (Web)

NJCS = New Jersey Chamber Singers, American Chamber Choir (Web)

NJSO = New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra (Web)

NKO = Nederlands Kamerorkest, Dutch Chamber Orchestra (AO)

NLBO = Neues Leipziger Barockensemble, German Instrumental Baroque Ensemble (AO)

NLC = New London Consort, English Early Music Ensemble (Web)

NLCR = National Lutheran Choir, American Choir (Web)

NOCC = Nordic Chamber Choir, German Chamber Choir (AO)

NRC = Netherlands Radio Choir, Dutch Choir (AO)

NRCP = Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic / Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, Dutch Chamber Orchestra (AO)

NRK = Niederrheinische Kantorei, German Choir (AO)

NRSO = Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dutch Symphony Orchestra

NSO = National Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra (Web)

NWE = New World Ensemble, English Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

NWS = New World Symphony, American Symphony Orchestra (Web)

NYBI = New York Baroque Incorporated, American Period Instruments Orchestra (Web)

NYCA = New York Choral Artists, American Choir (AO)

NYO - National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, British Symphony Orchestra (Web)

NYPO = New York Philharmonic Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra (AO)

NZSO = New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra (Web)

 

O

OAE = Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Baroque Orchestra (AO)

OAF = Orchester ad fontes, Swiss Orchestra (AO)

OAIK = Orchesterakademie an der Immanuelskirche German Orchestra (AO)

OAM = Orquesta Académica de Madrid, Spanish Orchestra (Web)

OBC = Ottawa Bach Choir, Canadian Choir (Web)

OBKV = Okayama Bach Kantaten Verein, Japanese Choir (AO)

OBS = Orfeus Barock Stockholm, Swedish Baroque Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

OCCH = Orquesta de Cámara de Chile, Chilean Chamber Orchestra (Web)

OCM = Orpheus Chor München, German Chamber Choir (AO)

OCO = Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Finnish Chamber Orchestra (AO)

OCO = Ohio Chamber Orchestra, American Chamber Orchestra Web

OCP = Oratorienchor Pforzheim, German Choir (AO)

OCP = Orchestra Collegium Philarmonicum, Italian Chamber Orchesra (Web, Not used)

OCW = Oratorienchor Würzburg, German Choir (Web)

ODS = Orquestra Divino Sospiro, Portuguese Baroque Orchestra (Web)

ODZ = Óbudai Danubia Zenekar, Hungarian Orchestra (Web)

OEM = Odeon-Ensemble München, German Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

OFCA = Olde Friends Concert Artists, American Istrumental Ensemble (AO)

OFGC = Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Spanish Symphony Orchestra (Web)

OFM = Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana, Italian Orchestra (AO)

OKPR = Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra (Orkiestra Kameralna Polskiego Radia Amadeus), Chamber Orchestra (AO)

OKVM = Orchester der KlangVerwaltung München, German Orchestra (AO)

ONE = Orchestra New England, American Orchestra (Web)

ONF = Orchestre National de France, French Symphony Orchestra (Common)

OPL = Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Luxembourgean Symphony Orchestra (Web)

OPMC = Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Monaco Symphony Orchestra (Web)

OPRL = Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Beligian Symphony Orchestra (Web)

OPS = Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, French Symphony Orchestra (Web)

OPV = Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Italian Chamber Orchestra (Web)

ORCW = Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, Belgian Chamber Orchestra

ORT = Orchestra della Toscana, Italian Chamber Orchesta (Web)

OS = Orchestra Seattle, American Symphony Orchestra (Web)

OSA = Orquesta Sinfónica de Aguascalientes, Mexican Symphony Orchestra (Web)

OSC = Orchestra of St Cecilia, Irish Chamber Orchestra (Web)

OSEP = Oratorio Society of Estes Park, American Choir & Chamber Orchestra (Web)

OSESP = Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, Brazilian Symphony Orchestra

OSI = Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Orchestra (AO)

OSL = Orchestra of St. Luke's, American Chamber Orchestra (AO)

OSM = Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Spanish Symphony Orchestra (Web)

OSO = Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, Canadian Symphony Orchestra (Web)

OSQ = Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, Canadian Symphony Orchestra (Web)

OSR = L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Swiss Orchestra (Web)

OSU = Orchestra of Southern Utah, American Orchestra (Web)

OSUCS = Orquestra Sinfônica da Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Brazilian Symphony Orchestra (Web)

OSX = Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa, Mexican Symphony Orchestra (Web)

OVCO = Oklahoma Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, American Chamber Orchestra (Web)

OVE = Ostfälisches Vokalensemble, German Vocal Ensemble (AO)

OVG = Orchesterverein Götzis, Austrian Chamber Orchestra (AO)

OVS = Orchestre du Val de Seine, French Chamber Orchestra (AO)

 

P

PA = Paul Agnew, Scottish Tenor (Galina)

P(AO)M = Pro Arte Orchestra, Munich, German Chamber Orchestra (AO)

PAS = Pro Arte Singers, American Vocal Ensemble (Web)

PBE = Pauliner Barockensemble, German Baroque Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

PBO = Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (San Francisco), American Baroque Orchestra (Web)

PCB = Le Petit Concert Baroque, French Harpsichord Duo (Web)

PCK = Philharmonischer Chor Köln, Choir (AO)

PCO = Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra, German Chamber Orchestra (AO)

PCSCN = Petits Chanteurs de Sainte-Croix de Neuilly, French Boys Choir (Web)

PCV = Maîtrise des Petits Chanteurs de Versailles, French Choir (AO)

PDC = PsalmiDeo Chorale, Singaporean Choir (AO)

PFZ = Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian Symphony Orchestra (Web)

PHSC = Princeton High School Choir, American Choir (Web)

PJBE = Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, English Brass Ensemble (Web)

PJL = Pieter Jan Leusink, Dutch Conductor (AO)

PKO = Prague Chamber Orchestra, Czech Chamber Orchestra (AO)

PKOD = Philharmonisches Kammerorchester, German Chamber Orchestra (AO)

PKP = Polnische Kammerphilharmonie, Polish Chamber Orchestra (AO)

PMD = Peter Maxwell Davies, English Composer (Common)

PNKU = Philipp-Nicolai-Kantorei Unna, German Choir (AO)

PNRSO = Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Polish Symphony Orchestra (Web)

POL = Philomusica of London / Boyd Neel Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestre (AO)

PPM = Portsmouth Pro Musica, American Choir (Web)

PQ = Purcell Quartet, English Chamber Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

PSO = Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra (Web)

PTC = Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort, German Trumpet Consort (AO)

PVNY = Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York, American Chamber Orchestra (AO)

 

Q

QCB = The Queen's Chamber Band, American Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

QNG = Quartet New Generation, Dutch-German Recorder Collective (Web)

QSO = Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Australian Symphony Orchestra (Web)

 

R

RBE = Royal Baroque Ensemble, Polish Baroque Instrumental (Web)

RBO = Randstedelijk Begeleidings Orkest, Dutch Orchestra (AO)

RC = Ricercar Consort, Belgian Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

RCA-VSO = RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra (AO)

RCB = Rundfunkchor Berlin, German Choir (Web)

RCL = Rundfunkchor Leipzig, German Choir (AO)

RCM-BO = Royal College of Music Baroque Orchestra, English Baroque Orchestra

RCO = Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Dutch Orchestra (AO)

RFG = Real Filharmonia de Galicia, Spanish Symphony Orchestra (Web)

RFPO = Royal Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra / Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Belgian Symphony Orchestra (AO)

RCS = Radcliffe Choral Society, American Women Choir (AO)

RCS-L = Royal Choral Society, English Choir (AO)

RFO = Radio Filharmonish Orkest, Symphony Orchestra (Common)

RGCO = Ramat-Gan Chamber Orchestra, Isreali Chamber Orchestra (AO)

RJK - Roder Jongenskoor, Dutch Boys's Choir (Web)

RLPO = Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra (Web)

RMC = Rostocker Motettenchor, Gerrman Choir (AO)

RPHO = Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Dutch Symphony Orchestra (Web)

RPO = Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra (Web)

RSC = Robert Shaw Chorale, American Choir (AMG)

RSPO = Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Swedish Symphony Orchestra (AO)

RTÉ-NSO = RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Irish Symphony Orchestra (Web)

 

S

SACC = St Albans Chamber Choir, English Chamber Choir (Web)

SAKH = St.-Andreas-Kantorei Hildesheim, German Choir (AO)

SBC = Stockholm Bach Choir, Swedish Choir (AO)

SBC = Schneidt Bach Choir & Orchestra, Japanese Choir & Orchestra (AO)

SBC&O = Stuttgarter Bach-Chor und Orchester, Choir & Orchestra (AO)

SBCH = Boys’ Choir of St Bavo’s Cathedral, Haarlem, Boys Choir (AO)

SBCT = Koor en orkest Stichting Bachcantates Tiburg, Dutch Choir & Orchestra (Web)

SBE = Scholars Baroque Ensemble, English Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

SBE = Salzburger Barockensemble, Austrian Instrumental Baroque Ensemble (AO)

SBO = Seattle Baroque Orchestra, American Baroque Orchestra (Web)

SBP = Steinitz Bach Players, Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

SBS = Scottish Baroque Soloists, Scottish Baroque Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

SCB = Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Swiss Vocal& Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

SCBC - South Carolina Bach Choir, American Chamber Choir (Web)

SCC = Saar Chamber Orchestra, German Chamber Orchestra (AO)

SCCD = Schola Cantorum Cantate Domino, Belgian Boys’ Choir (AO)

SCCOV = St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra of Vilnius, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra (AO)

SCO = Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Chorus, Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Choir (AO)

SCO = Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, German Chamber Orchestra (AO)

SCP = Smithsonian Chamber Players, American Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

SCS = Seattle Chamber Singers, American Choir (Web)

SDB = Staats- und Domchor Berlin, German Choir (AO)

SDBO = Südwestdeutsches Barockorchester, German Baroque Orchestra (AO)

SDKOP = Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, German Chamber Orchestra (AO)

SFBC = San Francisco Bach Choir, American Choir (AO)

SFK= Štátnej Filharmónie Košice = Slovak State Philharmonic, Košice, Slovak Symphony Orchestra (Web)

SFSC = San Francisco Symphony Chorus, American Choir (AO)

SFSO = San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra (Web)

SFSK = St. Florianer Sängerknaben, Austrian Boys’ Choir (AO)

SGM = Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca, Italian Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

SHBQ = Summit Hill Brass Quintet, American Brass-Quintet (Web)

SJKS = Choir of St James' & BachBand@StJames, Australian Chamber Choir & Instrumental Ensemble

SK = Schiersteiner Kantorei, German Choir (Web)

SKO = Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra (Web)

SLCE = St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, American Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

SLKP = Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, Finnish Violinist and Conductor (Web)

SLSO = Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra (Web)

SMCM = Studentischer Madrigalchor Münster, Choir (AO)

SOBB = Südwestfunk-Orchester Baden-Baden, German Chamber Orhestra (AO)

SOL = Symphonisches Orchester Liechtenstein, Symphony Orchestra (Web)

SON = Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Symphony Orchestra (AO)

SOVE = Sofia Vokalensemble, Swedish Choir (Web)

SOW = Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal, German Symphony Orchestra (AO)

SPBC = Saint Peter's Bach Collegium, American Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

SPCC = Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, English Choir (AO)

SPCO = Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, American Chamber Orchestra (Web)

SPPO = Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra / St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Russian Symphony Orchestra (AO)

SPSO = Leningrad Symphony Orchestra / St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra Symphony Orchestra (AO)

SRC = Schwedischer Rundfunkchor / Swedish Radio Choir, Swedish Choir (AO)

SRSO = Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Symphony Orchestra (AO)

SSCH = Stadtsingechor Halle, German Choir (AO)

SSJ = Sinfonie Saint-Julien, French Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

SSKD = Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, German Symphony Orchestra (AO)

SSO = Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australian Symphony Orchestra (AO)

SSO = Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Norwegian Symphony Orchestra (Web, not used on BCW)

SSS = Schwäbischer Singkreis Stuttgart, German Choir (AO)

SVE = Sächsisches Vocalensemble, German Vocal Ensemble (AO)

SVK = Studio Vocale Karlrsruhe, German Chamber Choir (AO)

SWF = SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden, German Symphony Orchestra (AO)

SWR = Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, German Symphony Orcestra (Web)

SWRVE = SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, German Vocal Ensemble (AO)

 

T

TAS = Thüringischer Akademischer Singkreis, German Choir (AO)

TCC = Toronto Children's Chorus, Canadian Children's Choir (Web)

TCCC = Trinity College Choir of Cambridge, English Choir (AO)

TCCE = Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble, American Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

TCCO = Tokyo Cantata Chamber Orchestra, Japanese Chamber Orchestra (AO)

TCCP = Trinity Cathedral Choir & Orchestra, Portland Oregon, American Choir & Orchestra (AO)

TCM = Telemannisches Collegium Michaelstein, German Instrumental Ensemble (Web)

TCO = Cleveland Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra (Web)

TCOC = Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, American Choir (AO)

TEM = Theatre of Early Music, Canadian Baroque Inbstrumental Ensemble (AO)

TCCC = Trinity College Choir of Cambridge, English Choir (AO)

TDC = Dorian Consort, Swiss Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

TEFI = Trompetenensemble Friedemann Immer, Instrumental Ensemble (AO)

TIJ = Telemann Institute Japan, Japanese Choir & Orchestra (Web)

TK / TKC = Tölzer Knabenchor, German Boys’ Choir (Panito)

TKC = The King’s Consort, English Period Instrument Orchestra (Web)

TKO = Telemann-Kammerorchester, German Chamber Orchestra (AO)

TMC = Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Canadian Choir (AO)

TOS = Tokyo Opera Singers, Japanese Choir (AO)

TSM = Tudor Singers of Montreal, Canadian Choir (AO)

TSO = Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Canadian Symphony Orchestra (Web)

TSR = Teresa Stich-Randall, American Soprano (AO)

TWSC = Trinity Wall Street Choir, American Choir (AO)

TYZKO = TY Zeeuws Kamerorkest, Dutch Chamber Orchestra (AO)

 

U

UCB = Universitätschor Bielefeld, German Choir (AO)

UChoir = Harvard University Choir, Choir (Web)

UCL = Union Chorale de Lausanne / Choeur Vivace de Lausanne, Choir (AO)

UGCC = University of Glasgow Chapel Choir, Scottish Choir (AO)

UMKC = Überlinger Münster- und Kammerchor, German Choirs (AO)

UNCSO = UNC Symphony Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra (Web)

 

V

VBO = Venice Baroque Orchestra, Italian Baroque Orchestra (AO)

VCB = Vocal-Concertisten e.v. Berlin, German Chamber Choir (AO)

VCC = Vancouver Chamber Choir, Canadian Chamber Choir (AO)

VCS = Vallejo Choral Society, AmerChoir (Web)

VDP = Virtuosi di Praga, Czech Chamber Orchestra (AO)

VFCO = Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Swiss Chamber Orchestra (Web)

WDR-SO = WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln / Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, German Symphony Orchestra (AO)

VESH = Vokalensemble Stadthagen, German Choir (AO)

VKC = Wiener Kammerchor / Wiener Akademie Kammerchor / Vienna Chamber Choir, Austrian Chamber Choir (AO)

VKK = Vasa Kammarkör, Finnish Chamber Chor (Web)

VOM = Voices of Music, American Early Music Ensemble (AO)

VPO = Wiener Philharmoniker, Austrian Symphony Orchestra (AO)

VRK = Flemish Radio Choir, Belgian Choir (Web)

VSO = Wiener Symphoniker, Austrian Symphony Orchestra (AO)

VSO = Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Canadian Symphony Orchestra (Web, Not used)

 

W

WBC = Washington Bach Consort, American Orchestra & Choir (AO)

WCC = Westminster Choir (Princeton), American Choir (AO)

WCC = Wisconsin Chamber Choir, American Chamber Choir (Web, Not used)

WCO = Warsaw Chamber Opera, Polish Choir (AO)

WFE = Willow Flute Ensemble, American Flute Ensemble (Web)

WJC = Wiener Jeunesse-Chor, Austrian Choir (AO)

WKC = Windsbacher Knabenchor, German Boys’ Choir (AO)

WKH = Westfälische Kantorei, Herford, German Choir (AO)

WKO = Wiener Kammerorchester, Austrian Chamber Orchestra (AO)

WKOH = Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, German Chamber Orchestra (AO)

WLCC = Wiener Lehrer-a-cappella-Chor, Austrian Choir (AO)

WOB = Wrocławska Orkiestra Barokowa = Wrocław Baroque Orchestra, Polish Baroque Orchestra (Web)

WOC = Benjamin Niemczyk, American Choir (Web)

WPCO = Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Polish Chamber Orchestra (AO)

WPSO = Warsaw Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Polish Symphony Orchestra (AO)

WSBC = Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, English Boys' Choir (AO)

WSO = Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Canadian Symphony Orchestra (Web)

WWSU = Walla Walla Choral Society, American Choir (Web)

 

Y

YBC = Yorkshire Bach Choir, English Choir (AO)

YBS = Yorkshire Baroque Soloists, English Orchestra (Web)

YPBC = Yorkminister Park Baptist Church Choir, Canadian Choir (Web)

YSC = Yale Schola Cantorum, American Choir (AO)

 

Z

ZBC = Zürcher Bach-Chor, Swiss Choir (Web)

ZKO = Zürcher Kammerorchester, Swiss Chamber Orchestra (Web)

ZSA = Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Swiss Choir (Web)

 

The technical terms & abbreviations in this page are mostly compiled from the following sources:

Common - Common use, especially in e-mail correspondence
Alec Robertson's book 'The Church Cantatas of J.S. Bach' (Cassell - London, 1972)
New Harvard Dictionary of Music
Yoël L. Arbeitman (YA) - Member of the CML
Thomas Braatz (TB) - Member of the BML
Frank Fogliati - Member of the BML
Aryeh Oron (AO) - Moderator of the BML
Johan van Veen - Member of the BML
Panito Iconomu - Singer
Galina Kolomietz - Member of the BML
Web - Official Website of the ensemble

Prepared by Aryeh Oron (December 2000 - March 2023)


Terms & Abbreviations: Terms & Abbreviations with Bach connection | General Abbreviations | Voices & Instruments | Musical Terms | Acronyms of Performers | Abbreviations used for the Chorales | Use of Concerto, J.J. and SDG in Bach's Sacred Works

Biographies of Performers: Main Page | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Explanation | Acronyms | Missing Biographies | The Sad Corner




 

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