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Ton Koopman had a "classical education" and then studied the organ, harpsichord and musicology in Amsterdam. He specialized in Baroque music and received the Prix d'Excellence for both organ and harpsichord.

While a number of early-music conductors have ventured into newer music, Koopman has not. He has said, "I draw the line at Mozart’s death" (1791).

After completing a most ambitious project, the recording of the complete Bach cantatas in 2005, he commenced "Dieterich Buxtehude - Opera Omnia", a project to record the complete works of Dieterich Buxtehude.
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Carus was founded in 1972 as publisher of sacred choral music with the intention to expand the range of available choral repertoire. Today the world's largest publisher of church music, Carus has expanded well beyond their original intention. ClassicsOnline is proud to offer Carus recordings from this established, authoritative source of great choral music.

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Naïve's Vivaldi Edition represents one of the most ambitious recording projects ever undertaken; to record the vast collection of signed Vivaldi manuscripts preserved at the National library of Turin. Some 450 works in all, the collection is a true treasure since it is the personal library of Antonio Vivaldi, preserved at the time of his death in Vienna in 1741.
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