Contemporary works, particularly by her countrymen Bertus van Lier and Robert Heppener, are also part of her large repertoire.
Bach: Arias from Cantatas for Soprano, Oboe and B.C., Elly Ameling, EMI 1270581 LP, 1983.
Some singers who have made recordings of this work are Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Renée Fleming, Elly Ameling, Elena Gerhardt, Anne Sofie von Otter, Vesselina Kasarova, Bernarda Fink, Marilyn Horne, Donna Brown, Lisa Della Casa, and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
He performed as a soloist, but above all sought as a collaborator with singers such as Elly Ameling, Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Peter Schreier, Brigitte Fassbaender and Jessye Norman.
He has been active as a Lied accompanist and a chamber music partner, appearing with such singers as Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elly Ameling and Peter Schreier and string players like Josef Suk and Antonio Janigro.
Other well known vocalists who endorsed the initiative include Shirley Verrett (soprano), Joan Sutherland (soprano), George Shirley (tenor), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Sherrill Milne (baritone), Fedora Barbier (mezzosoprano), Grace Bumbry (soprano), Elly Ameling (soprano), Peter Schreier (tenor), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Kurt Moll (basso), Marilyn Horne (mezzosoprano), and Ruggero Raimondi (basso).
He has been involved in over 50 ensemble recordings, with such artists as Gustav Leonhardt, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, and Elly Ameling.
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He trained with Omar Ebrahim at Trinity College of Music, London, and has also participated in masterclasses exploring Lieder and melodies with Elly Ameling, Graham Johnson, and Malcolm Martineau.
He travels the world over with concert tours in which he accompanies highly reputed artists such as Elly Ameling, Robert Holl, Hanneke Kaasschieter, Han de Vries, Peter Schreier, Andreas Schmidt, Olaf Bär, Tom Krause, Brigitte Fassbänder, Barbara Bonney, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Edith Wiens, Jean-Pierre Rampal and Abbie de Quant.