"K" Ensembles
Kammerensemble der Dresdner Akademie für Alte Musik
- Director : ?
- Year ensemble formed : ?
- Description : A baroque chamber ensemble.
- WWW : http://germanyweb.com/daam/
- Contact information :
- Postal address :
- St. Marienthal 8
D-02899 Ostritz
GERMANY
- Telephone : (03 58 23) 77 284
- FAX : (03 58 23) 77 285
- E-mail : U.Engelke@T-Online.de
- Home city/country : Dresden, Germany & Europe
- Members :
- Ulrike Engelke (traverso, recorder)
- Simon Standage (violin)
- Helmut Engelke (violin)
- Leszek Firek (violin)
- Christine Kyprianides (violoncello)
- Ondrej Stajnochr (contrabass)
- Frédérick Haas (harpsichord)
Kammerensemble Luzern
- Director : Maja Wenger (from the violin)
- Year ensemble formed : 1985
- Description : A professional baroque chamber orchestra. The group organizes its
own concerts, normally playing without a conductor, and also works with choirs and
soloists, including the professional vocal ensemble
Corund,
also from Lucerne.
- Contact information :
- Postal address :
- Kammerensemble Luzern
Haselweg 3
CH-6005 Lucerne
Switzerland
- Telephone : + 41 41 361 2383
- FAX : + 41 41 361 2380
- Home city/country : Lucerne, Switzerland
Kammerorchester Basel
- Director : ?
- Year ensemble formed : ?
- WWW :
http://www.kammerorchesterbasel.ch
- Contact information :
- Postal address:
- Kanonengasse 37
CH-4051 Basel
SWITZERLAND
- Telephone: 0041 (61) 262 36 36
- Fax: 0041 (61) 262 36 37
- E-mail:
mail@kammerorchesterbasel.ch
- Home city/country : Basel, Switzerland
- Discography :
- Handel: Lotario (highlights) - Oehms Classics OC 902 (Recorded and
released in 2004.)
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 - with Giovanni Antonini,
conductor - Oehms Classics SACD OC 605 (Released in 2005.)
- "Handel Arias": works from the operas Ariodante, Giulio Cesare,
and Arianna in Creta - Angelika Kirchschlager, mezzo-soprano;
Laurence Cummings (conductor) - Sony BMG Classical 82876889522 (Recorded and released
in 2006.)
- Handel: "affetti barocchi -- arias for Senesino" - with Marijana
Mijanovic (mezzo-soprano), Sergio Ciomei (director) - Sony BMG Classical
88697075912 (Recorded in 2006. Released in May 2007.)
Kammerorchester Dall'Arco
- Director : Jack Martin Händler (from the violin)
- Year ensemble formed : 1984
- Contact information : ?
- Home city/country : ?
Kammersinfonie Bremen
- Director : Wolfgang Helbich
- Year ensemble formed : ?
- Description : It appears that the Kammersinfonie Bremen utilizes
period instruments for certain but not all performances.
- Contact information : ?
- Home city/country : Bremen, Germany
- Discography (using period instruments): ?
Kammer-solisten Zug
- Director : ?
- Year ensemble formed : 1990
- Description : Perform both modern and old (on period instruments)
works.
- WWW :
http://www.kammersolisten.ch
- Contact information :
- Postal address :
- Postfach 4408
CH-6304 Zug
SWITZERLAND
- Telephone / FAX : 041 711 50 13
- E-mail : stefan.buri@gmx.ch
- Home city/country : Zug, Switzerland
- Members : (cumulative)
- Monika Baer (violin)
- Ulrike Kaufmann (viola)
- Oboe: Luise Baumgartl, Esther Fluor-Baumberger, Andrea Bischoff
- Klarinet: Andreas Ferraino, Tomoko Ferraino
- Natural horn: Olivier Darbellay, Hanna Holder
- Bassoon: Stefan Buri, Beat Briner
- Discography :
- "…auf die harmonie gesetzt…" (translation: put on the harmony): wind music
by Johann Nepomuk Hummel, L.v. Beethoven, FJ Haydn - Divox Antiqua CDX-70503
(Recorded and released in 2005.)
Kammerton
- Director : none
- Year ensemble formed : 1992
- Description : A baroque ensemble.
- WWW : http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/annika/kammerton/
- Contact information :
- Postal address:
- 25 Watson Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
- Telephone: (617) 354-1894
- Fax: (617) 354-1894
- E-mail: kammerton@ai.mit.edu
- Home city/country : Boston, Massachusetts
- Members :
- Na'ama Lion (Baroque flute)
- Guiomar Turgeon (Baroque violin)
- Annika Pfluger (Baroque violoncello)
- Todd Beckham (harpsichord/organ)
Karmína Ensemble
- Director & Leader : Miroslav Sekac
- Year ensemble formed : 1993
- Description : The Karmína Ensemble concentrates on the
interpretation of old Czech folk songs and music of Gothic, Renaissance and
Baroque periods - both secular and sacred. The wide range of different
replicas of historical musical instruments that are used by the ensemble give
the performance authenticity and richly coloured interesting sound. The
atmosphere at concerts is emphasised by folk or period costumes and it can be
also accompanied by the historical dance group.
- WWW : http://www.karmina.cz/
- Contact information :
- Postal address :
- Miroslav Sekáč
Druzstevni 7
140 00 Prague 4
CZECH REPUBLIC
- Tel./Fax. + 420 241 742 333
- Mobil: + 420 737 123 480
- E-mail : karmina@karmina.cz
- Home city/country : Prague, Czech Republic
- Concert calendar :
http://www.karmina.cz/concerts.php
- Discography :
http://www.karmina.cz/recordings.php
Katharco Early Music Consort
- Artistic directors : Marco Ambrosini & Katharina Dustmann
- Year ensemble formed : 1991
- Description : Project for innovative synergy between early music &
contemporary music: early-music musicians meets contemporary music musicians (almost
jazz). Several CD:s with "pure" early music (e.g.,. "renaissance-taenze der
Orchesographie, t. Arbeau" or "Danze medioevali e rinascimntali") & 4
"cross-over" CDs: "The nibelungs", "sources of power",
"La divina commedia"
- Contact information :
- Postal address :
- Dexbacherstrasse 16
D - 35116 Eifa/Hatzfeld
GERMANY
- Tele/FAX : +49-(0)6467-911.866
- E-mail : studio.katharco@gmx.net
- Home city/country : Germany
- Members :
- Marco Ambrosini - nyckelharpa, vielle, violino
d´amore, harmonic flute, shawm (E-mail: marco.ambrosini@gmx.net)
- Katharina Dustmann - zarb, darrabuka, bendir, davul
- Peter Rabanser - oud, chalumeau, bagpipes (E-mail: Prabanser@aol.com)
- Riccardo Delfino - harps, hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes (E-mail: Riccardo.Delfino@gmx.de)
- Michael Posch - recorders and reedflutes (E-mail: M.posch@xpoint.at)
- Belinda Sykes - vocal, reed instruments (E-mail: belinda.sykes@btinternet.com)
- Thomas Wimmer - vielle, vihuela d´arco, viola da gamba, oud
- Michael Riessler - clarinet
- Gertrud A. Tary - percussion
- Discography : :
Keshet Baroque Orchestra
- Director : ?
- Year ensemble formed : ?
- Contact information : ?
- Home city/country : Israel
King's Consort
- Director : Matthew Halls (keyboard; 2007-)
- Past Director: Robert
King (1980-2007)
- Year ensemble formed : 1980
- WWW : http://www.tkcworld.com/
- Contact information :
- Home city/country : London, UK
- Discography :
Hyperion
King's Consort of Viols
- Director : none
- Year ensemble formed : ?
- Description : Members of the King's Consort. (See previous entry.)
- Home city/country : London, UK
The King's Heralds
- Director : ?
- Year ensemble formed : ?
- Description : A natural trumpet ensemble performing music from the Renaissance
through to the 19th-century.
- Contact information : ?
- Home city/country : London, Ontario, Canada
King's Lynn Waites
- Chief Waite : Chris
Gutteridge
- Year ensemble formed : 1999
- Description : A revival of the medieval and tudor town band of King's Lynn.
- WWW :
http://www.lynnwaites.co.uk
- Contact information :
- Postal address :
- 54 Foxes Meadow
Castle Acre
King's Lynn
PE32 2AS
UNITED KINGDOM
- Telephone : +44(0)1760 755993
- FAX : ?
- E-mail :
chiefwaite@lynnwaites.co.uk
- Home city/country : UK
- Members :
- Deborah Cooper (soprano shawm, recorders)
- Claire Clarke (alto shawm, recorders)
- Karen Baldwin (cornett, recorders)
- Richard Hall (sackbut, recorders)
- Chris Gutteridge (serpent, sackbut)
King's Musick
- Director : Alfred Deller (countertenor)
- Year ensemble formed : ?
- Contact information : no longer active.
- Home city/country : UK
- Discography : Pierre Roberge's Alfred Deller discography.
King's Noyse
- Director : David Douglass
- Year ensemble formed : 1988 -- by Douglass
- Description : a "violin band" of 16th and 17th century dance and
consort music.
- WWW :
http://noyseproductions.com
- Contact information : ?
- Performance management : Jonathan Wentworth Associates Ltd.
- Home city/country : Boston, Massachusetts
- Members :
- Ellen Hargis (soprano)
- David Douglass (violin)
- Robert Mealy (violin, viola)
- Margriet Tindemans
- Scott Metcalfe (viola)
- Emily Walhout (violin)
- Jane Starkman (viola)
- Discography :
King's Strings
- Director : none
- Year ensemble formed : ?
- Description : Perform music by Corbetta, Foscarini, Martin y Coll,
Marais, Forqueray and others
- WWW :
http://www.claire-bracher.net/armada.html
- Contact information :
- Home city/country : Germany
- Members :
- Marthe Perl (treble & bass viol)
- Dominic Robilliard (baroque guitar)
- Claire Bracher (treble &
bass viol)
Kirklees Baroque
- Director : David Vickers
- Year ensemble formed : 2002
- Description : Kirklees Baroque is a chamber choir and period
instrument orchestra that is one of the few ensembles dedicated to performing
quality performances of Early Music across the north of England. The size of
the ensemble varies between 10 for a Bach cantata, or 50 for a Handel
oratorio.
- WWW :
http://www.kirkleesbaroque.org.uk (under construction)
- Contact information :
- Postal address :
- 1 Grove Street
Slaithwaite
Huddersfield
West Yorkshire, HD7 5DZ
ENGLAND
- Telephone : +44 (0) 1484 847700
- FAX : +44 (0) 1484 847700
- E-mail :
info@kirkleesbaroque.org.uk
- Home city/country : Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Kithara
- Co-directors : Christopher Wilson (lute) & Shirley Rumsey (singer/lute)
- Year ensemble formed : ?
- Contact information : ?
- Home city/country : ?
- Director : Hermann Max
- Leader : alternately Ulla Bundies and Anne Röhrig
- Year ensemble formed : 1980 -- by Hermann Max
- Description : Usually accompanies the professional choir, "Rheinische
Kantorei". The instrumental ensemble borrowed its name from "Das Grosse
Konzert" -- an ensemble formed in Leipzig in 1743 and which was directed by Johann
Adam Hiller for many years, before it became the Gewandhaus Orchestra in the late 18th
century.
- WWW :
http://www.rheinischekantorei.de
- Contact information :
- Postal address:
- Ostpreußenallee 5
D-41539 Dormagen
GERMANY
- Tel./Fax: 02133-477905
- E-mail: altemusik@t-online.de
- Home city/country : Germany
- Discography : (labels) EMI Classics-Baroque Special, Capriccio, CPO
- Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach (1714-1788) : "Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt
Jesu" and "Osterkantate" - soli & choir - Capriccio 10 206/7 (2 CDs;
198? release)
- CPE Bach (1714-1788) : "Vocal Works - Vol. 1" - soli &
choir - Capriccio 10 208 (1988 release)
- CPE Bach (1714-1788) : "Vocal Works - Vol. 2" - soli &
choir - Capriccio 10 209 (1988 release)
- Johann Hermann Schein "Fontana d'Israel" : - soli & choir - Capriccio
10290/1 (2 CDs)
- Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732-1795) : "Die Kindheit Jesu" and
"Wachet auf" - soli & choir - Capriccio 10 292 (198? release)
- JCF Bach (1732-1795) : "Pygmalion", "Der
Amerikanerin", "Ino" - soli & choir - Capriccio 10 303 (1990 release)
- Johann Ernst Bach (1722-1777) : "Passion-Oratorium" - soli & choir -
Capriccio 10 310/11 (2 CDs)
- Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) : "Choral Music" - soli & choir -
Capriccio 10 315 (1990 release)
- Telemann, Graun, Bach, Altnikol & Kuhnau : 'Wer Ist Der, So Von Edom Kömmt'
Passions-Pasticcio. Bach, Cantata #127 - soli & choir - EMI Baroque Special - CDS 7
54244 2 (2 CDs; 1991 release)
- Telemann (1681-1767) : "Die Tageszeiten" & "Daran ist
Erschienen die Liebe Gottes" - soli & choir - Capriccio 10 319 (1991 release)
- Handel (arr. Mozart): "Messiah" with Monika Frimmer, Mechthild Georg,
Christoph Prégardien, Stephan Schreckenberger; Rheinische Kantorei - EMI - Baroque
Special CDS 7 54353 2 (2 CDs; Recorded in 1991; Released in 1992.)
- Kuhnau : Magnificat in C. Anon {attributed to Kuhnau}
Magnificat in D. Caldara: Magnificat in C. JS Bach :
Magnificat in E-flat BWV 243a; Sanctus in C BWV 237; Sanctus in D BWV 238. - soli
& choir - EMI Baroque Special - CDS 7 54426 2 (2 CDs; 1992 release)
- Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) : "Der Tage des Gerichts" - soli &
choir - Capriccio 10 413 (1993 release)
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784) : "Cantatas - Vol. 1" - soli & choir -
Capriccio 10 425 (1993 release)
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784) : "Cantatas - Vol. 2" - soli & choir -
Capriccio 10 426 (1993 release)
- JS Bach (1685-1750) : "St. John Passion" - soli & choir - Capriccio
60023 (2 CDs; 199? release)
- JS Bach (1685-1750) : "Mass in B-minor" - soli & choir - Capriccio 60033
(2 CDs; 1993 release)
- Telemann (1681-1767) : "Der Herr ist König" & "Die
Donnerode" - soli & choir - Capriccio 10 556 (1995 release)
- Telemann (1681-1767) "Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu" -
soli & choir - Capriccio 10 596 (1995 release)
- JS Bach (1685-1750) : "St. Matthew Passion" - soli & choir - Capriccio
60046 (2 CDs; 1996 release)
- Recording Project: "Geistliche Chormusik des Dresdner Barock" (Sacred
Choral Works of the Dresden Baroque)
- "Miserere": Zelenka Miserere in C minor. Hasse
Miserere in C minor. Heinichen Magnificat in A major. Homilius
Verwundrung, Mitlied, Furcht und Schrecken. Capriccio 10 557 (1996 release)
- Hasse Mass in D. Heinichen Requiem. Capriccio 10 570
(1998 release)
- Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) : "Passions-Oratorium" - soli & choir -
CPO 999 500-2 (1997 release)
- Johann Ludwig Bach (1677-1731) : "Motets" - soli & choir - Capriccio 10
560 (1998 release)
- Johann Ludwig Bach (1677-1731) : "Trauermusik" - soli & choir - Capriccio
10 814 (1998 release)
- Johann Heinrich Rolle (1716-1785) : "Der Tod Abels" - soli & choir -
Capriccio 10 825 (1998 release)
- Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) : "Overtures and Cantatas" - Barbara Schlick
(soprano), Hein Meens (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (bass) - CPO 999 592-2 (1983/1996 recording;
1999 release)
- Telemann (1681-1767) : "St. Matthew Passion (1746)" - soli &
choir - Capriccio 10 854 (1998 recording; 1999 release)
- Carl Friedrich Graun : "Christmas Oratorio" -soloists, with the Rheinische
Kantorei - CPO 999 707-2 (1999 release)
- Telemann (1681-1767) : "Danzig Cantatas" - soloists, with the
Rheinische Kantorei - Capriccio 10 853 (Recorded in 1998. Released in 2000.)
- Johann Heinrich Rolle (1716-1785) : "Thirza und ihre Söhne" - soloists, with
the Rheinische Kantorei - Capriccio 10 868/69 (2 CDs; Recorded in 1998. Released in 2000.)
- Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732-1795): "Cassandra" (a cantata) - with
Lena Susanne Norin - CPO 999 539-2 (Recorded in 1995. Released in 2000.)
- Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759-1845) : "Columbus - Cantatas &
Sinfonias" (including Columbus oder die Entdeckung Amerikas Westfalens Freude -
Kantate auf die Rückkunft des Königs Vater unser + Sinfonias in G & C) -
Schmitthüsen, Crook, Schwarz, Mertens, and the Rheinische Kantorei - CPO 999 672-2
(Recorded in 1997 & 1998. Released in 2000.)
- Johann Michael Bach (1745-1820): "Friedens-Cantata" - Schmitthüsen, Crook,
Schwarz, Mertens, other soloists, and the Rheinische Kantorei - CPO 999 671-2 (Recorded in
1997 & 1998. Released in 2000.)
- Jan Dimas Zelenka (1679-1745): "Gesù al Calvario" (oratorio; ZWV 62) -
Cordier, Schmithüsen, Malikowa, Wessel, Norin, and the Rheinische Kantorei - Capriccio
10 887/88 (2
CDs; Recorded in 1999. Released in 2001.)
- Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767): "Das befreite Israel" TWV 6:5 (oratorio);
Overture in F minor (TWV 55:f1); Der Mai (TWV 20:4) "Eine musicalische Idylle" -
Vocalists: Schmithüsen, Schubert, Crook, Mertens, Abele, with the Rheinische Kantorei - CPO
999 673-2 (Recorded in 1996 & 1998. Released
in 2001.)
- "Der Jenaische Wein- & Bierrufer (Musical Humour with the Bach
Family)" - works by Johann Christian Bach, Johann Nicolaus Bach, Wilhelm
Friedrich Ernst Bach, & Johann Christoph Bach - Schäfer, Winter, Abele,
Duddeck, Wagner, Remy, with the Rheinische Kantorei - CPO 999 797-2 (Recorded in
January 2001. Released in August 2001.)
- Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739-99): "Giob" (oratorio) - Schäfer,
Lichtenstein, Waschinski, Abele, Duddeck, Perillo, with the Rheinische
Kantorei - CPO 999 790-2 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2000. Released in 2001.)
- Johann Friedrich Fasch: "Cantatas" (+ Carl Fasch (1736-1800): "Psalm
119") - with the Rheinische Kantorei - CPO 999 594-2 (Recorded in
1995, 1996 & 2001; Released in January 2002.)
- Telemann: "Serenata Eroica" (TWV4:7) - on the death of Friedrich
August of Saxony (1733) - with soli & the Rheinische Kantorei - Capriccio
67 004/05 (2 CDs. Recorded in 1997. Released in March 2002)
- Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782): "La Clemenza di
Scipione" - with soli & the Rheinische Kantorei - CPO 999 791-2 (2 CDs. Recorded in
2000. Released in June 2002.)
- J.C. Bach: "Gioas, Rè di Giuda" -
with soli & the Rheinische Kantorei - CPO 999 895-2 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2001.
Released in 2002.)
- Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672): St. Luke Passion SWV480 - Kleine
geistliche Konzerte SWV nrs. 282, 296, 316, 319 & 320 - Die sieben Worte
Jesu am Kreuz, SWV 478 - with soli & the Rheinische Kantorei -
Capriccio 67 019 (Recorded and released in 2003.)
- Leopold Anton Kozeluch (1747-1818): "Moisè in Egitto" (Moses in
Egypt) - with soli & the Rheinische Kantorei - CPO 999 948-2 (2 CDs.
Recorded in 2002. Released in 2003.)
- Franz Tunder (1614-1667): "Concerti" - with the Rheinische Kantorei
- CPO 999 943-2 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2003. Released in 2004.)
- Joseph Eybler (1765-1846): Die vier letzten Dinge ("The Four
Last Things")- with soli & the
Rheinische Kantorei - CPO 777 024-2 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2003. Released in 2005.)
- Johann Ludwig Bach: "Missa Brevis. Kantaten" - with soli & the
Rheinische Kantorei - Capriccio CD 67 131 (Released in 2005.)
- Christoph Bernhard (1628-1693): "Geistliche Harmonien" (1665) -
with soli & the Rheinische Kantorei - CPO 777 046-2
(Recorded in 2004. Released in 2005.)
- Telemann: "Harmonischer Gottesdienst. Missa Brevis" - Capriccio (4
CDs. Recorded 1989-1997. Released in 2006.)
- Handel: "Solo Cantatas" - includes Un' alma innamorata (HWV 173),
Dietro l'orme fugaci (HWV 105), Figlio d'alte speranze (HWV 113), Psalm
112 "Laudate pueri Dominum" (HWV 236), - with Veronika Winter (soprano),
Rheinische Kantorei - Capriccio SACD CAP71083 (Recorded in 2004. Released in
April-May 2006.)
- Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741-1801): "Betulia Liberata" (oratorio) -
with Rheinische Kantorei - CPO 777 063-2 (2 SACDs. Recorded in 2004. Released in
2006.)
- Johann Ludwig Bach (1677-1731): "Cantatas - Mache dich auf, werde
Licht" - with Jungendkantorei Dormagen - Carus 83.186 (Recorded in 1981.
Released in 2006.)
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837): "Der Durchzug durchs Rote Meer" -
with Simone Kermes, Veronika Winter, Hans Jörg Mammel, Ekkehard Abele,
Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Rheinische Kantorei - CPO 777 220-2 (Recorded in 2004.
Released in 2006.)
- JS Bach (arr. Robert Schumann): Johannes-Passion (1851
version by Robert Schumann) - with Rheinische Kantorei - CPO 777 091-2
(2 SACDs. Recorded in 2006. Released in 2007.)
- Telemann: "Cantatas" - Drei sind, die da zeugen im Himmel (TWV
1:377); Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis (TWV 1:843); Wie liegt die Stadt so
wüste (TWV 1:1629); Er kam, lobsingt ihm TWV (1:377) - with Rheinische Kantorei - CPO 777 195-2 (Recorded 1997-2006. Released in 2007.)
- "Geistliche Kantaten" (transl. Sacred cantatas): CPE Bach
(1714-1789): Der Gerechte, ob er gleich zu
zeitlich stirbt; Georg Benda (1722-1795): Du wagst es; Johann Christoph
Altnickol (1719-1759): Frohlocket und jauchzet - with Barbara
Schlick (soprano), Hilke Helling (mezzo-soprano), Harry van der Kamp
(bass),
Rheinische Kantorei - Capriccio 67 192 (Recorded in 1988. Released in 2007.)
- Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838): Die Könige in Israel (oratorio) -
with Rheinische Kantorei - CPO (2 SACDs. Recorded in 2005. Released in
2008.)
Knoxville Early Music Project (KEMP)
- Director : none
- Year ensemble formed : 1991
- Description : KEMP is devoted to the performance of music from late medieval
through early baroque periods. The ensemble's name expressed as an acronym refers to the
Elizabethan dancer Will Kemp, who wrote The Nine Day's Wonder, which details his
excursion and dancing of a jig from London to Norwich.
- WWW : http://www.kempmusic.org
- Contact information :
- Postal address :
- 5607 Century Ct., N.
Knoxville, Tennessee 37919
- Telephone : (865) 588-1149
- FAX : ?
- E-mail : E-mail : taurus@icx.net
(c/o Thomas Tallant)
- Home city/country : Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
- Members :
- Current
- Melinda Grohman (baroque violin)
- Amy K. Porter (soprano)
- Ann Stierli (bass viol, traverso, recorder)
- Thomas Tallant (theorbo, baroque guitar, lute)
- Former
- Daron Douglas (violin, treble viol)
- Mark Kiser (recorders, crumhorns, bass vocals)
- Amy Kraabel (soprano, percussion)
- Eric White (tenor, percussion)
KölnBarock
- Leader : Florian Deuter
- Year ensemble formed : ?
- Contact information : ?
- Home city/country : Cologne, Germany
Kölner Akademie (Orchester Damals und Heute)
- Artistic Director & Leader : Michael Alexander Willens
- Year ensemble formed : 1996
- Description : Die Kölner Akademie performs music of the 17th-20th
centuries on period instruments with world renowned guest soloists. The
ensemble seeks to bring out the composers' intentions by using historical
seating plans, critical editions, and the proper instrumentation for each
work. Die Kölner Akademie has received the highest critical acclaim for its
outstanding performances at major festivals in Germany, Austria, France,
Spain, Holland, Italy, Belgium, Estonia and Iceland. Many of these
performances were broadcast live and several were filmed for television. The
orchestra has just embarked on a 10 CD recording project with the label
ARS-Produktion.
- WWW :
http://www.koelnerakademie.de
- Contact information :
- Postal address :
- Die Kölner Akademie
Schillingstr. 25
D-50670 Köln
GERMANY
- Telephone : + 49 221 430 1600
- FAX : + 49 221 130 8328
- E-mail :
info@koelnerakademie.de
- Home city/country : Cologne, Germany
- Discography :
- Johann Valentin Meder (1649-1719): "Passionsoratorium nach Mathäus"
(St. Matthew Passion) - Raumklang RK 2506 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)
- "Forgotten Treasures" - ARS-Produktion
(SACD)
- Volume 1: Bernhard Crusell (1775-1838): "Clarinet Concertos"
(Nos. 1-3) - with
Eric Hoeprich (clarinet) - Ars 38 016 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)
- Volume 2: Franz Danzi (1763-1826): "Bassoon Concertos"
- with Jane
Gower (bassoon) - Ars 38 019 (Recorded and released in 2006.)
- Volume 3: "Wiener Kontrabaßkonzerte" ("Viennese Double Bass Concertos") - Music of Vanhal,
Pichl, Hoffmeister - with David Sinclair (Viennese Double Bass) -
Ars 38 020 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006).
- Volume 4: Johann Wilhelm Wilms (1772-1847): Symphony op. 14,
Piano Concerto Op. 12; Flute Concerto Op. 24 - with Paolo Giacometti (fortepiano), Martin Sandhoff (traverso)
- Ars 38 024 (Recorded in 2006. Released in 2007.)
- Volume 5: Bernhard Romberg (1767-1841): "Symphonien" - includes
Symphonies Nr. 2 & 3, Trauer-Symphonie auf den Tod der Königin Luise von
Preußen in C minor, Op. 23 - Ars 38 026 (Recorded in 2006 & 2007. Released
in 2007.)
- Volumes 6-10: TBA
- The orchestra will record works of Ries, Eberl and Mattheson for CPO
beginning in 2007.
Kölner Oktett
- Director : ?
- Year ensemble formed : ?
- Contact information : ?
- Home city/country : Cologne, Germany
- Members :
- Annette Wehnert (violin)
- Wolfgang v. Kessinger (violin)
- Lothar Haass (viola)
- Juris Teichmanis (violoncello)
- Michael Willens (double bass)
- Joost Hekel (clarinet)
- Eckhardt Lenzing (bassoon)
- Marcus Schleich (horn)
Kontraste Köln
- Director : Sylvie Kraus (violin) (E-mail:
sylvie.kraus@nexgo.de)
- Year ensemble formed : 1999 by Sylvie Kraus and has been performing
as a string trio since 2002.
- Description : A string trio. Focus is on the classical and romantic
repertoire played on historical instruments
- WWW :
http://home.arcor.de/kontraste-koeln/
- Contact information :
- Performance management :
- Home city/country : Cologne Germany
- Members :
- Sylvie Kraus (violin)
- Christian Goosses (violin)
- Werner Matzke (violincello)
- Concert schedule :
- Discography :
- Franz Alexander Pössinger (1767-1827): Trio Concertante, Op. 36, Nos. 1 &
2; Serenata Op. 10 - Capriccio LC 08748 (Recorded in 2004. Released in
2006.)
Kuijken Ensemble
- Director : ?
- Year ensemble formed : ?
- Contact information : ?
- Home city/country : ?
- Members :
Kuijken String Quartet
- Director : ?
- Year ensemble formed : 1986
- Description : The ensemble specializes in the quartets of Haydn and Mozart.
- Contact information : ?
- Home city/country : ?
- Members :
- Current:
- Guests:
- Ryo Terakado (violin) has played with the quartet.
- Discography :
- WA Mozart: Requiem (for string quartet, arr. Peter Lichtenthal) -
Challenge Classics SACC 72121 (SACD. Recorded in 2002. Released in 2003.
- WA Mozart: Quintet for clarinet & strings (KV 581), Quintet for horn &
strings (KV 407); Quintet for oboe & strings (KV 370) - with Patrick
Beaugiraud (oboe); Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet); Pierre-Yves Madeuf (horn) -
Challenge Classics SACC 72145 (SACD. Recorded in 2004. Released in 2005.)
Kuudennen kerroksen orkesteri
(Translation : "Orchestra of the Sixth Floor" or
"The Sixth Floor Orchestra")
- Director : Anssi Mattila
(harpsichord)
- Guest conductor : Andrew Lawrence-King
- Current Leader : Jukka Rautasalo
- Past Leader: Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch
- Description :
- Finland's largest baroque band. All members are Finnish early music professionals.
- The ensemble's name derives from the location of the Sibelius Academy's early music
department.
- WWW :
http://www.kuudeskerros.com
- Year ensemble formed : 1989
- Contact information :
- Postal address :
- Anssi Mattila
Soukankaari 1 B 33
FIN-02360 ESPOO
FINLAND
- Tel/Fax : +358 9 809 1702
- E-mail : info@kuudeskerros.com
- Home city/country : Helsinki, Finland
- Discography :
- Geminiani, Veracini, Vitali, Vivaldi, Corelli - CLASSICA CL 101
(Recorded in 1992.)
- "In the Times of Baroque": works by Telemann - Petra Aminoff, recorder -
CLASSICA CL 108 (Recorded in 1994.)
- Vivaldi: "Concertos" (6) - Alba Records
ABCD158
(Released in 2001.)
- "The Classical Age in Finland - Violin Concertos": works by Erik Ferling
(1733-1808), Thomas Byström (1772-1839); Fredrik Lithander (1777-1823); Erik
Tulindberg (1761-1814) - Kreeta-Maria Kentala (violin), Herman Wallén
(baritone), conductor: Jukka Rautasalo -
Ondine ODE 971-2 (Recorded in 2000. Released in 2001.)
- WA Mozart: Gran Partita. Serenade in B major (KV 361) - Alba ALB 219
(Recorded in 2004. Released in 2006.)
Kwartet André
- Director : none
- Year ensemble formed : 1996
- Description : The quartet specializes in repertoire from the mid-18th to
the early 19th century. Kwartet André takes its name from the famous Offenbach music
publisher, Johann Anton André. In 1799, André’s publishing company purchased the Nachlass
(remaining unpublished works) from Mozart’s widow, Constanze Nissen.
- WWW : http://www.kwartet-andre.nl/
- Contact information :
- Home city/country : The Netherlands
- Members :
- Nicole van Bruggen-Harris (classical clarinet)
- Rachael Beesley (classical violin)
- Simon Murphy (classical viola)
- Mime Yamahiro (classical violoncello)
- Concert schedule : http://www.kwartet-andre.nl/
- Discography :
- "Haydn, his Mistress, their Son and his Successor" : works by FJ Haydn,
Hummel, and Anton Polzelli