Katharina Bäuml
Wind player and ensemble leader Katharina Bäuml has been at once one of the most adventurous and one of the most successful musicians in Germany's vigorous Renaissance music scene. Bäuml was born in Munich. Beginning her studies as a player of the modern oboe, she switched to historical reed instruments at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Switzerland, graduating with honors. Her teachers were Renate Hildebrand and Katharina Arfken, and she has studied conducting with Claudio Abbado. She cut her teeth as an ensemble musician during a stint with Les Musiciens du Louvre. In 2005 she founded Capella de la Torre, which has since gone on to become a major success with more than 20 albums to its credit; in 2013 the group was signed to Sony Classics. (The group's name refers both to the Spanish composer Francisco de la Torre and to the Renaissance practice of playing wind and brass music from towers.) Bäuml and Capella de la Torre won Germany's prestigious ECHO Klassik award in 2016 for their Deutsche Harmonia Mundi album Water Music: Tales of Nymphs and Sirens. The repertoire of Capella de la Torre is generally drawn from music of the 14th through the 17th centuries.
Bäuml has ventured beyond core Renaissance repertory in various directions. She has begun projects that have seen Capella de la Torre collaborate with jazz musicians, and, as one half (with Margit Kern) of the duo Mixtura, she has commissioned numerous contemporary compositions to be played on historical instruments. In the latter capacity she has appeared at the Ultraschall Festival in Berlin. In addition to her performance activities, Bäuml teaches in Berlin and gives master classes at various institutions. She is the artistic director of the Music Ahuse series at a Romanesque cloiser in Auhausen, Germany. Bäuml makes regular appearances at events for young musicians, and in her concerts she dresses informally, in jeans.
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Discography
14 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Renaissance and Baroque Music (Instrumental) - Hess, B. / Kugelmann, P. / Corteccia, F. / Verdelot, P. / Palestrina, G.P. Da (Capella De La Torre)
William Dongois, Katharina Bäuml, Capella de la Torre
Classical - Released by Coviello Classics on 1 Jan 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ein Kindlein in der Wiegen - Weihnachten zur Lutherzeit
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 31 Oct 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Music for Emperor Charles V
Matthias Gerchen, Katharina Bäuml, Capella de la Torre
Classical - Released by Coviello Classics on 1 Feb 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Musique des Livres de chœur d'Annaberg (15e/16e s.)
Katharina Bäuml, Capella de la Torre
Sacred Vocal Music - Released by Coviello Classics on 1 Oct 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Nell' apparir del sempiterno sole
Capella de la Torre, Katharina Bäuml
Classical - Released by deutsche harmonia mundi on 20 Oct 2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Piffarissimo
Katharina Bäuml, Capella de la Torre
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 25 Feb 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Harry Our King
Charles Daniels, Katharina Bäuml, Capella de la Torre
Miscellaneous - Released by Carpe Diem Records Berlin on 4 Sep 2012
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Musica Ferdinandea - Ein Fest für Kaiser Ferdinand
Classical - Released by Musik Museum on 5 Nov 2013
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Capriccio Pastorale, F 2.35
Capella de la Torre, Katharina Bäuml
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 6 Oct 2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Zefiro Torna e di soavi accenti, SV 251
Capella de la Torre, Katharina Bäuml
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 15 Sep 2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Luther's Wedding Day
Katharina Bäuml, Capella de la Torre
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 16 Nov 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Fire Music. Infernal Flames and Celestial Blaze
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 7 Oct 2016
Gramophone Editor's Choice16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Archipel Machaut: Medieval Music & New Music
Mixtura, Margit Kern, Katharina Bäuml
Chamber Music - Released by Genuin on 30 Sep 2013
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Omaggio a Francesco
Mixtura, Katharina Bäuml, Margit Kern, Ehsan Ebrahimi, Mehdi Jalali, Arsalan Abedian
Chamber Music - Released by Dreyer Gaido on 20 Jul 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo