Werner Ehrhardt
Werner Ehrhardt is a German conductor and violinist known for his expertise in historically informed performance. He is also a prolific recording artist and can be found on over 70 recordings with Concerto Köln, l'arte del mondo, and several other ensembles.
Ehrhardt was born in Cologne in 1957, and he began studying historically informed performance in the late '70s. He was a student of Franz Josef Maier, Sigiswald Kuijken, and he also studied conducting with Karl-Heinz Bloemeke. Later, he sought further instruction under Kato Havas and Renate Peter. Ehrhardt was a founding member of the chamber orchestra Concerto Köln, and he served as its music director from 1985 to 2005. Under his leadership, the group became very well-known for its distinct style of performance practice, and for reintroducing forgotten and neglected works from Baroque- and Classical-era composers such as Francesco Durante, Franz Xaver Sterkel, and Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco.
Near the end of his tenure with Concerto Köln, Ehrhardt formed the orchestra l'arte del mondo, and he also began accepting appointments as a guest conductor with several ensembles in Europe including the Berner Symphonieorchester, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, and the Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra. Additionally, Ehrhardt has collaborated with the Pera Ensemble, the Al Ol Ensemble, and soloists such as Barbara Hendricks, Olli Mustonen, and Edita Gruberová. In the late 2000s, he released the albums Etienne-Nicolas Méhul: L'Irato ou L'Emporté, Giovanni Paisiello: Passio di San Giovanni, and Harem: Les Fetes du Seraïlles. His 2019 album Anton Zimmermann: Sinfonien was nominated for an OPUS KLASSIK award for World Premiere Recording of the Year. Ehrhardt's discography continues to grow in the 2020s, with the release of Vivaldi, Paganini, Tartini, Schmittbaur: Symphonies, and Giuseppe Gazzaniga: L'isola d'Alcina.
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Discography
19 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Cello Reimagined
Daniel Müller-Schott, L'arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt
Classical - Released by Orfeo on Nov 17, 2017
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Myslivecek: Symphonies
Concerto Köln, Werner Ehrhardt
Classical - Released by Archiv Produktion on Jan 1, 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Dream of the Orient
Concerto Köln, Werner Ehrhardt, Sarband, Vladimir Ivanoff
Classical - Released by Archiv Produktion on Jul 8, 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Haydn, M.: Requiem in C Minor / Missa Sancti Joannis Nepomuceni / Te Deum in D Major
Cantemus, German Chamber Academy Neuss, Werner Ehrhardt
Choral Music (Choirs) - Released by CapriccioNR on Jan 1, 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gossec: Symphonies
Concerto Köln, Martin Sandhoff, Werner Ehrhardt, Andrea Keller
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on Jan 1, 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Zimmermann : Symphonies (World Premiere Recording)
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Aug 17, 2018
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Wilms: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7
Concerto Köln, Werner Ehrhardt
Classical - Released by Archiv Produktion on Jan 1, 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Music of the Bach Sons
Concerto Köln, Gerald Hambitzer, Werner Ehrhardt
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on Jan 1, 1989
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Vivaldi, A.: Concertos - Rv 158, 162, 441, 545, 565, 566, 585
Concerto Köln, Werner Ehrhardt
Concertos - Released by CapriccioNR on Jan 1, 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Martin, F.: Symphony, Op. 4 / Dittersdorf, C.D. Von: La Prise De La Bastille / Gossec, F.-J.: Symphony, Op. 3, No. 6
Werner Ehrhardt, Andrea Keller, Concerto Köln
Classical - Released by Capriccio on Jan 1, 1989
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Stamitz: Four Symphonies
Symphonic Music - Released by CPO on Feb 1, 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Dream Of The Orient
Concerto Köln, Werner Ehrhardt, Sarband, Vladimir Ivanoff
Classical - Released by Archiv Produktion on Jul 8, 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Carneval Oriental
Pera Ensemble, Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli, L'arte del mondo, Charlotte Quadt, Werner Ehrhardt
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on Feb 5, 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart (A Homage) - 250 Year Celebration, Vol. 1 (Symphonies)
Concerto Köln, Cappella Coloniensis, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Werner Ehrhardt, Joshua Rifkin, Hans Graf
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on Jan 1, 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Symphonies
L'arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on Aug 1, 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Paisiello, G.: Passio Di San Giovanni
Trine Wilsberg Lund, Monika Mauch, Jörg Schneider, Berlin Vocal Consort, L'arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt
Choral Music (Choirs) - Released by CapriccioNR on Jan 1, 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Orchestral Music (Italian Concertos) - VIVALDI, A. / DURANTE, F. / PERGOLESI, G.B. / SCARLATTI, D. / LEO, L. (Erhardt)
Eberhard Zummach, Gerald Hambitzer, Andrea Keller, Werner Matzke, Concerto Köln, Werner Ehrhardt
Concertos - Released by CapriccioNR on Jan 1, 1994
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Concours de Genève, Breguet - Ryoko Yano
Ryoko Yano, Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, Werner Ehrhardt, Sergey Koudriakov
Classical - Released by La Dolce Volta on Jan 1, 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Cannabich, C.: Fetes Du Serailles / Mozart, W.A.: Zaide (Excerpts) (Harem : Les Fêtes du Séraïlles)
Classical - Released by Ludi Musici on Jan 10, 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo