Capella de la Torre
The German ensemble Capella de la Torre has specialized in early music for winds. Its name has two senses: it pays tribute to Spanish composer Francisco de la Torre (active ca. 1500), who composed the Danza Alta, a famous piece of Renaissance wind music, and it denotes the practice of playing music "de la torre," or "from the tower." The latter sense typifies Capella de la Torre's mission, which has combined musicological research with outreach beyond early music circles in order to bring a sense of how Renaissance music was used in its own contexts; certain genres of wind music were intended for outdoor use.
Capella de la Torre has grown into a leading ensemble for early wind music worldwide. It was founded in 2005 by Katharina Bäuml, a Munich native who has studied and performed on both the modern oboe and its ancestors, the Baroque oboe and the shawm. Since its founding, Capella de la Torre has performed more than 1,000 concerts. The ensemble has attempted to plant the seed for future interest in music of the Renaissance through outreach and educational programming aimed at young people.
Capella de la Torre has released more than 20 CDs, recording for Coviello Classics, Challenge Classics, and Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, among other labels. Its recordings have explored not only the common festive uses of Renaissance instrumental music, but also its association with political power, as on its early album Music for Charles V (2007). A 2014 release, Luther's Wedding Day, explored music that might have been heard when theologian Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora. In 2016 Capella de la Torre was honored as Ensemble of the Year at the prestigious ECHO Klassik awards in Germany, and the following year it released the album Echo der Reformation together with Berlin's RIAS Chamber Choir, as well as Una Serata Venexiana, a group of songs and dances of Renaissance Venice.
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Bodenschätze (Motetten aus dem 17. Jahrhundert)
Ruhr ChorWerk, Capella de la Torre, Florian Helgath
Classical - Released by Coviello Classics on 1 Oct 2021
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Water Music - Tales of Nymphs and Sirens
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 22 May 2015
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Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne: Sinfonia II
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 3 Mar 2023
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Una serata Venexiana
Classical - Released by Sony Music Classical Local on 20 Oct 2017
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Fire Music - Infernal Flames and Celestial Blaze
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 7 Oct 2016
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Air Music
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 13 Sep 2019
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Isabella - Music for a Queen
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 31 Oct 2014
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Acceso mio cuore (Ciaconna)
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 17 Mar 2023
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Water Music - Tales of Nymphs and Sirens
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 22 May 2015
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Ein musikalisches Gipfeltreffen
Classical - Released by Musik Museum on 15 Sep 2017
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Soundscape - Leonardo da Vinci
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 5 Oct 2018
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Isabella - Music for a Queen
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 31 Oct 2014
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Da Pacem - Echo der Reformation
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 3 Feb 2017
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Capriccio Pastorale, F 2.35
Capella de la Torre, Katharina Bäuml
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 6 Oct 2023
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Zefiro Torna e di soavi accenti, SV 251
Capella de la Torre, Katharina Bäuml
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 15 Sep 2023
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Damigella, SV 235
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 8 Apr 2022
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Luther's Wedding Day
Katharina Bäuml, Capella de la Torre
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 16 Nov 2013
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The Wind Blows out of the West
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 23 Aug 2019
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Da Pacem - Echo der Reformation
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 3 Feb 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Soundscape - Leonardo da Vinci
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 5 Oct 2018
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo