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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Capriccio Pastorale (Italian Christmas Music)
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Nov 3, 2023
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New Eyes on Martin Luther
Nils Landgren, Capella de la Torre, Knabenchor Hannover, Jeanette Kohn
Classical - Released by ACT Music on May 26, 2017
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Francesco Cavalli: Transitions
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Mar 31, 2023
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Praetorius dances
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Jun 18, 2021
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Ciaconna
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Oct 16, 2015
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Monteverdi - Erinnerungen
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Sep 29, 2023
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Praetorius and Italy
Rias Kammerchor, Capella de la Torre
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Feb 19, 2021
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Nell' apparir del sempiterno sole
Capella de la Torre, Katharina Bäuml
Classical - Released by deutsche harmonia mundi on Oct 20, 2023
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Monteverdi: Memories
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on May 6, 2022
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Una serata venexiana
Classical - Released by Sony Music Classical Local on Oct 20, 2017
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Vidi Speciosam - A Lady Mass from the 16th Century
Sacred Vocal Music - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Apr 20, 2018
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Vinum Et Musica - Songs & Dances from Nuremberg Sources (15th &16th Century)
Capella de la Torre, Dominique Visse
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on Mar 30, 2012
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Piffarissimo
Katharina Bäuml, Capella de la Torre
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on Feb 25, 2014
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Earth Music - Tales of Silver, Gold and Subterranean Secrets
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Sep 11, 2020
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Earth Music - Tales of Silver, Gold and Subterranean Secrets
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Sep 11, 2020
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Bodenschätze (Motetten aus dem 17. Jahrhundert)
Ruhr ChorWerk, Capella de la Torre, Florian Helgath
Classical - Released by Coviello Classics on Oct 1, 2021
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Water Music - Tales of Nymphs and Sirens
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on May 22, 2015
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Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne: Sinfonia II
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Mar 3, 2023
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Harry Our King
Charles Daniels, Katharina Bäuml, Capella de la Torre
Miscellaneous - Released by Carpe Diem Records Berlin on Sep 4, 2012
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Air Music
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Sep 13, 2019
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo