Berlin Baroque Compagney
The Berliner Barock-Compagney from 1986 to 2010 chamber music ensemble that specializes in the performance of early music was dedicated with authentic instruments.
history
The Berliner Barock-Compagney was founded in 1986 by former students of the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in what was then East Berlin . In its most important time the ensemble consisted of the three musicians Georg Kallweit ( violin ), Jan Freiheit ( violoncello ; viola da gamba ) and Christine Schornsheim (historical keyboard instruments ).
Initially the ensemble concentrated on the trio sonata repertoire of the 18th century; initially played on modern instruments. But the musicians soon developed an interest in the music of other epochs, but above all in its style-appropriate performance . Since 1990 the musicians of the Berliner Barock-Compagney have performed with historical instruments. Their programs included the highly artificial, still insufficiently appreciated art of the early baroque and also works of the early 19th century.
In order to give the listeners the widest possible range of insights into the music of different time periods, the Berlin Baroque Compagney began at an early stage to expand its regular line-up consisting of violin, cello and harpsichord from case to case. The artistic profile of the ensemble included guest engagements with other instrumentalists such as Reinhold Friedrich ( trumpet ), Alfredo Bernardini ( oboe ) or Christoph Huntgeburth ( flute ), as well as the development of cantata programs with vocal soloists such as Ruth Ziesak , Ann Monoyios , Barbara Schlick , Johannette Zomer , Michael Schopper or Klaus Mertens .
The ensemble has made guest appearances at home and abroad and has published numerous radio, television and CD productions. The last concerts took place in 2010.
Discography (selection)
- Music at Rheinsberg Castle, CAPRICCIO 10414, 1990
- Music in the Bachhaus Eisenach, 1991
- Music from Sanssouci, CAPRICCIO 10477, 1992
- Music from Charlottenburg Palace (with Ann Monoyios), CAPRICCIO 10459, 1993
- Georg Friedrich Händel: “Nine German Arias” and 3 Sonatas (with Ann Monoyios), CAPRICCIO 10767, 1995
- Harpsichord Concerts Vol. I (Bach Sons), CAPRICCIO 10580, 1995
- Georg Philipp Telemann: Cantatas and Chamber Music (with Klaus Mertens), CAPRICCIO 10741 and 49426, 1996
- Scherzi musicali, CAPRICCIO 10502, 1997
- Harpsichord Concerts Vol. II (Bach students), CAPRICCIO 10739, 1997
- Piano Concertos Vol. III, CAPRICCIO 67002, 2000
- Tribute to Old England (with Reinhold Friedrich), CAPRICCIO 67013, 2001
- Johann Christian Bach: Chamber Music, CAPRICCIO 67105, 2001
- Philipp Heinrich Erlebach: "Ouvertures / Sonatas", CAPRICCIO 67074, 2002
- Sacred arias (with Ruth Ziesak), CAPRICCIO 67125, 2003
- “Shout to God in all lands” (with Ruth Ziesak and Reinhold Friedrich), PHOENIX 102, 2006