lautten compagney BERLIN is a German instrumental ensemble based in Berlin. Founded in 1984 by Hans-Werner Apel and Wolfgang Katschner, now the principal conductor, it specializes in Early music and Baroque music, notably the operas of Handel.

Music

lautten compagney BERLIN was founded in 1984 as a lute duo by lutenists Hans-Werner Apel and Wolfgang Katschner. The ensemble grew and plays in varied formation, specialising in Early music and Baroque music, notably the operas of Handel. Katschner is the principal conductor, Apel plays in the continuo group. Twice a year the group runs a festival, AEQUINOX, in

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. The ensemble has frequently played choral works in concert and recording, collaborating with notable singers and ensembles. In varied formation from chamber ensemble to opera orchestra, they performed with vocal ensemble Capella Angelica, also founded by Katschner, and the

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, works including Handel's ''

Der Messias ''Der Messias'', K. 572, is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 1789 German-language version of ''Messiah'', George Frideric Handel's 1741 oratorio. On the initiative of Gottfried van Swieten, Mozart adapted Handel's work for performances in Vienn ...

'' and Bach's

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. In 2007 they recorded cantatas by

Dieterich Buxtehude Dieterich Buxtehude (; ; born Diderik Hansen Buxtehude; c. 1637 – 9 May 1707) was a Danish organist and composer of the Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal ...

. In 2010 they performed Bach's '' Köthener Trauermusik'' in the reconstruction by

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in the Sophienkirche Berlin. In 2011, they played Handel's opera

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, 300 years after its premiere, with

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in the title role. In 2012 they performed Handel's oratorio ''

La resurrezione ''La resurrezione'' (''The Resurrection''), HWV 47, is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, set to a libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece (1652–1728). Capece was court poet to Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, Queen Marie Casimire ...

'', staged by

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, and Bach's ''

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''. For the

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's annual ''Marienvesper'' at

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, they performed Monteverdi's ''

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'' in 2013 with

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and five additional guest singers. In December 2015 the

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included the lautten compagney BERLIN in its annual Christmas radio programme, which is broadcast across various European countries. The group played a selection of music from the Bach cantatas in instrumental arrangements.

Awards

lautten compagney BERLIN won an

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award in 2010 in the category ''Ensemble – Alte Musik''. They were awarded the Rheingau Music Prize in 2012.

Selected discography

* ''Time Zones'', Satie - Scheidt. Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, 2020 * ''Bach – Die Motetten''. Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, 2012 * ''Handel with Care'', instrumental arrangements of arias by Handel. Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, 2012 * ''Timeless'', music by

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and

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. Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, 2009 *

Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as one of the most important composers of the 17th century. He ...

: '' Weihnachtshistorie'' and works by

Dietrich Buxtehude Dieterich Buxtehude (; ; born Diderik Hansen Buxtehude; c. 1637 – 9 May 1707) was a Danish organist and composer of the Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal a ...

Johann Philipp Krieger Johann Philipp Krieger (also ''Kriger'', ''Krüger'', ''Krugl'', and ''Giovanni Filippo Kriegher''; baptised 27 February 1649; died 7 February 1725) was a German people, German Baroque composer and organist. He was the elder brother of Johann Krieg ...

Johann Theile Johann Theile (29 July 1646 – 24 June 1724) was a German composer of the Baroque era, famous for the opera ''Adam und Eva, Der erschaffene, gefallene und aufgerichtete Mensch'', first performed in Hamburg on 2 January 1678. Life After stud ...

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, Christoph Prégardien, Capella Angelica. Berlin Classics, 2007 * Handel: ''

'', German version by

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(1780). Sharon Rostorf-Zamir,

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, Raimund Nolte,

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2007 *

: ''Cantatas II'', Capella Angelica.

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, 2007 * Buxtehude: ''Cantatas I'', Barbara Christina Steude. Carus-Verlag, 2007 * Buxtehude: ''

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'', Capella Angelica. Raumklang, 2006 * Carissimi: ''

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'', Judicium Extremum. Capella Angelica. Coviello Classics, 2006 Artist recitals *

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: ''Love's Madness''.

Dorothee Mields Dorothee Mields (born 15 April 1971) is a German soprano concert singer of Baroque and contemporary music. Career Mields was born in Gelsenkirchen. She studied at the University of the Arts Bremen with Elke Holzmann, Harry van der Kamp and Ga ...

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, 2012 * Henry Purcell: ''Love Songs''. Dorothee Mields, Carus Verlag, 2010 * Handel: ''La Diva – Arias for Cuzzoni'',

Simone Kermes Simone Kermes (born 17 May 1965, in Leipzig) is a German coloratura soprano, especially known for her virtuoso voice, suited to the opera seria genre of the Baroque and early Classical period. Career Kermes has performed at many importa ...

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* ''Il pianto d'Orfeo'',

, New Classical Adventure 2006 * ''Mia Vita, Mio Bene'', Ann Hallenberg and Ditte Andersen Berlin Classics, 2006 * Handel arias, Maria Ricarda Wesseling,

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, 2005 * ''My personal Handel collection'',

Lynne Dawson Lynne Dawson (born 3 June 1953) is an English soprano. She came to great prominence through her performance as a soloist in ''Libera me'' from Requiem (Verdi), Verdi's Requiem with the BBC Singers at Princess Diana's Funeral of Diana, Princess o ...

, Berlin Classics, 2003 * ''Dolce mio ben'', arias by Gasparini, Conti, Magini, Pistocchi, Sarri. Maite Beaumont, Berlin 2003 * ''Songs of an English cavalier'', works by John Dowland, Thomas Campion, Henry Lawes, John Blow, Henry Purcell. Kobie van Rensburg, New Classical Adventure, 2001 * ''Handel's Beard'', Kobie van Rensburg, New Classical Adventure, 2001 *

: ''Lieben und geliebt werden'' Arias, Mona Spägele, Wilfried Jochens, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, New Classical Adventure, 1995

References

External links

lautten compagney BERLIN
official website *

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