Die Kölner Akademie - ''Damals und Heute'' is a German baroque and classical music orchestra founded in 1996 and based in

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

, Germany. It was founded in 1996 by the American conductor Michael Alexander Willens, who studied at the

Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a Private university, private performing arts music school, conservatory in New York City. Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became ...

in New York and still leads the orchestra.Fanfare Joel Flegler 2009 Volume 32 No. 6 - Page 36 "Willens lives in Cologne, and his period-instrument orchestra, Die Kolner Akademie Damals und Heute, had been hired to perform at van Ommeren's retirement party. ...Founded in 1996 and based in Cologne, it is made up of young musicians who represent the next generation of period-instrument performance"

Selected discography

For

Raumklang Raumklang is a German classical music record label founded in 1993 by viola player and saxophonist Sebastian Pank and based in Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. Th ...

: * Johann Valentin Meder: ''St. Matthew Passion'', Kennedy, Merkel, Türk, Hilz, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, Raumklang For Carus Records *

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

: '' St Mark Passion'',

Dominique Horwitz Dominique Horwitz (born 23 April 1957) is a French film and television actor and singer. Life Horwitz was born on 23 April 1957 in Paris, France, to German Jewish refugee parents, who had both fled Nazi Germany. In 1971 the family moved to Berl ...

(speaker),

ensemble amarcord Amarcord is a German male classical vocal ensemble based in Leipzig, founded in 1992 by five former members of the Thomanerchor. They primarily perform Medieval music and Renaissance music, as well as collaborating with Contemporary classical mus ...

, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, Carus 2009 For BIS Classics: * Mozart: Piano concertos No.9 K 271, No.12 K 414,

Ronald Brautigam Ronald Brautigam (born 1 October 1954) is a Dutch concert pianist, best known for his performances of Beethoven's piano works on the fortepiano. Born in Amsterdam, Brautigam studied there with Jan Wijn (1971-79), then he left to study in London ...

, fortepiano, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, BIS * Mozart: Piano concertos N.24 K 495, No.25 K 503, Ronald Brautigam, fortepiano, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, BIS * Mozart: Piano concertos N.17 K 453, No.26 K 537, Ronald Brautigam, fortepiano, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, BIS

ARS

For ARS Produktion: *

Bernhard Crusell Bernhard Henrik Crusell (15 October 1775 – 28 July 1838) was a Swedish people, Swedish-Finns, Finnish clarinetist, composer and translator, "the most significant and internationally best-known Finnish-born Classical period (music), classical co ...

: Clarinet concertos, Eric Hoeprich, clarinet, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, Forgotten Treasures Vol. 1, ARS-Produktion *

Franz Danzi Franz Ignaz Danzi (15 June 1763 – 13 April 1826) was a German cellist, composer and conductor, the son of the Italian cellist Innocenz Danzi (1730–1798) and brother of the noted singer Franzeska Danzi. Danzi lived at a significant time i ...

: Bassoon concertos, Jane Gower, bassoon Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, Forgotten Treasures Vol. 2, ARS-Produktion * ''Viennese Double bass concertos'', David Sinclair, double bass, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, Forgotten Treasures Vol. 3, ARS-Produktion *

Johann Wilhelm Wilms Johann Wilhelm Wilms (March 30, 1772 (baptized) – July 19, 1847) was a Dutch-German composer, best known for setting the poem ''Wien Neêrlands Bloed'' to music, which served as the Dutch national anthem from 1817 to 1932. Biography Wilms was ...

: Symphony and Concertos, Paolo Giacometti, Hammerklavier, Martin Sandhoff, flute, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, Forgotten Treasures Vol. 4, ARS-Produktion *

Bernhard Romberg Bernhard Heinrich Romberg (November 13, 1767 – August 13, 1841) was a German cellist and composer. Life Romberg was born in Dinklage. His father, Anton Romberg, played the bassoon and cello and gave Bernhard his first cello lessons. He f ...

: Symphonies, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens Forgotten Treasures Vol. 5, ARS-Produktion * ''Chant d’ Automne, French Horn music,'' Ulrich Hübner, natural and valvehorn, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, Forgotten Treasures Vol. 6, ARS-Produktion *

Johann Christian Fischer Johann Christian Fischer (c. 1733 – 29 April 1800) was a German composer and oboist, one of the best-known oboe soloists in Europe during the 1770s. Employed as a music copyist and theatre director for the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin at Ludwi ...

and

Carl Stamitz Carl Philipp Stamitz (; baptized 8 May 17459 November 1801) was a German composer of partial Czech ancestry. He was the most prominent representative of the second generation of the Mannheim School. He was the eldest son of Johann Stamitz, a vio ...

''Oboe concertos'', Michael Niesemann, oboe, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, Forgotten Treasures Vol. 7, ARS-Produktion * Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm: ''Early works'', Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo soprano); Riko Fukuda, Hammerklavier, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, Forgotten Treasures Vol. 8, ARS-Produktion * ''Virtuoso Trumpet Music from the 19th Century'', Robert Vanryne, keyed trumpet, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, Forgotten Treasures Vol. 9, ARS-Produktion * ''19th Century Harp concertos'', Masumi Nagasawa, single pedal harp, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, Forgotten Treasures Vol. 10, ARS-Produktion

CPO

For CPO Records: *

Ferdinand Ries Ferdinand Ries (baptised 28 November 1784 – 13 January 1838) was a German composer. Ries was a friend, pupil and secretary of Ludwig van Beethoven. He composed eight symphony, symphonies, a violin concerto, nine piano concertos (the first ...

: Overtures, violin concerto and concerto for 2 horns, Anton Steck, Violin, Teunis van der Zwaart, Erwin Wieringa, natural horn, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, CPO *

Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda Jan Křtitel Václav Kalivoda (Johann Baptist Wenzel Kalliwoda in German) (February 21, 1801 – December 3, 1866) was a composer, conductor and violinist of Bohemian birth. Life Kalivoda was born in Prague in 1801 and as early as 1811 start ...

: Symphony No 2, Symphony No 4, Concert overture in f, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, CPO *

Anton Eberl Anton Franz Josef Eberl (13 June 1765 – 11 March 1807) was an Austrian composer, teacher and pianist of the Classical period. He was a student of Salieri and Mozart. He was also seen as an early friend and rival of Beethoven. Biography Eberl ...

: Piano concertos, Paolo Giacometti, Riko Fukuda, Hammerklavier, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, CPO * Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm: Three Orchestral Fantasies, Sinfonie heroique, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, CPO *

: Concert Overtures and Concertinos for Violin and Orchestra Ariadne Dastalakis, violin, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, CPO *

Johann Mattheson Johann Mattheson (28 September 1681 – 17 April 1764) was a German composer, critic, lexicographer and music theorist. His writings on the late Baroque and early Classical period were highly influential, specifically, "his biographical and the ...

: ''Der Liebreiche und Geduldige David'': Oratorio for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra, Kennedy, Eittinger, Ciolek, Hilz, Spogis, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, CPO *

: ''Das Größte Kind'': Christmas Oratorio for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra, Rydén, Gramß, Schmid, Türk, Friedrich, Dahlmann, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, CPO *

: ''Die heilsame Geburt'', Christmas Oratorio for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra: Kennedy, Crookes, Eitinger, Post, MacLeod, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, CPO *

Francesco Durante Francesco Durante (31 March 1684 – 30 September 1755) was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan School. Best known for his church music, he was also an important teacher, instructing Niccolò Jommelli, Giovanni Paisiello, Giovanni Battista P ...

: ''Neapolitan music for Christmas'', Mameli, Eittinger, Post, MacLeod, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, CPO *

: ''Neapolitan music for Christmas II'', Monica Piccinini, Christina Kühne, Ursula Eittinger, Alberto ter Doest, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, CPO *

Carl Heinrich Graun Carl Heinrich Graun (7 May 1704 – 8 August 1759) was a German composer and tenor. Along with Johann Adolph Hasse, he is considered to be the most important German composer of Italian opera of his time. Biography Graun was born in Wahrenbrüc ...

: ''Osteroratorium''. Nina Koufochristou, Dagmar Saskova, Jan Kobow, Andreas Wolf, Kölner Akademie CPO *

Telemann Georg Philipp Telemann (; – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. He is one of the most prolific composers in history, at least in terms of surviving works. Telemann was considered by his contemporaries to be ...

: ''Lukas-Passion'' (1728) Marcus Ullmann, Wolfgang Klose, Christian Hilz, Raimonds Spogis. CPO * forthcoming Händel: ''

Chandos Anthems ''Chandos Anthems'', Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis, HWV 246–256, is the common name of a set of anthems written by George Frideric Handel. These sacred choral compositions number eleven; a twelfth of disputed authorship is not considered here. T ...

'', Backus, Krasiak, Ciolek, Hilz, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, CPO

References

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