Alte Musik Köln is a breakaway ensemble; its members once belonged to Musica Antiqua Köln, but decided to form their own group after Reinhard Goebel effectively abandoned MAK. Alte Musik Köln is led by cellist Klaus-Dieter Brandt, himself an instrument builder in addition to being a player, and the group made its recording debut in January 2009 on the ARS Produktion label with -- surprise! -- a recording of Mendelssohn's piano trios. Alte Musik Köln's sophomore effort, Roma, is likewise the second release on a new label, ...
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Alte Musik Köln is a breakaway ensemble; its members once belonged to Musica Antiqua Köln, but decided to form their own group after Reinhard Goebel effectively abandoned MAK. Alte Musik Köln is led by cellist Klaus-Dieter Brandt, himself an instrument builder in addition to being a player, and the group made its recording debut in January 2009 on the ARS Produktion label with -- surprise! -- a recording of Mendelssohn's piano trios. Alte Musik Köln's sophomore effort, Roma, is likewise the second release on a new label, Myrios Classics; it features the group in material that has a more idiomatic relationship with period instruments than Mendelssohn might be. Roma focuses on the last decades of seventeenth-century Rome; Arcangelo Corelli was at the height of his influence on Italian instrumental music and Antonio Vivaldi was yet to emerge. The music of Corelli is not featured in this program, but some of the musicians he inspired -- such as John Ravenscroft and Francesco Bonporti -- are heard; the...
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