Musica Antiqua Köln
Musica Antiqua Köln was founded in 1973 by Reinhard Goebel,
with fellow musicians from Köln Conservatory.
Born in Siegen in Westphalia, Germany, on 31 July 1952, Reinhard
Goebel began to study the violin at the age of twelve. At seventeen,
he entered into the violin class of Franzjosef Maier, a member of
Collegium Aureum, at Köln Conservatory. He followed
his studies in Essen under the direction of Saschko Gawriloff, a
musician specialized in contemporary music, and in the Low Countries
under Marie Leonhardt, who trained him on the Baroque violin. His
immense knowledge of Baroque music and culture was built during
his musicological studies at Cologne University. However, in an
interview for a Spanish magazine, he considers himself "merely
a craftsman whose aim is to give an optimum performance of chamber
music composed for stringed instruments between 1600 and 1750."
The very distinctive style of Musica Antiqua Köln is clear
since its first recordings: fast tempi, avoidance of vibrato,
strong dynamic accents on the main beats and the messa di voce
which has been a model for many Baroque ensembles. In a recent
interview for the French magazine Diapason, Goebel says that
his German playing technique is based on Quantz and Pisendel, his
ensemble searching for an intense and male sound in which the
rhythmic impact of articulations express the common desire of his
musicians for perfection, this associated with the search for
absolute tuning and the use of the right instruments.
The career of the group can be divided into four generations,
with some overlapping. The first generation of Musica Antiqua
Köln was a chamber group, with a strong bias toward German
and French music. Bach's Musical Offering and Chamber
Music records, and French Baroque Concerts are highlights
of that time. The second generation was formed around an orchestra
at the beginning of the eighties. Telemann's Wassermusik,
Bach's Ouvertures and Brandenburg Concertos are among
the best. The third generation was mainly an orchestra centered
on Dresden orchestral repertory, and according to Reinhard Goebel
himself, it happened because he could not play due to the laming
of his left hand after recording Biber's Mystery Sonatas.
The two Heinichen recordings have made a great stir in the small
Baroque world and beyond. After ten or so years playing as a
left-handed player, "the best second violinist in the world,"
Goebel played right-handed again, and recorded Biber's
Harmonia-artificioso ariosa and Telemann's Flute quartets
as a soloist, among a few others. However, according to a note
published by the group at the beginning of May 2006, his left hand
was injured again and forced him to abandon the violin forever.
Musica Antiqua Köln will be dissolved by the end of this year,
and Reinhard Goebel will concentrate his efforts to conduct
"modern" orchestras.
The following list was originally developed by Maurizio Frigeni,
who has listed all the recordings sorted by release date and with
links to detailed contents files. Only original recordings are
taken into account here, but in the accompanying file he has usually
given some indications about reissues. I have been undertaken a
revision since 2004.
Eduardo Kickhöfel
kickhofel@hotmail.com
Original Recordings
- Telemann: Flute Quartets [2005]
- Archiv 477 537
- Lamento: C.P.E. Bach, J.C.F Bach, J.S. Bach, Conti [2005]
- Archiv 474 194
- Gluck: Trio Sonatas [2004]
- Challenge Classics
72122
- Biber: Harmonia artificiosa [2004]
- Archiv 474 965
- Charpentier: Musique Sacrée [2003]
- w/ "Bonus CD" - MAK: 25 Years on Archiv Produktion
Archiv "Limited Edition"
474 507
- Bachiana: Double Concertos [2002]
- Archiv 471 579
- Telemann: Sinfonia spirituosa - String concertos [2001]
- Archiv 471 492
- "Bachiana" vol.1: Music by the Bach Family
[2000]
- Archiv 471 150
- Le Roi danse (film soundtrack - music by Lully et al.) [2000]
- Deutsche Grammophon 463 446
- Telemann: String Concertos [2000]
- Archiv 463 074
- Sonaten aus Dresden (Ziani/Furchheim/Thieme/Fux) [1999]
- Vanguard Classics 99199
- Bach: Wedding Cantatas (BWV 202, 210, 51) [1999]
- Deutsche Grammophon 459 621
- Musica Baltica [1999]
- Archiv 459 619
- Dowland: Lachrimae or Seven Teares and other Pavanes [1999]
- Vanguard Classics 99175
- Lamenti (Monteverdi, Bertali, Legrenzi, Vivaldi, Purcell) [1998]
- Archiv 457 617
- Biber: Missa Salisburgensis [1998]
- Archiv 457 611
- Sonata Pro Tabula (Biber, Valentini, Bertali, Schmelzer, Pezel) [1998]
- Archiv 453 442
- J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas (BWV 201, 206, 207, 36c, 524) [1997]
- Archiv 457 348
- Hasse: Salve Regina [1997]
- Archiv 453 435
- Chaconne (Lully, Marini, Corelli, Purcell, Blow, Mayr, Pezel, Muffat) [1997]
- Archiv 453 418
- Heinichen: Lamentationes-Passionmusik [1996]
- Archiv 447 092
- Concerti per l'orchestra di Dresda
(Heinichen, Dieupart, Fasch, Pisendel, Quantz, Veracini) [1995]
- Archiv 447 644
- Rebel: Les Élémens - Gluck: Alessandro [1995]
- Archiv 445 824
- Veracini: 5 Overtures [1994]
- Archiv 439 937
- Handel: Marian Cantatas and Arias [1994]
- Archiv 439 866
- Heinichen: Dresden Concerti [1993]
- Archiv 437 549
- Concerti (Torelli, Mossi, Valentini, Locatelli) [1992]
- Archiv 435 393
- Biber: Rosenkranz-Sonaten [1991]
- Archiv 431 656
- Telemann: Ino - Ouverture in D [1990]
- Archiv 429 772
- Scherzi Musicali (Biber, Schmelzer, Walther) [1990]
- Archiv 429 230
- Telemann: Tafelmusik [1989]
- Archiv 427 619
- Biber: Mensa Sonora - Sonata Representativa [1988]
- Archiv 423 701
- J.S.Bach: Brandenburg Concertos - Triple Concerto [1987]
- Archiv 423 116
- Telemann: Wind Concertos [1987]
- Archiv 419 633
- C.P.E. and W.F. Bach: Concertos for two harpsichords [1986]
- Archiv 419 256
- The Bach Family before Johann Sebastian: cantatas [1986]
- Archiv 419 253
- J.S.Bach: Suites for Orchestra BWV 1066-1070 [1986]
- Archiv 415 671
- De Profundis - German Baroque Cantatas
(Schuetz, Tunder, Bruhns, Weckmann, Strungk) [1986]
- Archiv 415 526
- Telemann: Wassermusik - 3 Concertos [1985]
- Archiv 413 788
- J.S.Bach: The Art of Fugue - Canons [1985]
- Archiv 413 728
- Couperin: Les Nations [1984]
- Archiv 410 901
- Pachelbel: Kanon & Gigue - J.S. Bach - Handel - Vivaldi [1984]
- Archiv 410 502
- J.S.Bach: Chamber Music [1983]
- Archiv 2742 007
- German Chamber Music before Bach
(Bach, Buxtehude, Reincken, Pachelbel, Rosenmüller, Schenck, Westhoff) [1982]
- Archiv 2723 078
- Concerts (Blavet, Boismortier, Buffardin, Corrette, Quentin) [1982]
- Archiv 2534 010
- J.S.Bach: Suites for orchestra BWV 1067 and 1070 [1982]
- Archiv 2534 007
- Conversation Galante (Fancoeur, Guillemain, Philidor, Quentin) [1982]
- Archiv 2534 006
- Vivaldi: Concerti da camera - Sonata "La Follia" [1981]
- Archiv 2533 463
- Gilles: Requiem - Corrette: Carillon des Morts [1981]
- Archiv 2533 461
- Monteverdi: Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, Lamenti -
Farina: Sonata "La Desperata" [1981]
- Archiv 2533 460
- J.S.Bach: Trio Sonatas [1980]
- Archiv 2533 448
- Clerambault: Orphée - Medée [1980]
- Archiv 2533 442
- J.S.Bach: Musical Offering [1979]
- Archiv 2533 422
- Telemann: Chamber Concertos [1979]
- Archiv 2533 421
- Early Italian Violin Music
(Gabrieli, Rossi, Fontana, Marini, Farina, Buonamente) [1979]
- Archiv 2533 420
- Leclair: Chamber Music (late works) [1979]
- Archiv 2533 414
- Le Parnasse Français (Couperin, Marais, Rebel) [1978]
- Archiv 2533 408
- Concerti per flauto (Mancini, Sarri, Barbella, Valentine) [1978]
- Archiv 2533 380
- Virtuose Deutsche Violinmusik Des 17. Jahrhunderts [1977]
- EMI Reflexe 1C 063-30 937 Q
- Kammermusik des franz. Barock auf Original-Instrumenten [1976]
- FSM Aulos 53508
- Sonaten des Früh- und Hochbarock auf Originalinstrumenten [1976]
- FSM Aulos 53507
- Grandi: Mottetti Concertati [1975]
- FSM Aulos 3-1060
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