PIPE List -- "Ca - Ch" Ensembles

"Ca - Ch" Ensembles

La Caccia

Director : Patrick Denecker
Year ensemble formed : 1995 -- by Denecker
Description : An alta capella ensemble with shawms and trombones. Its repertoire is 15th and 16th century music. Some programs are performed in collaboration with 4 male singers (alto, 2 tenors, bass).
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - 114, rue Haut Port
    B-7830 Silly
    BELGIUM
- Tel: 00/32/68-57.02.98
- Fax: 00/32/68-57.02.99
- E-mail: patrick.denecker@dialogosnet.be
Home city/country : Antwerpen, Belgium
Discography :
- Jean-Baptiste Loeillet (of Ghent) (1688-c.1720); Jean-Baptiste Loeillet (of London) (1680-1730) ; Jacques Loeillet (1685-1748) - Sonatas & triosonatas - Musica ficta (Recorded and released in 2006.)
- "Bellissimo Splendore - Early 17th Cy Music at the Court of Brussels": works by Pevernage, Verdonck, a Kempis, Gistou, Gastoldi, Philips, Lassus, Arbeau, Ghersem, Cavaccio - Ricercar RIC-241 (Recorded in 2004. Released in 2006.)
- Thomas Morley (1557-1602): "The First Book of Consort Lessons" - Ricercar RIC 251 (Recorded in 2006. Released in 2007.)

Café Zimmermann

Music Director : Pablo Valetti (violin) (E-mail: Pablo.Valetti@wanadoo.fr)
Year ensemble formed : 1998 - by Céline Frisch & Valetti
WWW: http://www.cafe-zimmermann.com
Contact information :
- Postal address:
  - 10, rue Coignebert
    76000 ROUEN
    FRANCE
- Tel: +33/ 01.45.89.21.61
- E-mail: contact@cafe-zimmermann.com
Home city/country : Europe
Members : (cummulative listing)
- Traverso: Diana Baroni
- Oboe d'amore: Antoine Torunczyk
- Violin: Pablo Valetti, Amandine Beyer, David Plantier
- Viola: Patricia Gagnon, Sabine Bouthinon
- Violoncello: Petr Skalka
- Contrabass: Ludek Braný
- Harpsichord: Céline Frisch
Discography :
- JS Bach: "Concerts avec plusieurs instruments"
  - Vol I. Includes BWV 1050, 1052, 1055, 1042 - Alpha 013 (Recorded and released in 2001.)
  - Vol II. Includes BWV 1043, 1048, 1060, 1066 - Alpha 048 (Recorded and released in 2003.)
  - Vol III. Includes BWV 1049, 1053, 1064, 1067 - Alpha 071 (Recorded in 2004. Released in 2005.)
- JS Bach: "Variations Goldberg" - with Dominique Visse (countertenor) - Alpha 014 (Recorded in 2000/2001. Released in 2001.)
- Charles Avison (1709-70): "Concertos in seven parts from the lessons of Domenico Scarlatti" - Alpha 031 (Recorded and released in 2002.)
- Jean-Henry d'Anglebert (1635-1691): "Pièces de clavecin & airs d’après M. de Lully" (Harpsichord Works and Airs after Lully) - with Céline Frisch, harpsichord - Alpha 074 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2004. Released in 2005.)
- CPE Bach: Symphonies & concertos for violoncello - Alpha 107 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)
- JS Bach: "Weltliche Kantaten BWV 30a & 207" - Gustav Leonhardt (conductor) - Alpha 118

Caldara Ensemble

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : 2002
Description : The Caldara Ensemble, with the program "Musicisti italiani alla corte viennese", is an unusual group performing forgotten works by composers like Caldara, Conti, & Hasse.
WWW : http://www.mamut.com/denner
Contact information :
- Postal address : ?
- Telephone : (+31) 630 20 11 89 / (+34) 636 65 08 62
- FAX : ?
- E-mail : oargu@yahoo.com
Home city/country : Barcelona, Spain
Members :
- Estefanía Perdomo (soprano)
- Òscar Argüelles (soprano chalumeau)
- Joan Bosch (traverso)
- Eyal Streett (bassoon)
- Eva del Campo (harpsichord, organ)

La Calendola Amsterdam -- disbanded

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : 1992 - the present members have performed together since 1999.
Year disbanded : circa 2003
Description : The ensemble focuses on 17th and 18th century trio sonatas. La Calendola Amsterdam won the 2nd prize during the 2000 Festival van Vlaanderen Musica Antiqua competition in Brugge, Belgium. (The first rehearsal venue was at the Amsterdam Goudsbloemstraat -- which is the Dutch word for the flower La Calendola.)
Home city/country : Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Members : The members of the ensemble originate from Brasil, the Netherlands, Germany, and Finland.
- Rodolfo Richter (baroque violin)
- Lidewij van der Voort (baroque violin)
- Marika Holmqvist (baroque violin/viola)
- Nils Wieboldt (baroque cello / basse de violon)
- Marieke Spaans (harpsichord / organ) (E-mail: mspaans@clavecimbel.com)
Recordings : Radio recording for AVRO Radio 4 Holland and BRT Radio 3 Belgium

Calliope, A Renaissance Band

Director : ?
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : ?

Callipygian Players

Director : Martin Davids (violin)
Year ensemble formed : ?
WWW : http://www.calplayers.org
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - 6367 Kindling Court
    Lisle, IL 60532
    USA
- Telephone : 847-674-3204
- FAX : ?
- E-mail : director@calplayers.org
Home city/country : Chicago, Illinois

Cambridge Baroque Camerata

Director : Jonathan Hellyer Jones (harpsichord)
Leader : Judith Tarling
Year ensemble formed : 1984 -- by Hellyer Jones
WWW : http://www.cambridgebaroquecamerata.com
Contact information :
- Postal address:
  - 6 Dane Drive
    Cambridge CB3 9LP
    UNITED KINGDOM
- Tel/Fax: + 44 (0)1223 515688
- E-mail: info@cambridgebaroquecamerata.com
Home city/country : Cambridge, UK
Members :
- Judy Tarling (violin 1)
- Ellen O’Dell (violin 2)
- Penny Veryard (viola)
- Gareth Deats (violoncello)
- Ian Gammie (violone)
- Gavin Roberts, Timothy Kennedy (organ continuo)
Discography :
- "Principia Musica - Music from the 17th century in England, the time of Sir Isaac Newton": works by Henry Purcell, Matthew Locke, Nicola Matteis, Charles Quarles, Christopher Simpson, and John Blow - Plant Life Records PLCD076 (1988)
- "Rare Baroque Flute Concertos": works by Tartini, Quantz, Benda and Naudot - Amon-Ra 52 (Released in 1991.)
- JS Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-7 - Intim Musik IMCD 055-6 (Recorded in 1997. Released in 1998.)
- JS Bach: St Mark Passion (reconstruction) - with the Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge & Geoffrey Webber, director - ASV CD GAX 237 (Recorded in 1998. Released in 1999.)
- "Sacred Vocal Music from 18th Century Switzerland": works by Franciscus Josef Leonti Meyer, Johannes Schmidlin Johann Casper Bachofen, and Johann Jakob Walder - with The Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge & Geoffrey Webber, director - Guild GMCD 7248 (Recorded in 2001.)

Cambridge University Baroque Ensemble (See CU3E)

The Cambridge Musick

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : UK
Members:
- Robert Ehrlich (recorder)
- Andrew Manze (violin)
- Mary Levy (viola da gamba)
- Richard Egarr (harpsichord)
Discography :
- Handel: Sonatas for Recorder, Violin, etc - Globe GLO 6032 (2 CDs)

Camellia Consort

Director : Sue Roessel Dura (recorders and [modern] bassoon)
Year ensemble formed : 1990
Description : Named after the Alabama state flower, the Camellia Consort was founded to explore early music. The group played mainly medieval and Renaissance repertoire at its start but has moved more recently to music from the late Renaissance and baroque.
Contact information :
- Postal address:
  - c/o Susan Roessel
    PO Box 509
    Rogersville, AL 35652
    USA
- Telephone : (205) 247-1431
- E-mail : srdura@Hiwaay.net
Home city/country : Athens, Alabama
Members :
- Susan Roessel (recorders and [modern] bassoon)
- Kathy Baldwin (recorders)
- Mary Jean Brost Travis (viola da gamba)
- Evelyn den Boer (harpsichord)

Camerata of the 18th Century

Director : Konrad Hünteler (traverso; e-mail: huntelk@uni-muenster.de)
Year ensemble formed : 1991 -- from members of the Orchestra of the 18th Century.
WWW : http://www.mdg.de/artists/camerata.htm
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Members: (cumulative)
- Konrad Huenteler (transverse flute)
- Christine Busch (violin)
- István Kertész (violin)
- Péter Ligeti (viola)
- Rezsö Pertorini (violoncello)
- Richte van der Meer (violoncello)
- Staas Swierstra (viola)
- Ku Ebbinge (oboe)
- Jacques Ogg (harpsichord, fortepiano)
Discography : MDG discography

Camerata Anxanum

Director :
Year ensemble formed : 1998
Description : The ensemble takes its name from the ancient designation for the city of Lanciano. It consists of musicians from Abruzzo and models itself on the orchestras of the 18th century in its composition of strings and winds.
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Lanciano, Italy
Members :
- Massimo Spadano (violin)
- Christoph Timpe (violin)
- Alessandro Di Vona (violin)
- Renato Marchese (violin)
- Amedeo Grazia (viola)
- Pierluigi Raggiero (violoncello)
- Giancarlo De Frenza (contrabass)
- Massimo Berghella (harpsichord)
Discography :
- Handel: "Arie per Castrato" with Angelo Manzotti ("sopranista") - Bongiovanni GB 5566-2 (Recorded: 8/96)
- Michele Mascitti (1664-1760) : Concerti Grossi, Op. 7; Sonatas 4 & 5, Op. 3 - Bongiovanni GB 5063-2 (Released: 3/99)

Note: In the Handel recording, the following description was included: "The ensemble strives to create a successful union of baroque performance practice with modern instruments." However, in the Mascitti recording, the recording notes clearly state that the ensemble performs with period instruments.

Camerata Classica

Director : Philip Swanton (Fortepiano, Harpsichord)
Year ensemble formed : 1996
Description : The ensemble specialises in the historically appropriate performance of music of the Rococo and early Classical eras on period instruments in a variety of combinations (solo, duo, trio, quartet, quintet).
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Early Keyboard Music
    P.O. Box 166
    Berowra NSW 2081
    Australia
- Telephone : +61/2/9456 4718
- FAX : +61/2/9456 4718
- E-mail : claviers@optusnet.com.au
Home city/country : Sydney, Australia
Members :
- Greg Dikmans (transverse flute)
- Alice Evans (violin)
- Nicole Forsyth (viola)
- Anthea Cottee (violoncello)
- Philip Swanton (fortepiano, harpsichord)
Discography :
- J.A. Just: Six Fortepiano Trios, Op.13 (world-première recording). Walsingham Classics WAL 80422 (Released in 2000.)

Camerata Fulda

Director : Harald Kraus (organ)
Leader : Simon Steinkühler (previously, Claudia Dreschler)
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Fulda, Germany
Discography :
- "Concerti a Clarino Solo" - works by Stierle, Zahn, Gross, Stamitz, Riepel, and Richter - with Wolfgang Bauer (trumpet) - Koch Schwann 365 072
- Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783) : "Il cantico de' tre fanciulli" (translation: "The Song of the Three Holy Children" - an oratorio) - with vocal soloists and the Kammerchor des Theresiengymnasiums München - Koch Schwann 365872 (2 CDs; Recorded in 1999. Released in 2000.)

Camerata Iberia

Director : ?
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Spain
Members :
- Carlos Mena (countertenor)
- Juan Carlos de Mulder (vilhuela)
- Daniel Carranza (vilhuela)
- Ernesto Schmied (recorder)
- Francisco Luengo (viola da gamba)
- Pedro Estevan (percussion)
Discography :
- "Songs & Dances from the Spanish Renaissance" - M·A Recordings M035A (Recorded in 1995)

Camerata Kilkenny

Director : ?
Year ensemble formed : 1999
Description : Specialize in performance of baroque music.
WWW : http://www.musicnetwork.ie/music_musicwide_muscameratakilkenny.php
Contact information :
Home city/country : Ireland
Members :
- John Elwes (tenor)
- Maya Homburger (baroque violin)
- Sarah Cunningham (bass viol and baroque violoncello)
- Barry Guy (double bass)
- Siobhan Armstrong (early harps)
- Malcolm Proud (harpsichord and organ)
Discography :
- Heinrich Ignaz Franz Von Biber (1644-1704): "Mystery Sonatas" - Maya Homburger (violin solo) - MAYA Recordings MCD 0603 (2 CDs. Released in 2007.)

Camerata Köln

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : 1979 -- by former students of the Cologne College of Music with Michael Schneider, Hans Peter-Westermann, Rainer Zipperling, Harald Hoeren, and Michael McCraw (bassoon)
Description : This ensemble performs baroque and classical chamber music, with works with woodwinds forming its special focus. From this ensemble, La Stagione was formed.
WWW : http://www.camerata-koeln.de
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Camerata Köln
    ensemble office
    Heinz R. Huber
    Siedlungsstraße 9
    D-76646 Bruchsal
    Germany
- Telephone : 0049-7257-93 11 45
- FAX : 0049-7257-93 11 88
- E-mail : CAMERATA.KOELN@t-online.de
Home city/country : Cologne, Germany
Members : (cumulative listing; core members identified in bold)
- Michael Schneider* (recorder)
- Karl Kaiser* (transverse flute)
- Susanne Kaiser (transverse flute)
- Mary Utiger* (violin)
- Hajo Bäss* (violin)
- Sabine Lier (violin)
- Verena Schöneweg (violin)
- Annette Wehnert (violin)
- Anke Vogelsänger (violin)
- Veronika Schepping (violin)
- Ingeborg Scheerer (violin, viola)
- Andreas Gerhardus (viola)
- Ghislaine Wauters (viola)
- Rainer Zipperling* (violoncello, viola da gamba)
- Ghislaine Wauters (viola da gamba)
- Julie Borsody (violoncello, viola da gamba)
- Hans Koch (violone, double bass)
- Christian Zinke (violone, double bass)
- Miriam Shallinsky (violone, double bass)
- Hans Peter-Westermann (oboe)
- Randy Cook (oboe)
- Michael McCraw (bassoon)
- Marita Schaar-Faust (bassoon)
- Donna Agrell (bassoon)
- Yasunori Imamura (theorbe, lute)
- Sabine Bauer* (harpsichord, fortepiano)
- Susanne Kaiser (organ)
- Harald Hoeren* (harpsichord, organ)
  - * = instructors at the Studio for Early Music at the Frankfurt College of Music.
Discography :
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
  - Georg Philipp Telemann - Trio Sonatas for Recorder, Oboe and Basso Continuo - GD 77017
  - Georg Philipp Telemann - Recorder Sonatas from: Der Getreue Musik-Meister & Essercizii Musici - GD 77153
  - Georg Philipp Telemann - Der Getreue Musik-Meister – RD 77239 (5 CDs)
  - Georg Philipp Telemann - First Complete Recording of Telemann's "Essercizii musici" - 05472 77361 2 (4 CDs) [1996]
  - Georg Philipp Telemann - Orchestral Suites - 05472 77324 2
  - Georg Philipp Telemann - Bläserkonzerte (Concertos for Woodwind Instruments) - 05472 77367 2 [1996]
  - Antonio Vivaldi - Flute Concertos op. X - RD 77156
  - Antonio Vivaldi - Concertos for Recorder - GD 77016
  - Antonio Vivaldi - Chamber Music with Wind Instruments - GD 77018
  - Antonio Vivaldi - Concerti da camera - RD 77033
  - Vivaldi/Marcello/Quantz/J. Chr. Bach/Fasch - Florilegium Musicale - RD 77172
- CPO
  - Johann Christian Bach - Flute Quartets op.19 - 999 579-2 [1998]
  - Johann Christian Cannabich - Flute Quintets op.7, 3-6 - 999 544-2 [1998]
  - Ignaz Holzbauer - Chamber Works - 999 580-2 [1998]
  - Franz Xaver Richter - Flute Sonatas - 999 440-2 [1996]
  - Georg Philipp Telemann - Kleine Cammer-Music (Petite Musique de Chambre) - 999 497-2 [1997]
  - Antonio Scarlatti: "7 Concerti con Flauto" - 999 619-2 [2000]
  - Telemann: "Six Concerts et Six Suites 1734" (TWV 42) - 999 690-2 (3 CDs; Recorded in 1999. Released in 2000.)
  - William Williams (?-1701): "Trio Sonatas, Op. 1" - 999 813-2 (Recorded in 2001. Released in 2002.)
  - Carl Stamitz: "Chamber Works" - 999 737-2 (Recorded in 2000. Released in 2002.)
  - FJ Haydn: "The London Trios" - 999 920-2 (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2003.)
  - Telemann: "Six Trios 1718" - 999 957-2 (Recorded in 2002 & 2003. Released in 2004.)
  - Telemann: Cantatas from Forsetzung des Harmonisches Gottesdienstes (1731) - with Ruth Ziesak - 999 764-2 (Recorded in 2001. Released in 2004.)
  - Sebastian Bodinus (ca. 1700- ca. 1760): "Divertissements" - 999 945-2 (Recorded in 2003. Released in 2005.)
  - Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784): "Sonatas & Trios" - 777 086-2 - (Recorded in 2003. Released in 2006.)
  - Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732-1795): "Sonatas & Trios" - 777 087-2 (Recorded in 2004. Released in 2007.)
  - Telemann: "Wind Concertos, Vol. 1" (TWV52:D2; TWV52:e1; TWV 51:d1; TWV43:g3; TWV51:E1 ) - with La Stagione Frankfurt - CPO (Recorded in 2005/2006. Released in 2007.)

Camerata Ligure
(See Allesandro Stradella Consort)

Camerata Lutherana Wien

Director : Arno Hartmann
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Vienna, Austria

Camerata Moderna

Director : Ulrike Volkhardt (recorder)
Year ensemble formed : 1981 -- by Ulrike Volkhardt
Description : The ensemble is committed to the idea of modernism and has set as its goal the vivid realization of this concept in baroque and contemporary music. They perform "innovative" baroque music and commissions modern works from today's composers who are interested in a continuum of ideas and understand the qualities of historical instruments.
WWW : http://www.ulrikevolkhardt.de/SoloEns.html
Contact information :
- E-mail: ulrikevolkhardt@compuserve.de
Home city/country : Germany
Members :
- Ulrike Volkhardt (recorder)
- Rahel Stoellger (recorder)
- Simone Eckert (viola da gamba)
- Ulrich Wedemeier (lute, chitarrone)
- Ludger Rémy (harpsichord)
Discography :
- Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729) : Sonatas - MDG 605 0807-2

Camerata Trajectina

Artistic Director : Louis Peter Grijp
Year ensemble formed : 1974
Description : Specializes in music from the Low Countries from the middle ages to the 17th century, from Hadewych to Huygens.
WWW : http://www.camerata-trajectina.nl
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Utrecht, The Netherlands
Members :
- Suze van Grootel (soprano)
- Nico van der Meel (tenor)
- Tom Sol (baritone)
- Saskia Coolen (recorder, viola da gamba)
- Erik Beijer (fiddle & viola da gamba)
- Louis Peter Grijp (lute, theorbe, cittern)
- Johannes Leertouwer (violin)
- Wanda Visser (violin)
- Ursula Dütschler (harpsichord, organ)
Discography :
- Johan Schenck: "Bacchus, Ceres en Venus" (1686) - Globe Records GLO 6060 (Released in 2006.)

La Cameriste

Director : Anna Trentin
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Italy
Members : ?
Discography :
- Tomaso Albinoni: Opus 5 concerti, Nos. 1-6 (part 1) - Tactus TC 670101
- Tomaso Albinoni: Opus 5 concerti, Nos. 7-12 (part 2) - Tactus TC 670102

Canarios

Director : ?
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - 14 Seaside Place
    Aberdour
    Fife KY3 0TX
    SCOTLAND
- Tele/FAX :
  - (UK) 01383 860178
    (Int) +44 383 860 178
- E-mail : mckillop@easynet.co.uk
Home city/country : Fife, Scotland
Members :
- Steve Player (baroque guitars, lutes, early dance)
- Gordon Ferries (vihuela, baroque guitar, lutes)
- Robert MacKillop (lutes, mandour, theorbo, percussion)
- Various singers...

Cancionero

Director : Anthony Purnell
Year ensemble formed : 1998
Description : Authentic performance of the Troubadour repertoire and music from medieval Spain. Costumed performances of music from the Tudor court. The ensemble performs in a variety of formats from a duo to a five piece Renaissance dance band depending on repertoire and player availability.
WWW : http://www.btinternet.com/~WealdMusicServices/cancion.htm
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Weald Music Services, Ferndale Cottage
    Laddingford, Maidstone,
    Kent, ME18 6BU
    UNITED KINGDOM
- Telephone : 07802 752995
- FAX : 08701 681024
- E-mail : cancionero@wealdmusicservices.co.uk
Home city/country : In the area of Sevenoaks and Maidstone, Kent, UK
Members :
- Current:
  - Stephen Dyer (voice, sinfonie, bagpipes, wind and percussion)
  - Anthony Purnell (virginals, lute and plucked strings, fiddle, crwth and wind)
  - Anne Purnell (voice, virginals, hurdy-gurdy and recorders)
  - Emily Mason (recorders and percussion)
  - Helen Johnson (rebec)
  - Brian White (voice and percussion)
- Past:
  - Guy Saunders (wind and percussion)

Cantafiato

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : Name comes from the union of the three kind of "instruments" which form the group itself: voice (in Italian: canto) keyboard (tastiere) and winds (fiati). The ensemble specializes in baroque music with voice and winds.
Contact information :
- E-mail : simone@ucin27.cra.enel.it
Home city/country : Lausanne & Bern, Switzerland
Members :
- Dora Luginbühl (voice)
- Christine Nusslé (baroque bassoon)
- Georg Schneeberger (recorder)
- Simone Zangani (baroque oboe)
- Andreas Marti (harpsicord)

Cantata à Trois -- disbanded

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : 1997
Description : The members were students together at the Longy School of Music.
WWW : http://www.mit.edu/~cjsmith/cantata.html
Home city/country : Boston, Massachusetts
Members :
- Susan Harris (mezzo-soprano)
- Carolyn Jean Smith (recorders)
- Ronald Dynneson (harpsichord, organ)

Canterbury Baroque

Director : Peter Litman
Year ensemble formed : 2001 -- by Litman
Description : Founded originally as an octet of voices, which was later expanded to include more singers and instrumentalists. A chamber ensemble specializing in the performance of repertoire from the High Renaissance and Baroque periods.
WWW : http://www.canterbury-baroque.org.uk
Contact information :
- Postal address : ?
- Telephone : ?
- FAX : ?
- E-mail : admin@canterbury-baroque.org.uk
Home city/country : Kent, UK

Cantica Symphonia

Director : Giuseppe Maletto
Year ensemble formed : ? -- by Giuseppe Maletto
Description : To perform treasures of music hidden in the period between late Middle ages and the High Renaissance, with special attention to the sacred repertoire.
WWW : http://www.o-livemusic.com/cantica/
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Italy
Members :
- Giuseppe Maletto (altus, tenor)
- Laura Fabris (soprano)
- Marta Graziolino (harp)
- Svetlana Fomina (viella)
- Fabio Furnari (tenor)
- Marco Scavazza (baritone)
- Efix Puleo (viella)
- Mauro Morini (sackbut, trombone)
- Guido Magnano (organ)
Discography :
- Costanzo: "Festa Mottetti" - Kees Boeke (dir.) - Stradivarius STR 33439 (1998)
- Guillaume Dufay: Fragmenta Missarum - Kees Boeke (dir.), Stradivarius STR 33440 (1999)
- Guillaume Dufay: Missae Resveillez vous, Ave Regina Caelorum - Kees Boeke (dir.), Stradivarius STR 33569 (2001)
- Costanzo: "Festa Mottetti 2" - Kees Boeke (dir.) - Stradivarius STR 33585 (2003)

Cantigas

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : Specializes in the performance of mediaeval music.
Contact information :
- E-mail : zclarke@metz.une.edu.au
Home city/country : Melbourne, Australia

Canto

Director : Egberto Bermudez (musicologist)
Year ensemble formed : 1985 as a vocal ensemble. 1991 as vocal-instrumental.
Description : Vocal - instrumental ensemble. Performance of Spanish and Hispanic American music of the colonial and post-colonial period (XVI-XIX centuries). Research on American-made instruments, their historical development, and survival of instrumental techniques and vocal performance practice in present-day Hispanic-American popular and traditional music.
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - CARRERA 4A #57-00
    Santafe de Bogota, D.C.
    COLOMBIA, AMERICA DEL SUR
- Telephone : (571) 3127292
- FAX : (571) 3129009
- E-mail : demusica@sky.net.co
Home city/country : Santafe de Bogota, D.C., Columbia
Members :
- Carmenza Botero, Juanita Delgado, Carolina Muñoz (sopranos)
- Juana Arévalo, María Susana Merchán (mezzo-sopranos)
- Alvaro Salgado, Andrés Silva (tenors)
- Sergio Llano (bajon [curtal])
- Luis Fernando Zapata (recorders)
- Miguel Enriquez (cornett)
- Alfonso Correa, Mauricio Roa (viols)
- Juan Luis Restrepo (viols, organ, harpsichord)
- Egberto Bermudez (baroque guitar, vihuela, lute, baroque harp)
Discography :
- MUSICA DEL PERIODO COLONIAL EN AMERICA HISPANICA (1993)
- DEL CIELO Y DE LA TIERRA - LA FIESTA DE NTRA. SRA. DE LA CANDELARIA, SANTAFE 1605 (1996)
- ARMONIA ANDINA - MUSICA COLONIAL EN LOS PAISES ANDINOS (1999)
- HISTORIA DE LA MUSICA EN SANTAFE Y BOGOTA 1538-1938 - Book + 2CD (2000)

Cantus Cölln

Artistic director : Konrad Junghänel (lute)
Year ensemble formed : 1987 -- by Konrad Junghänel
Description : The ensemble devotes itself to the Italian and German Renaissance and Baroque repertoires.
WWW : http://www.cantuscoelln.com/
Contact information :
- Postal address:
  - c/o Konrad Junghänel
    Mittelstr. 6a
    D-50321 Brühl
    GERMANY
- Telephone: 02232 34433
- Fax; 02232 35113
- E-mail: cantus_coelln@t-online.de
Home city/country : Cologne, Germany
Discography :
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
- Harmonia mundi France (exclusive recording contract since 1996)

Cantus Firmus

Director : James Tibbles
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : A chamber ensemble.
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - c/o James Tibbles
    P.O. Box 26-509
    Epsom, Auckland 1003
    New Zealand
- Telephone/FAX : (64 9) 630 1804
- Mobile phone : 025 276 4546
- E-mail : j.tibbles@auckland.ac.nz
Home city/country : Auckland, New Zealand

Cantus Firmus Consort

Director : Andreas Reize
Year ensemble formed : 2001
Description : Accompanies the cantus firmus vokalensemble.
WWW : http://www.cantusfirmus-ensemble.com
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Postfach 344
    CH-4502 Solothurn
    SWITZERLAND
- Telephone / FAX : (0041) - (0)32 - 622 60 35
- E-mail : info@cantusfirmus-ensemble.com
Home city/country : Solothurn, Switzerland
Discography :
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778): Le Devin du Village ("(The Village Soothsayer") - with soloists, cantus firmus kammerchor - CPO 777 260-2 (Released in 2007.)
- Ch.W. Gluck (1714-1787): Orphée et Eurydice (Paris version 1774) - c.f.-Verlag (Recorded in 2007.)

Canzona

Director : Theresa Caudle (violin, cornett)
Year ensemble formed : 1992
Description : Specializes in music of the renaissance and baroque eras, with a flexible line-up of string and wind instruments.
WWW : http://www.canzona.org.uk
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - 297 Stafford Road
    Caterham
    Surrey, CR3 6NN
    ENGLAND
- Telephone : 44 (0)1883 344031
- FAX : 44 (0)1883 344031
- E-mail : info@canzona.org.uk
Home city/country : London, United Kingdom
Members :
- Theresa Caudle (violin, cornett)
- Jean Patterson (violin)
- Mark Caudle (viola da gamba)
- David Miller (theorbo)
- Alastair Ross (organ)
Discography :
- André Campra: "Motets" - with Philippa Hyde (soprano), Rodrigo del Pozo (countertenor), Peter Harvey (Bass) - Etcetera KTC 1201 (Recorded in 1998. Released in 1999)

La Canzona -- disbanded

Co-directors : Pierre Hamon (recorders), Hager Hanana (violoncello), Elisabeth Joyé (harpsichord, organ)
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : The ensemble's repertory spans the Renaissance to Baroque with a focus on music from Italy (Monteverdi), France (Philidor), and England (Blow, Purcell)
Home city/country : Paris, France
Members : (cumulative)
- Pierre Hamon (recorders)
- Sébastien Marq (recorders)
- Philippe Pierlot (viola da gamba)
- Hager Hanana (violoncello)
- Vincent Dumestre (theorbe)
- Elisabeth Joyé (harpsichord, organ)
- Invited singers include : Monique Zanetti (soprano), Gerard Lesne (countertenor), and Steve Dugardin (countertenor)
- They are also joined for different programs by lute, harp, and viols.
Discography :
- John Blow: An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell / Henry Purcell: Songs and Duets - with Gérard Lesne and Steve Dugardin - Virgin Veritas 5 45342 2 (Recorded in 1998. Released in 2000.)

Capella Academica

Director : Eduard Melkus
Year ensemble formed : 1965 -- by Eduard Melkus
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : ?

Capella Agostino Steffani

Director : Lajos Rovatkay (keyboard)
Year ensemble formed : 1981 -- by Rovatkay
Description : The ensemble focuses on music by the Italian masters. It is named after the Hannoverian Kapellmeister Agostino Steffani (1654-1728). Following Rovtakay's departure in 1996, renamed the Hannoversche Hofkapelle.
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Hannover, Germany
Discography :
- Agostino Steffani : "Enrico Leone" (trans.: "Henry the Lion"; 1689) - with vocal soloists (Popken, Frimmer, Faulstich, Szameit, Diwiak, Nagashima, Guber) - Calig CAL 50855 (Recorded in 1986. )
- Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741): "Sonate e Sinfonie" - EMI Classics Baroque Special CDC 7 54250 2 (Recorded in 1990. Released in 1991.) (NOTE: Re-released on Virgin Veritas as 5451942)
- "Music at the Hanoverian Court, 1680-1710" (works by Agostino Steffani, Jean-Baptiste Farinel/Valoix, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Francesco Venturini, André Danican Philidor, & Marin Marais) Virgin Veritas 5451952 (Recorded in 1990. Originally released by EMI Classics in 1992. Re-released by Virgin Veritas in 1996.)
- Wenzel Raimund Johann Birck (1718-1763): Sonatas Nos 1, 9 & 15, Joseph Gregor Werner (1693-1766) : Preludes and Pastorelle - Virgin Veritas 5451932 (Recorded in 1995. Released in 1996.)
- Handel: "Israel in Egypt" - Mechthild Bach (soprano), Sabine Passow (soprano), Rene Jacobs (alto), Matthias Bleidom (tenor), Peter Sefcik (bass), Gotthold Schwarz (bass), Knabenchor Hannover, directed by Heinz Henning - Thorofon DCTH 2421/2 (2 CDs; Recorded in 1991. Released in 1999.)
- Matthias Georg Monn (1717-50) : "Sinfonie & Concerti" - Virgin Veritas 5 45403 2 (Recorded in 1996. Released in 2000.)

Capella Antiqua Bambergensis

Director : Wolfgang Spindler
Year ensemble formed : ?
WWW : http://www.capella-antiqua.de/
Contact information :
- Postal address : ?
- Telephone : ?
- FAX : ?
- E-mail : info@capella-antiqua.de
Home city/country : Bamberg, Germany

Capella Augustina

Director : Andreas Spering
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : Named after the orchestra that performed at the castle concerts in Brühl, which were inspired by Prince Clemens August (1723-1761).
WWW : http://www.schlosskonzerte.de/ueber_uns/capella_augustina/
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Brühler schlosskonzerte, Germany
Discography :
- Handel: "Imeneo" - with the VokalEnsemble Köln - CPO 999 915-2 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2002. Released in 2003.)
- FJ Haydn: Die Schöpfung (The Creation) - with the VokalEnsemble Köln - Naxos CD 8557380-81 / SACD 6110073-74 (2 discs. Released in 2005.)

Capella Aurora

Director : Wouter Joseph Smekens
Year ensemble formed : 1996
Contact information :
- Postal address:
  - AAL RECORDS
    Tweelingenstraat 49
    B-2018 Antwerpen
    BELGIUM
- Telephone: +(323) 290-6807
- E-mail: wouter_smekens@yahoo.com
Home city/country : Belgium
Discography :
- Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) : "Die Letzte Passion" - Die Geschichte der Leiden und des Todes Jesu or St. Mark's Passion (1767; TWV 5:52) - with soli and choir - Melante Music LLC - AAL1996002 (2 CDs)
  - CDs available via online purchase at CD Baby

Capella Clementina -- disbanded

Director : Helmut Müller-Brühl
Year ensemble formed : 1976
Year ensemble disbanded : 1987
Description : Baroque formation of the Kölner Kammerorchester (Cologne Chamber Orchestra)
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Cologne, Germany
Discography:
- Vivaldi: Four Concertos for Recorder & Strings - with Conrad Steinmann (recorders) - Claves CLF 804-9
- Hasse: "Piramo e Tisbe" - Koch Schwann 310882 (2 CDs)

Capella Coelestina

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : 1997 -- by Regine Solle (violin) and Klaus Brockhoff (tenor, violoncello)
Description : Capella Coelestina is mainly devoted to sacred Musik from the 17th and 18th centuries. Professional and amateur musicians collaborate in diverse compositions. Capella Coelestina plays on period instruments. Another way to achieve authentic performance is to connect sacred music with its original purpose, the divine service.
WWW : http://mitglied.lycos.de/klausbrockhoff/coelestina.html
Contact information :
- E-mail : klausbrockhoff -@- web.de
Home city/country : Erfurt, Germany

Capella Corelli

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : 1979
WWW : http://www.move.com.au/artist.cfm/114
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Melbourne, Australia
Members :
- Cynthia O'Brien (violin)
- Ruth Wilkinson (viola da gamba)
- John O'Donnell (harpsichord)
Discography :
- "La Prima Stravaganza - Sonatas of 17th century Italy": works of Cima, Castello, Montalbano, Fontana, Frescobaldi, Marini and Uccellini to Corelli - Move Records MD3208
- "Capella Corelli Plays Handel and Telemann" - works for baroque violin, recorder and harpsichord including The Harmonious Blacksmith - Move Records MD3126

Capella Durante and Chamber Orchestra

Director : Gilbert Grosse Boymann
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : ?

Capella Fidicinia Leipzig

Director : Hans Grüss
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : Ensemble of the Museum for Musical Instruments at the University of Leipzig
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Leipzig, Germany

Capella Figuralis

Director : Jos van Veldhoven
Year ensemble formed : 1989 -- by Veldhoven
Description : A component of De Nederlandse Bachvereniging (Netherlands Bach Society). The ensemble follows 17-18th century practice and performs one to a part, varying from 2-10 singers and an equal number of instrumentalists. The ensemble focuses on music of the 17th century.
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : The Netherlands
Discography :
- "Saints & Sinners" (17th century musical dialogues) - music by Grossi, Charpentier, Pfleger, Koninck, Hacquart, and Benedictus a Sancto Josepho - Channel Classics - CCS 12498 (1998)

Capella Incognita

Leader : Marcus Hufnagl
Year ensemble formed : 1997 -- by Hufnagl
Description : Baroque ensemble
WWW : http://www.capella-incognita.at
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Gileckgasse 19
    A-3100 St. Pölten
    AUSTRIA
- Telephone : +43676/4163805
- E-mail : contact@capella-incognita.at
Home city/country : St. Pölten, Austria
Members :
- Violin: Bernhard Schandl, Ursula Kirchberger, Sigrid Vogel
- Viola/Violin: Bernhard Schandl, Christiane Baumann, Gertrud Stecher
- Violoncello: Johannes Dollfuss
- Violone: Sebastian Zambal
- Oboe: Heidi Bosch, Anna Jagenbrein
- Bassoon: Moritz Nusko
- Clatrino: Ronald Eidinger, Matthias Schwetz
- Tympani: Gottfried Barcaba
- Harpsichord/Organ: Marcus Hufnagl
Discography :
- Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): "le quatro stagioni" - Barockmusik aus Österreich (Austrian Baroque Music)
- "Barockmusik aus Österreich" - Extraplatte EX 640-2 (2004)
- "Die Nacht": with Gebhard Heegmann (baritone) - Extraplatte EX 760-2 (Recorded and released in 2007.)
  - Georg Muffat (1653-1704) - concerto grosso xii "propitia sydera"
  - Handel - dream music from Alcina
  - Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644-1704) - serenada a v ("nachtwächterserenade")
  - Henry Purcell (1659-1695) - Scenes from The Fairy Queen
  - Antonio Vivaldi - concerto "la notte"
  - Ludwig Senfl (ca 1486-1543) - "tag und auch nacht", "ich stuend an einem morgen"
  - Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) - ouverture "le sommeil"

Capella Leopoldina

Director : Jörg Zwicker (violoncello)
Year ensemble formed : 1992 -- restructured from "Music Antiqua Graz" (which was founded in 1985)
WWW: http://www.capellaleopoldina.at
Contact information :
- Postal address:
  - Jörg Zwicker
    Am Grünanger 94
    A-8112 Gratwein
    AUSTRIA
- Studio: Tel/Fax: +43/03124/53 9 63
- Privat: Tel/Fax: +43/03124/53 7 54
- GSM: 0699/10 30 55 06
- E-mail: joerg.zwicker.@telering.at
Home city/country : Graz, Austria
Discography :
- "Vedo il Ciel - Händel Arien": arias and overtures from Handel's oratorios Samson, Jephtha, Hercules and La Resurrezione. with Lydia Vierlinger, alto; Wiener Motettenchor - Amadeo (Universal) 476 300 0 (Recorded and released (?) in 2004.)
- Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767): "Pastorelle en Musique (Opera Serenata)" - Kirill Karabits (conductor) - Capriccio CC71054-55 (2 SACDs. Recorded in 2004. Released in 2005.)

Capella de Ministrers

Artistic director : Carles Magraner
Year ensemble formed : 1987
Description : Performs early Spanish music prior to 1800. All music is performed on historical instruments in faithful accordance with performance practice of each period.
WWW : http://www.licanus.net
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - CAPELLA DE MINISTRERS
    Apartado de Correos 115
    46450 BENIFAIO (Valencia) - España
- Tele/FAX : 34 (9)6 178 00 15
- E-mail : capella@ciberia.com
Home city/country : Almussafes (València), Spain
Discography : http://www.licanus.net

Capella Montana

Director : Ludwig Gossner
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : Includes instrumentalists and choir
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Germany
Members :
- Holger Peters (violoncello)
- Andreas Wery (organ)
- Bernd Erhardt (double bass viol or violone)
- Bernhard van Kampen (double bass viol or violone)
- Raffael Vang (trombone)
- Tim Beck (trombone)
- Claudia Schäfer (trombone)
- Christoph Hamborg (trombone)
Discography :
- Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745): Responsoria pro Hebdomada Sancta - with the Bochumer Gambenensemble - MDG 605 0964-2 (2 CDs; Released in 2000)

Capella Musicae

Musical/Artistic Directors & Leaders : Dario Luisi & Susanne Scholz (violins)
Year ensemble formed : 1991
Description : This baroque ensemble takes its name from the Musical Chapel of the Cathedral of Graz, established in the XIVth Century. Its mission includes "historically-informed" performance of J. S. Bach's work, and the rediscovery of 17th and 18th-century compositions from the Austrians courts and chapels.
WWW : http://www.capellamusicae.com/
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Liebiggasse 10
    A-8010 Graz
    Austria
- Telephone : +43.664.3808170
- FAX : +43.316.326047
- E-mail : capmus@capellamusicae.com
Home city/country : Graz, Austria
Members : Variable, from "small" chamber ensemble to "big" classical orchestra
Discography :
- Mozart: Requiem
- Vivaldi: La Stravaganza

Capella Orlandi Bremen

Director : Thomas Ihlenfeldt (chitarrone)
Year ensemble formed : 1990
Description : The ensemble specializes in the Music of Reinhard Keiser (1674-1739) and other composers of the first public German Opera House (Opera am Gänsemarkt) in Hamburg.
Contact information :
- Postal address : ?
- Telephone : ?
- FAX : +49-421-214430
- E-mail : thomihlenfeldt@gmx.de
Home city/country : Bremen, Germany
Members : (cumulative)
- Elfriede Stahmer (violin)
- Jirina Dubravska (violin)
- Veronika Skuplik (violin)
- Klaus Bona (viola, violin)
- Harriett Herrle (oboe, recorder)
- Ulrike Grunewald (oboe, recorder)
- Frédérique Brillouin (oboe)
- Barbara Messmer (viola da gamba, violone)
- Ulrike Mix (violoncello)
- Adrian Rovátkay (bassoon)
- Margit Schultheiß (harp)
- Lutz Kohl (harpsichord, organ)
- Klaus Eichorn (harpsichord, organ)
- Steve Player (Baroque guitar)
- Thomas Ihlenfeldt (chitarrone, guitar) (E-mail: thomihlenfeldt@gmx.de)
Discography :
- Reinhard Keiser (1674-1739): In Arkadien Die Welt der Nymphen und Schäfer in Kantaten (with Sabine Paßow, soprano) - ambitus - amb 97965 (1998)
- Reinhard Keiser: "Der geliebte Adonis" - Zumbült, Popken, Rydén, Spägele, Kobow, Schoch, Spogis - CPO 999 636-2 (3 CDs) (Recorded in 1999. Released in 2001.)
- Rheinhard Keiser: "La Bella Cantatrice" (Cantatas) - with Susanne Rydén (soprano) - CPO 999 956-2 (Recorded in 2000. Released in 2003.)

Capella Piccola

Director : Thomas Reuber
Year ensemble formed : 1985
Description : Performs rare works of "early music" in an "authentic" manner. The ensemble cooperates closely with vocalists and instrumentalists who specialize in baroque music. Presently, the ensemble is particularly involved with the dramatic works of Henry Purcell.
WWW : http://home.arcor.de/t.reuber/
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Thomas Reuber
    Caumannsstr. 16
    D-51065 Köln (Cologne)
    GERMANY
- Tele/FAX : 0221/6910493
- E-mail : 100.297050@germanynet.de
Home city/country : Neuss, Germany
Discography :
- "Baroque Cantatas and Motets": works by Telemann, Lechner, Bach-Familie, Purcell, Valotti, Schütz - FCD 368 303 (Recorded in 1986 & 1988)
- Johann Joseph Fux - Oratorio "Johannes der Täufer" - Thorofon CTH 2071/72 (2 CDs. Recorded in 1989)
- Jan Dismas Zelenka - "Geistliche Werke" (trans. "Sacred works") - Thorofon CTH 2181 (Recorded in 1993 & 1994.)

Capella Príncep de Viana

Director : Angel Recasens (organ)
Year ensemble formed :
Description : The repertoire consists principally of Spanish works from the 15th and 16th centuries, although it also includes works from the Baroque.
WWW : http://www.webcom.com/musics/viana.html
Contact information :
- E-mail : arecasens@redestb.es
Home city/country : Catalunya region, Spain
Members:
- Greta De Reyghere (soprano)
- Luc de Meulenaere (countertenor)
- Yves Saelens (tenor)
- Werner van Mechelen (bass)
- Jean-Pierre Canihac (cornett)
- Béatrice Delpierre (shawm, bassoon)
- Michèle Vandenbroucque (bombarda, bassoon)
- Daniel Lassalle (sackbut)
- Jean-Pierre Albouy (sackbut)
- Angel Recasens (organ)

Capella Rediviva

Conductor : Boo Peter Tillberg
Year ensemble formed : 1995
Description : The ensemble's name is derived from "Carolina Rediviva", the University library of Uppsala, Sweden, which houses the "Düben collection", containing a large number of 17th-century music manuscripts. The ensemble mainly performs music from this collection from our own editions. The ensemble's "mission": Authentic performance of swedish and Northern European baroque music, mainly from the Düben collection.
WWW : http://www.capellarediviva.com/
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Boo Peter Tillberg
    Kåkbrinken 11b
    S-111 27 Stockholm
    SWEDEN
- Telephone : +46-8-10 47 46
- FAX : ?
- E-mail : info@capellarediviva.com
Home city/country : Stockholm, Sweden
Discography :
- Christian Geist (ca. 1650-1711): "Spirit of Geist - Royal Concertos" - Daphne Records 1020 (Released in 2003.)

Capella Regia Musicalis

Artistic Director : Robert Hugo
Year ensemble formed : 1992
WWW : http://www.czechart.cz/people/regia.html
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Prague, Czech Republic
Discography :
- Adam Vaclav Michna: Missa V. a 5 et a 7 si placet; Cantiones pro defunctis; Missa VI. pro defunctis a 6 et a 10 (Requiem) - Soloists: Milada Cechalova - soprano, Jana Lewitova - mezzosoprano, M. Bornus-Szczycinski - counter tenor, M. Predota - tenor, Michael Pospisil - bass; Studio Matous MK0001-2 (1992)
- Jan Dismas Zelenka : I Penitenti al Sepolcro del Redentore (Oratorio) - with Soloists - Panton 811389-2
- Jan Jakub Ryba (1765-1815): "Pastorales & Czech Christmas Mass" with Magdalena Kozena (soprano), Eibenová, Brezina, Pospíšil - Archiv Produktion 465 108-2 (Released in 1998; only in the Czech Republic)
- Brixi Frantisek Xaver (1732-71): "Organ Concertos" - Supraphon SU3741-2 (Recorded in 1998. Released in 2003.)
- Zelenka - "Il Penitenti al Sepolcro del Redentore" - Supraphon SU 3785-2 231 (Released in Feb 2004.)

La Capella Reial de Catalunya

Director : Jordi Savall (violoncello) (A JS discography -- by François Velde)
Description : larger-scale vocal works concentrated on baroque music of the Iberian Penninsula.
Year ensemble formed : 1987
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Barcelona, Spain

Capella Ricecar

Director : Jerome Lejeune
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : ?

Capella Sagittariana

Directors : Dietrich Knothe and Wolfram Just
Guest conductor : Eduard Melkus
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Dresden, Germany
Discography :
- "Horn Concertos At The Dresden Court": works by Quantz, Zelenka, Heinichen, Telemann, Fasch - Eduard Melkus, conductor - Berlin Classics 1177 (1996)

Capella Sancta Caecilia

Director : Ivan Zenaty
Year ensemble formed : 1992
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Czech Republic
Discography :
- Jan Zach: Sinfonias - ARTA Classics F1 0033-2

Capella Savaria

Artistic Director : Pál Németh (harpsichord, flute)
Guest conductors :
- Nicholas McGegan
- Mary Térey-Smith
Year ensemble formed : 1981
Description : Formed in the Western Hungarian town of Szombathely, taking its name from the Roman name of the place, Savaria. Performs music from Monteverdi to Mozart. (See the Savaria Baroque Orchestra as well.)
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Budapest, Hungary

Capella Sebaldina Nürnberg

Director : Werner Jacob
Year ensemble formed : ?
WWW : http://www.kirchenmusik-st-sebald-nbg.de/secap.html
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Nürnberg, Germany
Discography :
- Johann Pachelbel: Motetten - Christophorus (Recorded in 1994.)

Capella de la Torre

Director : Katharina Bäuml (shawms, oboes)
Year ensemble formed : 2005
Description : Group of musicians who dedicate themselves to bringing to life the repertory of the Middle Ages and Renaissance music on historical woodwind instruments (shawm, dulcian, sackbut) and with singers. “De la Torre” means “down from the tower“. In Renaissance Spain the so called “Ministriles”, groups of musicians playing wind instruments, performed from towers and balconies to entertain the people during all kinds of festivities or official meetings. Despite its Spanish name Capella de la Torre does not focus on Spanish music only, but rather is dedicated to “Hauts Instruments“(i.e. “loud instruments”) in general. The ensemble renews musical traditions of the “Ministriles”, “Piffari” and “Stadtpfeifer”.
WWW : http://www.capella-de-la-torre.de
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - c/o Katharina Bäuml
    Steinbrecherstr. 22
    D-38106 Braunschweig
    GERMANY
- Telephone : +49 531 2250792
- FAX: (069) 1 33 05 25 98 91
- E-mail : info@capella-de-la-torre.de
Home city/country : Braunschweig, Germany
Members :
- Katharina Bäuml (shawms, dulcians)
- Birgit Bahr (shawms, dulcians, recorder)
- Detlef Reimers (sackbut)
- Annette Hils (bass dulcian, recorders)
- Sebastian Knebel (organ)
Discography :
- "Music for Emperor Charles V": works by Praetorius, Torre, Narvaez, Susato, Arbeau, Milan, Guerrero, Parabosco, Cabezon, Walther, Desprez, Senfl, Anonymus - with Matthias Gerchen (bass) - Coviello Classics COV 20701 (Recorded in 2006. Released in 2007.)

Capella Thuringia

Director : Bernhard Klapproth
Year ensemble formed : 1999 -- by Klapproth
Description : Performs with Cantus Thuringia.
Home city/country : Weimar, Germany
Discography :
- Georg Gebel d.j. (1709-53): Christimas Oratorio (1748); New Year's Oratorio (1748) - with Monika Mauch, Kai Wessel, Nico van der Meel, Peter Kooy, Cantus Thuringia - CPO 999 993-2 (Recorded and released in 2003.)

Capelle Baroque Orchestra

Director : Jeffrey Skidmore
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : Birmingham Conservatoire’s period instrument Baroque orchestra.
WWW : http://www.conservatoire.uce.ac.uk/departments/early-music-programme
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Birmingham, UK

Capilla Virelai

Director : Jordi Reguant (harpsichord)
Year ensemble formed : 1996
WWW : http://www.terra.es/personal2/capillavirelai/home.htm
Contact information :
- Postal address : ?
- Telephone : ?
- FAX : ?
- E-mail : reguan1@pie.xtec.es
Home city/country : Barcelona, Spain
Members :
- Alexandrina Polo (soprano)
- Margarida Lladó (mezzo-soprano)
- Josep Benet (tenor)
- Jordi Ricart (baritone)
- Jordi Argelaga (recorders, shawm)
- Jordi Comellas (viola da gamba)
- Fernando Quiroga (vihuela)
- Jaume Bragulat (percussion)
- Jordi Reguant (harpsichord)
Discography :
- "Bella de Vos Som Amorós" - music at the courts of the Catholic Monarchs and Charles I of Spain - la mà de guido LMG 2035

Cappella Accademica Praha
(Renamed Hofmusici)

Director : Ondrej Macek (harpsichord continuo)
Year ensemble formed : 1991
Description : Performs music of the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1995 the chamber ensemble was enlarged as a baroque orchestra.
Home city/country : Prague, Czech Republic
Discography :
- GF Handel: "Flavio, Re de'Longobardi" - in cooperation with The Czech Handel Society (2 CDs; Recorded in 1999)

Cappella Augustana

Director : Matteo Messori (E-mail: mmessori@cappella-augustana.org)
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : The ensemble is involved in the rediscovering of the music of composers active in Italy and in the North of Europe between the 16-18th centuries and in the re-evaluation of some aspects of early music performance practice.
WWW : http://www.cappella-augustana.org
Contact information :
- Postal address : ?
- Telephone/FAX : ?
- E-mail : info@cappella-augustana.org
Home city/country : Italy
Discography : The ensemble is recording the complete works by Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) for the Dutch label Brilliant Classics (approx. 30 CDs).
- Schütz:
  - "Symphoniae sacrae" - 92210 (1 CD)
  - Vol. 1: Symphoniae sacrae I & II Weihnachtshistorie - 92196 (5 CDs)
  - Vol. 2: Cantiones sacrae - Kleine geistliche Concerte - Madrigali - 92440 (5 CDs)
- Vincenzo Albrici (1631-1690/96): "Concerti Sacri" - Musica Rediviva MRCD 008 (2000)

La Cappella Basel

Director : Andreas Gilly (Viola) (E-mail: agil@swissonline.ch)
Year ensemble formed : 1997
Description : A baroque ensemble (specifically, music between 1650-1750). Orchestral and Chamber Music in small formation (single) strings, B.c., winds on authentic instruments.
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - c/o Andreas Gilly
    Rütimeyerstr. 25
    CH - 4054 Basel
- Tele/FAX : 061 - 281 47 37
- E-mail : lacappella@dplanet.ch
Home city/country : Basel, Switzerland
Members :
- Violins: André Gabetta, Karin Kessler, Rodika Kostyak, Georg Riedmann
- Viola (Viola d'amore, Viola tenore): Andreas Gilly
- Viola da gamba, Violone: André Meyer
- Keyboard: Nina Haugen
- Additional: second viola, recorder, oboe, chalumeaux, basson, horns, trumpets, timpani

Cappella Coloniensis

Conductors :
- August Wenzinger -- original conductor
- Hans-Martin Linde -- principal conductor since 1983
- Bruno Weill -- since 1997
Guest conductors :
- Gabriele Ferro
- William Christie
- Ulf Björlin
- Joshua Rifkin
- Ferdinand Leitner
- Herbert Schernus
- Nicholas Kraemer
Year ensemble formed : 1954 -- at WDR (West German Radio) by August Wenzinger.
Description : The ensemble is constituted along the lines of the Dresden Hofkapelle and is mainly concerned with pre-classical era and classical era works. In 2006 the Cappella Coloniensis will separate from WDR and become an independent orchestra.
WWW : http://www.cappella-coloniensis.de
Contact information :
- Postal address:
  - c/o Stefan Schmidt
    Peter-von-Fliehsteden-Straße 3
    D-50933 Köln
    GERMANY
- Telephone: +49 (0) 221-2407246
- Fax: +49 (0) 221-9234592
Home city/country : Cologne, Germany
Discography :
- "Deutsche Frühklassik" - works by David Heinichen, Johann Friedrich Fasch, Johann Adolf Hasse, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Friedrich II - Hans-Martin Linde und Ulf Björlin (conductors) - Capriccio 10626 [1992]
- "England-Schweden" - works by Thomas Augustine Arne, Johann Christian Bach, Joseph Martin Kraus - Hans-Martin Linde (conductor) - Capriccio 10627 [1992]
- "Italienische Meister" - works by Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Alessandro Marcello, Francesco Geminiani, Giovanni Paisiello, Luigi Cherubini - Hans-Martin Linde (conductor) - Capriccio 10628 [1992]
- "Wegbereiter der Klassik" - works by Carl Stamitz, Johann Stamitz, Johann Baptist Vanhal, Antoine Mahaut - Hans Deinzer, Klarinette I; Jann Engel, Klarinette II; Ulf Björlin, Gabriele Ferro, Hans-Martin Linde (conductors) - Capriccio 10629 [1992]
- Johann Sebastian Bach : "Der Streit zwischen Phoebus und Pan" (BWV 201), "Geschwinde, Geschwinde, Ihr wirbelnden Winde", "Non saque sia dolore (BWV 209) - Eva Csapo, Patrizia Kwella (sopranos), Jean Nirouet (alto), Paul Elliott, Hein Meens (tenor), Michael Schopper (baritone), David Thomas (bass) - Ferdinand Leitner (conductor) - Capriccio 10615 [1992]
- Luigi Cherubini : "Mass for Charles X" - Marylin Schmiege (soprano), Martyn Hill, Paolo Barbacini, (tenors) - Kölner Rundfunkchor - Gabriele Ferro (conductor) - Capriccio 10614 [1992]
- Francois-Joseph Gossec : "Messe des Morts" - Eva Csapó (soprano), Hildegard Laurich (alto), Alessandro Corbellli (baritone) - Kölner Rundfunkchor - Herbert Schernus (conductor) - Capriccio - 10616 [1992]
  - Reissued in 2005 as Capriccio SACD CC71043
- Georg Friedrich Händel : Concerto in D major, op. 6, No. 5; Concerto in F major, Op. 3, No. 4a - Hans-Martin Linde, Gabriele Ferro, Ulf Björlin, Nicholas Kraemer (conductors) - Capriccio 10610/1-2 [1992]
- FJ Haydn : Symphonies Nos. 92 & 98 - Ferdinand Leitner (conductor) - Capriccio 10618 [1992]
- FJ Haydn : Symphonies Nos. 61, 66, 90 - Hans-Martin Linde (conductor) - Capriccio 77 704 5 [1992]
- Johan Helmich Roman : Drottningholms-Musique (Suite), Concerto grosso in B major - Helmut Hucke (oboe), Ulf Björlin (conductor) - Capriccio 10624 [1992]
- Georg Philipp Telemann : Overtures in C major (TWV 55:C6), C major (TWV 55:C3), and E minor (TWV 55:e5) - Hans-Martin Linde (conductor) - Capriccio 10625 [1992]
- FJ Haydn : Syphony No. 36; Cantata: "Miseri noi, miseria patria" HOB XXIVa:7; Cantate: "Berenice che fai" HOB XXIVa:10; Violin Concerto No. 4 in G major HOB VIIa:4 - Marylin Schmiege (mezzo-soprano), Ingrid Seifert (violin) - Hans-Martin Linde (conductor) - Capriccio 10612 [1992]
- Etienne-Nicolas Méhul (1763-1817): Stratonice - with Petibon, Beuron, Morgan-Daymond, Lescroat, Corona Coloniensis, Christie (conductor) - Erato [1995]
- Joseph Haydn : Symphonies Nos. 31 ("The Hunt") & 72- Joshua Rifkin (conductor) - Capriccio 10733 [1998]
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : March in D major (KV 335,1), Serenade Nr. 9 in D major (KV 320), March in D major (KV 335,2), Symphony No. 32 (KV 318) - Joshua Rifkin (conductor) - Capriccio 10728 [1998]
- Johann Christian Bach (1735-82): "Endimione" (opera)- vocal soloists, Vokalensemble Köln, Bruno Weil (conductor) - DHM 05472 77525-2 (Recorded and released in 1999; 2 CDs)
- Rameau: "La Guirlande, Zephyr" - Daneman, Mechaly, Ockenden, Decaudaveine, Bazola, with Choir of Les Arts Florissants - William Christie (conductor) - Erato 8573 857742 (2 CDs; Released in 2001.)
- Beethoven: Choral Fantasy Franz Liszt: Cantata for the Inauguration of the Beethoven Statue (1845) - with soloists and the Kölner Kantorei; Bruno Weil (conductor) - DHM 05472-77535-2 (Recorded in 2000. Released in 2001.)
- Vivaldi: "Le Senna Festeggiante" - with Claudio Scimone (conductor) - Warner Fonit 8573840902 (2 CDs)
- Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826): Der Freischütz - with Pregardien, Gerhaher, Schnitzer, Stojkovic, Rundfunkchor Köln, and Bruno Weil (conductor) - DHM 05472 77536 2 (2 CDs. Recorded and released in 2001.)
- Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764): La Guirlande / Zéphyre - with Daneman, Agnew, Bazola, Méchaly, Ockenden, Decaudaveine, Les Arts Florissants, Christie (conductor) - Erato (Released in 2001. 2 CDs)
- FJ Haydn: "Cantatas for the House of Esterházy" & Symphony No. 12 - with Johanna Stojkovic, Sunhae Im (soprano), Vokal Ensemble Köln, Andreas Spering, conductor (Nicholas Kraemer conducts the symphony) - Harmonia mundi HMC 901765 (Cantatas recorded in 2001. Symphony recorded in 1990. Released in 2002.)
- Carl Maria von Weber: "Abu Hassan" & Symphony No. 1 in C major. with ChorWerk Ruhy & Bruno Wei, conductor. DHM 05472 77979 2 (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2003.)
- Gluck: L'Innocenza Giustificata - Christopher Moulds (conductor) - DHM 82876 58796 2 (2 CDs/ Released in 2004.)
- Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752-1814): "Erwin und Elmire" - Andreas Spering (conductor) - CPO 999 860-2 (2 CDs. Recorded in 1999. Released in 2004.)
- Friedrich Schneider (1786-1853): Symphonie No.17 & Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Violin Concerto in D minor; Symphonie No.1 - Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor - CPO 999 932-2 (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2004.)
- Wagner: "Der fliegende Holla:nder" - Bruno Weil (conductor) - DHM 82876 64071 2 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2004. Released in 2005.)
- "Symphonies of the Mozart Era": works by Gossec, Vanhal, Dittersdorf, Reicha, Mahaut, Kraus, J.C. Bach - Capriccio 71 110 (2 SACDs. Released in 2006.)
- Franz von Suppé: Die schöne Galathée (1865) - with ChorWerkRuhr, Bruno Weil (director) - Capriccio 60 134 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2007.)

Cappella Laurentii

Maestro di Cappella : Edith Schmitz
Year ensemble formed : ? - founded by Edith Schmitz
Description : The number of players making up the ensemble is flexible and is always determined by the requirments of the compositions for any given program. The musicians play on faithful copies of the original period instruments : recorders, crumhorns, viols, and lutes.
WWW : http://home.bip.net/wieser/cappellae.html
Contact information :
- E-mail : sigrid@maths.lth.se
Home city/country : Lund, Sweden

Cappella Musicale di San Petronio
(See Orchestra della Capella Musicale di San Petronio.)

Director : Sergio Vartolo
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information : See Sergio Vartolo's Home Page.
Home city/country : Bologna, Italy

Cappella Palatina

Director : Giovanni Battista Columbro (traverso)
Year ensemble formed : 1989
Description : Named after the chapel in Palermo, Sicily.
Contact information :
- Postal address:
  - c/o Giovanni Battista Columbro
    via Buoso da Dovara 13
    Cremona
    ITALY
- Tel/Fax : 0372 452706
Home city/country : Italy
Members :
- Isabella Longo (violin)
- Angela Nardo (violin)
- Davide Monti (violin)
- Massimilano Simonetto (violin)
- Franco Presutti (viola)
- Lorenz Giaso (violoncello)
- Nereo Dani (violone)
- G. Battista Columbro (traverso)
- Ruggero Vartolo (oboe)
- Nicola Favaro (oboe)
- Alberto Santi (bassoon)
- Fabio Accurso (theorbe)
- Marco Vincenzi (harpsichord)
Discography :
- Andrea Zani (1696-1757) : Concerti Op. IV (Vienna, 1735) - Agorá AG 220.1 (Recorded and released in 1999.)
- Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725): "Davidis pugna et victoria" (oratorio of 1700) with vocal soloists and Coro della Schola S. Rocco - Agora AG 249.1 (Recorded and released in 2000.)
- Giacomo Moro da Viadana - Canzonette a tre voci - Stradivarius label

Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini (or Cappella de' Turchini)

Director : Antonio Florio (violoncello & piano) (E-mail: antonioflorio@turchini.it)
Musicologist : Dinko Fabris (E-mail: fabris@teseo.it)
Year ensemble formed : 1987 -- by Antonio Florio
Description : The ensemble specializes in the repertoire of the Neapolitan school in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is named after one of the four Neapolitan conservatories, distinguished by the turquoise garments its pupils would wear on major feast days. Associated with the Centro di Musica Antica Pietà de' Turchini.
WWW :
- http://www.turchini.it/
- http://www.mamusic.it/cappella.htm
Contact information :
- E-mail: info@turchini.it
Home city/country : Naples, Italy
Instrumental members : (cumulative listing)
- Nicholas Robinson (violin)
- Rosario Di Meglio (violin)
- Nunzia Sorrentino (violin)
- Vezio Jorio (viola da braccio)
- Paolo Dionisio (viola da gamba, violone)
- Sabina Colonna Preti (violoncello)
- Marco Vitali (violoncello)
- Luigi Salerno (violone)
- Federico Marincola (theorbe)
- Ugo Di Giovanni (archlute)
- Maria De Martini (bassoon)
- François de Ruddler (bassoon)
- Marco Bisceglie (organ)
- Enrico Baiano (keyboards)
- Patrizia Varone (keyboards)
- Ignazio Schifani (keyboards)
Discography :
- Symphonía :
  1. "Vespro Solenne" dedicato alla Beata Vergine Maria di diversi Musici Napolitani (Napoli 1632) - SY 91504
  2. "Oh cielo, oh amore": Cantate napoletane dell'età barocca (vol. I) - SY 91S09
  3. "Sui palchi delle stelle": Musica sacra nei conservatori napoletani all'epoca di Francesco
    Provenzale (1660-1700) - SY 93S20
  4. "Lo Monteverde voltato allo napolitano": Musici delle Cappelle di Napoli al tempo di Claudio Monteverdi - SY 93S19
  5. Francesco Provenzale: "Cantate, Canzonette e Dialoghi" - Cantate napoletane dell'età barocca (vol. II) - SY 94S29
  6. Provenzale, Salvatore, Dentice, Nola: "Magnificat anima mea" - SY 95138
  7. "L'amante impazzito": Cantate napoletane dell'età barocca (vol.III) - SY 96147
- Naïve / Opus 111: "Tesori di Napoli" series (Neapolitan baroque composers). Numbered volumes in this series include:
  1. Cristofaro Caresana (ca. 1640-1709): "Per la Nascita del Verbo" with works by Orazio Giaccio and Bernardo Storace - OPS 30-152 (Released in 1996)
  2. Francesco Provenzale (1624-1704): "Dialogo per la Passione" with works by Giovanni Salvatore and Giovanni Carlo Cailò - OPS 30-194 (Released in 1996)
  3. "L'Opera Buffa Napoletana": works by Leonardo Vinci, Leonardo Leo, Domenico Auletta, Giovanni Battista Mele, and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - OPS 30-184 (Released in 1996)
  4. Provenzale: "La Colomba Ferita" - OPS 30-208/9 (Released in 1997; 2 CDs)
  5. Provenzale: "Vespro all'Oratorio dei Girolamini" - OPS 30-210 (Released in 1998)
  6. Provenzale: "Mottetti" - OPS 30-211 (Released in 1998)
  7. "Napolitane: Villanelle - arie - morresche (1537-1570): works by Anon, Velardinello(?), Thomaso Cimello, Fabrizio Dentice, Gian Demonico da Nola, Francesco da Milano, Vincenzo Fontana, Luigi Dentice, and Giovan Tomaso di Maio. OPS 30-214 (Released in 1998)
  8. Leonardo Vinci (1690-1730): "Li Zite 'Ngalera" (1722) - OPS 30-212/213 (Released in 1999; 2 CDs)
  9. Niccolò Jommelli (1714-1774): "Veni Creator Spiritus" with Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Coro Mysterium Vocis - with works by Nicola Popora, Emanuele Barbella, Nicola Sabatino, and Pasquale Cafaro - OPS 30-254 (Released in 1999)
  10. Giuseppe Cavallo (?-1684) - "Il Giudizio Universale" (an oratorio, Naples 1681) - OPS 30-262 (Recorded in 1999. Released in 2000.)
  11. Gaetano Latilla (1711-1788) : "La Finta cameriera" (1738) - with vocal soloists - OPS 30-275/76 (2 CDs) (Recorded and released in 2000.)
  12. "Festa Napoletana" - works by Pietro Antonio Giramo, Oratio Giaccio, Francesco Grillo, Cristofaro Caresana, Leondardo Vinci, Niccolò Piccinni, Gennaro Negri, Teodora Cottrau, and anonymous - OPS 30-273
  13. Niccolò Jommelli (1714-74) "Don Trastullo" intermezzo buffo - with soloists - OPS 30-280 (Recorded in 2000. Released in 2001.)
  14. Giovanni Paisiello: "Pulcinella vendicato" - OPS 30-205 (Recorded and released in 2002.)
  15. "La Bella Devozione": PROVENZALE: Pange Lingua, Dialogo Sacro; CARESENA: Sonata (grave-allegro-allegro), Missa “exultet orbis gaudiis” (kyrie-gloria) - OPS 30-360 (Released in 2004.)
  16. Pier Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676): "Statira, Principessa di Persia" - OPS 30-382 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2003. Released in 2004.)
  17. "Napoli / Madrid: Cantate e Intermezzi" - OPS 30-274 (Released in 2007.)
    1. Leonardo VINCI (1690/97 - 1730): Erighetta e don chilone; Sinfonia per archi; Adonde fugitivo cantata per alto e archi; Triste, ausente, en esta selva; Cantata per soprano e archi
    2. José DE NEBRA (1702/1768): Tempestad grande amigo; Fandango
    3. PETRINI (early C18th): Graziello e Nella
  18. Provenzale: Missa defunctorum. Cristofaro Caresana (c.1640-1709). Dixit Dominus. - OPS ? (To be released circa April 2007.)
- Other labels:
  - Pietro Antonio Fiocco (1654-1714) : Missa concertata quinti toni. Sacri concerti - with soloists - Cyprès CYP3615 (Recorded in 1999. Released in 2000.)
  - Carlo Agostino Badia (ca. 1672-1738): "La Fuga in Egitto" (an oratorio) - ORF (Recorded in 1996.)
  - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-36): Stabat Mater & Salve Regina / Nicola Porpora (1686-1768): Salve Regina - Eloquentia EL0505 (Recorded and released in 2005.)
  - Francesco Provenzale (ca.1624-1709): "Missa defunctorum" - includes works by & Cristofaro Caresana (ca.1640-1709), Giovanni Salvatore (1610-ca. 1688) - with Valentina Varriale (soprano), Lucia Sciannimanico (contralto), Giuseppe De Vittorio (tenor), Giuseppe Naviglio (bass) - Eloquentia EL0710 (Released in 2007.)
  Note: Provenzale: "Passione - Vespro" - Opus 111/Naïve OPS 20-006 (2 CDs; Released in August 2002.) - reissue of vols. 2 and 5 at a budget price.

Cappella Stravagante

Director : ?
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Germany
Discography :
- "Canta in Prato - songs, dances & arias" (transl. Sing on the meadow): works by Vivaldi, Henry VIII, Cornyshe, Praetorius, Holborne, Johann Michael Bach, Monteverdi, Alessandro Scarlatti - Profil (Recorded in 2006. Released in 2007.)

Cappella Strumentale del Duomo di Novara

Director : Paolo Monticelli
Year ensemble formed : 1995 -- by Renato Corti, bishop of Novara
Description : (translation : Instrumental chapel of the cathedral of Novara) This baroque ensemble's mission is to restore the complete works of Isabella Leonarda.
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Novara, Italy
Members :
- Fabio Bellofiore (first violin)
- Andrea Vandoni (second violin)
- Diego Cerofolini (baroque violoncello)
- Massimo Lombardi (theorbe and lute)
- Alessio De Paoli (violone)
- Alessandro De Bei (organ)
Discography : Isabella Leondarda (1620-1704) - La Musa Novarese - Opus 111 - OPS 30-206

Cappella Teatina

Director : Saverio Villa (keyboard) (E-mail: saverio@cappellateatina.com)
Year ensemble formed : 1998 -- by Villa
Description : Vocal and instrumental ensemble whose specialty is the performance of Italian sacred baroque music of the 18th century on original instruments. The group plays particular attention towards unedited or rarely performed works carrying out research on the original manuscripts in the care of libraries across Europe and United States.
WWW : http://www.cappellateatina.com/
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Via Castiglione 4
    40125 BOLOGNA
    ITALY
- Telephone : ?
- FAX : 0039 051 238011
- E-mail : info@cappellateatina.com
Home city/country : Bologna, Italy
Members :
- Luca Giardini, Laura Corella (violins)
- Marco Testori (violoncello)
- Dolores Costoyus (archlute, baroque guitar)
- Saverio Villa (organ)
Discography :
- Nicola Porpora (1686-1768) "Orphans & Virtuosos" - with Michele Andalo (countertenor) - Somm Recordings SOMMCD232 (Released in 2003.)
  - Salve Regina in F for Contralto solo, strings and basso continuo
  - Sinfonia a tre op. II n. 6 for 2 violins and basso continuo, in B major
  - Lamentazione II del Mercoledì Santo for Contralto solo, strings and basso continuo
  - Sinfonia a tre op. II n. 5 for 2 violins and basso continuo, in E minor

Cappella Tergestina

Artistic director : Marco Podda
Musical advisor : Marco Rossi
President : Federico Monti
Year ensemble formed : 1993 -- as an instrumental and vocal ensemble. In 1994 a choir was added to the ensemble.
Description : Repertoire from Plainchant to rare and unknown compositions by Italian authors of the 17th and 18th centuries (A. Caldara, T. Albinoni, G.A. Fioroni, G.B. Mosto, and C. Monteverdi)
WWW : http://www.cappellatergestina.it
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Via dei Modiano, 3
    34149 Trieste
    Italy
- Telephone : +39-336-526457 (c/o Marco Podda)
- E-mail : info@cappellatergestina.it
Home city/country : Trieste, Italy
Discography : http://www.cappellatergestina.it

Cappella Tibia

Director : ?
Year ensemble formed : 1988
Description : Since 1988 the Collegium Musicae Antiquae Helsingiense has been a Renaissance woodwind ensemble under the name Cappella Tibia
WWW : http://www.cmah.org
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Helsinki, Finland

Cappella de'Turchini
(See Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini.)

Il Capriccio

Director : Friedemann Wezel (violin; leitung@ilcapriccio.de)
Year ensemble formed : 1998
Description : Chamber orchestra
WWW : http://www.ilcapriccio.de
Contact information :
- E-mail : info@ilcapriccio.de
Home city/country : Germany
Members :
Concert schedule :
Discography :
- Felix Mendelssohn: Violin concerto in D minor, Octet op. 14 - Cavalli Records CCD 412 (Recorded in 2001. Released in 2002.)
- Bertold, Cornelius, & Stefan David Hummel - with Sergio Azzolini (bassoon) - Musicaphon M55717 (Recorded in 2004/2005. Released in 2005.)
- WA Mozart: Violin concerto No. 1 in B major (KV 207), Bassoon concerto in B major (KV 191); FJ Haydn: Symphonies 107 & 108 - with Sergio Azzolini (bassoon) - Musicaphon (Recorded in 2006. Released in 2007.)

Capriccio Basel

Leader : Dominik Kiefer (violin)
Year ensemble formed : 1997
Description : Collaborates with Amphion Bläseroktett Basel (a period wind ensemble).
WWW : http://www.capricciobasel.ch
Contact information :
- Postal address: ?
- Tele/FAX: ?
- E-mail: monika.mathe@capricciobasel.ch
Home city/country : Basel, Switzerland
Discography :
- CPE Bach: "Johannes Passion" - with the Zelter-Ensemble der Sing-Akademie zu Berlin - Capriccio 60 103 (2 CDs. Released in 2004.)
- Giovanni Lorenzo Gregori (1663-1745): Concerti grossi op. 2 Nr. 1-10; Alessandro Stradella: Sonata "in due cori"; Sinfonia for the cantata "Per il santissimo Natale";Sonata di viole ("Concertino di due violini, e leuto") - Capriccio 71091 (SACD. Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)
- William Hayes (1708-1777): Concerto grossi, organ concerto - Capriccio (SACD. Recorded in 2006. Released in 2007.)

Capriccio français

Artistic director : Philippe Le Fèvre
Year ensemble formed : 1995 – by Le Fèvre
WWW :
- http://capriccio.free.fr
- http://www.fevis.com/groupes/capriccio.html
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - c/o Mireille Caralp
    7 bis rue d'Aligre
    75012 Paris
    FRANCE
- Telephone/FAX : +33 (0)1 44 67 70 44
- E-mail : capriccio@free.fr
Home city/country : Paris, France

Capriccio Stravagante

Artistic director : Skip Sempé (harpsichord) (E-mail: skipsempe@aol.com)
Year ensemble formed : 1986 -- by Skip Sempé
Description : Music between 1500 - 1750; performing forces vary between 3-30 artists, and includes 4 groups:
1. Capriccio Stravagante (chamber ensemble)
2. Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra
3. Capriccio Stravagante Opera
4. Baroque Orchestral Formation
WWW : http://www.stravagante.com/ is the updated source of all current programs for worldwide touring, discography and awards, biographies and contact information.
Contact information :
Home city/country : Europe/USA
Awards: http://www.stravagante.com/discography.html
Friends and sponsors: Specific donation arrangements have been designed for American contributors for the concert and recording projects of Capriccio Stravagante.
Discography

Le Caprice Baroque

Director : ?
Year ensemble formed : 2000 -- by Clémence Grégoire
WWW : http://www.capricebaroque.com
Contact information :
- E-mail : cgregoire@capricebaroque.com
Home city/country : France
Members :
- Clémence Grégoire (recorder, traverso)
- Gayané Doneyan (recorder)
- Lucile Boulanger (viola da gamba)
- Karolina Herzig (harpsichord)

La Capriola

Director : ?
Year ensemble formed : 1994
Description : Perform music of the 17-18th centuries, especially music from 17th century Italy.
WWW : http://www.lacapriola.de
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - c/o Joachim Arndt / Angela Hug
    Baumgartenstr. 8a
    D-34130 Kassel
    GERMANY
- Telephone : 0561/602246 or 0561/65514
- FAX : 0561/65514
- E-mail : info@lacapriola.de
Home city/country : Germany
Members :
- Joachim Arndt (recorder)
- Angela Hug (recorder)
- Anne Sabin (violoncello)
- Claudia Schweitzer (harpsichord)
Discography : http://www.lacapriola.de
- Dario Castello: "Sonate"
- Telemann

Capriola Recorder Quartet

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : 2000
Description : The quartet is named after the canzon "La Capriola" of the Italian composer Florentio Maschera (ca. 1540-1584). Capriola is playing early and modern music on professional (consort) recorders. Capriola gives own concerts and concerts with other instrumentalists and chamber choirs.
WWW : http://www.blokfluitkwartetcapriola.nl
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - c/o Frans Schröder
    Oceaanpad 2,
    2614 XA Delft
    THE NETHERLANDS
- Telephone : + 31 (0)15 - 213 31 69
- FAX : ?
- E-mail : frans.schroder@inter.nl.net
Home city/country : Delft, The Netherlands
Members :
- Irene Hooimeijer (recorders)
- Hans Groen (recorders)
- Kees Konings (recorders)
- Frans Schröder (recorders, bass curtal)

Capriole

Artisitc director : Gayle Johnson (harpsichord)
Concertmaster/Leader : Risa Browder
Year ensemble formed : 1979 -- in Seattle, Washington. Relocated to Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1989.
Description : A vocal and instrumental ensemble that specializes in 17th-century chamber music. Capriole regularly collaborates with singers such as Baritone James Weaver, Sopranos Christine Brandes & Susanne Peck, Mezzos Jennifer Lane & Barbara Hollinshead and baroque dancers Paige Whitley-Bauguess and Thomas Baird.
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Capriole
    PO Box 558
    Williamsburg, VA 23187
- Telephone : (757) 220-1248
- FAX : (757) 220-0398
- E-mail : capriolebaroque@capriolebaroque.org
Home city/country : Williamsburg, Virginia
Core members :
- Annie Loud (violin)
- Martha Perry (violin)
- Risa Browder (violin)
- John Moran (violoncello)
- Gayle Johnson (harpsichord)

Capriole

Director : ?
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Montréal, Québec, Canada

Carmina Antiqua

Director : ?
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : Perform music from the Renaissance.
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - c/o Dr. Wolfgang Köhler Herberts
    Katernberg 15
    D-42113 Wuppertal
    Germany
- Tel : 0202 / 76 38 50
- Fax : 0202 / 76 28 81
- E-mail : buengershammer@t-online.de (?)
Home city/country : Germany

Carolina Baroque

Music Director : Dale Higbee (recorders)
Year ensemble formed : 1988 -- by Higbee
WWW : http://www.carolinabaroque.org/
Contact information :
- Postal address:
  - 412 South Ellis St
    Salisbury NC 28144
- Phone: 704-633-9311
- E-mail: dalehigbee@salisbury.net
Home city/country : Salisbury, North Carolina
Members :
- Teresa Radomski (soprano)
- Dale Higbee (recorders)
- John Pruett (baroque violin)
- Doris Powers (baroque violin)
- Mary Frances Boyce (baroque viola)
- Holly Maurer (viola da gamba)
- Daniel Hannemann (harpsichord)

Carolina Pro Musica

Artistic director : Karen Hite Jacob
Year ensemble formed : 1977
WWW : http://www.carolinapromusica.org/
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - P.O. Box 32022
    Charlotte, NC 28232
- Telephone : 704/334-3468
- Fax : 704/333-5239
- E-mail : kjacob@vnet.net
Home city/country : Charlotte, North Carolina

Carpe Diem
("Enjoy the day, enjoy the present")

Director : Alessandro Zara (cornetto)
Year ensemble formed : 1992
Description : CARPE DIEM specializes in the research and performance of American music from the 16th-18th centuries performed on period instruments.
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Apartado 14326
    Caracas 1011-A
    Venezuela
- Telephone/FAX : 58-2-5763228
- E-mail : vientmus@cantv.net
Home city/country : Caracas, Venezuela
Members :
- Lisbeth Leal (Baroque violin)
- José Alberto Hernández (shawms)
- Carlos Pimentel (curtal and sordun)
- Raúl Pimentel (shawms, baroque and renaissance flutes)
- Belén Ojeda (harpsichord and organ)
- Alessandro Zara (cornetto)
- Vilma Guzm´n Dao, Elizabeth Quintanales, Berta Lares (sopranos)
- Jerónimo Ramos (tenor and percussion)
- Carlos Gómez (bass)

Caryatide

Artistic Director : Thomas Luks, violoncello and bass violin
Year ensemble formed : 1997
Description : Vocal chamber music ( i.e. compositions for 1 or 2 singers and basso continuo, adding a melody instrument if necessary ) between 1650 and 1750. The ensemble also functions as a continuo section for bigger groups (choirs, ...) and occasionally plays purely instrumental music from that same period.

Caryatide is the female equivalent of Atlas: both being large stone figures used in the architecture of ancient buildings. They are represented as giants supporting the roof, stories, of buildings. Both the 'basso continuo' and the architectural giants combine an esthetic and a fundamentally structural function; they both 'support' the more visible part of the structure.

Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - c/o Thomas Luks
    Van Hamméestraat 7
    B-1030 Brussels
    BELGIUM
- Telephone : Tel/fax: 00 32 2 216 85 97
- E-mail : thomas.luks@worldonline.be
Performance management :
Home city/country : Brussels, Belgium
Members :
- Thomas LUKS, violoncello and bass violin
- Ewald DEMEYERE, harpsichord and organ
- Alain DE RIJCKERE; bassoon and dulcian
- Gery CAMBIER, double bass and violone da gamba
- NN: lute and guitar
Discography :
- Monteverdi's Vesperae de la beata Virgine; René Gailly Productions/Vox Temporis CD92 045

Castalian Band

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : 1988
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Scotland

Castle Trio

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : 1984
Description : Named after the Smithsonian Castle -- administrative headquarters for the Smithsonian Institution and associated museums.
WWW : http://www.si.edu/fom/trio.htm
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Members:
- Marilyn McDonald (violin)
- Kenneth Slowik (violoncello)
- Lambert Orkis (fortepiano)
Discography :
- Beethoven, The Complete Piano Trios; Virgin Classics VC 7-91126-2; Virgin Classics VC 7-91442-2;
- Virgin Classics VC 7-59220-2; Smithsonian Collection of Recordings ND 036
- Schubert, Trio in E-flat Major, D929; Sonatensatz D28; Virgin Classics CDC 7-59303-2
- Smetana Trio in G Minor, Op. 15; Dvorák, Dumky Trio; Smithsonian Collection of Recordings ND 034

Catacoustic Consort

Artistic Director : Annalisa Pappano (apappano@catacoustic.com)
Year ensemble formed :
Description : The Catacoustic Consort presents a variety of vocal and instrumental music from Renaissance chamber music to Baroque opera, with the intent of recreating the sound of the music when it was originally performed. The music is performed on period instruments such as the viola da gamba, theorbo, organ, harpsichord, Baroque guitar, and lute. In addition to a historically informed approach to performing music, Catacoustic is dedicated to approaching music with an understanding of the life and times of when it was originally played, including an informed humanities presentation to accompany its programs.
WWW : http://www.catacoustic.com
Contact information :
- E-mail : apappano@catacoustic.com
Home city/country : Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Members :
- Catherine Webster (soprano)
- Annalisa Pappano (lirone, viola da gamba)
- Michael Leopold (theorbo)
- Becky Baxter (Baroque triple harp)
Discography :
- "The Italian Dramatic Lament": works by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Jacopo Peri (1561-1633), Giovanni Kapsberger (1575-1651), Giulio Caccini (1546-1618), Riccardo Rognoni Taeggio - Naxos (USA) 8.557538 (Recorded in 2004. Released in 2005.)

Catch!

Director : ?
Year ensemble formed : 1998
WWW : http://www.catch-music.org.uk
Contact information :
- Postal address:
  - 57a St Philip’s Rd,
    Cambridge, CB1 3DA
    ENGLAND
- Tel/Fax: 01223 461143
- E-mail: info@catch-music.org.uk
Home city/country : West London, UK
Members :
- William Summers (recorder flute) (E-mail: wsummers@dircon.co.uk)
- Melanie Thompson (flute)
- Helena Brown (harpsichord and organ)
- Mark Argent (violoncello)
Guest artist: Janet Oates (soprano)

Catherina Early Music Consort

Director : Matsumoto Masataka
Year ensemble formed : 1973
Description : In 1995 they provided music for a radio-drama "Zassou Note" ("Thoughts notebook") written by Hayao Miyazaki (Totoro, and Nausica).
WWW : http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ey5s-iszk/robahouse/catherina1_en.html
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - 6-22-32 Saiwai-cho
    Tachikawa, TOKYO 190-0002
    Japan
- Telephone : 042-536-7266 (intl. +81-425-36-7266)
- FAX : 042-536-7968 (intl. +81-425-36-7968)
- E-mail : cx6m-mtmt@asahi-net.or.jp
Home city/country : Tokyo, Japan
Members :
- Garyu MATSUMOTO (Bagpipes, Crumhorns, Hurdy-Gurdy, Psaltery, Canoon etc)
- Tssey UENO (Santour, Psaltery, Saz, Lutes, Durbucca etc)
- Junnosuke CHIBA (Fiddle, Viola da gamba, Crumhorns, Recorders etc)
- Haruo SHINAGAWA (Rackett, Curtal, Crumhorns, Recorders etc)
- Kazuaki Nagai (Serpent, Crumhorns, Recorders etc)
Discography : "Ductia" - Krumhorn Records TGCS160 (Ductia, the village, was featured in Youichi Azuma’s 1993 film “E no naka no boku no mura").

Cavalier Consort

Director : none (the members work by consensus)
Year ensemble formed : 1994
Description : Primarily focused on music of Tudor through Restoration England; Renaissance and early Baroque music from other countries is also played. Copies of period instruments are used; also additional players or singers can be employed.
WWW : http://members.tripod.com/cavcons/
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - c/o Michael Murphy
    3428 Douglas Rd.
    Chesapeake VA 23322
- Telephone : (757) 421-0341
- E-mail : lindamurp@aol.com
Home city/country : Chesapeake, Virginia
Current members :
- Sarah Glosson (viola da gamba, baroque cello)
- Charles Hillen (recorders) (E-mail : chillen@odu.edu)
- Annie Loud (baroque violin)
- Linda Murphy (baroque guitar, cittern)
- Michael Murphy (lute, baroque guitar, theorbo)
Past members :
- Martha Perry (baroque violin)
Discography :
- "Music's Magic Art": Music of Bononcini, Uccellini, Marais, Daniel Purcell, Corbetta and others.

Cecilia's Circle

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : The ensemble's programs reveal the rare beauty of masterworks by women composers such as Barbara Strozzi and Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, alongside more familiar music of the Baroque. Cecilia's Circle has a special talent for Purcell and his intriguing portraits of women. In naming the ensemble, the musicians pay homage to the music Purcell wrote to celebrate St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music.
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : USA
Members :
- Janet Y

La Caccia

Café Zimmermann

Caldara Ensemble

La Calendola Amsterdam -- disbanded

Calliope, A Renaissance Band

Callipygian Players

Cambridge Baroque Camerata

Cambridge University Baroque Ensemble (See CU3E)

The Cambridge Musick

Camellia Consort

Camerata of the 18th Century

Camerata Anxanum

Camerata Classica

Camerata Fulda

Camerata Iberia

Camerata Kilkenny

Camerata Köln

Camerata Ligure (See Allesandro Stradella Consort)

Camerata Lutherana Wien

Camerata Moderna

Camerata Trajectina

La Cameriste

Canarios

Cancionero

Cantafiato

Cantata à Trois -- disbanded

Canterbury Baroque

Cantica Symphonia

Cantigas

Canto

Cantus Cölln

Cantus Firmus

Cantus Firmus Consort

Canzona

La Canzona -- disbanded

Capella Academica

Capella Agostino Steffani

Capella Antiqua Bambergensis

Capella Augustina

Capella Aurora

Capella Clementina -- disbanded

Capella Coelestina

Capella Corelli

Capella Durante and Chamber Orchestra

Capella Fidicinia Leipzig

Capella Figuralis

Capella Incognita

Capella Leopoldina

Capella de Ministrers

Capella Montana

Capella Musicae

Capella Orlandi Bremen

Capella Piccola

Capella Príncep de Viana

Capella Rediviva

Capella Regia Musicalis

La Capella Reial de Catalunya

Capella Ricecar

Capella Sagittariana

Capella Sancta Caecilia

Capella Savaria

Capella Sebaldina Nürnberg

Capella de la Torre

Capella Thuringia

Capelle Baroque Orchestra

Capilla Virelai

Cappella Accademica Praha (Renamed Hofmusici)

Cappella Augustana

La Cappella Basel

Cappella Coloniensis

Cappella Laurentii

Cappella Musicale di San Petronio (See Orchestra della Capella Musicale di San Petronio.)

Cappella Palatina

Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini (or Cappella de' Turchini)

Cappella Stravagante

Cappella Strumentale del Duomo di Novara

Cappella Teatina

Cappella Tergestina

Cappella Tibia

Cappella de'Turchini (See Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini.)

Camerata Ligure
(See Allesandro Stradella Consort)

Cappella Accademica Praha
(Renamed Hofmusici)

Cappella Musicale di San Petronio
(See Orchestra della Capella Musicale di San Petronio.)

Cappella de'Turchini
(See Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini.)

Carpe Diem
("Enjoy the day, enjoy the present")