Cologne Chamber Orchestra

Germany's oldest chamber orchestra, the Cologne Chamber Orchestra, applies insights from the historical-performance movement to readings of Baroque and Classical-era music on modern instruments. The group has a long recording history and, since 1995, has been a fixture of the Naxos label's catalog. The Cologne Chamber Orchestra (in German, Kölner Kammerorchester) was founded in 1923, drawing its membership from the larger Cologne orchestras of the day. From the beginning, the group's mission was to perform early music, not at all a common specialty at the time, and its inaugu...