Fire Music: Infernal Flames and Celestial Blaze
Capella de la Torre
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Editor's Choice
This award-winning early music ensemble has a wonderfully distinctive sound and spirit – wind-dominated, percussion-driven, absolutely authentic but always playful...This is music with dirt...
Fire Music: Infernal Flames and Celestial Blaze
Capella de la Torre
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Editor's Choice
This award-winning early music ensemble has a wonderfully distinctive sound and spirit – wind-dominated, percussion-driven, absolutely authentic but always playful...This is music with dirt...
About
Capella de la Torre is a group of musicians who have made a name for themselves as specialists in historical performance practice and was founded by Katharina Bäuml in 2005. Consisting of 10 members, the ensemble's aim is to give listeners an immediate experience of the rich and hitherto neglected repertoire of mediaeval and renaissance music by performing it to a professional standard. In 2016, Capella de la Torre is honoured as the "Ensemble of the year" by the ECHO Klassik for its brilliant Album "Water Music". The new album by the "Ensemble of the Year" (ECHO Klassik 2016) presents great music by composers like Michael Praetorius, Mateo Flecha or William Byrd inspired by the element fire. Through centuries myths, legends and faiths have been inspired by the element fire. With great musical capability, the “Ensemble of the Year” (ECHO Klassik 2016) - the early music specialists of the Capella de la Torre - presents a multifaceted selection of incredible works by composers of the 15th and 16th century Europe. They explore the fascinating universe of celestial blazes, the never-ending fire of divine love, the resurrecting phoenix, Zeus the Greek god of lightning, the destructive and regenerative energy of fire, as well as the infernal flames. With "Fire Music" the ensemble Capella de la Torre offers a magnificent sequel of the award-winning Album "Water Music".
Contents and tracklist
- Capella de la Torre
- Katharina Bäuml
- Capella de la Torre, Cécile Kempenaers (soprano), Markus Brutscher (tenor), Matthias Gerchen (bass), Matthias Lutze (bass)
- Katharina Bäuml
- Capella de la Torre, Cécile Kempenaers (soprano), Markus Brutscher (tenor), Matthias Gerchen (bass), Matthias Lutze (bass)
- Katharina Bäuml
- Capella de la Torre
- Katharina Bäuml
- Capella de la Torre, Cécile Kempenaers (soprano), Markus Brutscher (tenor)
- Katharina Bäuml
- Capella de la Torre, Cécile Kempenaers (soprano), Markus Brutscher (tenor), Matthias Gerchen (bass), Matthias Lutze (bass)
- Katharina Bäuml
- Capella de la Torre, Matthias Lutze (bass), Matthias Gerchen (bass)
- Katharina Bäuml
- Capella de la Torre, Markus Brutscher (tenor)
- Katharina Bäuml
- Capella de la Torre, Cécile Kempenaers (soprano), Markus Brutscher (tenor), Matthias Gerchen (bass), Matthias Lutze (bass)
- Katharina Bäuml
- Capella de la Torre
- Katharina Bäuml
- Capella de la Torre
- Katharina Bäuml
- Capella de la Torre, Cécile Kempenaers (soprano), Markus Brutscher (tenor), Matthias Lutze (bass)
- Katharina Bäuml
- Capella de la Torre, Cécile Kempenaers (soprano)
- Katharina Bäuml
- Capella de la Torre, Cécile Kempenaers (soprano), Markus Brutscher (tenor)
- Katharina Bäuml
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineJuly 2026Editor's Choice
December 2016
This award-winning early music ensemble has a wonderfully distinctive sound and spirit – wind-dominated, percussion-driven, absolutely authentic but always playful...This is music with dirt under its fingernails, and all the better for it.