Cappella Coloniensis is a German orchestra founded by the West German Radio in Cologne in 1954 for the purpose of introducing historically informed performance of Baroque music to the listening public. [1] [2] [3] [4]
In 1998 the orchestra received the Georg Philipp Telemann Prize from the City of Magdeburg. [5]
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