MULLER-BRUHL, HELMUT (b 1939 )

Helmut Mühler-Brühl studied theology and philosophy as well as musicology at the Humanistisches Gymnasium in Brühl. He went on to study the viola and conducting as well as music theory, and participated in master-classes given by the distinguished violinist Wolfgang Schneiderhan at Lucerne. In 1958 he invited the Cologne Chamber Orchestra, founded by the conductor Hermann Abendroth, to be the principal orchestra for the concerts given in his family home, the Schloss Brühl, following which the orchestra’s conductor, Erich Kraak, called on Mühler-Brühl to become its chief conductor in 1964. Since then the orchestra has worked with many artists of the highest calibre, such as Maurice André, Frans Brüggen, Gaspar Cassadó, Jörg Demus, Christoph Eschenbach, Pierre Fournier, Ingrid Haebler, Wilhelm Kempff, Jean Pierre Rampal and Irmgard Seefried, and has toured extensively, appearing throughout Europe, North and South America and Asia as well as appearing at numerous international festivals. Under Mühler-Brühl’s direction the orchestra initially recorded for the German label Schwann, covering an extremely wide range of repertoire from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

For a period of ten years from 1976 the orchestra performed on period instruments, under the name Capella Clementina; and using the experience thus gained, Mühler-Brühl re-established the Cologne Chamber Orchestra in 1987, henceforth dedicated to giving performances on modern instruments, but informed by historical performance practice. The orchestra has since established successful concerts series in Cologne, at the Cologne Philharmonic Hall from 1988; in Paris, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées from 1995; and in Munich, at the Prinz Regenten Theatre from 1997. In addition it has continued to be active in the recording studio, making numerous records of Baroque and Classical repertoire exclusively for the Naxos label from 1995 onwards. Mühler-Brühl has also specialised in working with young instrumentalists, and has nurtured the careers of many of today’s successful musicians.

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20 KLASSISKA FAVORITER (20 Classical Favorites)	8.570566
ALBINONI / BACH / CORELLI / CIMAROSA / HANDEL: Baroque Oboe Concertos	8.571003
Art & Music: Canaletto - Music of His Time	8.558177
AVE MARIA - Les plus beaux Ave Maria et chants a la Vierge (The Most Beautiful Ave Marias and Songs to the Virgin)	8.570886-87
BACH (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552103-04
BACH / VIVALDI: Violin Concertos	8.571001
BACH FOR MEDITATION	8.557650
BACH, J.S. / HOFFMANN / TELEMANN: Alto and Tenor Cantatas, BWV 35, 55, 160, 189	8.557615
BACH, J.S.: Adagio	8.552242
BACH, J.S.: Alto Cantatas, Vol. 1	8.557621
BACH, J.S.: Bass Cantatas, BWV 56, 82, 158	8.557616
BACH, J.S.: Brandenburg Concertos, Vol. 1	8.554607
BACH, J.S.: Brandenburg Concertos, Vol. 2	8.554608
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas for Solo Soprano, BWV 51, 52, 84, 199	8.570453
BACH, J.S.: Concertos for Harpsichords, Recorders and Violins	8.553505
BACH, J.S.: Concertos for Oboe and Oboe d'amore	8.554602
BACH, J.S.: Concertos for Two, Three and Four Harpsichords	8.554217
BACH, J.S.: Harpsichord Concertos, Vol. 1	8.554604
BACH, J.S.: Harpsichord Concertos, Vol. 2	8.554605
BACH, J.S.: Harpsichord Concertos, Vol. 3	8.554606
BACH, J.S.: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232	8.557448-49
BACH, J.S.: Oboe Concertos, BWV 1053, 1055, 1056, 1059, 1060	8.554169
BACH, J.S.: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1-4, BWV 1066-1069	8.554609
BACH, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion	8.557617-19
BACH, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion (Matthaus-Passion)	8.551240-42
BACH, J.S.: Violin Concertos, BWV 1041-1043 and BWV 1052	8.554603
BAROQUE FOR MEDITATION	8.557792
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (Muller-Bruhl)	8.570749-51
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 (Muller-Bruhl)	8.551099
BEETHOVEN: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6 (Muller-Bruhl)	8.551257
BEETHOVEN: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8 (Muller-Bruhl)	8.551262
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 / Prometheus Overture / Coriolan Overture / Egmont Overture	8.551229
BENEDICTUS - CLASSICAL MUSIC FOR REFLECTION AND MEDITATION	8.556705
BEST OF BAROQUE MUSIC (COLOGNE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA)	8.557124
BRIDE'S GUIDE TO WEDDING MUSIC (A)	8.503134
BRIDE'S GUIDE TO WEDDING MUSIC FOR CIVIL CEREMONIES (A)	8.570227-28
British Antiques Roadshow (Sweden only)	8.555100
CHILL WITH BACH	8.556786
CHRISTMAS Frohe Wiehnacht (Merry Christmas)	8.551266
CINEMA CLASSICS 2005	8.556814
CINEMA CLASSICS 2006	8.556833
CLASSICAL FAVOURITES (Den Klassiske Onskekonserten)	8.503129
CLASSICAL INSPIRATIONS, Vol. 2	8.551236
Discover Music of the Baroque Era	8.558160-61
DISCOVER THE CLASSICS, VOL. 3: The Concerto	8.554486-87
ENKELIN AANIN (Angel's Voices)	8.503147
FLOWERING OF LOVE, (THE) - Beautiful Arias and Sacred Songs of the Baroque	8.570156-57
FLUTE MOMENTS	8.557788
HAYDN, J.: Trumpet Concerto / Horn Concerto No. 1 / Keyboard Concerto in D major / Double Concerto in F major (Bruhl)	8.570482
HAYDN, J.: Violin Concertos, Hob. VIIa: 1, 3, 4 (Hadelich)	8.570483
HAYDN: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Sinfonia concertante	8.571034
HAYDN: Cello Concertos Nos. 1, 2 and 4	8.555041
HAYDN: Concertos for Harpsichord and Organ	8.570486
HAYDN: Drei Violoncellokonzerte	8.551059
HAYDN: Piano Concertos, Hob.XVIII:3,4,9,11	8.570485
HAYDN: Symphonies, Vol. 16 (Nos. 74, 75, 76)	8.554109
HAYDN: Symphonies, Vol. 17 (Nos. 54, 56, 57)	8.554108
HAYDN: Symphonies, Vol. 18 (Nos. 80, 81, 99)	8.554110
HAYDN: Symphonies, Vol. 19 (Nos. 32, 33, 34)	8.554154
HAYDN: Symphonies, Vol. 22 (Nos. 13, 36 / Sinfonia Concertante)	8.554762
HAYDN: Symphonies, Vol. 24 (Nos. 43, 46, 47)	8.554767
HAYDN: Symphonies, Vol. 26 (Nos. 41, 58, 59)	8.557092
HAYDN: Symphonies, Vol. 28 (Nos. 37, 38, 39, 40)	8.557093
HOREN - LERNEN - WACHSEN: Music for Babies and Children	8.551218
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL NZ 2001	8.555883
KLASSIK HIGHLIGHTS - Music for the 20th Anniversary of Naxos	8.550020
Kyrie: Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation	8.556707
LA CELLISSIMA	8.551094
LISTEN, LEARN AND GROW WITH BACH	8.557579-80
MOZART: Great Symphonies (Symphonies Nos. 40 and 41)	8.551071
MOZART: Symphonies Nos. 14, 21 and 29	8.554290
MOZART: Symphonies Nos. 28, 34 and 36, 'Linz'	8.554289
NAXOS 15TH ANNIVERSARY CD	8.555964
NAXOS SELECTION: Highlights	8.571000
PERFECT SPRING WEDDING	8.557976
PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater / Salve Regina in C minor	8.557447
REJOICE - A Vision of Christ Through Music	8.570980
Roman Christmas: Italian Concertos and Cantatas	8.551077
SAINT-GEORGES: Violin Concertos Op. 5, Nos. 1-2 and Op. 8	8.555040
SVENSKA FOLKETS ONSKEKONSERT	8.557192
TARTINI: 5 Violin Concertos	8.551243
TARTINI: Violin Concertos	8.570222
TELEMANN (THE BEST OF)	8.556689
TELEMANN: Darmstadt Overtures (Suites)	8.554244
TELEMANN: II flauto	8.551091
TELEMANN: Recorder Suite / Recorder Concertos	8.554018
VANHAL: Violin Concertos in G major, B flat major, and G major	8.557815
Vivaldi : 6 Flotenkonze	8.551093
VIVALDI: Flute Concerti, Op. 10	5.110008
VIVALDI: Flute Concerti, Op. 10	6.110008