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{{Short description|Musical ensemble specialising in period instruments for 18th and 19th century classical music}}
{{distinguish|The Köln Concert}}
{{One source|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox orchestra
| name                = Concerto Köln
| type                = 
| image               = RMF, Benjamin Appl, Bach, Eberbach Abbey.jpg
| image_size          = 260px
| caption             = In concert at the 2022 [[Rheingau Musik Festival]] at [[Eberbach Abbey]]
| alt                 = 
| founded             = {{start date|1985}}
| disbanded           = 
| location            = Cologne
| concert_hall        = 
| principal_conductor = [[Evgeny Sviridov (violinist)|Evgeny Sviridov]]
| music_director      = 
| website             = {{url|https://www.concerto-koeln.de/1733.html}}
}}
'''Concerto Köln''' is an ensemble specialising in music of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

The group formed in 1985, one of many groups associated with the surging interest in [[period instrument]]s in that decade. Its members consisted mainly of recent graduates of [[College or university school of music|conservatories]] from across Europe. They began touring the Continent, often making appearances at major festivals. In 1992 they founded the Cologne Festival of Early Music with the aid of Deutschland Radio. They receive no government [[subsidy|subsidies]], and do not have a permanent [[Conductor (music)|conductor]], though the group has an artistic director, Martin Sandhoff. Among the concert masters is [[Evgeny Sviridov (violinist)|Evgeny Sviridov]].

Their repertory stretches from early Baroque on through the Classical Era and as far into the nineteenth century as Wagner. They have also done a number of collaborative works, such as a disc juxtaposing [[Turkey|Turkish]] folk music with pieces in a Turkish style by composers such as [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]. They have recorded frequently with, among others, [[René Jacobs]], [[Daniel Harding]], [[Louis Langrée]], [[David Stern (conductor)|David Stern]], [[Ivor Bolton]], [[Marcus Creed]], [[Christopher Moulds]] and [[Evelino Pidò]].

== Discography ==
The ensemble has released more than 50 recordings, including the following:
* 1987: [[Antonio Vivaldi]]; [[Giovanni Battista Sammartini]]; [[Pietro Antonio Locatelli]] - ''Six Concerti Venetiens''
* 1987: Gluck - ''[[Écho et Narcisse|Echo et Narcisse]]'' ([[Harmonia Mundi France]])
* 1990: Bach - [[Auf, schmetternde Töne der muntern Trompeten, BWV 207a|''Auf schmetternde Töne'', BWV 207a]], [[Schleicht, spielende Wellen, BWV 206|''Schleicht, spielende Wellen'', BWV 206]]
* 1991: Handel - ''[[Giulio Cesare]]''
* 1992: [[Francesco Durante]] - ''Concerti''
* 1994: [[Gaetano Brunetti]] - ''Sinfonien''	
* 1998: [[Carl Heinrich Graun]] - ''Cleopatra & Cesare''
* 1999: [[John Field (composer)|John Field]] - [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Field)|Piano Concertos Nos. 2]] & 3, with [[Andreas Staier]]
* 1999: Mozart - ''[[Così fan tutte]]''
* 2002: Uri Caine - ''[[Diabelli Variations (album)|Diabelli Variations]]'' (Winter & Winter)
* 2003: ''Dream of the Orient''. Concerto Köln & [[Ensemble Sarband]] ([[Deutsche Grammophon|Archiv Produktion/Deutsche Grammophon]])
* 2004: Mozart - ''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]'' ([[Grammy Award]], Choc du Monde de la Musique; Edison Classical Music Award; Gramophone Record of the Year 2004; Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik)
* 2005: ''The Waltz''. Concerto Köln & [[Ensemble Sarband]] ([[Echo Klassik]])
* 2009: [[Henri-Joseph Rigel]] - Symphonies. ([[Echo Klassik]])
* 2010: [[Antonio Caldara]] - Arias with [[Philippe Jaroussky]] ([[Virgin Classics]]/[[EMI]])
* 2010: Bach - [[Orchestral suites (Bach)|Orchestral Suites]]
* 2012: Vinci - ''[[Artaserse (Vinci)|Artaserse]]''
* 2013: ''Karneval anno dazumal'' (live)

==References==
*[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=q18499|pure_url=yes}} Info] at [[Allmusic]]

== External links ==
* {{official|https://www.concerto-koeln.de/1733.html}}
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[[Category:Orchestras in Cologne]]
[[Category:EMI Classics and Virgin Classics artists]]
[[Category:Instrumental early music groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1985]]
[[Category:Deutsche Grammophon artists]]
[[Category:1985 establishments in West Germany]]