The South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim (Südwestdeutsche Kammerorchester Pforzheim) was established in 1950 by Hindemith’s pupil Friedrich Tilegant and quickly won international recognition for “the Tilegant Sound” both at festivals in Salzburg, Lucerne and Leipzig and in wider-ranging concert tours, and also through numerous recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, Vox, Erato, Telefunken and Intercord. Maurice André, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Frans Brüggen and Yehudi Menuhin were some of the great musicians with whom the orchestra collaborated. After Tilegant’s death in 1968, successors included Paul Angerer (1971–1981) and Vladislav Czarnecki (1986–2002).

The orchestra has broadcast for almost all European stations and made more ...