Bachfest 2011
As part of my regular regimen of self-torture (where I peruse things online I cannot have, usually because of cost), I re-visited the Bach Leipzig …
As part of my regular regimen of self-torture (where I peruse things online I cannot have, usually because of cost), I re-visited the Bach Leipzig …
Former Musica Antiqua Köln violinist and concertmeister Florian Deuter has an ensemble he co-leads called Harmonie Universelle. Among their recordings for strings with continuo is …
The ensemble named for Antonio Vivaldi, Red Priest, has recorded 23 tracks of music by Johann Sebastian Bach, entitled “Johann, I’m Only Dancing,” and it’s …
Christina Pluhar has recorded the Vespro della Beata Vergine of Claudio Monteverdi for Virgin Classics with her ensemble, l’Apreggiata (p) 2011. The recording was made …
Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert led by Simon Standage recorded Handel’s suites known as the Water Music in 1983, with David Reichenberg on oboe. …
Biondi and Company release recording with 7 concertos; 6 are from Vivaldi’s collection op. 4, La Stravaganza, with the addition of Proteo o sia il …
Bach’s music carries a universality with it; perhaps its because his music is so removed from our own time and sound world that his music …
This past weekend I visited the grounds of what’s called Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, DC, up the hill a bit along Wisconsin Avenue. This estate …
London Baroque’s recent recordings have been on the BIS label, and among them for sale in MP3 format is Vivaldi’s first opus, a set of …
Awhile back, I admired the catalog London Baroque was building with BIS, and I picked up this recording featuring Italian works featuring a collaboration with …
Recently at the University of Richmond I heard the Assad Brothers Sergio and Odair play a program they called De Vola As Raizes or “Back …
Over the past month, I’ve purchased a couple “complete sets” of music, as I’m often inspired by Mr. McElhearn writing about his boxed sets, although, …
I like the cello playing of Pieter Wispelwey. His Bach sonatas are still among my favorites, and this recording features friends Richard Egarr and Daniel …
It wasn’t too long ago that a box from Amazon arrived that contained the complete organ works of Bach, performed several years ago by Ton …
I recently heard the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin in Charlottesville, where they played works by Bach, Telemann, and Handel in an all-German program. Here …
I cannot comment because I don’t use Windows. Comment on what? You’ll have an easier read over here, but I wanted to get to the original …
Seventy-one minutes of “arrangements” of Corelli, performed with recorder and orchestra. Conducted by Laurence Cummings. Soloist, the very capable Maurice Steger. The music? This 2010 …
The Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D. C. is a pain to get to… it’s far from the mall, and the path isn’t so well marked …