Opera Prima
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 …
15 Apr
London Baroque – Stravaganza Napoletane
London Baroque – Stravaganza Napoletane
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 …
14 Apr
The Assads in Richmond
The Assads in Richmond
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 …
12 Apr
Movement
Movement
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, …
06 Apr
Pieter Wispelwey on Bach
Pieter Wispelwey on Bach
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 …
27 Mar
The Complete Organ Works of J. S. Bach
The Complete Organ Works of J. S. Bach
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 …
19 Mar
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Concert
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Concert
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 …
15 Mar
Killing the Music Experience
Killing the Music Experience
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 …
14 Mar
Mr. Corelli in London
Mr. Corelli in London
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 …
13 Mar
A Visit to the Jefferson
A Visit to the Jefferson
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 …
27 Feb
Taking Stock of Bach’s Cantatas
Taking Stock of Bach’s Cantatas
You can buy all of Bach’s cantatas, as some enterprising conductors have set to do just that, record them all! There was Harnoncourt, then Koopman, …
26 Feb
Au temps de Louis XV
Au temps de Louis XV
Imagine attending one of the performances of the Concert Spirituel in “late-baroque” France. What would that sound like? Look like? The music better have been …
16 Feb
Bach – Art of Fugue – Christian Rieger
Bach – Art of Fugue – Christian Rieger
This 2008 recording, done in the famous Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal in Köln, features harpsichordist Christian Rieger performing in a David Sutherland copy of a Zell instrument …
16 Feb
Bach Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord
Bach Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord
I have so much enjoyed Café Zimmermann’s account of Bach concertos on Alpha. This release features two members, violinist Pablo Valetti and Céline Frisch. Despite …
12 Feb
Bach – Art of Fugue – Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin
Bach – Art of Fugue – Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin
That other Academy of Ancient Music has recorded, for their 25-year anniversary, Bach’s best work (my opinion): Die Kunst der Fuge on DVD. Like my reviews? …
11 Feb
Scarlatti Motets
Scarlatti Motets
Il Seminario Musicale has existed, evidently, since 1985 (!). The most consistent thing about them has been their singer, Gérard Lesne, a French countertenor. Other …
07 Feb
Voices of Music
Voices of Music
Great chamber ensemble from the San Francisco area in California. Among all their videos online, I liked this one the best.
04 Feb
Manze – Biber Mystery Sonatas
Manze – Biber Mystery Sonatas
Andrew Manze and Richard Egarr perform Biber’s Rosary Sonatas for violin and continuo, on Harmonia Mundi. In October of 2004, I first reviewed this collection, in …