for the love of the baroque
Nov 10, 2026
This recording, made in December 2010, features over an hour of music by French composers such as Robert de Visée, Lully, Nicolas Hotman…
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Nov 8, 2026
I attended the Richmond Symphony's concert today, directed by Valentina Peleggi.
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Nov 8, 2026
Haydn was forty when he wrote this set of six string quartets, the third set he'd written while at the Eszterháza palace.
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Nov 7, 2026
Evangelina Mascardi has impressed me over the past several years, not least with her Bach on the lute.
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Nov 7, 2026
This album of just 37 minutes is a bit confusing and with no booklet offered (via Qobuz) I can only speculate about the production.
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Nov 6, 2026
Orlande de Lassus (c. 1532–1594) was arguably the most versatile composer of the late Renaissance, and the one who most fully embodies the…
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Nov 5, 2026
On the heels of another Bach gamba album, this one presents music both familiar and perhaps unfamiliar for the gamba.
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Nov 3, 2026
The “folk collective” Floyds Row recently released “The Carlisle Sessions”: just five tracks and eighteen minutes of music.
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Aug 13, 2017
Anton Steck has released a number of CDs with Christian Rieger featuring violin sonatas for CPO with snail shells on the covers.
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May 7, 2022
I appreciate the encyclopedic approach Mr. Pramsohler takes in his latest release with harpsichordist Philippe Grisvard, both principal…
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Feb 11, 2018
I’m always on the look-out for new musicians. Noally fit the bill, and his 2013 recording, made within a very live acoustic, features works for solo violin from Vilsmayr, Telemann, von Westhoff, Baltzar, Bach, and Biber.
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Dec 28, 2024
I remember seeing Tous les matins du monde in college, likely the first French language film I’d seen.
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