Nov 3, 2026
- Label
- Big Round Records
- Released
- 2026
- Length
- 18:00
- Format
- EP
The “folk collective” Floyds Row recently released “The Carlisle Sessions”: just five tracks and eighteen minutes of music.
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for the love of the baroque
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Nov 3, 2026
Nov 2, 2026
- Composers
- PiazzollaCali
- Label
- Cicada Woods
- Released
- 2026
- Length
- 40:00
This Toronto-based string quartet has released their version of Astor Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires or Cuatro estaciones…
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Seasons Cicada Woods
Nov 1, 2026
- Composers
- ShawCarpenterBryars
- Label
- Rubicon
- Released
- 2026
- Length
- 55:00
The common thread here is harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani, who brings into our living rooms three different conceptions of the harpsichord…
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Mondrian – 21st Century Harpsichord Concertos Esfahani
Oct 31, 2026
- Composers
- JSBach
- Label
- Arcana
- Released
- 2026
- Length
- 1:23:00
Of course, Mr. Baù teases us with these unknown gems for the viola da gamba by Bach. A recent discovery? No.
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J.S. Bach: Partitas for Viola da gamba Teodoro Baù
Oct 25, 2026
- Composers
- BeethovenSchubert
- Label
- HDB Sonus
- Released
- 2026
- Format
- CD
I was a bit surprised to see another Italian conductor taking up Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony so soon after our earlier experience here with…
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Imprinting: Beethoven and Schubert Accademia Bizantina
Oct 22, 2026
- Composers
- JS Bach
- Label
- Alpha
- Released
- 2026
The recorder occupies a distinctive place in Johann Sebastian Bach's sacred music, its gentle, breath-driven sound frequently associated…
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J.S. Bach: Komm!
Oct 18, 2026
- Composers
- Mendelssohn
- Label
- Erato
- Released
- 2026
Felix Mendelssohn's Lieder ohne Worte hold an odd place in the repertoire.
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Songs without Words Bertrand Chamayou
Oct 17, 2026
- Composers
- CPE Bach, Telemann, JS Bach, Boismortier
- Label
- Challenge Classics
- Released
- 2026
Bach wrote the Inventions to teach his students to play cleanly in two parts at the keyboard, and the four Duettos of Clavier-Übung III are…
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Mar 15, 2025
- Composers
- Johann Sebastian Bach
This week I’m continuing my Bach streak by reviewing a counterpoint (ha!) to last week’s review by Albert Cano Smit.
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Bach The Art of Fugue • Phantasm
Jan 22, 2026
- Label
- Challenge Classics
- Catalog no
- CC720016
- Released
- 2025
- Length
- 59:33
Founded in 2018, UnderStories focuses on exploring the rise of the cello as a solo instrument, and especially the repertoire for two…
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A French Odyssey UnderStories Ensemble
Aug 1, 2026
- Composers
- George Frideric HandelAntonio Vivaldi
- Label
- Signum
I'm not going to pretend I know what has happened to England's two great period-instrument ensembles — maybe nothing has — but their…
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Handel & Vivaldi: Sacred Works Grace Davidson
Jun 7, 2026
- Composers
- Joseph Bodin de BoismortierJean‐Féry RebelMichel Corrette
- Label
- Chaconne
- Released
- 2016
- Length
- 57:28
It’s funny sometimes how you come into discovering a new recording. And by new I mean new to me, not necessarily new to the world.
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