Nov 7, 2026
- Composers
- KohautVivaldiKleinknechtKrebsHagen
- Label
- Arcana
- Released
- 2026
- Length
- 1:13:00
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
Nov 7, 2026
- Composers
- JSBach
- Label
- Deutsche Grammophon
- Released
- 2026
- Length
- 37:00
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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Continuum II Víkingur Ólafsson
Nov 6, 2026
- Composers
- Lassus
- Label
- Linn
- Released
- 2026
- Length
- 2:01:00
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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Lassus: The Alchemist, Volume 3 Magnificat & The City Musick
Nov 5, 2026
- Composers
- JSBach
- Label
- Brilliant
- Released
- 2026
- Length
- 1:47:00
On the heels of another Bach gamba album, this one presents music both familiar and perhaps unfamiliar for the gamba.
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J.S. Bach: Viola da gamba Sonatas Zipperling & Belder
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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The Carlisle Sessions Floyds Row
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
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Dec 22, 2025
- Composers
- Georg Philipp Telemann
- Label
- cpo
- Catalog no
- 555 584-2
- Released
- 2026
In this recent release from the Kölner Akademie, we get a recording across two discs of Telemann’s Frankfurt festival music (TWV 12:1)…
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Telemann: Auf Christenheit! Kölner Akademie – Willens
May 1, 2022
- Label
- Arcana
- Catalog no
- A 482
- Released
- 2021
Released earlier this year in January, Quartetto Bernardini, featuring the HIPP-specialist Alfredo Bernardini, who has made so many…
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A journey through the golden age of the oboe quartet
Oct 7, 2022
- Composers
- Jean-Marie Leclair
Leclair’s music has been a favorite of mine for some time; it’s safe to say I am nearly as strong a leclairfan as a biberfan.
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Leclair: Sonatas for violin and continuo
Dec 27, 2025
- Label
- ECM Records
- Catalog no
- ECM 2843
- Released
- 2025
- Length
- 39:17
This album—albeit short at 39 minutes—is worth your time, bringing together viola, double bass, and sheng.
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