Nov 11, 2026
- Composers
- JSBach
- Label
- Metronome
- Released
- 2025
- Length
- 1:41:00
When I think about harpsichord versions of Bach's Die Kunst der Fuga, the recordings by Robert Hill, Christian Rieger, and Ton Koopman come…
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for the love of the baroque
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Nov 11, 2026
Nov 10, 2026
- Composers
- BarrièreLullyBraunHotman
- Label
- ATMA Classique
- Released
- 2012
- Length
- 66:00
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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Les Goûts Accordés La Rotta, Jivko Georgiev, Margaret Little, Katelyn Clark
Nov 8, 2026
- Composers
- Philip Glass
I attended the Richmond Symphony's concert today, directed by Valentina Peleggi.
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Firebird, Violin Concerto, Symphonic Dances Richmond Symphony, Julian Rhee
Nov 8, 2026
- Composers
- Haydn
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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Haydn String Quartets: op. 20, Sun
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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Beyond Vivaldi: Lute Concertos Mascardi, Estrovagante
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
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I used to read Early Music in college. Ostensibly, in the back of such a journal, would be advertisements for harpsichord builders or music festivals, such as the Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music for both I'd pine. This year my dream came true.
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- Label
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Philology and self-image play roles in the artistic vision of Mahan Esfahani, a harpsichordist with whom I’ve had a hot and cold…
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I first experienced Bach’s Goldberg Variations by the harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock. From memory, that recording was clean; Pinnock, as ever, was metronome sharp with very clean playing.
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Two Goldbergs
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