Reviews

Academia Montis Regalis, under the direction of Enrico Onofri, have released a disc of eleven Vivaldi concertos. Particolari refers to particular, or special in Italian.

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Michel-Richard de Lalande

While I would be forgiven, I hope, in listening to no other music save for the bigger names, to the music of Bach, of Handel, to other…

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Johann Sebastian Bach

We are so blessed, I feel, to have a number of new recordings, stepped in historical practice, of Bach's solo violin works.

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This album of harpsichord works by “Mr Couperin” is an excellent demonstration of the concept that Ricercar’s recordings might, in a way, be regarded as individual pages in a history of music.

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★★★★★

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Label

Archiv Produktion

Catalog no

479 2695

Released

2014

This album came out some years ago; when it came out I probably avoided it because of it's soloist.

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La Sfera Armoniosa performs concertos by Willem de Fresch (dir. Mike Fentross) Lidewij van der Voort leads on violin in this recording of six concerti grossi and a solo violin concerto by the Dutch contemporary of Handel, Willem de Fesch.

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★★★★★

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George Frideric Handel

Of Handel's offically published works, his opus 6 concertos can almost be considered analogues of those published earlier by Arcangelo…

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★★★★★

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George Frideric Handel

Among the three “big” German baroque giants, J.S. Bach, G.F. Handel, and G.P.

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★★★★★

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Johann Sebastian Bach

My first recording of the St. John Passion, BWV 245, was by Maasaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan.

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★★★★★

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Johann Sebastian Bach

The repertoire on this CD is taken from seven sources that bring us closer to Bach the musician, composer and teacher in his domestic milieu.

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★★★★★

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Label

Alpha Classics

Catalog no

Alpha 658

Released

2020

Anna Prohaska with Lautten Compagney, dir. Wolfgang Katschner on Alpha Disques (rel.

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★★★★★

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Trevor Pinnock—harpsichordist and orchestra leader—has played an important role in my life, specifically to the discovery and enjoyment of…

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★★★★★

Baroque violinist Lina Tur Bonet releases a new album entitled La bellezza: The Beauty of 17th Century Violin Music on Pan Classics (2020) with over 60 minutes of music—and it's good.

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★★★★★

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JSBach

Label

Brilliant Classics

Bach's Toccatas, unlike his "other collections" of pieces, say, the Six Partitas, the Well-Temepered Clavier, etc., was not conceived as a…

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★★★★★

Naïve's latest violin concerto release in their Vivaldi series, concertos for the theatre, feature a newish ensemble, founded in 2015, Le Concert de la Loge.

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★★★★★

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Luigi Rossi

Luigi Rossi: La lyra d’Orfeo & Arpa Davidica. L’Arpeggiata, dir. Christina Pluhar, featuring Véronique Gens, Jakub Józef Orlinski, Valer…

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★★★★★

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Antonio Vivaldi

Into Nature - Vivaldi Seasons and Other Sounds from Mother Earth. Imaginarium Ensemble, Enrico Onofri, violin, director.

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★★★★★

Label

Accent

Catalog no

ACC 24361

Released

2019

Length

1:17:42

Xenia Löffler offers a recital on the Accent label featuring works for oboe from the collection of music by Pisendel, the violinist and…

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★★★★★

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Georg Philipp Telemann

Label

cpo

Catalog no

777 891-2

Released

2016

Georg Philipp Telemann, The Grand Concertos for Mixed Instruments, Volume 3. La Stagione Frankfurt.

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★★★★★

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Johann Sebastian BachFrançois Couperin

Johann Sebastian Bach: Overture/Partita, BWV 831; François Couperin: 8ième ordre, Pièces de clavecin, book 2).

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★★★★★

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Georg Philipp Telemann

Georg Philipp Telemann, Trios & Quartets. Epoca Barocca. CPO, (p) 2011; Time: 66:00; Rating: (4.5/5). Telemann was a prolific composer.

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★★★★★

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Heinrich Ignaz Franz BiberJohann Heinrich SchmelzerJohann Joseph Fux

Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Johann Joseph Fux, Andreas Anton Schmelzer, Spicy: Exotic Music for Violin.

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★★★★★

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach Violin Concertos (BWV 1041, 1042, 1043, 1056R). Shunske Sato, Il Pomo d’Oro.

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★★★★★

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Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

Heinrich Franz von Biber, the Battle, the Bethel, and the Ball (works for strings and voice). ACRONYM.

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★★★★★

Composers

Domenico Scarlatti

Label

Erato

Catalog no

0190295633684

Released

2018

Domenico Scarlatti Sonatas (15 sonatas). Jean Rondeau, harpsichord. Erato, (p) 2018; Time: 81:00.

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★★★★★

(various). /Souvenirs d’italie: Concerti & Sonate/. Maurice STEGER and friends. Harmonia Mundi HMC 902253. (p) 2016; Time: 72:39 I first became acquainted with Steger in his collaboration with Reinhard Goebel (Telemann Flute Quartets) and have followed him…

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★★★★★

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Louis-Gabriel Guillemain

I’d already collected two albums by the ensemble known as fantasticus, one of french chamber works (Sonnerie and Other Portraits) and one…

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Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

My recording by Patrick Bismuth, who directs this ensemble, who performed Biber's so-called Mystery Sonatas. is among my favorites.

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Jan Nigges (recorder), Jonas Zschenderlein (violin), Karl Simko (cello), and Alexander von Heißen make up a new ensemble known as 4 Times Baroque - one of the few baroque ensembles I can think of using a numeral as part of their name.

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