La Rêveuse examines Corelli’s legacy on London’s music scene in 1720, with works by Handel, Babell, Geminiani and Schickhardt.
Tag: Baroque
Review: “La Vanità del Mondo” – Philippe Jaroussky, Artaserse
Countertenor Philippe Jaroussky performs Baroque Oratorio arias, with 7 world premiere recordings.
Review: “Portraits de la Folie” – Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Ensemble Amarillis, Gaillard
Mezzo-soprano Stéphanie d’Oustrac joins Ensemble Amarillis and Héloïse Gaillard in a program of baroque music.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, November 2020
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: Bach – Motets – Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Ensemble Pygmalion, under the direction of Raphaël Pichon, perform Bach’s six Motets, together with motets by other composers on a new recording for Harmonia Mundi.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, October 2020
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: “What’s Next vivaldi?” – Kopatchinskaja, Antonini
Patricia Kopatchinskaja presents a program which combines Violin Concertos by Vivaldi with contemporary works, together with Il Giardino Armonico and Giovanni Antonini.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, September 2020
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: Picchi – Canzoni da Sonar – Concerto Scirocco, Genini
Concerto Scirocco under Giulia Genini perform Picchi’s complete “Canzoni Da Sonar Con Ogni Sorte D’istromenti”, In the first recording of the full set.
Bach – A beginners Guide
Where to start when you want to get to know the music of Bach, one of the leading figures in the late Baroque era? Here are 10 pieces which represent a good place to start if one wants to get familiar with Bach’s music.
