Italian early music ensemble Il Giardino Armonico (The Harmonious Garden) performs Antoine Forqueray’s (the French composer and virtuoso of the viola da gamba, 1671-1745) La Couperin, a piece written for the harpsichord or Viola da Gamba and basso continuo (here…
Orfeo 55, the chamber orchestra founded by Nathalie Stutzmann performs cantatas from Johann Sebastian Bach. This beautiful performance titled “Une cantate imaginaire / An imaginary cantata” was recorded during the Festival d’Ambronay on October 6, 2012. Contralto and conductor: Nathalie…
Italian early music ensemble Il Giardino Armonico (English: The Harmonious Garden) and the French cellist, viola da gamba player and conductor Christophe Coin perform four of Antonio Vivaldi’s cello concertos: RV 409, RV 410, RV 419, and RV 414.
The Cavatina Duo (Spanish flutist Eugenia Moliner and the Bosnian guitarist Denis Azabagic) perform Sonata in E major for flute and basso continuo (BWV 1035) by Johann Sebastian Bach. Recorded during the XVth Gliwice Guitar Festival (2013) in Poland.
Accompanied by the Trondheim Soloists, a musical chamber ensemble of string players based in Trondheim, Norway, the Norwegian violinist Mari Silje Samuelsen performs “Summer” from Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni). Artistic Director: Øyvind Gimse. Video by Tor…
Leonora Spangenberger, the young German classical guitarist performs Fugue and Allegro from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro in E-flat major, BWV 998. Spangenberger plays a Curt Claus Voigt guitar which was built in 2004. Spangenberger was only 11…
Conducted by William Christie, the French Baroque musical ensemble Les Arts Florissants performs Susanna (HWV 66), a sacred oratorio in three acts, by George Frideric Händel. Broadcast by Mezzo, 2009.
Michala Petri (recorder) and Lars Hannibal (lute) play Johann Sebastian Bach’s Flute Sonata in C major for flute (recorder) and basso continuo (BWV 1033).
Conducted by Andrea Marcon, the Czech early music orchestra and choir Collegium 1704 performs arias and concertos from the Baroque period composers George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, and Claudio Monteverdi. Soloists (guest musicians): Magdalena Kožená, mezzo-soprano; Anna Fusek, flautino.
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Conducted by Jordi Savall, the early music ensemble Hespèrion XXI, and the orchestra with period instruments Le Concert des Nations perform Messe et motets pour la Vierge (mass and motets for the Virgin) by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Recorded at the Le…
Italian early music ensemble Il Giardino Armonico (English: The Harmonious Garden) performs Georg Philipp Telemann’s Paris Quartets (Quatuor Parisien) No. 12 (Chaconne).
San Francisco-based early music ensemble Voices of Music performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048, on original instruments. Recorded at St. Stephen’s Church, Belvedere, California.