Conducted by Vincent Dumestre, the early music ensemble Le Poème Harmonique performs Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s grand polyphonic motet Te Deum (H. 146) in D major (probably between 1688 and 1698) and Jean-Baptiste Lully’s 1677 work “Te Deum”.
The Academy of Ancient Music, a British period-instrument orchestra based in Cambridge, England, performs Antonio Vivaldi’s Six Flute Concertos, Op. 10.
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Conducted by Lars Ulrik Mortensen, the European Union Baroque Orchestra and Choir of Clare College perform Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne (HWV 74), a secular cantata composed by George Frideric Handel to a libretto by Ambrose Philips. Soloist:…
Harpist Lauren Baker plays the very famous baroque piece, “Pachelbel’s Canon in D Major” on Harp.
Conducted by Trevor Pinnock, the English Concert and Choir perform Antonio Vivaldi’s hymn Gloria in Excelsis Deo, which words date probably from the 4th Century and which is an integral part of the Ordinary of the Mass. Recorded at the…
Accompanied by the Belgian instrumental ensemble Ricercar Consort, Spanish countertenor Carlos Mena performs Antonio Vivaldi’s “Nisi Dominus” for alto and orchestra, RV 608. Conductor: Philippe Pierlot.
Italian early music ensemble Il Giardino Armonico (The Harmonious Garden) plays Antonio Vivaldi’s Cello concerto in A minor, RV 419. Soloist (cello): Christophe Coin. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
Amsterdam-based instrumental ensemble Combattimento Consort plays Handel and Purcell. Recorded at the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam on October 28, 2012.
French classical pianist Hélène Grimaud plays the last movement, Ciaccona (Chaconne) from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin (BWV 1004) on piano. Piano transcription of the piece was written by the Italian composer, pianist,…
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Conducted by Giovanni Antonini, the pioneering Italian early music ensemble Il Giardino Armonico (“The Harmonious Garden”) plays Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins and Cello in B Minor, Op. 3, No. 10 (RV 580), the tenth of L’Estro Armonico (Harmonic…
Conducted by Christina Pluhar, L’Arpeggiata performs Henry Purcell’s opera in a prologue and three acts, “Dido and Aeneas (Z. 626)”. With a libretto by the Irish poet, hymnist, and lyricist Nahum Tate (1652 – 30 July 1715), the opera recounts…
German Baroque music ensemble Vocalconsort Berlin performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Sing unto the Lord a new song, BWV 225), the motet first performed in Leipzig around 1727. Choirmaster: Daniel Reuss. This performance was recorded…