Quilapayún plays Bach’s Rondeau
Chilean music group Quilapayún plays Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Rondeau”, Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV 1067, Movement 2/7, with Latin American musical instruments.
Category Baroque Period
Vivaldi’s Spring with human voices [Carmel A-Cappella]
The vocal quintet “Carmel A-Cappella” sings the first movement (Allegro) of Antonio Vivaldi’s “Spring” from the “Four Seasons“. “Carmel A-Cappella” is a vocal quintet containing five female singers ensemble from Haifa, Israel, who specializes in unaccompanied polyphonic music (a-cappella). The…
Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor [a visual journey]
Stephen Malinowski performs and also visualizes Johann Sebastian Bach‘s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565. Stephen Anthony Malinowski is an American composer, pianist, educator, software engineer, and inventor. He was born on August 6, 1953, in Santa Monica,…
John Williams plays Scarlatti’s Sonata in D minor, K.213
John Williams plays Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K.213 by Domenico Scarlatti on the guitar.
Eliot Fisk and Paco Peña mini concert
Two masters of the guitar, Eliot Fisk, a great classical guitarist, and Paco Peña, one of the greatest flamenco guitarists ever, in a tiny concert presented by NPR Music, they’re playing two classical and two flamenco pieces. The repertoire here…
Bach: Air on the G-String [Voices of Music, with original instruments]
Award-winning Early music ensemble Voices of Music performs the second movement, Aria, from Johann Sebastian Bach’s orchestral suite in D Major, BWV 1068, popularly known as the “Air on the G-String,” using original instruments from Bach’s time. Air on the…
John Williams plays Vivaldi’s Concerto for Lute in D Major, RV 93
One of the most beautiful pieces of Baroque music: John Williams plays Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto for Lute in D Major, RV 93. Antonio Vivaldi wrote many concertos for various instruments, including lute and mandolin. This Concerto in D major for…
Vivaldi: Four Seasons [I Musici]
Italian chamber orchestra I Musici performs The Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni) by Antonio Vivaldi. The Four Seasons is a group of four violin concertos, each of which gives musical expression to a season of the year. The wonderful…
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos [Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter]
Conducted by the German conductor, choirmaster, organist, and harpsichordist Karl Richter, the Münchener Bach-Orchester performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos (BWV 1046-1051). The Brandenburg concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 1046-1051, original title: Six Concerts à plusieurs instruments) are a collection…