Accompanied by the Italian early music ensemble Il Giardino Armonico (English: the Harmonious Garden), the Swiss lutenist Luca Pianca performs Antonio Vivaldi’s Lute concerto in D major, RV 93, one of four works featuring the solo lute written by the…
Early Baroque music: “Tormenti e dolce oblio”. Performers: Marc Mauillon (baritone), Angélique Mauillon (harp), and Friederike Heumann (viola da gamba). Recorded at the Palazzo Da Mosto in Venice on September 13, 2014.
Dutch conductor, recorder player, and baroque flautist Frans Brüggen (30 October 1934 – 13 August 2014) plays Georg Philipp Telemann’s Fantasie No. 3, the 3rd of the 12 Fantasias for Flute without Bass, TWV 40:2-13 with alto recorder, also known…
Conducted by Jordi Savall, the La Capella Reial de Catalunya (accompanied by the period-instrument ensemble Le Concert des Nations, also conducted by Savall) performs Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo (SV 318), sometimes called La favola d’Orfeo, a late Renaissance/early Baroque favola in…
Christmas in Vienna 2013: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, ‘Wiener Singakademie’ choir, and the ‘Wiener Saengerknaben’ choir at the Wiener Konzerthaus. Soloists: Ursula Langmayr (soprano), Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano), Joel Prieto (tenor) and Luca Pisaroni (bass-baritone). Conductor: Erwin Ortner.
The Christmas concert by the Spanish tenor José Carreras in Milan. Year: 2000. Emilia-Romagna Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Giménez Carreras (the nephew of the tenor). Director: Enrico Castiglione.
Conducted by Luca Meles, the Venice Baroque Orchestra performs Antonio Vivaldi’s Symphony in G-Major for Strings and Basso Continuo, RV 146 during the Schwetzingen Festival, 2010. From the concert given in the Rococo Theatre, Schwetzingen Castle, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany on May…
Ukrainian classical pianist Valentina Lisitsa plays August Wilhelmj’s arrangement of the second movement, Aria, from Johann Sebastian Bach’s orchestral suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068, commonly known as “Air on the G String”, with the arrangement of Alexander…
International Paganini Competition awarded Italian violinist Giuliano Carmignola performs Vivaldi’s string concertos at the Enescu Festival. Accompanied by the Venice Baroque Orchestra also conducted by himself. An amazing performance, enjoy.
Hungarian-born British classical pianist and conductor Sir András Schiff plays Johann Sebastian Bach’s English Suites, BWV 806–811, a set of six keyboard suites that the German composer wrote for the clavier (harpsichord or clavichord). They are generally thought to be…
Hungarian-born British classical pianist and conductor András Schiff plays Johann Sebastian Bach’s French Suites, BWV 812–817, a set of six keyboard suites that the German composer wrote for the clavier (harpsichord or clavichord) between the years of 1722 and 1725.
British harpist Amy Turk plays Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565, arguably one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s most popular works, originally a piece of organ music, on harp. Transcribed for the harp and performed by Amy Turk herself.