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, California in the United States.
Category Archives: Baroque Period
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 ranges from Baroque compositions by Bach and Domenico Scarlatti to present-day flamenco. And what happens …
Bach: Air on the G-String (Voices of Music, with original instruments)
Early music ensemble Voices of Music performs the second movement, Aria, from Bach’s orchestral suite in D Major, BWV 1068, popularly known as the “Air on the G-String” with original instruments from the time of Bach. Air on the G String is German violinist and teacher August Wilhelmj‘s (21 September 1845 in Usingen – 22 …
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John Williams plays Vivaldi’s Concerto for Lute in D-major
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 Lute and Orchestra has been transcribed for guitar. It remains one of the finest examples of …
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Vivaldi: Four Seasons (I Musici)
Vivaldi and the beautiful Venice. The great videos below, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, from “I Musici“, a film by Anton van Munster, probably one of the best classical/baroque music performances on the Internet. Enjoy.
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 (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 of six instrumental works. They considered masterful examples of the balance between assorted groups of …
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