BBC Proms “Bach Day”, 14th August 2010, Saturday. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, and The English Baroque Soloists at Cadogan Hall, London.
Category Archives: Baroque
Rostropovich plays Bach’s Cello Suites (Complete)
Mstislav Rostropovich plays Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cello Suites, The Six suites for unaccompanied cello, probably the most frequently performed and recognizable solo compositions ever written for cello. Bach’s Cello Suites were most likely composed during the period 1717–1723 when Bach served as a Kapellmeister in Köthen.
Pachelbel’s Canon in D Major
San Francisco based renaissance and baroque music ensemble Voices of Music perform Pachelbel’s Canon in D Major. The piece remained forgotten for centuries like most other works by Pachelbel and other pre-1700 composers, and was rediscovered only in the 20th century, and became extremely popular.
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.
Vivaldi’s “Spring”, with human voices
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 musical director and arranger of the quintet is the musician Mrs. Shula Erez. Singers: Maya …
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor
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.
Albinoni: Adagio in G Minor (Copernicus Chamber Orchestra)
Conducted by Horst Sohm, the Copernicus Chamber Orchestra performs Tomaso Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor. Recorded in a live concert during the Festival de Musica de L´Escala, 2011.
John Williams plays Domenico Scarlatti’s Sonata in D minor
John Williams plays Sonata in D minor by Domenico Scarlatti on the guitar, inside the Reales Alcázares in Seville, Spain.
Bach – Air on the G-String, BWV 1068 (With original instruments)
The second movement, Aria, from Bach’s orchestral suite in D Major, BWV 1068, popularly known as the “Air on the G-String” performed on original instruments from the time of Bach by the Early Music ensemble Voices of Music. Air on the G String is German violinist and teacher August Wilhelmj‘s (21 September 1845 in Usingen …
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John Williams plays Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto 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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