Hannah French explores Bach's Four Orchestral Suites, which although never published or seen as a collection in the composer's lifetime, contain some of his most enduring music. Show more Hannah ...

Written in 1707, the Dixit Dominus is Handel's earliest surviving manuscript. Hear this incredible music in a shining performance with the Stockholm Bach Choir, Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble, and ...

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A bright new recording of Bach's Orchestral Suites from Ensemble Sonnerie. Bach's four Orchestral Suites are among his most famous works - not least because of Suite No.3, which includes the 'Air on ...

Two of Bach's suites for orchestra frame duo concertos performed by some of the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra's finest. Directed by William Hennessy, the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra celebrates the ...

As prolific a composer (and patriarch) as Johann Sebastian Bach was, he managed to compose a precious few instrumental orchestral works. Besides solo instrument concertos, there exist only the six ...

The Sept. 24 death of prominent conductor and musicologist Christopher Hogwood came just as the orchestra he founded in 1973, the Academy of Ancient Music, was set to take on some of his signature ...

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts will present the final two concerts in its 2023-24 BACH series with pianist/curator Simone Dinnerstein. Two of Bach's lively and virtuosic ...

Period-instrument performances are plentiful; performances that actually conjure the period in question are not. Recorded in the Great Hall of the Arsenal in Metz, France, in August 1990 and ...

16. Brandenburg Concerto 6 in B-Flat Major, 17. Brandenburg Concerto 6 in B-Flat Major, 18. Brandenburg Concerto 6 in B-Flat Major, Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Works for Keyboard, Vol. 8: ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Just as mince pies and Christmas puddings are appearing on the supermarket shelves, the record industry is ...

“Orchestral Suites for a young prince” is what this release advertises, in reference to the fact that Sonnerie perform Bach’s familiar suites in versions ...