Baroque Telemann Christmas Cantatas If you're looking for an alternative to the expected Christmas playlist, this might well be what you're looking for
Baroque Revelatory Legrenzi: 'Compiete,' Op. 7 This is one of the most significant Baroque releases I have come across this year
Baroque An Oratorio for Christmas: Bach's Weihnachts-Oratorium The Christmas Oratorio is a piece like no other
Baroque Bassoon Cantatas: the revelations of Christoph Graupner This is actually the third disc on cpo of cantatas by German Baroque composer Christoph Graupner (1683-1760): there has already been one on that label of Epiphany Cantatas, and another
Baroque Versailles Double: Lully and Lalande - a grotto and some fountains Versailles - surely one of the most beautiful places on Earth - threads through today's post like a golden ray of light. As we turn our attention to Lully's George
Bach A Tale of Two Goldbergs; or, a Tale of Two Opposites Two high-profile pianists have released their interpretations of Bach's Goldberg Variations, on two major labels, Hyperion and Deutsche Grammofon. Pavel Kolesnikov, on Hyperion, presents a performance that is shot full
Baroque Cafe Zimmermann with Damien Guillon: Lamento The appeal of this ravishing disc is twofold: one, the astonishing countertenor Damien Guillon, who we have perviously met in the Classical Explorer post on Masaaki Suzuki's incredibly powerful Bach
Baroque Buried Treasures: Graun's opera, "Polydorus" This is one of those operas that is hard to excerpt simply because you end up wanting to excerpt everything
Scarlatti A Cornucopia of Scarlatti from Lucas Debargue Swimming in Heaven: Lucas Debargue's Scarlatti
Baroque The stunning world of Salvatore Lanzetti Unforgettable Baroque music delivered with consummate artistry
Baroque Geminiani Concerti grossi, Op. 2 There is such warmth, such gentilité and such energy here that one can't help but be captivated
Record Label Focus Label Focus: Alpha's ferocious curiosity A look at a label that likes to explore ...
Baroque Masaaki Suzuki and Bach's St Matthew Passion Some works can consume an artist. One thinks of Furtwängler's Beethoven Ninths (plural). And while the recording industry usually isn't in a position these days to support re-recordings by artists
Vocal Pergolesi's beautiful Stabat Mater from Christophe Rousset Pergolesi's Stabat Mater in F minor is one of the glories of the Baroque period. Fact.
