There have been CDs of ‘Danish’ Baroque orchestral repertoire before, notably from Concerto Copenhagen, but there’s certainly room for more. I put ‘Danish’ in inverted commas because none of these ...
A particularly evocative Largo in Vivaldi ’s Concerto in G ‘La notte’ set the tone. Calm sustained chords cushioned Horsch’s ...
In 1949, pianist Oscar Levant released an LP of the most famous extended work for piano and orchestra ever penned by an American composer: George Gershwin’s Concerto in F (1925). The piece looms large ...
In this series, Classical 91.7's music librarian Chris Hathaway reviews new additions to our ever-growing CD library. This month, Chris reviews the piano music of Judith Lang Zaimont (some of it new) ...
Last May, the Milanese recorder virtuoso and conductor Giovanni Antonini appeared with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a complete cycle of a good old favorite, J.S. Bach’s “Brandenburg” Concertos. The ...
The feisty red-headed priest, Antonio Vivaldi, really did write some 500 concertos. Six of them were for recorder. We take you to Toronto where Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra is in concert with recorder ...
The Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra presents its final Valley Vivaldi concert of the season Sunday at Wesley Church in Bethlehem. Joining the ensemble, which includes principal instrumentalists of the ...