This release presents Christmas cantatas from three German Baroque masters: Dieterich Buxtehude, Georg Philipp Telemann, and Johann Sebastian Bach. All three wrote cantatas for each Sunday of the Liturgical calendar. Buxtehude was of the generation before Telemann and Bach and was a model to the younger composers. His cantata Das neugeborne Kindelein opens the program. It’s […]
Johann Sebastian Bach
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#ClassicsaDay #FamousLastWorks Week 3
For the month of October, the #ClassicsaDay team (of which I’m a part), decided to go with a Halloween theme. The idea is to share works marked in some way with the composer’s demise. It can be the last piece a composer completed before death, or one left incomplete at death. For my part, I […]
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#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalNine Week 2
September is the ninth month of the year. And so the #ClassicsaDay team decided to make the number the theme. For September 2018, the challenge is to post classical works that have to do with the number nine. I chose to alternate between nonets, opus nine compositions, and works with a catalog number of nine. […]
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#ClassicsaDay #SchumannsCircle Week 4
Robert Schumann was born on June 8, 1810. Some of us contributing to the #ClassicsaDay feed decided to celebrate that birthday. For the month of June, we encouraged folks to post works by Schumann and his circle. Schumann worked with several major composers of the day. He also reviewed up-and-coming composers in his magazine. Here […]
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Cosmography of Polyphony Travels Well
Tags: Adrian Willaert, Alfonso Ferrabosco, Alonso Lobo, Anthony Holborn, Antoine Brumel, Carlo Gesualdo, CD Review, Classical music, early music, Hernando de Cabezón, Hester Groenleer, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Ockeghem, María Martínez Ayerza, Nicolas Gombert, Osbert Parsley, Pan Classics, Petri Arvo, Pierre Phalèse, Royal Wind MusicWebster’s defines cosmography as “a description of the world.” In “Cosmography of Polyphony,” the Royal Wind Music describe their world of renaissance music through their concert repertoire. This ensemble of twelve recorder players presents music from Johannes Ockeghem (early 1500s) through Johann Sebastian Bach (mid-1700s). Playing polyphonic vocal works on instruments was standard practice in […]
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Piffaro Journeys Back Through Bach
Back Before Bach delivers on its promise. Piffaro surveys the music of 16th Century Germany, showing the foundation upon which Bach would build. Piffaro explores seven different themes. The tracks for each theme moves in chronological order. This makes it easy to hear how each tune develops. In some cases, also making the transition from […]
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#BachaDay 2016
Are you on Twitter — and love classical music? Then you should know about the #BachaDay hashtag. For the month of October, we’ll be using that hashtag to share the music of Bach — or rather, Bachs. Most #BachaDay tweets will be about Johann Sebastian Bach, of course, like this one:If you have a favorite […]
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The Berlin Wall falls – and a celebration of Dame Joan too!
This Friday, Vivace begins with a delightful piano quartet by Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia and a symphony by Antonio Rosetti. At 7:30 am, we’ll do our part to mark the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which occurs next Sunday, including an excerpt from a rare recording of cellist Mstislav Rostropovich […]
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Constantine Orbelian, pianist
Although this is a new release from Delos, it isn’t a new recording. Constantine Orbelian is best known today as the innovative conductor of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, but initially he was primarily a concert pianist. This 1992-1993 recording happened at a pivotal point in Obelian’s career. He was working with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra […]