
When you collect Bach cantata recordings, you just have to accept that the near-infinite programming choices afforded by the combinations and permutations of 200 or
Dorothee Oberlinger and her harpsichord partner Christian Rieger have assembled a fine program that includes two works originally for flute and keyboard (BWV 1030 and
Max Reger’s Bach transcriptions for organ have little to do with the style and spirit of the composer’s original works for the instrument. The Chromatic
Here’s a recital centered upon how seven composers of different eras deal with fugal texture, featuring the Bulgarian-born, Russian-trained, Paris-based pianist Lilia Boyadjieva. Working backward,
No one can truthfully say that Bach’s motets haven’t been treated well on disc–some would say almost too well given the various and near-bewildering combinations
Some listeners may prefer a larger choir or more prominent orchestra in Bach’s grand masterpiece, and for those components there are a number of fine
Bach’s orchestral suites always have done well on disc. BIS recently released an outstanding SACD featuring the Japan Bach Collegium, and this newcomer is equally
Craig Sheppard performed Bach’s Two- and Three-Part Inventions as a short concert without interruption in Seattle’s Meany Theater in April 2006. The event was recorded,
The young Italian pianist Andrea Bacchetti has garnered serious attention and high praise in the European press for his prowess with new music (he recorded
I’ve never been a big fan of the “one-voice-to-a-part” cult of Bach performance, but I have to say that this is really outstanding, the renditions–especially