Menu
Your guide to classical music online
Menu
Menu
Your guide to classical music online
Telemann wrote these sonatas to teach amateurs to play in the style of the virtuosi, specifically with respect to the practice of proper ornamentation. This
The fact that Leopold Stokowski could, in a personal but reverent fashion, transcribe the music of Bach is all-but-universally known: remember the first piece in
These 1987 digital recordings showcasing principal players from the London Philharmonic have plenty to recommend them. The performances are accomplished and the recorded sound, if
On this disc James Newton, himself a master of the jazz flute, includes not one but two “classical” ventures for his instrument, long ones at
The premise of this experimental and novel recording of the complete Bach Flute Sonatas rests on the rather flimsy historical argument that, based on the
Sensitive and stylish flute playing grace this “Mostly Mozart” disc of little-known 18th-century flute concertos. These world premiere recordings are at once a treasure trove
Richard Toensing’s spastic, Berg-like Concerto for Flutes and Wind Ensemble is a piece that flies by in no time, fast and furious, palatably atonal but
Right from the opening of the imposing D minor concerto BWV 1052, which features keyboard soloist Richard Egarr making odd little rhythmic hiccups that sound
Awadagin Pratt’s Bach collaboration with the St. Lawrence String Quartet and friends is a hit-and-miss affair. The outer movements of the A major and F
The music of this Dutch composer (son of Hendrick and brother of Louis) sparkles with Stravinskian invention, wit, and finesse. Stylistically it is somewhat akin
