JS Bach wrote, or rewrote, seven solo harpsichord concertos. Most of them began life as showpieces for other instruments – violin, oboe d’amore – and occasionally their potted history makes for an ...

The Dallas Bach Society performs Bach's Harpsichord Concerto in D major, with artistic director James Richman as harpsichord soloist, on Oct. 15 at Zion Lutheran Church in Dallas. Ben Torres / Special ...

It’s not all about the Brandenburg Concertos – but it’s a good place to start! Discover the magic behind Bach’s fantastic Baroque orchestral music. Of Bach’s mammoth output of more than 1100 ...

Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings Masato Suzuki, Harpsichord Bach Collegium Japan Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings Masato Suzuki, Harpsichord Bach Collegium Japan Concerto for Harpsichord and ...

(16) Concertos, Movements: D, BWV972 (Vivaldi: Concerto, Op. 3/9 RV230) Vital Julian Frey, Harpsichord Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer (16) Concertos, Movements: G, BWV973 (Vivaldi: Concerto, Op. 7/8 ...

If the Kilkenny Arts Festival has whetted rather than sated your appetite for Bach, here’s Andreas Staier swinging into view with new versions of seven harpsichord concertos on two mid-price CDs. The ...

Arriving from Spain merely days before its first concert, Van Diemen's Band's brand new Ruckers 1624 grand ravalement, double manual harpsichord built by Titus Crijnen, features prominently in this ...

This release fizzes with energy. I’ve long preferred hearing these concertos played on a modern piano. But listening to Matthew Halls’s harpsichord performances have made me completely reassess the ...

Franz Liszt – and others who followed him – used to be criticized for making piano arrangements of symphonies, songs and other pieces not originally meant for the piano. Severe-minded types considered ...

Like many another composer, Bach was an avid recycler. Two of the harpsichord concertos here – the ones in F, BWV1057, and G minor, BWV1058 – are better known in their original guises, as the Fourth ...