Concerto for Harpsichord (or Piano) and String Orchestra Op. 40 was commissioned by the Polish Radio for the Composers Forum, a radio series of presentations of contemporary Polish composers. "Totally ...

Someday, perhaps, a lively musicologist will examine the history of the harpsichord and hipness. The antique plucked keyboard helped define music in the Baroque era and, through its tuning, the future ...

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 ...

The third concert in La Follia's all-Bach concert season is a reprise of one of its most popular programs ever: Bach's concertos for one, two, three, and four harpsichords. Performing are director ...

Stefano Montanari (violin), Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (harpsichord) L'Oiseau Lyre 478 2243 *** The three concertos recorded here on period instruments are for keyboard (the Concerto in D, ...

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 ...

Harpsichordist Jory Vinikour's recording "20th Century harpsichord concertos" (Cedille Records). You might think the harpsichord is a mere historic novelty, an outdated baroque cousin of the piano and ...

The mid-18th-century Berlin court of Frederick the Great has been much visited by recording artists over the years, such that any interested person can by now have a pretty good idea of the kind of ...

A surprisingly metal piano arrangement of the main theme from The Phantom of the Opera, with Bach’s concerto in D minor… AyseDeniz, a Turkish classical pianist, has mixed the menacing theme from The ...

Mahan Esfahani says the harpsichord is as relevant today as it was when Bach and Vivaldi were playing it, and his interview with NPR's Robert Siegel this past June left no doubt. It's not every day ...

Antonia janigro conducting I Solisti di Zagreb, with Anton Heiller, Erna Heiller, Kurt Rapf, and Christa London, harpsichordists; Vanguard BGS-70659/60 (stereo) and BG-659/60: two records These two ...

Stephen Cera celebrates the remarkable Polish keyboard player who single-handedly revived interest in the harpsichord during the early part of the 20th century Wanda Landowska was the preeminent ...