Tag Archives: Baroque

Lodestar Trio’s Bach to Folk

Posted on 25th October 2022 by Gary Whitehouse

These days I particularly enjoy music that combines roots or folk music with other traditions including jazz and classical. The musicians of Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland seem particularly adept at this sort of thing: Norwegian guitarist Jakob Bro, the … Continue reading →

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Angela East, Bach: The Cello Suites; Baroque Cello Illuminations

Posted on 20th January 2021 by Robert

Angela East is the cellist for Red Priest, the baroque chamber ensemble noted for its innovative approach and flamboyant public style. In the two recordings presented here, East has gone solo, pretty much, and brought this approach to the smaller-scale … Continue reading →

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George Frideric Handel’ Water Music/Royal Fireworks Music

Posted on 10th February 2018 by Robert

This review was written by Huw Collingbourne for an earlier incarnation of Green Man Review. What the world really does not need, you might think, is yet another recording of Handel’s Water Music. Along with Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, the Water … Continue reading →

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George Frideric Handel’s Messiah

Posted on 12th December 2017 by Robert

Handel’s Messiah is without doubt the most often-performed work from the baroque canon, to the extent that every December sees concerts organized by symphonies, choruses, churches, and even sing-alongs staged by volunteers. Think about it: it’s almost one word: Handelsmessiah. … Continue reading →

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Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons

Posted on 24th June 2017 by Robert

Terje Tønnesen, soloist and conductor on this recording of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, includes a liner note to the effect that the performance “represents a form of time travel in which we attempt a ‘correct’ reading of history while at … Continue reading →

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Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, Op. 8, Nos. 1-4; Pietro Locatelli’s Concerto in F Major, Op. 3, No. 10 and Concerto in D Major, Op. 3, No. 11

Posted on 21st January 2016 by Robert

Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons is arguably one of the most performed, and certainly among the most heard, of Baroque masterpieces, having made its way from musty libraries to concert halls to shopping malls. It is seldom that one is able … Continue reading →

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