Category: music-3-Baroque

J. S. Bach – Passacaglia in C minor BWV 582

Reitze Smits | Netherlands Bach Society https://youtu.be/zzBXZ__LN_M?si=KYaFDj9_KtZao2ID / 2020 / … In the Passacaglia in C minor, performed here by Reitze Smits for All of Bach, Bach’s genius is as clear as day. As a variation work, it surpasses anything Bach could have heard in his younger years. The ostinato, the repetitive bass line that…… Continue reading J. S. Bach – Passacaglia in C minor BWV 582

J. S. Bach WTC II Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2

Complete Live Performance – Thomas Schwan, piano https://youtu.be/MNkWa4__OO8?si=uNfGkZ5411nq8xSN / 2022 / … To buy the CD of this concert (complete WTC, superior audio quality): https://www.thomasschwan.com/discogra… J.S. Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier Book II Complete Live Performance – Thomas Schwan, piano Website: https://www.thomasschwan.com No. 1 in C Major BWV 870: Praeludium 0:10 Fuga 3:02 No. 2…… Continue reading J. S. Bach WTC II Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2

J. S. Bach: The Art of Fugue, Marta Czech

(Die Kunst der Fuge), BWV 1080 https://youtu.be/p1Sq1HOYglU?si=gPDCw-26oYT8GTWL / 2022 / … #baroquemusic#bach#fugue Johann Sebastian Bach – The Art of Fugue (Die Kunst der Fuge), BWV 1080 Performed by Marta Czech “The Art of Fugue” (Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080) is one of the most profound and intellectually remarkable works by Johann Sebastian Bach. Written…… Continue reading J. S. Bach: The Art of Fugue, Marta Czech

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2/4

Claudio Abbado & the Orchestra Mozart https://youtu.be/VC24gV1o7XQ?si=Wr_2FqjeNVgTi15n / 2021 / … #JohannSebastianBach#BrandenburgConcertos#ClaudioAbbado Claudio Abbado and the Orchestra Mozart perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 at the Teatro Municipale Valli in Reggio Emilia, Italy (2007). Of the six Brandenburg Concertos, this is likely the most well-known – with its…… Continue reading Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2/4

J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 – Claudio Abbado

Claudio Abbado & the Orchestra Mozart https://youtu.be/gIgqeA76cdU?si=XPIpyqp7ha9xnMao / 2021 / … Claudio Abbado and the Orchestra Mozart perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050, at the Teatro Municipale Valli in Reggio Emilia, Italy (2007). Bach’s fifth Brandenburg Concerto is special in two respects: It includes a ‘concertino’ with harpsichord,…… Continue reading J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 – Claudio Abbado

Antonio Vivaldi – Concertos

https://youtu.be/82gHYBkergU?si=D9HLgwMfDwUgfbNF / 2019 / … Concerto RV 156 in G minorFor strings and basso continuo I. Allegro (0:00) II. Adagio (2:46) III. Allegro (4:37) Composed: unknown date Turin source: Giordano 29 Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, ‘Double Concertos’ Georg Kallweit, direzione Harmonia Mundi 901975 Images provided by www.internetculturale.it – non-commercial use only. https://youtu.be/km40O4fqdC8?si=QDh13CsKC0KJEv_7 Concerto con…… Continue reading Antonio Vivaldi – Concertos

J. S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue BWV 582

https://youtu.be/bXwHORPeOsg?si=4GTm36yqCXgJJ8Me / 2010 / … BBC Proms Bach Day 11 – Passacaglia and Fgue BWV 582Powerful performance of Bach’s great Passacaglia and fugue in c minor bwv 582 orchestrated by Respighi and performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton on 14th august 2010 at the Royal Albert Hall….

Antonio Vivaldi – Gloria RV 589

https://youtu.be/mIpiuREVPPY?si=F7QtVsYcNGl3pDJb / 2021 / … SANCTUARY OF OUR LADY OF GRACESVivaldi – GLORIA / Anastasia Demchenko / Anastasia Pirogova / Federico Raffaelli …OSP by Inga Balabanova in collaboration with the Friars of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Grace in Pesaro presents: Antonio Vivaldi Gloria RV 589 With Anastasiia Demchenko – soprano Anastasia Pirogova -…… Continue reading Antonio Vivaldi – Gloria RV 589

Aafje Heynis

https://youtu.be/MblBEV7u9r0?si=Fg1We3sjdmcG7l6y The encounter with the voice of Aafje Heynis is often a life-changing experience. Possessing a rare, velvet-toned alto that seems to carry the weight of centuries, she leads us into one of Antonio Vivaldi’s most enigmatic works: “Filiae maestae Jerusalem,” RV 638. This is an “Introduzione”—a vocal prelude intended to set a somber psychological…… Continue reading Aafje Heynis