Despite the title please note that Steven Isserlis plays these sonatas on a cello, not a viola da gamba. We may miss the plangent quality of the instrument of Bach and Handel’s day, but Isserlis ...

Seven Days is 30, and we need your help to celebrate. With your donation, we’ll stay on track, delivering rigorous reporting on Vermont news and culture. German-born baroque master George F. Handel ...

The Brook Street Band, the stylish British early-music ensemble that takes its name from Handel’s old stomping grounds, has already given us fine recordings of the composer’s two collections of trio ...

Trio Sonata in D Minor, Op. 2 No. 1, HWV 386b: I. Largo Trio Sonata in D Minor, Op. 2 No. 1, HWV 386b: II. Allegro Trio Sonata in D Minor, Op. 2 No. 1, HWV 386b: III ...

Piers Adams (recorder), Musica da Camera/Robert King, Howard Beach(keyboards), David Watkin (cello)Red Priest Recordings RP 008 *** This set brings together recordings made by Piers Adams in 1988 and ...

Infectious, celebratory performances of Handel. Classic FM Drive Featured Album, 28 October 2013. The all-girl Brook Street Band have developed a solid reputation for their sunny, energetic ...

Although Shostakovich gets top billing on the CD jacket, it is the first recordings of two modern American works, David Dzubay’s 1992 Sonata for Cello and Piano and Robert Muczynski’s Sonata of 1968, ...

The year 1685 was certainly good for music. After all, Johann Sebastian Bach, composer of St. Matthew Passion and B Minor ...

This is FRESH AIR. Our classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz says he's not listening to a lot of classical music during the pandemic, but a couple of recent recordings of works that go back to such ...