Music from Scotland, Ireland, and Wales is taken, for the most part, from published sources in the 18th and early 19th centuries and expertly played by Montreal-based Ensemble La Cigale on appropriate instruments in what was called, even then, “the Scots drawing room style.”
Montreal Ensemble Relishes Celtic Baroque Music Read More »
This album acts much like an aural wine tasting, suggesting that some of Caravaggio’s paintings pair well, in subject and style, with musical works composed in the same general time and place.
Baroque Music Inspired By A Murderous Painter Read More »
French conductor Marc Minkowski, who is leading the San Francisco Opera production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” in June, has gone beyond the repertoire of his period-instrument ensemble, Les Musiciens du Louvre, to embrace music from the 19th to 21st centuries.
Minkowski: “A Specialist Of Non-specialization” Read More »
In Italian Guitar Music of the Seventeenth Century, Lex Eisenhardt makes it clear that the Baroque guitar has some very attractive repertoire that should be regarded as an important piece in the puzzle of 17th-century music.
Valuable Guide To 17th-Century Guitar Music Read More »
The recording is nicely varied and well performed; the ensemble sings with a tasteful sense of unity and phrasing, and the perfect intervals resonate well in their acoustic space.
Ensemble Scholastica Makes Fine CD Debut Read More »
