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American guitarist Jason Vieaux released his first volume of Johann Sebastian Bach’s lute music in 2009. His followup second volume (finally) arrived in 2022, and I chose it for my Sunday Baroque holiday gift list this year. Today’s Beautiful Music features a selection from volume two. You can also listen to my conversation with Jason […]

Today’s Beautiful Music features another selection from my 2022 Sunday Baroque Holiday Gift List. CANTICA OBSOLETA is a recording by Acronym of some less well-known music that is vibrant and fascinating. The instrumental ensemble is joined for some of the selections by four top-tier singers: soprano Hélène Brunet, alto Reginald Mobley, tenor Brian Giebler, and

Today you can audition another outstanding artist whose work I’ve chosen for this year’s Sunday Baroque Holiday Gift List. Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani’s 2022 recording of music by Johann Sebastian Bach includes the composer’s Overture in the French Style BWV 831. This is a concert performance of Mahan Esfahani playing it for today’s Beautiful Music. You

One question I’m frequently asked is for my recommendations for recordings. And at this time of year, many of us are seeking ideas for gift-giving, too, so I started the annual Sunday Baroque Holiday Gift List. I choose some of the outstanding recent recording releases that I want you to know about — some are

Two talented musical siblings provide today’s Beautiful Music! Violinist Amina Knapp and cellist David Knapp collaborated with pianist Kerri LeJeune to play Camilla Saint-Saens’ La Muse et le Poète. Their 2019 performance was for the MYS Symphony Solo Competition in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Soprano Sonya Headlam and pianist Rebecca Cypess provide today’s Beautiful Music by Parisian musician Anne-Louise Boyvin d’Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy, who lived from 1744-1824. She and her husband hosted salons in their home (where their neighbor was Benjamin Franklin!) and were patrons of local artists and musicians. Read more about her using the link below,

This lovely performance by AbsoLutes is today’s Beautiful Music. The Polish duo plays members of the lute family and baroque guitar. This performance features them playing the Arpeggiata and Passacagla by Austrian-Italian virtuoso performer and composer Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger, who lived from.1580-1651.

Columbian soprano Betty Garcés is an award-winning and critically acclaimed musician who has performed all over the world as a concert artist and opera singer.. The musician offers today’s Beautiful Music — Betty Garcés is joined by the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra performing the joyful “Salida de Cecilia Valdes” by Cuban composer Gonzalo Roig You can

Today’s Beautiful Music features Will Crawford’s presentation about the Native American flute. He demonstrates his traditional Dakota flute, talks about its meaning and purposes, and the language for describing the instrument. There’s also a concert by Tommy Wildcat from 2017 Cherokee Days featuring Native American flute.9+6

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you have many reasons to feel thankful today. I am thankful that you are here, reading these words, and listening to this Beautiful Music. Today’s highlights are by a variety of baroque era composers, celebrating the theme of gratitude: Georg Muffat, Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Pachelbel, and Henry Purcell.