This is the fourth in a series of posts about appreciating classical music. Catch up on the first three parts of the series here, here and here. Though its name sounds archaic, the harpsichord is a ...

On March 19, Naïve Classiques will release Bach Klavierwerke, Rinaldo Alessandrini's third solo harpsichord recital on the French label. Rinaldo Alessandrini generally records with his ensemble ...

One may expect to see many things at a harpsichord concert, but I daresay one of those refined classical instruments being comandeered by a guy in a Batman sweatshirt and a knit stocking cap isn't one ...

Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings Helsinki Baroque Orchestra Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Aapo Häkkinen, Harpsichord Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings Helsinki Baroque Orchestra Johann ...

JS Bach wrote, or rewrote, seven solo harpsichord concertos. Most of them began life as showpieces for other instruments – violin, oboe d’amore – and occasionally their potted history makes for an ...

If the period instrument movement of the last half century has taught us anything, it's how to quibble earnestly about questions like: Should Bach's keyboard music be played on a harpsichord or piano?

Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings Masato Suzuki, Harpsichord Bach Collegium Japan Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings Masato Suzuki, Harpsichord Bach Collegium Japan Concerto for Harpsichord and ...

If the Kilkenny Arts Festival has whetted rather than sated your appetite for Bach, here’s Andreas Staier swinging into view with new versions of seven harpsichord concertos on two mid-price CDs. The ...

Like many another composer, Bach was an avid recycler. Two of the harpsichord concertos here – the ones in F, BWV1057, and G minor, BWV1058 – are better known in their original guises, as the Fourth ...

The audience was small. The slight keyboard instrument painted green on the stage wasn’t imposing. Beyond the first few rows of Walt Disney Concert Hall Wednesday, the delicate sound it made was faint ...