Hannah French explores Bach's Four Orchestral Suites, which although never published or seen as a collection in the composer's lifetime, contain some of his most enduring music. Show more Hannah ...

The violinist and conductor Sigiswald Kuijken formed the period-instrument ensemble La Petite Bande in 1972 for what was to be a one-off recording project. The group coalesced so impressively that it ...

The Sept. 24 death of prominent conductor and musicologist Christopher Hogwood came just as the orchestra he founded in 1973, the Academy of Ancient Music, was set to take on some of his signature ...

A bright new recording of Bach's Orchestral Suites from Ensemble Sonnerie. Bach's four Orchestral Suites are among his most famous works - not least because of Suite No.3, which includes the 'Air on ...

As prolific a composer (and patriarch) as Johann Sebastian Bach was, he managed to compose a precious few instrumental orchestral works. Besides solo instrument concertos, there exist only the six ...

Written in 1707, the Dixit Dominus is Handel's earliest surviving manuscript. Hear this incredible music in a shining performance with the Stockholm Bach Choir, Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble, and ...

A great performance offers music as you've never heard it before. Unless you've listened to Ensemble Sonnerie's recent Grammy-nominated recording of J.S. Bach's four Orchestral Suites, Portland ...

On Thursday, June 11 Maestro Labadie leads the opening performance of the 2020 OSL Bach Festival at Zankel Hall, which pairs seminal orchestral works by J.S. and his son, C.P.E. Bach. Labadie will ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Just as mince pies and Christmas puddings are appearing on the supermarket shelves, the record industry is ...

A pared-down reading that positively shines. John Suchet's Album of the Week, 27 October 2014 Written during the composer's Leipzig period, where he had a wider range of instruments at his disposal ...

“Orchestral Suites for a young prince” is what this release advertises, in reference to the fact that Sonnerie perform Bach’s familiar suites in versions ...

Basle and Freiburg, barely 50 miles apart on either side of the Swiss/German border, are where the nexus of the period movement now resides, thanks to two chamber orchestras who have snatched the ...