Only four of the nine sonatas for violin and continuo on this recording by the Brook Street Band can be definitively attributed to the master through an extant autograph score. Authorship aside, all of these sonatas are at the very least charming, often clever, and always beautiful.
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‘The Montpellier Codex, The Final Fascicle: Contents, Contexts, Chronologies’ is an accompaniment to a manuscript containing the largest collection of Medieval motets and an important source of 13th-century polyphony.
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By exploring historical instruments and techniques to play them, pioneers of the early music revival have opened up new worlds of sound.
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The French violinist shares her wisdom on giving a convincing historically-informed performance.
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The early music ensemble in residence at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., will perform 12 concerts titled “A Christmas Messe: A Banquet of Seasonal English Music” Dec. 14-23.
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