Proms Chamber Music 8: Dowland's seductive melancholy with Ian Bostridge and Fretwork

Zwei Konzerte von Brecon Baroque warfen derart inspirierend einen ersten Blick in Bachs Kosmos, dass man die Weiteren bereits sehnsüchtig erwartet.

Eine absolute Rarität, die die Ausführenden selbst zur Referenz machten und dem Stück die Auszeichnung bescherten, es unbedingt in den Kanon der Ostermusiken aufzunehmen.

Ancient and modern Shakespeare settings, and music from Shakespeare's contemporaries given tender and passionate readings in a varied programme from Fretwork and Stile Antico.

An exceptional performance of Orlando Gough's The World Encompassed by six-strong viol ensemble, Fretwork. 

Bach’s final work The Art of Fugue, left incomplete at his death in 1750, has long been famous for (among other things) not having specified its instrumentation. It’s written in open score – each line of music, or “voice”, is given a distinct printed line, making it hard to guess what instrument Bach actually had in mind to play it.