Vivaldi: The Four Seasons and Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 577 (Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, cond.; Viktoria Mullova, violin; Philips, 48:02). Whether we need another recording of ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The music world is inestimably the better for Rachel Podger, baroque violin virtuoso and teacher. Everything she ...

Both the title ("Vivaldi con moto") and cover art of this new release from Italian virtuoso Giuliano Carmignola - it shows him perched on a motorcycle, clearly ready to zip off into the distance - ...

Violinist Andrew Manze (MAN-zee) is a proponent of the notion that much of Baroque music is improvised, that what's written on the page is an outline to be filled in by the performers. That approach ...

The Venice Baroque Orchestra touches down in Chicago for a tour stop concert at the University of Chicago. We hear them play their specialty — music by Vivaldi. Guliano Carmignola is the violinist in ...

The exceptional musicians of the Piccadilly Sinfonietta perform a selection of Bach's magnificent Violin concertos by candlelight in the beautiful setting of St Mary Le Strand, London. A hugely ...

When it comes to attending live concerts during the Covid-19 pandemic, one question keeps getting asked: Why bother? After all, there are many commercial recordings available, not to mention ...

A young violin virtuoso, and ten minutes of a Baroque classic that would win her one of the world’s most prestigious music competitions. A great musical performance can bring chills, produce tears, ...

The exceptional musicians of the Piccadilly Sinfonietta perform a selection of Bach's magnificent Violin concertos by candlelight in the beautiful setting of St Mary Le Strand, London. A hugely ...