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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

The Academy of Ancient Music, one of Britain's foremost early-music groups, gave a splendid concert Saturday night at Strathmore under the direction of harpsichordist Richard Egarr. The program, ...

Though they are a poor substitute for the all too rare performances (in the west at least) of the operas themselves, the orchestral suites that Rimsky-Korsakov often extracted from his stage works ...

Bach Orchestral SuiteThe Saarbrucken Radio Symphony plays the famous Air from Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3. Only there's a twist. Sergei Nakariakov plays the famous melody on the fluegelhorn.

Experience all of Bach’s gleaming Orchestral Suites brimming with cheerful melodies and exuberant phrases in a special performance with internationally renowned guest conductor Harry Bicket. All ...

If you love big show tunes played by a symphony orchestra-sized band, this spectacular recording, set down last April in the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, is one for you. The recording team of Peter ...

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 ...

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 ...