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 - ...

Another Noah's Ark is launched, this time bearing two-by-two wind players. Other couplings of RV533 and RV563 exist, naturally enough since they are the only ones of their kinds, and RV539 is usually ...

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 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 ...

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, ...

Casting a spell over your audience as a violin virtuoso is remarkable enough. But some musicians are real overachievers. Take Dmitry Sinkovsky, who guests with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra (SSO) ...

It's a brave new musical world. Between downloads, iPods, music sharing websites and the good old CD, we have more easy access to the songs and symphonies we love than ever before. In this visit to ...

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 ...