Vespers 1610, An Early Music Blog

English Classical Violin Concertos
Elizabeth Wallfisch
The Parley Of Instruments
Peter Holman
(Hyperion)

Manchicourt: Sacred Music, Volume I
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Edith Ho
(Arsis)

Mozart: Idomeneo
Croft, Fink, Im, Pendatchanska
Freiburger Barockorchester
René Jacobs
(Harmonia Mundi)

Schütz: Symphoniae Sacrae III
Cantus Cölln
Concerto Palatino
Konrad Junghänel
(Harmonia Mundi)

Vivaldi: Gloria
Sara Mingardo
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini
(Naïve)

Recordings by Karl Richter and the Munich Bach Orchestra were the Bach recordings that I enjoyed the most in the 70s. I was even fortunate to hear Richter  perform some Handel organ concertos at a Mostly Mozart Festival concert back in the day when tickets to the Festival were affordable. Here’s some Richter:

With the Munich Bach Orchestra in a Handel Organ Concerto:

And now for something completely different. Not historically informed Arne, but when it’s the magnificent Sarah Connolly singing who cares?

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