Bach Archive

I have an interesting recording for you: The famous Bach Cello suites arranged for violin, and performed by Rachel Podger. Ms. Podger writes: ‘Since, I have spent a fair bit of time coaching cellists, both …

The youngest composer on this recording is just barely eight years old, and the oldest is over sixty. When Joseph Haydn wrote a Sonata for violin and piano in Vienna or London in the early …

The Vienna Boys’ Choir, one of the world’s oldest boys’ choirs, maintains its status as a living tradition after more than 500 years. Haydn and Schubert both started their musical careers there; Antonio Salieri was …

The Italian pianist Fernanda Damiano won the first prize of the 2017 International Music Competition in Vienna “Grand Prize Virtuoso”, and she was the winner in over 50 other national and international competitions. She has …

A native of France, Ms. de la Salle first came to international attention in 2005, at the age of 16, with a Bach/Liszt recording that Gramophone Magazine selected as “Recording of the Month.” Ms. de …