The first four concerts of Antonio Vivaldi are called: “The Four Seasons“. The fourth is “The Winter“, a concerto in F minor in three movements. The first movement is an Allegro, as described by Vivaldi: “the ruthless action of the…
Antonio Vivaldi was perhaps the most important Italian composer of his time. He contributed mainly to the development of the Solo Concert, of which he wrote many works, including the famous “Four Seasons”. Among his concerts we also find this…
Cello suites by Johann Sebastian Bach, are among the most beautiful and virtuous written for this instrument. This Suite n. 1 in G major is one of the simplest and most played by cello players. Especially the famous Prelude is very also…
Suite for Lute BWV 1006a is actually a transcript of n. 3 Violin Partita by Bach. It was written in 1720 and consists of seven movements, the first of which is the Prelude. The writing is mainly in arpeggio form,…
After that in 1987 Julian Brean had damage to his right arm in a car accident, with effort he recovered his technique and so we can feel Bream playing this song by John Dowland, beautiful and complex. Julian Bream is…
Sylvius Leopold Weiss is considered the greatest lutenist of the late Baroque period. He was born in Germany but also worked in Italy where he met Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti. His work consists of thousands of songs, usually organized in…
Italian guitarist Carlo Calvi, who lived in the seventeenth century, was the author of the book “Intavolatura di chitarra, e chitarriglia“, which explains how to tune your guitar and how to read tablature. The song Canario is a simple song…
