Der Musikalische Garten - Harmonia Atificioso-AriosaEven in the 17th century critics called it a "forced art", and indeed, even for many professionals today it is not easy to understand scordatura as an intuitive way of playing the violin. But when composers master the art of retuned strings to perfection, completely new sound experiences are possible. Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber was without question one of the greatest in this field, and so his seven sonatas recorded here actually offer "artful vocal

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everyday worries we all contain but rarely share are laid bare across eleven songs deftly performed with grace

Their deep friendship - biblical love - leads to the death of Jonathas in the arms of the victorious David

That hope is here fulfilled

A substantial piece in four sections

his harpsichord concertos are almost certainly arrangements of earlier compositions for oboe

I thought I would consider that down the road

/ Beethoven/ Then-Bergh - The Complete Electrola & Deutsche Grammophon Recordings 1938-1958

of which he has been music director since 2003

His works have been performed frequently in Mainland China

hardly any instrument can be tuned

Gunilla von Bahr - Nordic Solo Flute