Bach's G Major Toccata Meets Eminem's "Slim Shady" Bach's jubilant, brilliant piece shows all the things harpsichords do best: figures tumbling like wagon wheels, restless arpeggiation, sparkling ...

Those who research music history have uncovered evidence suggesting Bach's Harpsichord Concertos may actually have been written for other instruments. We hear a recording of one of them, with an ...

Bach & Roll: How the Unsexy Harpsichord Got Hip The baroque instrument played a big role in '60s pop. By Marc Myers Updated Oct. 30, 2013 1:04 pm ET ...

Wanda Landowska, harpsichord; Yehudi Menuhin, violin (A Classical Record) Here is the first release in any format of an all-Bach recital given by Landowska and Menuhin in New York’s Town Hall on ...

The harpsichord occupies a peculiar place in musical history. Its heyday was in the baroque era - it was a staple in the orchestras of Bach, George Frideric Handel and Antonio Vivaldi.

When it came to Bach, I was unhappy about the piano’s awkwardness with hand crossings, the harpsichord’s lack of dynamic vitality and the tootiness of organ pipes.

Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Nos. 1-7; Concerto for Flute, Violin and Harpsichord; Brandenburg Concerto No. 5; Italian Concerto. Murray Perahia, piano and conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in ...

J.S. Bach: The Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord, available May 11, 2018, includes the Sonatas in B minor, BWV 1014, A major, BWV 1015, E major, BWV 1016, C minor, BWV 1017, F minor, BWV 1018, and ...