One of the most "baroque" things about the work of out early-music maestro Christophe Rousset is what a prodigious prodigy he is. From his international debut as a harpsichordist of uncommon taste and ...

What is it? The simplest explanation would be that it's a piano, but with the strings plucked rather than struck, although the harpsichord actually predates the piano. Who uses it? Chiefly associated ...

It would be Romantic if it weren't so Baroque... The revered Italian keyboard master decided to take in a salon costume party while visiting Venice on his most recent concert tour. All attendees were ...

If you know Bach’s Goldberg Variations only through the eternally best-selling recordings by Glenn Gould, you have not really heard the work. Gould was a brilliant but idiosyncratic player whose ...

The harpsichordist caught up with Classic FM's Jane Jones in the auditorium of the Bristol Old Vic. It's fair to say the harpsichord isn't often in the limelight. Often overshadowed by louder or more ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Matthew Halls is best known as a conductor these days, leading ensembles like the Seattle Symphony, the ...

According to Kristian Bezuidenhout, “The Sonatas for violin and obbligato harpsichord BWV 1014-1019 are some of the composer’s most elusive and puzzling works… this is music that poses tantalising ...