A small-waisted, double-strung version of the guitar flourished in France, Italy and Spain in Bach’s day, though not in Germany. Bach never composed for it, but that has not stopped guitarists from ...

World-renowned classical guitar virtuoso Eliot Fisk joins us in the studio, playing Bach’s cello suites on classical guitar. The classical guitarist Eliot Fisk in performance. (Courtesy the Artist/ ...

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Because composers today aren't falling over one another to write music for the lute, lutenists occasionally engage in creative borrowing — adapting music meant for other instruments. Here, one of ...

Suite No. 1 in E minor for Lute, BWV 996: I. Passaggio - Presto Suite No. 1 in E minor for Lute, BWV 996: II. Allemande Suite No. 1 in E minor for Lute, BWV 996: III. Courante Suite No. 1 in E minor ...

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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.

Call it lute ’n’ roll: Jimi Hendrix songs played on a 12-string, 16th-century acoustic instrument? David Rogers can do it. However, he’ll stick with the Rolling Stones, Tim Buckley, the Beatles and ...

Johann Sebastian Bach died 266 years ago. Yet here we are still discussing his music, as centuries later, Bach's works continue to influence not just modern classical composers, but also rock, metal ...

Robert Ballard was one of the most famous lutenist-composers of the first decades of the seventeenth century, during which the lute was the favored instrument of the Parisian aristocracy and upper ...

World-renowned classical guitar virtuoso Eliot Fisk joins us in the studio, playing Bach’s cello suites on classical guitar. Washington Post: Guitarist Eliot Fisk impresses with his uncanny ability to ...