Amazing pieces of classical music - 46 PINNEDAntonio Vivaldi's Trio Sonata in D minor, Op. 1, No. 12, RV. 63, La Follia unfolds in one single movement made up of up to twenty variations on the "La Follia" theme performed this time around by the early music ensemble Hespèrion XXI under the... See More » (1)
Amazing pieces of classical music - 43Arcangelo Corelli's Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8, known as his 'Christmas Concerto', performed by The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields with Neville Marriner (1974). The work was originally commissioned by the Venetian Cardinal... See More » (3)
Amazing pieces of classical music - 42"La Folia" is one of the oldest core themes in Western music. Over the past four or five centuries, almost every composer has used it. In the 17th century, it was a fast, exhilarating dance, but its melody was never fixed. The word literally means... See More » (2)
Amazing pieces of classical music - 41Diderich Hansen Buxtehude's Toccata in F Major, BuxWV 157, performed by Edward Power Biggs on the magnificent organ of the Gothic Johanniskirche in Lüneburg in 1967. The Renaissance pipe organ of that church in Northern Germany was built in 1553 by... See More » (1)
