Here are a few classical selections that I hope will lift your spirits or keep them high! 1. Canon Triplex, Benedetto Marcello. 2. Fuor Di Periglio Di Fiero Artiglio, Duet from Floridante, Handel. 3. All’orror delle procelle, Aria from Riccardo…
Category: Music
Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751) was a Baroque composer of great stature and influence. Sadly, a great deal of his music has been lost over time, including about 80 operas. Judging from his surviving work, those operas, for which he was renowned…
Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554-1612) was an early Baroque composer, highly respected and influential in his time. His music is beautiful. Here are a few wonderful examples.
These ratings of Baroque and early Classical composers are of course subjective. Consider them conversation-starters in the exploration of great music. Overrated Composers Ludwig van Beethoven. No question that Beethoven’s symphonies are incredible, as are many of his other works.…
Georg Phillip Telemann (1681-1767) is today a fairly well known Baroque composer, at least among classical music buffs. He was a contemporary of Handel and J. S. Bach — who both counted Telemann as a friend and admired his music.…