See Mozart Performed On Mozart’s Own Fortepiano, The Instrument That Best Captures the Sound of His Music
I’ve been a fan of the Academy of Ancient Music since I picked up its performance of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons as a teenager in the UK. Though into rock and…
Charlie Chaplin: Why The Movie Legend Should Also Be Remembered For His Hidden Musical Talent
For most people, Charlie Chaplin’s musical legacy rests with the classic song Smile. But in a musical career that spanned over 50 years, Chaplin wrote over two-dozen published songs and…
This Is What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Hear a ‘100% Accurate’ Reconstruction
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars…
The Original Pachelbel’s Canon: Watch a Performance Based on the Original Manuscript and Played on Original 17th-Century Instruments
Even if we don’t know its name, we’ve all heard Johann Pachelbel’s Canon in D, better known simply as Pachelbel’s Canon — and probably more than once at a wedding.…
88-Year-Old Colin Thackery Admits His Late Wife Joan Would Have Been ‘Delighted’ With His Very Heart-Warming Audition
88-year-old Colin Thackery delivered one of the most unforgettable auditions on Britain’s Got Talent by singing “Wind Beneath My Wings” for his late wife Joan. The Korean War Army veteran’s…
Mennel Ibtissem Delivered A Beautiful And Delicate Take On The Perennial Hit “Hallelujah”
Many singers have tried their hand at Leonard Cohen’s classic “Hallelujah”, but you’ve never heard it quite like this. Mennel Ibtissem delivered a beautiful and delicate take on the perennial…
Top 100 Greatest Singers of All Time
THERE’S SOMETHING A bout a voice that’s personal, not unlike the particular odor or shape of a given human body. Summoned through belly, hammered into form by the throat, given propulsion…
The Original Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons: Watch a Performance Based on Original Manuscripts and Played on 18th-Century Instruments
Last week we featured a performance of Pachelbel’s Canon as faithful as possible to how Pachelbel originally composed it, as well as to the instruments and playing styles of the era in…
Watch Glenn Gould Perform Bach’s Goldberg Variations in His Final Great Studio Recording (1981)
“The best reason to hate Bach’s Goldberg Variations,” writes pianist Jeremy Denk, “is that everybody loves them.” As part of Denk’s iconoclastic challenge to this universal love, he cites another reason: “everyone asks you…
Watch J.S. Bach’s “Air on the G String” Performed on the Original Instruments from His Time
There is no wrong way to listen to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. You may prefer the austere, idiosyncratic piano interpretations of Glenn Gould; you may prefer the groundbreaking analog-synthesizer…