Klaus Döring's Classical Music/Klaus Döring's Klassische Musik

From around 1600 to 1750, the Baroque period witnessed the creation of some of the greatest musical masterpieces ever composed. Here's our beginner's guide to the greatest composers of the Baroque period Johann Sebastian Bach   (1685-1750) JS Bach  has been called 'the supreme arbiter and law-giver of music'. He is to music what Leonardo da Vinci is to art and Shakespeare is to literature, one of the supreme creative geniuses of history. Key recording: St Matthew Passion Julian Prégardien  (Evangelist),  Stéphane Degout  (Christus);  Pygmalion / Raphaël Pichon  (Recording of the Month, April 2022)  Read the review Explore JS Bach: The 10 best Bach works: a beginner's list  – Here are a selection of works by Bach that are essential listening; and once bitten the Bach Bug will take you on a journey of almost limitless reward Presents JS Bach. Antonio Vivald i  (1678-1741) With  Antonio Vivaldi , Italian Baroque music reached its zenit...

The British Henry Purcell was born 1659 in London. He became a Westminster Abbey organist, joined the Royal Orchestra and started as Royal Court Composer in 1683. Purcell's compositions showed "early English classic music's apex". He composed more then 50 drama plays - among them were Shakespeare's "Richard II", "Storm" or "A midnight's summer dream". The opera "Dido and Aeneas" (1689) was a simple casual job for a girls boarding school but became a real "great opera" with an overture in French style, a prologue and three acts. "Dido and Aeneas" was his summit and also the end of the so-called Early English Opera. His "King Arthur" (written in 1691) and "Fairy Queen" (written one year later) premiered only 1964 (!) in Germany. Purcell's composition work contains welcome songs, anthems, suites for strings and much more. Purcell passed away in London on Novembe...