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/ ...

On Tuesday, Alisa Weilerstein presented a concert of J.S. Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G major interleaved with five living composers. Who were they? Unless you grabbed a pamphlet-sized program on your ...

Bach’s cello suites are among the best known works of classical music, now risking popularization to the point of fatigue as they provide background music for cat food commercials. But one hundred and ...

Bach’ s Cello Suites remained stubbornly off-limits to me until I read Eric Siblin’s affectionate, rambling book, The Cello Suites: In Search of a Baroque Masterpiece. I’m now a convert; after ...

When asked if there was a story behind his new two-CD set, cellist Andre Laurent O’Neil replied, “I was in fifth grade…” Yes, that sounds like he’s got a story to tell. And it comes as no surprise, ...

In a rare case of a reality even tastier than its title, “Bach and Brew” is tuned up to surface Sunday evening (Aug. 21) in Seattle’s Machine House Brewery. The brainchild of Oberlin ...

Classical music can feel daunting to dig into if you haven't had a lot of exposure to the genre or didn’t grow up playing an instrument. With so many terms, styles, composers and performers, it can be ...

Matt Haimovitz is savvy and provocative, which aren't the usual adjectives used to describe a fine cellist. Yes, he has wonderful liquid tone on the cello, as well as a flair for both lyric beauty and ...

Discover a broad range of this year's most compelling classical recordings, including symphonic booty-shakers, mystic violin, pipe organ prog and a guided tour of 18th century German chart-toppers.

Internationally acclaimed clarinetist and conductor Martin Fröst will release his newest album, B.A.C.H., on October 24, 2025, with Sony Classical. The recording reimagines some of J.S. Bach’s most ...