Donald Macleod is joined by scholar and performer Christopher Stembridge to explore Frescobaldi's life and work. They begin with an examination of Frescobaldi's early years in Ferrara, where he ...

‘Not without effort does one reach the end’, wrote Frescobaldi at the end of his Toccata IX, which is an apt summary of the music, with its florid ornamentation and brisk passagework, sometimes ...

Who said that the harpsichord was not expressive? Under the nimble fingers of Fabio Bonizzoni, sonorously recorded, this copy of a 1694 instrument resonates with colour and warmth. Frescobaldi's two ...

Catherine Bott looks back on the life and music of Italian composer Frescobaldi, whose brilliance was such that 30,000 people attended his first performance on the organ at St Peter's in Rome.

Early music twitchers may spot that the now-defunct Il Teatro Armonico included luminaries such as cornettist Jean Tubéry and singers Rossana Bertini, Marco Beasley and Furio Zanasi (who leads the ...