And you need to keep playing continuously, hence the new name basso continuo. As the basso continuo develops and other instruments are added – theorbo (that’s the lute that looks like a ...

This new 4-disc boxed set from L’Archicembalo includes 51 concertos and sinfonias for strings and basso continuo, everything that has come down to us in those categories. The group has forged a ...

Johannes Iten was born into a family of musicians in 1972 in Zug. He recieved his first cello lessons from his uncle, Luciano Pezzani, solo cellist at the opera in Zurich. Studies at the ...