The ricercar, from the Italian "to search out", was a form of late Renaissance and early Baroque composition. It was sometimes synonymous with, and eventually developed into, the toccata and the fugue ...

Soloists and choir blend in unanimous, powerful acclaim for God’s nativity; Spanish countertenor Carlos Mena in particular stands out for his strong, slender tone in the Esurientes. The same ensemble ...

A Ricercar in a musical context is a prelude fugue that kind of sets the tableau of a piece to follow. I first heard about the concept of a Ricercar in a biography of Bach, who famously encoded his ...

Musikalisches Opfer, 'Musical Offering', Movements: Ricercar a 6 (orch by Webern) Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Christoph Poppen, Conductor Munich Chamber Orchestra Cantata No. 4, 'Christ lag in ...

The chorale from Johann Sebastian Bach's Cantata No. 4, Christ Lag in Todesbanden, was the nugget that was supposedly hidden in the Ciaccona from Bach's Partita in D Minor. That formed the basis of ...