Historical Performance

Historical performance is a genre dedicated to authentically interpreting early music using period instruments, historical techniques, and historically informed practices. It spans the Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical eras, emphasizing original tunings, ornamentation, and performance styles based on historical sources. Ensembles and soloists in this field bring music from the 16th to 18th centuries to life with a focus on historical accuracy and expressive nuance. The genre covers vocal and instrumental works, from chamber ensembles to brass consorts, often reviving forgotten repertoire and offering fresh insights into well-known compositions.

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A Nocte Temporis
Accademia Farnese
Adrian Bradbury
Agnieszka Budzinska-Bennett
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Andrea Marcon
Andrew Manze
Anna Torge
Anton Steck
Aradia Ensemble
Arparla
Attilio Cremonesi
Bach Collegium San Diego
Björn Schmelzer
Bremer Barockorchester
Camille Poul
Cappella Neapolitana
Carine Tinney
Carles Magraner
Charlotte Mattax Moersch
Christian Curnyn
Cristina García Banegas
Dallas Bach Society
Daniel Sepec
Dario Salvi
David Yearsley
Dionysos Now
Elisabeth Wright
Elvira Bill
Ensemble L'Amorosa Caccia
Ensemble Polyharmonique
Ercole Nisini
Fernando De Luca
Fernando Miguel Jaloto
Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli
Francesca Torelli
Fretwork
Gabriele Pro
Gaétan Jarry
Giacomo Benedetti
Goteborg Baroque
Gunar Letzbor
Hanna Salzenstein
Helmut Müller-Brühl
Händelfestspielorchester Halle
Héloïse Gaillard
Insula Orchestra
Jacqueline du Pré
Jeroen Finke
Joan Ambrosio Dalza
Jonathan Manson
Julian Perkins
Justin Taylor
Jérémie Rhorer
Jörg Halubek
La Cetra Basel
La Folia Barockorchester
La Protezione della Musica
La Ritirata
La Rêveuse
La Symphonie de Poche
Laurence Equilbey
Le Cercle De L'Harmonie
Lea Suter
London Handel Players
Lux Musicae London
Magdalena Consort
Marie Rouquié
Mathilde Vialle
Maurizio Paciariello
Maximilian Ehrhardt
Michael Hofstetter
Miguel Rincón
Musica Florea
Myriam Rignol
Néstor Fabián Cortés Garzón
Orchestra Barocca di Cremona
Orkester Nord
Pandolfis Consort
Patrick Ayrton
Quartetto Vanvitelli
Rainer Kussmaul
Rainer Zipperling
Roland Wilson
Schola Antiqua of Chicago
Seicento Stravagante
Simone El Oufir Pierini
Slobodan Jovanović
Stefan Plewniak
Stephane Fuget
Sébastien Daucé
The City Musick
Thibaut Roussel
Toby Carr
Utopia Ensemble
Vox Luminis
Walter Testolin
Xenia Löffler
Yasunori Imamura
caterva musica
Aradia Ensemble
Helmut Müller-Brühl
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Daniel Lozakovich
Jacqueline du Pré
Andrew Manze
Alberto Martini
Lucy van Dael
Marco Decimo
Laurence Equilbey
Candida Thompson
Andrea Marcon
Jonathan Cohen
Vox Luminis
Benedetti Baroque Orchestra
Stefano Montanari
Ian Watson
Micaela Comberti
Jörg Faerber
Sébastien Daucé
Bernhard Forck
Jérémie Rhorer
Javier Ulises Illán
Le Cercle De L'Harmonie
Dario Salvi
Jonathan Manson
Joan Ambrosio Dalza
Fretwork
Rainer Kussmaul
Alfredo Bernardini
Insula Orchestra
Hiro Kurosaki
Carles Magraner
Stefan Plewniak
Benjamin Perrot
Gunar Letzbor
Charles Medlam
Crawford Young
Stephane Fuget
Yasunori Imamura
La Rêveuse
Vincent Bernhardt
Michael Hofstetter
Mary Utiger
William Hunt
Michi Gaigg
Pulcinella Orchestra
Jörg Halubek
Ariane Maurette
Collegium Aureum
Concerto Armonico Budapest
David Miller
Myriam Rignol
La Folia Barockorchester
José Miguel Moreno
Sebastian Knebel
Ivano Zanenghi
Stefano Rossi
The Prague Brass Soloists
Orfeo 55
Adrian Bradbury
Anna Besson
His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
László Czidra
Héloïse Gaillard
Musica Florea
Daniel Sepec
Monika Mauch
Monteverdi Orchestra
European Chamber Soloists
Paolo Grazzi
Joseph Kelemen
A Nocte Temporis
Anton Steck
Elvira Bill
Christian Curnyn
Björn Schmelzer
Christopher Page
Clematis
Miguel Rincón
Xenia Löffler
Aloysia Assenbaum-Holloway
Orkester Nord
Miroslav Kejmar
La Symphonie de Poche
Ensemble Amarillis
Masques
Terence R. Charlston
Walter Testolin
Ensemble Polyharmonique
Herbert Tachezi
Roland Wilson
Robert Spencer
Zeronove
I Pizzicanti
L'aura Soave Cremona
Patxi Montero
La Cetra Basel
Gaétan Jarry
Gabriel Garrido