Il Gardellino Baroque ensemble: “We never record in studios»

Baroque-the new rock and roll? You could say that! Let this music is already half a thousand years old — what difference does it make if it still rocks the people at concerts and attracts more and more fans and adherents. Authentic performance — that is, playing old instruments-reaches the Russian province.

In fact, there is nothing surprising in the appeal of the Baroque. It is “sewn up”in us. Rock, prog-rock, folk-rock, art-rock and even pop borrowed from the Baroque melodies and rhythms. In principle, rock and Baroque music largely coincide, so to speak, in intentions and aesthetics: passion, craving for improvisation, live performance, the important role of the text, the sharpness of the utterance, and so on. Continue reading →