Ensemble Cristofori

Ensemble Cristofori offers historically informed readings of Baroque, Classical, and early Romantic music, accessible, but undergirded by careful research into sound, balance, continuo practice, and improvisation. The group's membership varies according to the music being performed: it has ranged from a duo to a large instrumental-choral ensemble, and it remains among the comparatively few early music groups to have recorded a complete cycle of Beethoven's piano concertos. Ensemble Cristofori released its first recording in 2004, of largely unknown Dutch piano concertos from around the year 1800. Ensemble Cristofori's performances in the 2000s and 2010s have drawn on more than 50 separate concert programs, covering music of the 18th and 19th centuries both with and without fortepiano. ~ James Manheim