Period Instrument Performance
In a long affiliation with some of the most pretigious early-music practitioners in the San Francisco Bay Area, Transparent Recordings has released many albums of period instrument performance. In recent years, producer Lolly Lewis has specialized in music of the classical period performed on instruments of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, discovering the remarkable textures, colors, internal balances, and collaborative gestures that characterize this essential chamber music.
Bach: Cello Suites
The Six Cello Suites of JS Bach(Reference Recordings FR-758 - 2025)ARTIST: William SkeenThe six suites for solo cello are frequently considered to be Bach’s greatest masterpieces and are a pinnacle of the Baroque cello repertory. This new album of Bach’s complete...
Nicholas Phan – BACH 52
Nicholas Phan: BACH 52ARTISTS: Nicholas Phan and friendsBACH 52 is a web series that explores the question: “Is the music of Bach for everyone?” Comprised of 52 episodes, each episode of BACH 52 features a film and recording of one tenor aria (or duet) from Johann...
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas
Beethoven: The Complete Sonatas for Piano and Violin (Albany TROY 1825-28 - 2020)ARTISTS: Jerilyn Jorgensen & Cullan BryantRecorded on period instruments including five antique pianos from the Fredericks Piano Collection in Ashburnham, MA, this recording...
Schubert: String Quartet in G Major
Schubert String Quartet in G Major (Transparent Recordings NEQ06 – 2016)ARTISTS: New Esterházy QuartetSchubert's monumental late quartet, performed on period instruments.Lolly Lewis: recording producer and editorAlberto Hernandez: recording...
Handel & Hellendaal: Grand Concertos
Handel & Hellendaal: Grand Concertos (Centaur CRC3368 - 2015)ARTISTS: Archetti Baroque String EnsembleCarla Moore, violinJohn Dornenburg, viola de gambaThe eight-member, San Francisco Bay Area-based Archetti Baroque String Ensemble was founded in 2010 by violinist...
Imre Székely: Quatuor Hongrois
Imre Székely: Quatuor Hongrois (Transparent Recordings NEQ05 – 2016)ARTISTS: New Esterházy QuartetWorld Premiere Recording - recorded before a live audience at Coast Recorders, San Francisco, 2013Lolly Lewis: recording producer and editorPiper Payne: recording...
Beethoven Op. 132 – The New Esterházy Quartet
Beethoven quartet in a minor, Opus 132 (1825), III: Heiliger DankesangARTISTS: New Esterházy QuartetLisa Weiss, Kati Kyme, Anthony Martin, William Skeen"The song of holy thanks for recovering good health, in the Lydian mode," from Beethoven's A minor quartet, #15,...
Haydn: The Seven Last Words
The Seven Last Words (Transparent Recordings NEQ04 - 2012)ARTISTS: New Esterházy QuartetHaydn’s monumental quartet setting of “The Seven Last Words of Our Savior On the Cross,” with spoken meditations on each of the biblical quotes.Lolly Lewis: recording engineer,...
Haydn in America
Haydn in America (Transparent Recordings NEQ03 - 2012)ARTISTS: New Esterházy QuartetThree Haydn quartets from the Archives of the Moravian Music Foundation in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.Lolly Lewis: recording engineer, producer, and editorMichael Romanowski:...
Dancing in the Isles
Dancing in the Isles: Baroque and Traditional Music from England, Scotland, and Ireland (2010)ARTISTS: Musica PacificaJudith Linsenberg, recorders and whistleElizabeth Blumenstock and Robert Mealy, baroque violinsDavid Morris, baroque 'cello, viola da gambaCharles...
Haydn Cycle Vol. 2: Big Hits from the Fifties
Big Hits from the Fifties (Transparent Recordings NEQ02 – 2009)ARTISTS: New Esterházy QuartetSelected quartets from Haydn’s Op. 50, Op. 54, Op. 55.Lolly Lewis: recording engineer, producer, and editorTransparentRecordings · Beethoven Sonata For Piano And Violin -...
Luigi Boccherini: String Quartets Opus 9
Luigi Boccherini: String Quartets Opus 9 (Musica Antigua Aranjuez MAA 004 - 2008)ARTISTS: Artaria QuartetElizabeth Blumenstock and Kati Kyme, violinsAnthony Martin, violaElisabeth Le Guin, celloBoccherini's Op. 9 string quartets on period instruments.Lolly Lewis,...
Haydn Cycle Vol. 1: Four Early Quartets
Four Early Quartets (Transparent Recordings NEQ01 - 2007)ARTISTS: New Esterházy QuartetFeaturing selections from the New Esterházy Quartet’s performance journey through all 68 Haydn string quartets, including selections from Opus 1 in a world-premiere recording on...
Jenkins & Locke: Fantasias and Suites
Jenkins & Locke: Fantasias and Suites (Centaur CRC2674 - 2004)ARTISTS: Music's Re-creationCarla Moore, violinJohn Dornenburg, viola de gambaLorna Peters, harpsichord and organ 17th-century instrumental works, composed by John Jenkins and Matthew Locke for...
David Moritz Michael: Parthien 10-14
David Moritz Michael: Parthien 10-14 (New World 80580 - 2001)ARTISTS: Pacific Classical WindsWind chamber music from the Moravian American Archives in North Carolina, performed on period instruments. Lolly Lewis: recording producerPhillip G. Richards: recording...
David Moritz Michael: Parthien 6-9
David Moritz Michael: Parthien 6-9 (New World 80538 - 2000)ARTISTS: Pacific Classical WindsWind chamber music from the Moravian American Archives in North Carolina, performed on period instruments. Lolly Lewis: recording producerPhillip G. Richards: recording...
David Moritz Michael: By a Spring
David Moritz Michael: By a Spring (New World 80531 - 1998)ARTISTS: Pacific Classical WindsWind chamber music from the Moravian American Archives in North Carolina, performed on period instruments. Lolly Lewis: recording producerPhillip G. Richards: recording...
Antes and Peter: String Chamber Music from the American Moravian Archives
String Trios of John Antes, Viola Quintets of John Frederick Peter (New World 80507-2 - 1997)ARTISTS: American Moravian Chamber EnsembleLolly Lewis: recording producer and editorPaul Stubblebine: recording engineerTransparentRecordings · Beethoven Sonata For Piano And...
David Moritz Michael: The Water Journey
David Moritz Michael: The Water Journey (New World 80490 - 1996)ARTISTS: Pacific Classical WindsWind chamber music from the Moravian American Archives in North Carolina, performed on period instruments. Lolly Lewis: recording producerPhillip G. Richards: recording...