Recent Percius signings Johannes Pramsohler and Ensemble Diderot present a video performance of the third movement from Carl Heinrich Graun’s Harpsichord Concerto in D major, WVC:XIII:72.

The work features on the group’s upcoming release Berlin Harpsichord Concertos, the latest in its series showcasing members of the ensemble. The full album will be released on 17 May 2024 on Audax Records.

The video features harpsichord soloist Philippe Grisvard and Ensemble Diderot, comprising Johannes Pramsohler (violin 1 and director), Roldán Bernabé (violin 2), Alexandre Baldo (viola), Gulrim Choï (cello) and François Leyrit (double bass).

The early music specialists were recently awarded an International Classical Music Award for their baroque album Sonate a quattro.

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American collector David L. Fulton amassed one of the 20th century’s finest collections of stringed instruments. This year’s calendar pays tribute to some of these priceless treasures, including Yehudi Menuhin’s celebrated ‘Lord Wilton’ Guarneri, the Carlo Bergonzi once played by Fritz Kreisler, and four instruments by Antonio Stradivari.