Two recordings by the English choir The Sixteen under the direction of Harry Christophers—Handel's Messiah and Bach's Christmas Oratorio.

A new release from the Alpha label brings us Bruno Cocset in a program of cello sonatas by Francesco Geminiani. We'll also have a look at Geminiani's orchestral arrangements of the op. 5 violin sonatas by Corelli.

The tragic stories of two famous Christian figures are at the center of oratorios by Stradella (San Giovanni Battista) and Alessandro Scarlatti (Il Martirio di Santa Cecilia). Alessandro de Marchi leads the Academia Montis Regalis in the Stradella while Scarlatti's oratorio receives its premiere recording under Diego Fasolis and I Barocchisti.

The renowned baroque cellist Christophe Coin is the soloist this week in a new Naïve label release of Vivaldi cello concertos with Il Giardino Armonico.

This week we look at recordings with fortepianists Susan Alexander-Max (Naxos) and David Owen Norris (Avie).

This week we explore three recordings of Vivaldi's music for the bassoon with virtuosos Frans Berkhout, Sergio Azzolini, and Michael McCraw.

The Hyperion label brings us a three volume series of Latin American baroque music with the English choir Ex Cathedra under the direction of Jeffrey Skidmore.

Pamela Thorby and Andrew Lawrence-King perform Renaissance and early Baroque music for recorder and early harp.

A performance of Spanish Renaissance music with Guillemette Laurens and the ensemble Unda Maris.

Francesco Geminiani's complete cello sonatas, op. 5 with cellist Jaap ter Linden and harpsichordist Lars Ulrik Mortensen.