We've had plenty of early-music specialists adapting their ideas to conventional forces.

This ensemble of early-music specialists is welcoming spring with open arms.

He seems to be telling early-music specialists: "So you think you invented fleet Mozart playing?

At a time when black despair hangs over large sectors of the classical music world, early-music specialists are actually wondering whether their business is too good.

Now it seems that what a lot of people do is pick up the latest CD, read the jacket notes and become early-music specialists.

There were lessons from the early-music specialists to absorb and great orchestras to hear.

Ms. Shulman and a number of her colleagues are early-music specialists.

As early-music specialists gained greater mastery of their instruments, they began playing with a flexibility more typical of modern-instrument groups.

And not all the early-music specialists thus far have been the most convincing possible performers.

Divided into three groups, depending on each person's level of technical advancement, the players are coached in ensemble performance by early-music specialists.