This Open Culture feature highlights a curated playlist by Voices of Music, a San Francisco-based early music ensemble dedicated to performing on original period instruments. By utilizing baroque violins with gut strings, theorbos, and harpsichords, the ensemble aims to recreate the authentic soundscape of the 18th century. The collection of ten pieces—including the Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 and the Cello Suite No. 2—offers listeners a “musical time travel” experience, revealing the warmer, grittier, and more resonant textures that characterized Bach’s era, in contrast to the polished sound of modern orchestral instruments.