Classical Music In Concert

Johann Friedrich Fasch - score

Friday, 23 January 2026

Baroque concertos - Il Gardellino

Baroque concertos

Il Gardellino

recorded: Nov 11, 2025, Ateneul Român, Bucharest

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

soloists:

Dimos De Beun, recorder

Jan De Winne, transverse flute

Marcel Ponseel, oboe

Joanna Huszcza, violin

Ira Givol, viola da gamba

Shalev Ad-El, harpsichord

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Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

(01) Concerto for oboe, violin, strings and bc in c minor (BWV 1060R) [12'57"]

Johan Joachim AGRELL (1701-1765)

(02) Concerto for harpsichord, transverse flute, violin,

strings and bc in b minor, op. 4,2 [16'50"]

Johann Friedrich FASCH (1688-1758)

(03) Concerto for transverse flute, oboe, strings and bc

in b minor (FWV L,h1) [06'28"]

Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)

(04) Trio sonata for two violins and bc in d minor,

op. 1,12 'La Follia' (RV 63) [09'53"]

(05) Concerto for violin, cello [viola da gamba], strings and bc

in B flat (RV 547) [08'31"]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)

(06) Concerto for recorder, transverse flute, strings and bc

in e minor (GTWV 52,e1) [13'27"]

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Johan Joachim Agrell

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Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Thursday, 22 January 2026

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro - Riccardo Minasi

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

(1756 - 1791)

Le nozze di Figaro

commedia per musica in 4 acts (KV 492) (Vienna, 1786)

libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte

Louise Alder, soprano (Contessa d'Almaviva)

Elisabeth Boudreault, soprano (Barbarina)

Johanna Wallroth, soprano (Susanna)

Adèle Charvet, mezzo-soprano (Cherubino)

Madeleine Shaw, mezzo-soprano (Marcellina)

Robert Forrest, tenor (Don Basilio)

Vincent Ordonneau, tenor (Don Curzio)

Huw Montague Rendall, baritone (Conte d'Almaviva)

Tommaso Barea, bass (Figaro)

Alessandro Corbelli, bass (Bartolo)

Alexander Vassiliev, bass (Antonio)

Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

DIR: RICCARDO MINASI

recorded: August 27, 2025, Royal Albert Hall, London

[BBC Proms 2025]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

(01) act 1 [50'27"]

(02) act 2 [51'57"]

(03) act 3 [46'37"]

(04) act 4 [35'58"]

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libretto (IT/E)

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

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George Frideric Handel, Ode - score

Tuesday, 20 January 2026

Music for Queen Anne - Spiritato (Elizabeth Kenny)

Music to her Majestie -

Odes for the last Stuart

Vocal ensemble

Spiritato

DIR: ELIZABETH KENNY

recorded: Sept 10, 2023, St Giles' Cripplegate, London

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

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Henry PURCELL (1659=1695)

(01) From hardy climes and dangerous toils of war (Z 325) [17'28"]

Ode for the marriage of Prince George of Denmark and Princess Anne (1683)

John ECCLES (c1668-1735)

(02) Inspire us genius of the day [25'49"]

Ode for the Queen's Birthday (1703)

George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)

(03) Eternal source of light divine (HWV 74) [25'01"]

Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne (1713)

Picture: Queen Anne (Willem Wissing, 1687)

links:

Queen Anne

Henry Purcell, Ode (notes & lyrics) - score

John Eccles - Ode - score - lyrics

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Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble

Sunday, 18 January 2026

Music from 17th-century Hamburg - Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble (Manfred Cordes)

Music from 17th-century Hamburg

Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble

DIR: MANFRED CORDES

recorded: Oct 19, 2025, Örgryte nya kyrka, Gothenburg

[Gothenburg International Organ Festival 2025]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

programme with lyrics included [pdf]

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Hieronymus PRAETORIUS (1560-1629)

(01) Exultate iusti a 16 [04'41"]

Jacob PRAETORIUS (1586-1651)

(02) Forti animo esto a 8 [04'35"]

Johann SCHOP (1590-1667)

(03) Nun lob mein Seel den Herren a 8 & a 13 [11'04"]

Dietrich BECKER (1623-1679)

(04) Sonata à 3 [05'48"]

Matthias WECKMANN (1617-1674)

(05) Es erhub sich ein Streit a 14 [07'07"]

Christoph BERNHARD (1628-1692)

(06) Wohl dem, der den Herren fürchtet a 7 [06'22"]

(07) Jauchzet dem Herren a 4 [05'36"]

(08) Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener a 14 [11'55"]

Thomas SELLE (1599-1663)

(09) Vivit Hamburgum a 6 [02'09"]

(10) Lobet den Herrn in seinem Heiligtum a 14 [14'54"]

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Hieronymus Praetorius

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Friday, 16 January 2026

Classical wind trios - Quodlibet Winds

Classical wind trios

Quodlibet Winds

recorded: Jan 8, 2026, St Malachy's Church – The Actors' Chapel, New York

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

Kelsey Burnham, transverse flute

Elise Bonhivert, clarinet

Aaron Goler, bassoon

programme with liner-notes included [pdf]

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Georg Friedrich FUCHS (1752-1821)

Trio No. 2 in C [10'21"]

(01) allegro [05'18"]

(02) rondo allegro [05'03"]

André-Frédéric ELER (1764-1821)

Trio No. 3 in d minor [13'20"]

(03) adagio - allegro non troppo [07'45"]

(04) tempo di menuetto [05'35"]

Kaspar KUMMER (1795-1870)

Trio in d minor, op. 32 [17'32"]

(05) allegro [07'39"]

(06) andante grazioso [03'24"]

(07) rondo. allegro [06'29"]

links:

Georg Friedrich Fuchs - parts

André-Frédéric Eler

Kaspar Kummer - score

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Thursday, 15 January 2026

Josquin Desprez: Missa Ave maris stella - Cappella Pratensis

JOSQUIN DESPREZ

(c1450/55 - 1521)

Missa Ave maris stella

Cappella Pratensis

DIR: STRATTON BULL

recorded: August 26, 2020, AMUZ, Antwerp

[Laus Polyphoniae 2020]

Concert without audience

lossless (flac)

Programme with lyrics included [pdf]

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(01) [hymn] Ave maris stella [06'42"]

plainchant

(02) [introitus] Rorate celi [02'36"]

JOSQUIN DESPREZ

Missa Ave maris stella a 4:

(03) Kyrie [02'43"]

(04) Gloria [04'53"]

plainchant

(05) [gradual] Tollite portas [04'38"]

(06) [alleluia] Ave Maria gratia plena [02'36"]

JOSQUIN DESPREZ

Missa Ave maris stella a 4:

(07) Credo [07'13"]

plainchant

(08) [offertorio] Ave Maria gratia plena [02'08"]

JOSQUIN DESPREZ (attr)

(09) [motet] Mittit ad virginem a 4 [07'34"]

plainchant

(10) [preface] Per omnia secula seculorum [02'27"]

JOSQUIN DESPREZ

Missa Ave maris stella a 4:

(11) Sanctus - Benedictus [07'14"]

plainchant

(12) Pater noster [01'20"]

JOSQUIN DESPREZ

Missa Ave maris stella a 4:

(13) Agnus Dei [04'07"]

plainchant

(14) [communion] Ecce virgo concipiet [00'55"]

JOSQUIN DESPREZ

(15) [motet] Missus est Gabriel angelus a 4 [03'03"]

links:

Ave maris stella

Missa Ave maris stella

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Tuesday, 13 January 2026

Cavalli: La Calisto - Sébastien Daucé

Francesco CAVALLI

(1602 - 1676)

La Calisto

drama per musica in a prologue and 3 acts (Venice, 1651)

libretto: Giovanni Faustini

Anna Bonitatibus, soprano (Giunone, L'Eternità)

Lauranne Oliva, soprano (Calisto), soprano

Giuseppina Bridelli, mezzo-soprano (Diana)

Paul-Antoine Bénos Djian, alto (Endimione)

Théo Imart, alto (Furia, Il Destino, Satirino)

David Portillo, tenor (Furia, La Natura, Pane)

Zachary Wilder, tenor (Linfe)

Dominic Sedgwick, baritone (Mercurio)

José Coca Loza, bass (Furia; Silvano)

Alex Rosen, bass (Giove)

Ensemble Correspondances

DIR: SÉBASTIEN DAUCÉ

recorded: July 10, 2025, Théâtre de l'Archevêché, Aix-en-Provence

[Festival international d'art lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence 2025]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: Catalunya Música (podcast)

libretto included [pdf]

N.B. In the performance the interval was halfway the second act.

I have restored the original three-act structure.

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(01) prologue & act 1 [67'19"]

(02) act 2 [50'28"]

(03) act 3 [47'01"]

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Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian

Ensemble Correspondances

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Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Sunday, 11 January 2026

Mayer: Overture & symphonies - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Emilie MAYER

(1812 - 1883)

Overture & symphonies

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

DIR: BERNHARD FORCK

recorded: Nov 1, 2025, Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

programme & programme notes (E) included [pdf]

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(01) 'Faust' Overture op. 46 [10'17"]

Symphony no. 6 in E [35'40"]

(02) adagio – allegro con spirito [13'13"]

(03) marcia funebre. andante maestoso [08'29"]

(04) scherzo [06'58"]

(05) finale. allegro [07'00"]

Symphony no 7 in f minor [34'06"]

(06) allegro agitato [11'48"]

(07) adagio [08'35"]

(08) scherzo. allegro vivace [06'47"]

(09) finale. allegro vivace [06'56"]

links:

Emilie Mayer

'Faust' Overture - score

Symphony No. 7

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Friday, 9 January 2026

CPE Bach: 24 Pièces Charactéristiques - Tom Beghin

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH

(1714 - 1788)

24 Pièces Charactéristiques

(Wq 117,17-40)

Tom Beghin, clavichord

[Joris Potvlieghe]

Jan Van Elsacker, tenor*

recorded: Dec 17, 2003, Studio Toots, Brussels

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

programme notes included [jpg]

N.B. In order to enjoy the characteristic sound of the clavichord,

it is recommendable to keep the volume low and listen with headphones.

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(01) La Gause in F (Wq 117,37 / H 82) [01'24"]

(02) La Pott in C (Wq 117,18 / H 80) [01'24"]

(03) La Borchward in G (Wq 117,17 / H 79) [01'25"]

(04) La Boehmer in D (Wq 117,26 / H 81) [03'15"]

(05) La Philippine in A (Wq 117,34 / H 96) [01'59"]

(06) La Gabriel in C (Wq 117,35 / H 97) [01'35"]

(07) La Caroline in a minor (Wq 117,39 / H 98) [02'38"]

(08) La Prinzette in F (Wq 117,21 / H 91) [01'11"]

(09) L'Aly Rupalich in C (Wq 117,27 / H 95) [02'59"]

(10) La Gleim in a minor (Wq 117,19 / H 89) [03'29"]

(11) La Stahl in d minor (Wq 117,25 / H 94) [02'53"]

(12) La Bergius in B flat (Wq 117,20 / H 90) [01'40"]

(13) La Buchholtz in d minor (Wq 117,24 / H 93) [01'51"]

(14) L'Herrmann in g minor (Wq 117,23 / H 92) [02'03"]

(15) La Capricieuse in e minor (Wq 117,33 / H 113) [01'09"]

(16) La Complaisante in B flat (Wq 117,28 / H 109) [02'35"]

(17) Les Langueurs tendres (La memoire raisonnée)

in c minor (Wq 117,30 / H 110) [01'34"]

(18) La Journalière in c minor (Wq 117,32 / H 112) [01'23"]

(19) L'Irrésoluë in G (Wq 117,31 / H 111) [01'44"]

(20) La Louise in D (Wq 117,36 / H 114) [02'39"]

(21) La Xénophon - La Sybille in C sharp (Wq 117,29 / H 123) [04'53"]

(22) La Sophie in B flat (Wq 117,40 / H 125)* [05'43"]

(23) L'Ernestine in D (Wq 117,38 / H 124)* [02'06"]

(24) L'Auguste in F (Wq 117,22 / H 122) [02'34"]

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