Classical Music In Concert

Victoria, Gaudent in caelis (score)

Sunday, 23 November 2025

Eternity - New York Polyphony

Eternity

New York Polyphony

recorded: June 2, 2024, St Ursula, Cologne

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne) (stream)

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Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA (1548-1611)

(01) Gaudent in caelis

anon

[ms Cambridge]

(02) Magno gaudens gaudio

(03) Ad cantus laetitiae

(04) In natali novi regis

[Worcester fragments]

(05) Flos regalis

(06) Gloria / Spiritus procedens a Patre

(07) Sanctus

(08) Agnus Dei

(09) Beata viscera

William BYRD (c1540-1623

Mass for 4 voices:

(10) Kyrie

(11) Gloria

(12) Ecce quam bonum

Mass for 4 voices:

(13) Credo

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA (1525-1594)

(14) Sicut cervus (1. Pars) - Sitivit anima mea (2. Pars)

William BYRD

Mass for 4 voices:

(15) Sanctus - Benedictus

(16) Agnus Dei

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

(17) Gaudent in caelis

Johann CRÜGER (1598-1662)

(18) O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

(19) O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (after BWV 20)

Picture: Enthroned Madonna and Child between Angels, c500/560

(Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy)

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Worcester Fragments

Byrd, Mass for 4 voices (score)

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Saturday, 22 November 2025

Handel: Alexander's Feast - Peter Whelan

Saint Cecilia's Day

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Alexander's Feast, or the Power of Music

Ode in three parts (version Dublin, 1742) (HWV 75)

libretto: Newburgh Hamilton (after John Dryden)

Hilary Cronin, soprano

Hugh Cutting, alto

Stuart Jackson, tenor

Irish Baroque Orchestra & Chorus

DIR.: PETER WHELAN

recorded: August 30, 2025, Royal Albert Hall, London

[BBC Proms 2025]

period instruments

flac

sources: BBC Radio 3/RAI Radio 3

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(01) Part 1 [52'25"]

(02) Part 2 [34'57"]

(03) Part 3 [13'00"]

Picture: Saint Cecilia (Jacques Stella, 1596-1657)

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Irish Baroque Orchestra

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"Newly discovered organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach"

Thursday, 20 November 2025

JS Bach: Ciaconas BWV 1178 & 1179 - Ton Koopman

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Ciaconas BWV 1078 & 1079

Ton Koopman, organ

recorded: Nov 17, 2025, Thomaskirche, Leipzig

flac

original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC

The first performance of two organ works which were discovered in the 1990s,

and after thorough research could be attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach.

They date from his time in Arnstadt (1703-1707).

The presentation is available at YouTube.

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(01) Ciacona in d minor (BWV 1178) [06'38"]

(02) Ciacona in g minor (BWV 1179) [04'03"]

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"Emilie Mayer’s Stunning Symphonies"

Tuesday, 18 November 2025

Mayer: Overtures & symphonies - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Emilie MAYER

(1812 - 1883)

Overtures & symphonies

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

DIR.: BERNHARD FORCK

recorded: Oct 24, 2025, Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

source: Deutschlandfunk Kultur (stream)

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(01) Overture in d minor [08'27"]

Symphony No. 1 in c minor [32'57"]

(02) adagio - allegro energico [09'57"]

(03) adagio [07'05"]

(04) allegro vivace [06'38"]

(05) finale. adagio - allegro [09'18"]

(06) Overture in C [10'16"]

Symphony No. 2 in e minor [33'48"]

(07) un poco adagio - allegro assai [14'01"]

(08) scherzo [06'37"]

(09) un poco adagio cantabile [05'55"]

(10) finale. allegro vivace [07'15"]

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Emilie Mayer

scores

project

"Emilie Mayer's Faust Overture and Symphony No. 1 in C"

"Composer Emilie Mayer: Was She the Female Beethoven?"

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

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La Capella Ducale & Musica Fiata

Sunday, 16 November 2025

Monteverdi: Messa per Santa Maria Salute - Roland Wilson

Claudio MONTEVERDI

(1567 - 1643)

Messa per Santa Maria Salute

La Capella Ducale

Musica Fiata

DIR.: ROLAND WILSON

recorded: June 22, 2025, Basilika St. Ursula, Cologne

[Romanischer Sommer 2025]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne) (stream)

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(01) Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius [04'46"]

(02) Kyrie a 4 da capella [02'47"]

(03) Gloria a 4 da capella [12'19"]

(04) Jubilet tota civitas à voce sola in dialogo [04'37"]

(05) Credo à 8 voci concertato (ed. Roland Wilson) [16'37"]

(06) Ab aeterno ordinata sum voce sola in basso [06'45"]

(07) Sanctus - Benedictus [04'10"]

(08) Salve regina - Audi coelum con dentro un ecco,

voce sola risposta d‘ecco e due violini [09'09"]

(09) Agnus Dei da capella [03'13"]

(10) Pianto della Madonna à voce sola [07'38"]

(11) Laetaniae della Beata Vergine à due cori [08'50"]

Picture: Venice supplicating the Virgin Mary to intercede with Christ

for the Cessation of the Plague, 1630–31 (Domenico Robusti)

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Beethoven, Piano concerto No. 1 - score

Friday, 14 November 2025

Beethoven & Tchaikovsky: Concerto & symphony - Piotr Anderszewski & John Eliot Gardiner

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY

Piano concerto & symphony

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Académie d'Orchestre

Piotr Anderszewski, piano

DIR.: JOHN ELIOT GARDINER

recorded: July 16, 2024, Le Corum - Opéra Berlioz, Montpellier

[Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier 2024]

modern instruments, period style

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne) (stream)

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Carl Maria VON WEBER (1786-1826)

(01) Overture Oberon [09'55"]

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

Concerto for pianoforte No. 1 in C, op. 15 [34'02"]

(02) allegro con brio [14'40"]

(03) largo [10'16"]

(04) rondo. allegro scherzando [09'06"]

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)

Symphony No. 2 in c minor, op. 17 [35'06"]

(05) andante sostenuto - allegro vivo [11'08"]

(06) andantino marziale, quasi moderato [07'08"]

(07) scherzo. allegro molto vivace - trio [05'08"]

(08) finale. moderato assai – allegro vivo – presto [11'42"]

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Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 2 - score

Piotr Anderszewski

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

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Handel, Concerti a due cori - score

Thursday, 13 November 2025

Handel, Vivaldi & Telemann - Zefiro Baroque Orchestra (Alfredo Bernardini)

George Frideric HANDEL,

Antonio VIVALDI

Georg Philipp TELEMANN

Concertos & overture

Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

DIR.: ALFREDO BERNARDINI

recorded: July 2, 2025, Helmut List Halle, Graz

[Styriarte 2025]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

source: ORF (Vienna) (podcast)

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George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)

(01) Concerto a due cori in F (HWV 333) [16'15"]

Antonio VIVALDI (1674-1741)

(02) Concerto 'per la S.S. Assunzione di Maria Vergine' a due cori

for violin, strings and bc in D (RV 582) [12'28"]

[Mayumi Hirasaki, violin]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)

(03) Overture in F 'Alster' (TWV 55,F11) [30'07"]

[encore]

George Frideric HANDEL

Water Music (HWV 348-350):

(04) bourrée [01'32"]

Picture: Alster in Hamburg, 18th century

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Vivaldi, Concerto RV 582 - score

Telemann, Overture in F - score

Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

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Tuesday, 11 November 2025

Mendelssohn & LIszt: Piano works - Claire Chevallier

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY

Franz LISZT

Piano works

Claire Chevallier, fortepiano

[Érard, 1842]

recorded: July 31, 2003, Concertgebouw, Bruges

[Festival van Vlaanderen - Brugge 2003]

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

source: Klara (Brussels) (stream)

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Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)

(01) Lied ohne Worte in a minor, op. 38,5 (MWV U 137) [03'12"]

(agitato)

(02) Lied ohne Worte in A flat, op. 38,6 (MWV U 119) [03'27"]

(andante con moto)

(03) Prelude and fugue in e minor, op. 35,1 (MWV U 116/66) [09'07"]

(allegro con fuoco; andante espressivo)

(04) Lied ohne Worte in b minor, op. 67,5 (MWV U 184) [02'46"]

(moderato)

(05) Lied ohne Worte in C, op. 67,4 (MWV U 182) [02'25"]

(presto)

Franz LISZT (1811-1886)

Années de pèlerinage: Première année - Suisse (S 160):

(06) Chapelle de Guillaume Tell (S 160,1) [06'25"]

(07) Au lac de Wallenstadt (S 160,2) [03'34"]

(08) Pastorale (S 160,3) [01'36"]

(09) Au bord d'une source (S 160,4) [04'12"]

(10) Vallée d'Obermann (S 160,6) [14'38"]

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Sunday, 9 November 2025

Handel: Flavio - Benjamin Bayl

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Flavio, re' de Longobardi

opera in 3 acts (London, 1723)

libretto: Nicola Francesco Haym

Julia Lezhneva, soprano (Emilia)

Sonja Runje, contralto (Teodata)

Rémy Brès-Feuillet, alto (Flavio)

Max Emanuel Cenčić, alto (Guido)

Yuriy Mynenko, alto (Vitige)

Stefan Sbonnik, tenor (Ugone)

Zachary Wilson, bass (Lotario)

Concerto Köln

DIR.: BENJAMIN BAYL

recorded: November 8, 2025, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (stream)

included:

programme [pdf]

libretto (IT/E) [pdf]

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(01) act 1 [49'18"]

(02) act 2 (pt 1) [24'35"]

(03) act 2 (pt 2) [25'29"]

(04) act 3 [40'42"]

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