Classical Music In Concert

Freiburger Barockorchester

Thursday, 1 January 2026

Bach: Mass in b minor - Vox Luminis & Freiburger Barockorchester

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Mass in b minor (BWV 232)

Vox Luminis

Freiburger Barockorchester

DIR: LIONEL MEUNIER

recorded: Sept 20, 2025, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL) (stream)

programme with lyrics included [pdf]

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(01) Kyrie [17'25"]

(02) Gloria [32'53"]

(03) Symbolum Nycenum [28'54"]

(04) Sanctus - Osanna - Benedictus [14'24"]

(05) Agnus Dei - Dona nobis pacem [09'42"]

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Mass in b minor

score

Vox Luminis

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Angelica Prokopp Summer Academy

Tuesday, 30 December 2025

Donizetti: Maria Stuarda - Antonello Manacorda

Gaetano DONIZETTI

(1797 - 1848)

Maria Stuarda

tragedia lirica in 2 acts (Milan, 1835)

libretto: Giuseppe Bardari (after Friedrich Schiller)

Nino Gotoshia, soprano (Anna Kennedy)

Lisette Oropesa, soprano (Maria Stuarda)

Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano (Elisabetta)

Bekhzod Davronov, tenor (Roberto Leicester)

Thomas Lehman, baritone (Guglielmo Cecil)

Aleksei Kulagin, bass (Giorgio Talbot)

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor

Wiener Philharmoniker

Angelika Prokopp Sommerakademie

of the Wiener Philharmoniker

DIR: ANTONELLO MANACORDA

recorded: August 1, 2025, Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg

[Salzburg Festival 2025]

modern instruments, period style

flac (original bitrate not known)

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(01) act 1 [67'51"]

(02) act 2 [63'18"]

Picture: scene from the Salzburg production

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Maria Stuarda

production

review The Opera Critic

Wiener Staatsopernchor

Wiener Philharmoniker

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Sunday, 28 December 2025

Telemann: Cantatas for Christmas & New Year's Day - Marcin Świątkiewicz

Georg Philipp TELEMANN

(1681 - 1767)

Cantatas for Christmas & New Year's Day

Voces Suaves

Arte dei Suonatori

DIR: MARCIN ŚWIĄTKIEWICZ

recorded: Dec 13, 2025, Artus Court, Gdańsk

[Actus Humanus Nativitas 2025]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

source: Dwójka (Warsaw) (stream)

solos:

Christina Boner, soprano

Laura Kull, contralto

Rodrigo Carreto, tenor

Joachim Höchbauer, bass

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(01) Kündlich gross ist das gottselige Geheimnis (TWV 1,1020) [16'53"]

cantata for Christmas

(02) Herr Gott, dich loben wir (TWV 1,745) [27'16"]

cantata for New Year's Day

(03) Im hellen Glanz der Glaubenssonnen (TWV 1,926) [15'45"]

cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas

(04) Lobet den Herrn, alle seine Heerscharen (TWV 1,1061) [17'43"]

cantata for New Year's Day

Picture: Birth of Christ (Pietro da Cortona, 1621-1630)

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Andrey Andreyevich Rachinsky

Friday, 26 December 2025

A Ukrainian Christmas - Partes Ensemble

A Ukrainian Christmas

Partes Ensemble

DIR: NATALIIA KHMILEVSKA

recorded: Dec 14, 2025, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (stream)

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anon (18th C)

(01) Pryidite, liudiie [04'03"]

(Come here, people)

Andriy Andriyovych RACHINSKY (1728-c1800)

(02) Ne otverzhy mene vo vremia starosty [05'59"]

(Do not cast me off in the time of old age)

Mykola Pavlovych DYLETSKY (fl 1675-c1681)

(03) Tsariu nebesny [01'59"]

(The Lord of Heaven)

(04) Raduisia, prechystaia Divo Maty [03'29"]

(Rejoice, most pure Virgin Mary)

(05) Tilo Khrystovo prymite [03'16"]

(Receive the Body of Christ)

anon (18th C)

(06) Pryblyzhaietsia dushe konets [05'29"]

(The End of My Soul Is Near)

(07) Side Adam priamo Raya [04'59"]

(Adam sat before the gates of Eden)

Maksym BEREZOVSKYI (1745-1777)

(08) Slava vo vyshnih Bohu [05'30"]

(Glory to God in the highest)

(09) Ne otverzhy mene vo vremia starosty [07'43"]

(Do not cast me off in the time of old age)

(10) Da voskresnet Boh [08'01"]

(Let God arise)

Picture: Monument of Maxim Berezovsky (Hluktiv, Ukraine)

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review concert

Mykola Pavlovych Dyletsky

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Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel

Thursday, 25 December 2025

Bach: Christmas Oratorio (cantatas 1 - 3) - Netherlands Bach Society (Shunske Sato)

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248)

cantatas 1 - 3

Viola Blache, soprano

Sofia Gvirts, contralto

Bernadett Nagy, contralto

Daniel Johannsen, tenor

Matthias Helm, bass

Netherlands Bach Society

DIR: SHUNSKE SATO

recorded: Dec 16, 2022, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (stream)

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Gottfried Heinrich STÖLZEL (1690-1749)

Ach, dass die Hülfe aus Zion über Israel käme:

(01) Ach, dass die Hülfe aus Zion über Israel käme (chorus) [02'41"]

Johann Sebastian BACH

Christmas Oratorio:

(02) Jauchzet, frohlocket (BWV 248,1) [25'12"]

(03) Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend (BWV 248,2) [27'18"]

Dieterich BUXTEHUDE (c1637-1707)

(04) In dulci jubilo (BuxWV 52) [06'45']

Johann Sebastian BACH

Christmas Oratorio:

(05) Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen (BWV 248,3) [23'21"]

Picture: Nativity (Federico Barocci, 1597)

links:

JS Bach, Christmas Oratorio - score

Buxtehude, In dulci jubilo - score

Netherlands Bach Society

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Tuesday, 23 December 2025

An Italian Christmas - La Venexiana

An Italian Christmas

La Venexiana

DIR: GABRIELE PALOMBA

recorded: Dec 17, 2023, Trinitatiskirche, Cologne

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne) (stream)

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Emanuela Galli, soprano

Arianna Stornello, soprano

Efix Puleo, Lorenzo Molinetti, violin

Luca Moretti, viola

Anna Camporini, cello

Gabriele Palomba, theorbo

Lorenzo Feder, harpsichord, organ

Heinrich Ignaz Franz BIBER (1644-1704]

(01) Sonata I 'Die Verkündigung' [06'27"]

Biagio MARINI (1594-1663)

(02) Natività di Christo [03'55"]

Bonifacio GRAZIANI (1604/05-1664)

(03) Venite pastores [05'49"]

Alessandro SCARLATTI (1660-1725)

(04) Cantata Pastorale per la nascita di nostro Signore [13'42"]

Heinrich SCHÜTZ (1585-1672)

(05) Verbum caro factum est (SWV 314) [04'39"]

Maurizio CAZZATI (1616-1678)

(06) Passacaglia [03'36"]

Christoph BERNHARD (1628-1692)

(07) Fürchtet euch nicht [07'26"]

(08) Currite pastores [05'05"]

Giuseppe VALENTINI (1681-1753)

(09) Sinfonia XII in F, op. 1,12 'per il Santissimo Natale' [09'13"]

George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)

Messiah (HWV 56):

(10) Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened -

He shall feed his flock, rec & aria [05'12"]

Giacomo CARISSIMI (1605-1674)

(11) Salve, salve puellule [10'35"]

Picture: The Adoration of the Christ Child (Gerrit van Honthorst, c1620)

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Sunday, 21 December 2025

Stradella: Christmas Cantatas - Vox Luminis, {oh!} Orkiestra

Alessandro STRADELLA

(1639 - 1682)

Christmas Cantatas

Vox Luminis

{oh!} Orkiestra

DIR.: MARTYNA PASTUSZKA

recorded: Dec 11, 2025, Artus Court, Gdańsk

[Actus Humanus Nativitas 2025]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 321 kbps AAC)

source: Dwójka (Warsaw) (stream)

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(01) Sonata di viole [07'02"]

(02) Si apra al riso, cantata à 3 [28'23"]

(03) Ah! Troppo è ver, cantata à 6 [40'34"]

Picture: Nativity, Francesco di Giorgio Martini, c1475 (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena)

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Choir of St John's College, Cambridge

Friday, 19 December 2025

Christmas carols & motets - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge

Christmas carols & motets

Choir of St John's College, Cambridge

DIR: CHRISTOPHER GRAY

recorded: Dec 15, 2025, Wigmore Hall, London

lossless (flac)

source: BBC Radio 3 (stream)

programme with lyrics & translations inluded [pdf]

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Sally BEAMISH (*1956)

(01) In the stillness [02'21"]

John RUTTER (*1945)

(02) There is a flower [04'19"]

Robert PARSONS (c1535-1571)

(03) Ave Maria [04'48"]

Hans Leo HASSLER (1564-1612)

(04) Verbum caro factum est [02'35"]

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

(05) A Hymn to the Virgin [03'05"]

William WALTON (1902-1983)

(06) All this time [01'38"]

trad, arr Robert Lucas PEARSALL

(07) In dulci jubilo [03'00"]

Hieronymus PRAETORIUS (1560-1629)

(08) Magnificat 5. toni [06'23"]

Eleanor DALEY (*1955)

(09) Love came down at Christmas [04'35"]

Elizabeth POSTON (1905-1987)

(10) Jesus Christ the Apple Tree [03'36"]

George KIRBYE (1565-1634)

(11) Vox in Rama [04'39"]

anon

(12) Coventry Carol [02'41"]

Jonathan DOVE (*1959)

(13) The Three Kings [05'21"]

[encore]

Laura SHEILS (*1995)

(14) Adam lay ybounden [01'44"]

Picture: Angel Playing a Flageolet (Edward Burne-Jones, 1833-1898)

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Robert Lucas Pearsall

Hieronymus Praetorius

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Johann Heinrich Schmelzer

Thursday, 18 December 2025

A European Christmas - Julia Lezhneva & Freiburger Barockorchester

A European Christmas

Freiburger Barockorchester

Julia Lezhneva, soprano

DIR.: GOTTFRIED VON DER GOLTZ, violin

recorded: Dec 18, 2024, Konzerthaus, Freiburg

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: SWR2 (Stuttgart)

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Pavel Josef VEJVANOVSKÝ (c1633/39?-1693)

(01) Sonata natalis in C [04'20"]

Carl Heinrich GRAUN (1705-1759)

Mache dich auf, werde Licht (Christmas Oratorio):

(02) Du wunderbares Kind -

Die Sterblichkeit gebiert, recitative & aria [10'17"]

Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER (1643-1704)

(03) Noëls sur les instruments [11'28"]

Antonio CALDARA (1670/71 - 1736)

Vaticini di pace (cantata):

(04) Quel pargoletto ['05'08"]

Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)

(05) Concerto for violin in E 'Il riposo per il Santissimo Natale' (RV 270) [08'13"]

Johann Heinrich SCHMELZER (1620/23-1680)

(06) Sonata natalis in C [06'01"]

Arcangelo CORELLI (1653-1713)

(07) Concerto grosso in g minor, op. 8,6 'fatto per la notte di natale' [14'41"]

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248):

(08) Du Falscher, suche nur -

Nur ein Wink von seinen Händen, recitative & aria [04'38"]

Michel-Richard de LALANDE (1657-1726)

(09) Symphonie des Noëls [13'05"]

Christian August JACOBI (1688-after 1725)

(10) Der Himmel steht uns wieder offen [19'18"]

George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)

Messiah (HWV 56):

(11) Rejoice greatly [04'35"]

Picture: The birth of Christ (Jan Erasmus Quellinus, 1634-1715)

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Pavel Josef Vejvanovský

Carl Heinrich Graun

Antonio Caldara

Michel-Richard de Lalande

Christian August Jacobi

Julia Lezhneva

Freiburger Barockorchester

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