Classical Music In Concert

Sunday, 13 April 2025

Passion Week (1) - JS Bach: St John Passion - Philippe Herreweghe

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

St John Passion (BWV 245)

version 1724

Marie Luise Werneburg, soprano

Alex Potter, alto

Guy Cutting, tenor

Reinoud Van Mechelen, tenor (Evangelist)

Johannes Kammler, bass

Philipp Kaven, bass (Pilatus)

Krešimir Stražanac, bass (Jesus)

Collegium Vocale Gent

DIR.: PHILIPPE HERREWEGHE

recorded: April 11, 2025, DeSingel, Antwerp

period instruments

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source: Klara (B) (stream)

Programme with lyrics included [pdf]

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(01) [Part 1] [33'12"]

(02) [Part 2] [71'45"]

Picture: Scenes from the passion of Christ (anon, 13th C)

links:

St John Passion - score

Marie Luise Werneburg

Collegium Vocale Gent

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Giovanni Battista Ferrandini

Saturday, 12 April 2025

Ferrandini & Traetta: The tears of Mary - Christophe Rousset

Giovanni Battista FERRANDINI

Tommaso TRAETTA

The tears of Mary

María Espada, soprano

Monica Piccinini, soprano

Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano

Milena Storti, mezzo-soprano

Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, tenor

Magnus Staveland, tenor

Frédéric Caton, baritone

Jussi Lehtipuu, baritone

Les Talens Lyriques

DIR.: CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET

recorded: Feb 9, 2013, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: NPO4 (NL) (stream)

programme with liner-notes and lyrics included

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Giovanni Battista PERGOLESI (1710-1736)

(01) Salve Regina in c minor [13'30"]

Leonardo LEO (1694-1744)

(02) Iudica me Deus (KraL B.1.6) [09'57"]

Giovanni Battista FERRANDINI (1710-1791)

(03) Il pianto di Maria [24'17"]

Tommaso TRAETTA (1727-1779)

(04) Stabat mater [39'27"]

Picture: Pietà (Luis de Morales, c1568)

links:

Leonardo Leo - score

Ferrandini, Il pianto di Maria - score

Tommaso Traetta

Traetta, Stabat mater - score

Emiliano Gonzalez Toro

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Giovanni Battista Sammartini

Thursday, 10 April 2025

Bernasconi: Miserere - Diego Fasolis

Andrea BERNASCONI

(1706 - 1784)

Miserere

Solisti e Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera italiana

I Barocchisti

DIR.: DIEGO FASOLIS

recorded: Jan 13, 2011, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: unknown

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Andrea BERNASCONI (1706-1784)

(01-16) Miserere in d minor (1753-1759) [45'01"]

Giovanni Battista SAMMARTINI (1701-1775)

(17-21) Beatus vir (JC 104) (c1765) [23'33"]

Picture: The Passion of Christ (anon, 17th C; oil on canvas)

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Andrea Bernasconi

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Sonata in a minor (D 537)

Tuesday, 8 April 2025

Schubert: Liebesbotschaft - Kieran Carrel, Kristian Bezuidenhout

Franz Peter SCHUBERT

(1797 - 1828)

"Liebesbotschaft"

Kieran Carrel, tenor

Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano

recorded: August 3, 2024, Concertgebouw, Bruges

[MAFestival 2024]

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(01) Heimliches Lieben (D 922) [04'19"]

(02) Der Wanderer an den Mond (D 870) [02'05"]

(03) Der Wanderer (D 649) [02'36"]

(04) Stimme der Liebe (D 412) - Sprache der Liebe (D 410) [03'07"]

(05) Willkommen und Abschied (D 767) [03'41"]

(06) Adagio in G (D 178) [05'47"]

(07) March in b minor (D 757a) [00'45"]

(08) Ungarische Melodie (D 817) [01'27"]

Sonata in a minor (D 537):

(09) allegretto quasi andantino) [08'35"]

(10-23) Schwanengesang (D 957) [51'36"]

[encore]

(24) Nacht und Träume (D 827) [03'26"]

Picture: First volume of Schubert's Schwanengesang as originally published in 1829

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Heimliches Lieben

Der Wanderer an den Mond

Der Wanderer

Stimme der Liebe

Sprache der Liebe

Willkommen und Abschied

Schwanengesang

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Couperin, Leçons de Ténèbres - score

Sunday, 6 April 2025

French music for Passiontide - Drei Engel

French music for Passiontide

Drei Engel

(Markéta Klaudová, Pavla Radostová, soprano;

Lucie Netušilová Karafiátová, contralto)

Michal Raitmajer, viola da gamba

Jan Krejca, theorbo

Jirí Havrlant, organ

recorded: June 18, 2023, [Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary], Bilá Voda

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: Hessischer Rundfunk (Frankfurt/Main)

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Michel LAMBERT (1610-1696)

(01) Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae [01'08"]

Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER (1643-1704)

(02) In monte Oliveti (H 111) [03'43"]

(03) Tristis est anima mea (H 126) [03'27"]

Michel LAMBERT

(04) Jerusalem convertere ad Dominum [02'04"]

François COUPERIN (1668-1733)

(05) Troisième Leçon de Ténèbres [12'49"]

Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER

(06) Una hora (H 116) [03'49"]

Michel LAMBERT

(07) Jerusalem, convertere [02'14"]

Jean-Henry D'ANGLEBERT (1629-1691)

(08) Fugue grave [03'08"]

Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER

(09) Troisième Leçon de ténèbres du Jeudi Saint (H 109) [17'42']

Jean-Henry D'ANGLEBERT

(10) Fugue sur le même Sujet [03'15"]

Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER

(11) Leçon de ténèbres du Vendredi Saint (H 110) [12'01"]

Picture: anonymous altarpiece (Germany, c1480-1495)

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Michel Lambert

Jean-Henry d'Anglebert

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Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots

Friday, 4 April 2025

Mozart: Arias & orchestral works - Martha Mathéu & Manfredo Kraemer

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

(1756 - 1791)

Arias & orchestral works

Orquestra Barroca Catalana

Marta Mathéu, soprano

DIR.: MANFREDO KRAEMER

recorded: April 7, 2024, Església Sant Felip Neri, Barcelona

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: Catalunya Música (Barcelona)

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Symphony in A (KV 114) [21'58"]

(01) allegro moderato [08'08"]

(02) andante [05'33"]

(03) menuetto - trio [03'13"]

(04) molto allegro [05'04"]

Mitridate, Re di Ponto (KV 87):

(05) Lungi da te, mio bene [07'23"]

(06) overture [andante grazioso] [01'46"]

(07) So quanto a te dispiace [05'41']

(08) Galimathias Musicum (KV 32) (exc) [07'07"]

Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots (KV 35):

(09) Schildre einen Philosophen [05'21"]

Grabmusik (KV 42):

(10) Betracht dies Herz und frage mich [04'27"]

Mitridate, Re di Ponto (KV 87):

(11) Soffre el mio cor [07'36"]

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Symphony in A

Mitridate, Re di Ponto

Galimathias Musicum

Grabmusik

Marta Mathéu

Orquestra Barroca Catalana

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Ghislieri Choir & Consort

Thursday, 3 April 2025

Pergolesi, Jommelli, Vivaldi: Sacred works - Giulio Prandi

Giovanni Battista PERGOLESI,

Niccolò JOMMELLI & Antonio VIVALDI

Sacred works

Marta Redaelli, soprano

Karin Selva, soprano

Sonia Tedla, soprano

Marta Fumagalli, contralto

José Maria Lo Monaco, contralto

Raffaele Giordani, tenor

Matteo Bellotto, bass

Ghislieri Choir & Consort

DIR.: GIULIO PRANDI

recorded: Jan 27, 2018, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

period instruments

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source: NPO4 (NL)

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Giovanni Battista PERGOLESI (1710-1736)

Missa in D [29'59"]

(01) Kyrie [05'33"]

(02) Gloria [24'25"]

Niccolò JOMMELLI (1714-1774)

(03) Miserere in g minor [19'36"]

Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)

(04) Dixit Dominus in D (RV 594) [26'32"]

Picture: Niccolò Jommelli (painter unknown)

links:

Pergolesi, score

Niccolò Jommelli - score

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Orchestre des Champs-Elysées

Tuesday, 1 April 2025

Bruckner: Mass No. 2 & Symphony No. 2 - Philippe Herreweghe

Anton BRUCKNER

(1824 - 1896)

Mass No. 2 & Symphony No. 2

Collegium Vocale Gent

Orchestre des Champs-Elysées

DIR.: PHILIPPE HERREWEGHE

recorded: Sept 23, 2019, Kathedrale St. Bavo, Ghent

[Festival van Vlaanderen Gent 2019]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: mp2, 256 kbps)

source: Deutschlandfunk Kultur

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Mass No. 2 in e minor (WAB 27) (version 1882) [32'31"]

(01) Kyrie 05'58"]

(02) Gloria [05'19"]

(03) Credo [08'40"]

(04) Sanctus [02'25"]

(05) Benedictus [04'53"]

(06) Agnus Dei [05'17"]

Symphony No. 2 in c minor (WAB 102) [51'17"]

(07) moderato [15'59"]

(08) andante [14'08"]

(09) scherzo. mäßig schnell - trio [06'25"]

(10) finale. ziemlich schnell [14'45"]

Picture: title-page of Bruckner's autograph of the Mass No. 2

links:

Mass No. 2 - score

Symphony No. 2 - score

Collegium Vocale Gent

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Haydn, Die sieben letzten Worte

Sunday, 30 March 2025

Haydn: Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze - Marc Minkowski

Franz Joseph HAYDN

(1732 - 1809)

Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze

(H XX,1)

Rafael Taibo, reciter (Evangelist)

Amsterdamse Bach Solisten

DIR.: MARC MINKOWSKI

recorded: Feb 14, 1993, Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam

modern instruments, period style

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source: NPO4 (NL) (stream)

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(01) L'Introduzione. maestoso ed adagio [05'00"]

(02) Evangelium: Susciperunt autem Jesum [00'48"]

(John XIX,17 / Luke XXIII,33-34)

(03) Sonata I. largo: Pater, Pater, dimitte illis quia nesciunt quid faciunt [05'02"]

(04) Evangelium: Unus autem de his qui pendebant latronibus [01'09"]

(Luke XXIII,39-43)

(05) Sonata II. grave e cantabile: Hodie mecum eris in Paradiso [05'35"]

(06) Evangelium: Stabant autem juxta crucem [00'31"]

(John XIX,25-27)

(07) Sonata III. grave: Ecce mulier filius tuus [08'57"]

(08) Evangelium: A sexta autem hora tenebrae factae sunt [00'42"]

(Matthew XXVII,45-47)

(09) Sonata IV. largo: Deus meus, Deus meus et quid dereliquisti me [04'51"]

(10) Evangelium: Postea sciens Jesus [00'18"]

(John XIX,28)

(11) Sonata V. adagio: Sitio [05'52"]

(12) Evangelium: Vas ergo erat positum aceto plenum [00'33"]

(John XIX,29-30)

(13) Sonata VI. lento: Consummatum est [04'58"]

(14) Evangelium: Tenebrae factae sunt [00'45"]

(Luke XXIII,44-46)

(15) Sonata VII. largo: In manus tuas Domine, commendo Spiritum meum [05'15"]

(16) Il terremoto. Presto con tutta la forza [01'57"]

Picture: Christ falls on the Way to Calvary (Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1772)

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Rafael Taibo

Amsterdamse Bach Solisten

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Friday, 28 March 2025

A Scarlatti: Concerti sacri - Ensemble Aurora (Enrico Gatti)

Alessandro SCARLATTI

(1660 - 1725)

Concerti sacri

Ensemble Aurora

DIR.: ENRICO GATTI

recorded: May 28, 2010, Schlosskirche St. Maria von den Engeln, Brühl

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne) (stream)

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Alessandro SCARLATTI

(01) Salve Regina [10'16']

Antonio CALDARA (?1671-1736)

(02) Chiaccona in B flat, op. 2,12 [04'48"]

Alessandro SCARLATTI

(03) Properate fideles [19'09"]

(04) Quae est ista [15'05"]

Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)

(05) Sonata in d minor, op. 1,8 (RV 64) [09'03"]

Alessandro SCARLATTI

(06) Est dies trophei [09'20"]

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Metastasio, Isacco figura del Redentore

Thursday, 27 March 2025

Jommelli: Isacco figura del Redentore - Diego Fasolis

Niccolò JOMMELLI

(1714 - 1774)

Isacco figura del Redentore

oratorio in two parts (Venice, 1742)

libretto: Pietro Metastasio

Roberta Mameli, soprano (Angelo)

Lucia Cirillo, mezzo-soprano (Sara)

Yuriy Minenko, alto (Isacco)

Edgardo Rocha, tenor (Abramo)

Carlo Lepore, bass (Gamari)

Chór Kameralny Cappelli Cracoviensis

I Barocchisti

DIR.: DIEGO FASOLIS

recorded: March 30, 2015, Karol Szymanovski Concert Hall, Cracow

[Festival Misteria Paschalia 2015]

period instruments

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source: Dwójka (Warsaw)

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(01-16) Parte prima [64'54"]

(17-30) Parte seconda [47'20"]

Picture: Rembrandt, Abraham and Isaac (1634)

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Chór Kameralny Cappelli Cracoviensis

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Philipp Heinrich Erlebach

Tuesday, 25 March 2025

Erlebach: Sonatas & arias - ARTEK

Philipp Heinrich ERLEBACH

(1657 - 1714)

Sonatas & arias

ARTEK

DIR.: GWENDOLYN TOTH

recorded: Jan 27 & 28, 2024, Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, New York City

period instruments

flac

source: YouTube

Laura Heimes, soprano

Cynthia Freivogel, violin, violino piccolo

Arnie Tanimoto, treble viol, bass viol

Daniel Swenberg, theorbo

Gwendolyn Toth, harpsichord

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(01) Sonata I for violin, viola da gamba and bc in D [12'06"]

(02) Mein Sehnen ist gestillt, und mein Wunsch nun erfüllt

(Glückliches Fügen) [03'35"]

(03) Es lindert sich die höchste Pein durch Hoffnung und geduldig sein

(Schweiget ihr Seufzer) [03'19"]

(04) Sonata II for violin, viola da gamba and bc in e minor [10'30"]

(05) Ich sei auch wo ich sei, bleibt mein Andenken treu

(Angedenken, mein Vergnügen) [02'59"]

(06) Unser Leben ist mit vieler Not umgeben (Kommt ihr Stunden) [02'59"]

(07) Sonata VI for violino piccolo, viola da gamba and bc in F [09'45"]

(08) Des Glückes Spiele betrügen viele

(Fortuna, du scherzest mit mir) [03'54"]

(09) Seine Not recht überlegen wird manch Tränen-Bad erregen

(Meine Seufzer) [07'06"]

(10) Sonata III for violin, viola da gamba and bc in A [13'21"]

Picture: Albert Anton, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1641-1710),

Erlebach's employer

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Sunday, 23 March 2025

Santiago: Tenebrae Responsories - Graindelavoix (Björn Schmelzer)

Francisco DE SANTIAGO

(c1578 - 1644)

Tenebrae Responsories

Graindelavoix

DIR.: BJÖRN SCHMELZER

recorded: August 23, 2024, Jacobikerk, Utrecht

[Festival Early Music Utrecht 2024]

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL) (stream)

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Tenebrae for Maundy Thursday

Manuel CARDOSO (1566-1650)

(01) In monte Oliveti [02'45"]

Francisco DE SANTIAGO

(02) Tristis est anima mea [03'56"]

(03) Ecce vidimus eum [06'11"]

(04) Amicus meus [03'31"]

(05) Judas mercator pessimus [02'41"]

(06) Unus ex discipulis [04'18"]

(07) Eram quasi agnus innocens [03'46"]

(08) Una hora non potuisti [03'00"]

(09) Seniores populi [04'32"]

Tenebrae for Good Friday

António CARREIRA (c1520/30-c1597)

(10) Omnes amici mei [03'04"]

Francisco DE SANTIAGO

(11) Velum templi [03'50"]

(12) Vinea mea electa [04'49"]

(13) Tamquam ad latronem [04'08"]

(14) Tenebrae factae sunt [03'59"]

(15) Animam meam dilectam [07'09"]

(16) Tradiderunt me [03'01"]

(17) Jesum tradidit [03'15"]

(18) Caligaverunt oculi mei [06'09"]

Picture: The Veil of Saint Veronica (El Greco, 1586/95)

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Francisco de Santiago

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Friday, 21 March 2025

Salon Sevilla - Le Quatuor Romantique

Salon Sevilla

Le Quatuor Romantique

recorded: August 26, 2024, TivoliVredenburg (Cloud Nine), Utrecht

[Festival Early Music Utrecht 2024)

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL) (podcast)

Vassili Voronin, violin

Edward John Semon, cello

Pascal Schweren, fortepiano

Joachim Diessner, harmonium

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Émile WALDTEUFEL (1837-1915), arr anon

(01) España, Waltz op. 236 [06'31"]

Charles-François GOUNOD (1818-1893)

Le tribut de Zamorra:

(02) Fantasie [11'45"]

(arr Adolf SCHREINER, 1841-1894)

Olivier MÉTRA (1830-1889),

arr Ernst SCHMIDT-KÖTHEN

(03) La Sérénade, Valse espagnole [03'57"]

Moritz MOSZKOWSKI (1854-1925),

arr A ODENTHAL

(04) Allegro brioso, op. 12,1 [01'45"]

(05) Moderato, op. 12,2 [04'05"]

(06) Bolero, op. 12,5 [02'51"]

[5 Spanische Tänze, op. 12]

Adolphe ADAM (1803-1856)

Le toréador:

(07) Fantasie [07'03"]

(arr Émile TAVAN, 1849-1929)

Samuel Sando DICKER (1894-1935)

(08) Felicidades, serenata espagnola op. 209 [03'46"]

Pascual MARQUINA NARRO (1873-1948)

(09) España Cañi, paso doble [02'09"]

Alphons CZIBULKA (1842-1894)

(10) Belle fille de Seville, gavotte de salon [02'55"]

Emmanuel CHABRIER (1841-1894)

(11) España, fantasie (D44) [07'02"]

Picture: Seville (Spanish school, 19th C)

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Emile Waldteufel

Charles-François Gounod

Pascual Marquina Narro

Alphons Czibulka

Emmanuel Chabrier

Le Quatuor Romantique

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Thursday, 20 March 2025

Sellitto: La vedova ingegnosa - Sigiswald Kuijken

Giuseppe SELLITTO

(1700 - 1770)

La vedova ingegnosa ossia Il medico ignorante

un' Intermezzo napoletane con danza (Naples, 1735)

Marie Kuijken, soprano (Drusilla)

Fulvio Bettini, bass (Strabone)

Maurizio Colucci (Volpino), actor

La Petite Bande

DIR.: SIGISWALD KUIJKEN

recorded: July 25, 2007, Palazzo Ducale (Cortile d'onore), Urbino

period instruments

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source: RAI3 (Rome)

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(01) act 1 [28'58"]

(02) act 2 [33'38"]

Picture: 'The Doctor's Visit' (1667) (Frans van Mieris the Elder, 1635-1681)

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Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro

Tuesday, 18 March 2025

Music from the world of Joan of Arc - Tasto Solo

Music from the world of Joan of Arc

Tasto Solo

DIR.: GUILLERMO PÉREZ

recorded: Nov 20, 2024, Fundación Juan March

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: Fundación Juan March (podcast)

Anne-Kathryn Olsen, soprano

Pau Marcos, fiddle

Bérengère Sardin, harp

Guillermo Pérez, clavisymbalum

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anon

(01) Præambulum super D [01'37"]

(02) Fantasia I & II [04'41"]

Guillaume DUFAY (?1397-1474)

(03) Par le regard de vos beaux yeux [04'43"]

anon

(04) Kyrie angelicum [02'12"]

Walter FRYE (?-?1475)

(05) Ave Regina caelorum [03'29"]

Gilles BINCHOIS (c1400-1460)

(06) Esclave puist yl devenir [02'37"]

Walter FRYE / anon

(07) So ys emprentid - Redeuntes in G [04'36"]

anon

(08) La Spagna [02'49"]

plainchant / John DUNSTAPLE (c1390-1453) / anon

(09) Ave Maria - Sub tuam protectionem - Paumgartner [06'19"]

plainchant

(10) Salve Regina [06'02"]

Johannes TINCTORIS (c1435-1511)

(11) La Spagna [01'46"]

Walter FRYE / anon

(12) Tout a part moi - Fortune tort [06'58"]

anon

(13) Fantasia III [03'09"]

Johannes TINCTORIS

(14) Helas, le bon temps que j'avoie [03'11"]

GUGLIELMO EBREO DA PESARO (c1420-after 1484?)

(15) Falla con misuras [03'30"]

Walter FRYE

(16) Alas, alas [02'16"]

Johannes TINCTORIS - plainchant

(17) Virgo Dei throno digna - Requiem aeternam (with diminutions) [03'37"]

Picture: Joan of Arc’s capture at Compiègne

(Miniature from Les Vigiles de Charles VII, BnF, fr. 5054, f. 60v.)

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