Classical Music In Concert

Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri

Sunday, 27 April 2025

A Scarlatti: Vespro di Santa Cecilia - Giulio Prandi

Alessandro SCARLATTI

(1660 - 1725)

Vespro di Santa Cecilia (1721)

Sonia Tedla Chebreab, soprano

Carlotta Colombo, soprano

Chiara Brunello, contralto

Raffaele Giordani, tenor

Alessandro Ravasio, bass

Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri

DIR.: GIULIO PRANDI

recorded: March 15, 2025, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL) (podcast)

programme with lyrics included [pdf]

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Bernardo PASQUINI (1637-1710)

(01) Versetti XXXIII & V [01'05"]

plainchant

(02) [antiphona] Cantantibus organis [00'44"]

Alessandro SCARLATTI

(03) Dixit Dominus [17'28"]

(04) [antiphona] Cantantibus organis [04'57"]

plainchant

(05) [antiphona] Valerianus in cubiculo [00'26"]

Alessandro SCARLATTI

(06) Laudate pueri [17'18"]

(07) [antiphona] Valerianus in cubiculo [06'32"]

plainchant

(08) [antiphona] Caecilia famula tua [00'32"]

Alessandro SCARLATTI

(09) Laetatus sum [18'13"]

Bernardo PASQUINI

(10) Versetto XIII [00'26"]

plainchant

(11) [antiphona] Benedico te [00'39"]

Alessandro SCARLATTI

(12) Nisi Dominus [02'56"]

Bernardo PASQUINI

(13) Versetto XLVI [01'10"]

plainchant

(14) [antiphona] Triduanas a Domino [00'35"]

Alessandro SCARLATTI

(15) Lauda Jerusalem [03'40"]

(16) [hymnus] Jesu, corona virginum [06'56"]

plainchant

(17) [antiphona] Virgo gloriosa [00'53"]

Alessandro SCARLATTI

(18) Magnificat [09'48"]

Picture: Saint Cecilia and an Angel, oil on canvas by Orazio Gentileschi and

Giovanni Lanfranco, c. 1617/1618 and c. 1621/1627; in the National Gallery of Art,

Washington, D.C.

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Thursday, 24 April 2025

The pianoforte at the salon and the concert hall - Miriam Gómez-Morán

The pianoforte at the salon

and the concert hall

Miriam Gómez-Morán, fortepiano

recorded: Jan 15, 2025, Fundación Juan March, Madrid

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: Fundación Juan March

instruments:

John Broadwood, 1832 (01-05)

Pleyel, 1853 (06-11)

programme [ES] included [pdf]

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John FIELD (1782-1837)

(01) Nocturne No. 5 in B flat (H 37) [02'57"]

(02) Nocturne No. 18 in E 'Midi' (H 13) [05'12"]

Franz Peter SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

(03) Impromptu in A flat, op. 90,4 (D 899,4) [07'42"]

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)

(04) Lied ohne Worte in g minor, op. 53,3 (MWV U144) [02'53"]

(05) Capriccio in f sharp minor, op. 5 (MWV U50) [07'18"]

Frédéric CHOPIN (1810-1849)

(06) Scherzo in c sharp minor, op. 39 (CT 199) [08'36"]

Franz LISZT (1811-1886)

(07) Valse de Bravoure (S 214,1) [09'20"]

(08) Valse mélancolique (S 214,2) [07'55"]

(09) Valse à capriccio sur deux motifs de Lucia et Parisina (S 401) [10'42"]

(10) Grande Fantaisie sur des Motifs de Niobe (S 419) [14'21"]

[encore]

Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)

Kinderszenen op. 15:

(11) No. 1: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen [01'50"]

Picture: piano Pleyel, 1853 (collection Serrato) (played here)

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Tuesday, 22 April 2025

Traetta: La pace di Mercurio - Luigi Mangiocavallo

Tommaso TRAETTA

(1727 - 1779)

La pace di Mercurio

cantata in two parts (Bolzano, 1765)

libretto: Zaccaria Betti

Rossana Bertini, soprano (Minerva)

Elena Cecchi Fedi, soprano (Mercurio)

Mario Cecchetti, tenor (Marte)

Ensemble Convivium Musicum

DIR.: LUIGI MANGIOCAVALLO

recorded: Sept 12, 1997, Palazzo Mercantile, Bolzano

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 160 kbps)

source: unknown

Programme [IT] included [pdf]

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(01-10) [Part 1] [36'27"]

(11-19) [Part 2] [33'37"]

Picture: Mercurius (Artus Quellinus the Elder, 1609-1668)

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Sunday, 20 April 2025

Bach: Easter & Ascension Oratorios - Christian Heiß

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Easter & Ascension Oratorios

Katja Stuber, soprano

Anne Bierwirth, contralto

Michael Mogl, tenor

Christof Hartkopf, bass

Regensburger Domspatzen

L'arpa festante

DIR.: CHRISTIAN HEISS

recorded: May 26, 2023, Dreieinigkeitskirche, Regensburg

[Tage alter Musik Regensburg 2023]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: Bayerischer Rundfunk (Munich) (stream)

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(01) Kommt, eilet und laufet (Easter Oratorio) (BWV 249)

(02) Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen (Ascension Oratorio) (BWV 11)

Picture: The Resurrection of Christ (Nicolas Bertin, 1667-1736)

links:

Easter Oratorio - score

Ascension Oratorio - score

Regensburger Domspatzen

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Saturday, 19 April 2025

Passion Week (7) - Ycart & Pujol: Lamentations of Jeremiah - O Vos Omnes (Xavier Pastrana)

Bernhard YCART & Joan Pau PUJOL

Lamentations of Jeremiah

O Vos Omnes

DIR.: XAVIER PASTRANA

recorded: April 23, 2023, Basílica Sta. María del Pi, Barcelona

[Festival Llums d'Antiga 2023]

lossless (flac)

source: BBC Radio 3 (stream)

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Bernhard YCART (fl c1470-1480)

(01) Lamentationes a 4 [24'49"]

Joan Pau PUJOL (1570-1626)

(02) Lamentationes in Triduo Sacro a 4 [38'29"]

Picture: Albrecht Dürer, The engraved Passion (Betrayal of Christ), c1511

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Flagey Academy Youth Choirs

Friday, 18 April 2025

Passion Week (6) - Bach: St Matthew Passion - Vox Luminis

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

St Matthew Passion (BWV 244)

Raphael Höhn, tenor (Evangelist)

Sebastian Myrus, bass (Jesus)

Vox Luminis

Flagey Academy Treble Choir

Freiburger Barockorchester

DIR.: LIONEL MEUNIER

recorded: April 7, 2023, Concertgebouw, Bruges

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: Klara (stream)

programme included [pdf]

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(01) [Part 1] [69'59"]

(02) [Part 2a] [52'56"]

(03) [Part 2b] [44'35"]

Picture: Albrecht Dürer, The Engraved Passion, 1507-1512 (Bearing the Cross)

links:

St Matthew Passion - score

Raphael Höhn

Sebastian Myrus

Vox Luminis

Freiburger Barockorchester

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Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco

Thursday, 17 April 2025

Passion Week (5) - The Lamentations of Cusco - Música Temprana (Adrián Rodríguez van der Spoel)

The Lamentations of Cusco

Música Temprana

DIR.: ADRIÁN RODRÍGUEZ VAN DER SPOEL

recorded: Sept 15, 2024, White Stork Synagogue, Wroclaw

[Festival Wratislavia Cantans 2024]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

source: Dwójka (Warsaw)

lyrics included [pdf]

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anon [Cusco, 18th C]

(01) Lamentación 1a del Miércoles Santo [06'42"]

Juan DE ARAUJO (1646-1712)

(02) Lamentación 2a del Miércoles Santo a 4 [09'58"]

anon [Córdoba, 18th C]

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

(04) Tristis est anima mea [02'05"]

(05) Ecce vidimus eum [02'26"]

anon [Cusco, 18th C]

(06) Lamentación 1a del Jueves Santo a 5 [05'29"]

anon [Chiquitos, 18th C]

(07) Ane nupaquima suchetaña (Stabat mater) [13'49"]

Andrés FLORES (fl 1650-1712)

(08) Con tan tierno llanto a 2 [05'33"]

anon [Cusco, 18th C]

(09) Lamentación 2a del Miércoles Santo a 3 [07'09"]

anon [Cusco, 18th C]

(10) Lamentación 2a del Viernes Santo a 4 [03'56"]

Tomás TORREJÓN Y VELASCO

(11) Lamentación 1a del Miércoles Santo a 7 [06'00"]

[encore]

anon

(12) Hanacpachap cussicuinin [02'32"]

Picture: Albrecht Dürer, The Engraved Passion, 1507-1512 (Christ Crowned with Thorns)

links:

Cusco

Juan de Araujo

Andrés Flores

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La Passione del Nostro Signore

Wednesday, 16 April 2025

Passion Week (4) - Harrer: La Passione del Nostro Signore - Andreas Mitschke

Johann Gottlob HARRER

(1703 - 1755)

La Passione del Nostro Signore

(Ich weiss nicht, wo ich bin)

oratorio in two parts (HarWV 51) (Leipzig, 1752)

libretto: Pietro Metastasio; translation: Johann Gottlob Harrer (?)

Anna Kellnhofer, soprano (Maria Magdalena)

Inga Jäger, contralto (Petrus)

Tobias Hunger, tenor (Johannes)

Diogo Mendes, bass (Joseph von Arimethia)

Gellert Ensemble

DIR.: ANDREAS MITSCHKE

recorded: Oct 2, 2024, Holy Trinity Church, Gdańsk

[ORGANy PLUS+® festival 2024]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)_

source: Dwójka (stream)

Programme with lyrics (D) included [pdf]

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(01) Introduzione - Erster Teil [56'30"]

(02) Anderer Teil [48'04"]

Picture: Passion of Christ, fresco by Bernardino de Scapis

known as Bernardino Luini (1481-1532), Holy Church Mary of Angels, Lugano (1529)

links:

Johann Gottlob Harrer

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Thomas Selle - St John Passion

Tuesday, 15 April 2025

Passion Week (3) - Selle: St John Passion - London Baroque

Thomas SELLE

(1599 - 1663)

St John Passion

Lynne Dawson, soprano

Eva Nässén, mezzo-soprano

John Mark Ainsley, tenor

Nico van der Meel, tenor

Rufus Müller, tenor

Stephen Varcoe, baritone

Johannes Christoph Happel, baritone

Harry van der Kamp, bass

London Baroque

DIR.: CHARLES MEDLAM

recorded: March 1986, Johanneskirche, Herford

[studio recording]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne)

score Selle included

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Samuel SCHEIDT (1587-1654)

(01) Lobet den Herren, alle Heiden (SSWV 332) [03'40"]

(02) Choralquodlibet - Dreierlei Choral ineinander componiret:

Vater unser im Himmelreich, in Cantu/

Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, in Tenore/

Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, in Basso (SSWV 184) [03'28"]

(03) In meinem Herzen (SSWV 195) [06'37"]

(04) Ach Gott und Herr, wie groß und schwer (SSWV 236) [10'06"]

(05) O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig (SSWV 240) [05'35"]

(06) Miserere mei, Deus (SSWV 223) [05'01"]

Thomas SELLE

(07) Passion nach dem Evangelisten Johannes [35'10"]

Picture: Albrecht Dürer, The engraved Passion (Crucifixion), c1511

links:

Samuel Scheidt

Johannes Christoph Happel

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Rundfunk-Jugendchor Wernigerode

Monday, 14 April 2025

Passion Week (2) - Telemann: Seliges Erwägen des bittern Leydens und Sterbens Jesu Christi - Michael Schneider

Georg Philipp TELEMANN

(1681 - 1767)

Seliges Erwägen des bittern Leydens und Sterbens

Jesu Christi

oratorio in 9 Betrachtungen (TWV 5,2) (Hamburg, 1722)

libretto: Georg Philipp Telemann (?)

Gerlinde Sämann, soprano

Christian Dietz, tenor

Hans Jörg Mammel, tenor

Sebastian Geyer, bass

Gotthold Schwarz, bass

Chamber choir of the Runkfunk-Jugendchor Wernigerode

La Stagione Frankfurt

DIR.: MICHAEL SCHNEIDER

recorded: Magdeburg, March 17, 2006

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 190 kbps VBR)

source: MDR (Leipzig)

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booklet with lyrics included [pdf]

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(01) Sinfonia - Erste Betrachtung [19'23"]

(02) Zweyte Betrachtung [14'28"]

(03) Dritte Betrachtung [14'32"]

(04) Vierte Betrachtung [26'31"]

(05) Fünfte Betrachtung [13'21"]

(06) Sechste Betrachtung [09'29"]

(07) Siebte Betrachtung [11'06"]

(08) Achte Betrachtung [10'44"]

(09) Neunte Betrachtung [09'46"]

Picture: Christ on his way to Calvary (altarpiece, Germany, 15th C)

links:

La Stagione Frankfurt

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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

lossless (flac)

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)

links:

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]

lossless (flac)

source: Klara (stream)

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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

links:

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)

links:

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"]

links:

Symphony in A

Mitridate, Re di Ponto

Galimathias Musicum

Grabmusik

Marta Mathéu

Orquestra Barroca Catalana

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