Classical Music In Concert

Johann Michael Bach - Ach bleib bei uns

Thursday, 29 May 2025

JS Bach: Cantatas for Easter & Ascension Day - Philippe Herreweghe

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Cantatas for Easter & Ascension Day

Grace Davidson, soprano

Damien Guillon, alto

Thomas Hobbs, tenor

Peter Kooij, bass

Collegium Vocale Gent

DIR.: PHILIPPE HERREWEGHE

recorded: June 5, 2014, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: Klara (Brussels) (stream)

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Johann Sebastian BACH

(01) Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen (BWV 43)

cantata for Ascension Day

(02) Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden (BWV 6)

cantata for the 2nd Day of Easter

Johann Michael BACH (1648-1694)

(03) Ach, bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ

Johann Sebastian BACH

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

Picture: Ascension of Christ (Anton Raphael Mengs, 1728-1779)

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Collegium Vocale Gent

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Tuesday, 27 May 2025

Hasse: Romolo ed Ersilia - Attilio Cremonesi

Johann Adolf HASSE

(1699 - 1783)

Romolo ed Ersilia

opera in 3 acts (Innsbruck, 1765)

libretto: Pietro Metastasio

Eleonora Buratto, soprano (Ersilia)

Robin Johannsen, soprano (Valeria)

Netta Or, soprano (Ostilio)

Paola Gardina, mezzo-soprano (Acronte)

Marina de Liso, mezzo-soprano (Romolo)

Johannes Chum, tenor (Curzio)

NovoCanto

Café Zimmermann

DIR. : ATTILIO CREMONESI

recorded: August 26, 2011, Tiroler Landestheater, Innsbruck

[Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik 2011]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: ORF (?)

libretto included [pdf]

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(01-19) act 1 [68'17"]

(20-38) act 2 [59'03"]

(39-56) act 3 [27'06"]

Picture: Romulus and Hersilia (Johann Conrad Seekatz, c1764/65)

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Sunday, 25 May 2025

Telemann & Graupner: Cantatas - Gli Angeli Genève (Stephan MacLeod)

Georg Philipp TELEMANN

Christoph GRAUPNER

Cantatas

Gli Angeli Genève

DIR.: STEPHAN MACLEOD

recorded: July 5, 2024, Eglise du Collège Saint-Michel, Fribourg

[Festival International de Musiques Sacrées 2024]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: RTBF (Brussels) (stream)

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Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)

(01) Du aber Daniel, gehe hin (TWV 4,17) [27'54"]

funeral cantata

Christoph GRAUPNER (1683-1760)

(02) Es begab sich, dass Jesus in eine Stadt mit Namen Nain ging

(GWV 1157/37) [21'17"]

cantata for the 16th Sunday after Trinity

Jacobus HANDL-GALLUS (1550-1591)

(03) Ecce quomodo moritur justus [03'27"]

Christoph GRAUPNER

(04) Jesus ist und bleibt mein Leben (GWV 1107/12) [16'55"]

cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas

Georg Philipp TELEMANN

(05) Ich fahre auf zu meinem Vater (TWV 1,825) [19'54"]

cantata for Ascension Day

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score Telemann TWV 1,825

Christoph Graupner - scores

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Théotime Langlois de Swarte

Friday, 23 May 2025

Baroque violin sonatas - Théotime Langlois de Swarte, William Christie

Baroque violin sonatas

Théotime Langlois de Swarte, violin

William Christie, harpsichord

recorded: Feb 18, 2025, Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, Paris

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 128 kbps)

source: France Musique (podcast)

programme included [pdf]

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George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)

(01) Sonata for violin and bc in D, op. 1,13 (HWV 371) [13'04"]

Jean-Baptiste SENAILLÉ (c1688-1730)

(02) Sonata for violin and bc in g minor, op. 1,6 [09'09"]

Jean-Marie LECLAIR (1697-1764)

(03) Sonata for violin and bc in a, op. 1,5 [08'14']

Jean-Baptiste SENAILLÉ

(04) Sonata for violin and bc in c minor, op. 1,5: [07'27"]

preludio. adagio

corrente

Jean-Marie LECLAIR

(05) Sonata for two violins in E, op. 3,5:

gavotte. andante grazioso (arr for violin and bc) [02'50"]

Jean-Baptiste SENAILLÉ

(06) Sonata for violin and bc in e minor, op. 4,5 [11'23"]

Jean-Marie LECLAIR

(07) Sonata for violin and bc in F, op. 2,2: [05'23"]

adagio

allegro ma poco

Arcangelo CORELLI (1653-1713)

(08) Sonata for violin and bc in d minor, op. 5,12 'La Folia' [06'41"]

Picture: Jean-Marie Leclair

links:

score Handel

Jean-Marie Leclair - scores

Jean-Baptiste Senaillé

score Corelli

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Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla

Thursday, 22 May 2025

Spanish polyphony - The Cardinall's Musick (Andrew Carwood)

Spanish polyphony

The Cardinall's Musick

DIR.: ANDREW CARWOOD

recorded: May 19, 2025, Wigmore Hall, London

lossless (flac)

source: BBC Radio 3 (stream)

programme with lyrics included [pdf]

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Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA (1548-1611)

(01) Alma redemptoris mater a 8 [05'05"]

(02) Ave maris stella a 4 [05'33"]

(03) Ave Maria a 8 [04'27"]

Juan Gutiérrez DE PADILLA (c1590-1664)

Missa Ego flos campi a 8:

(04) Kyrie [02'20"]

(05) Gloria [03'57"]

Francisco GUERRERO (1528-1599)

(06) Ave Maria a 4 [04'03"]

Juan Gutiérrez DE PADILLA

Missa Ego flos campi a 8:

(07) Credo [06'45"]

Francisco DE PEÑALOSA (c1470-1528)

(08) Adoro te, Domine a 3 [02'08"]

Juan Gutiérrez DE PADILLA

Missa Ego flos campi a 8:

(09) Sanctus - Benedictus [01'52"]

(10) Agnus Dei [01'47"]

plainchant

(11) Ite missa est [00'41"]

Francisco GUERRERO

(12) Virgo prudentissima a 4 [03'08"]

(13) Ave virgo sanctissima a 5 [03'44"]

Sebastián DE VIVANCO (c1551-1622)

(14) Magnificat 8. toni a 8 [10'56"]

Picture: Cathedral at Puebla, Mexico, where Padilla worked as maestro de capilla

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scores Victoria

Francisco de Peñalosa

Sebastián Vivanco

The Cardinall's Musick

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Tuesday, 20 May 2025

JC Bach: Orchestral works - Reinhard Goebel

Johann Christian BACH

(1735 - 1782)

Orchestral works

hr-Sinfonieorchester

Mirijam Contzen, violin

Giovanni Guzzo, violin

DIR.: REINHARD GOEBEL

recorded: Oct 9, 2015, Sendesaal Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt/Main

modern instruments, period style

lossless (flac)

source: Hessischer Runkfunk (Frankfurt/Main) (stream)

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(01) Overture Temistocle (Warb G 8) [08'50']

Sinfonia concertante for transverse flute, two clarinets, bassoon, two horns

and orchestra in E flat (Warb C 41) [16'51']

(02) allegro assai [06'19"]

(03) larghetto [04'30"]

(04) minuetto [06'03"]

Concerto for violin and orchestra in C (Warb C 76) [19'42"]

(05) allegro vivace [06'59"]

(06) largo [07'08"]

(07) rondo. allegro assai [05'35"]

Sinfonia concertante for two violins, oboe and orchestra

in E flat (Warb C 33a) (ed. Richard Maunder) [17'53"]

(08) allegro [08'57"]

(09) andante [04'07"]

(10) tempo di menuetto [04'50"]

Amadis de Gaule (Warb G 39):

(11) suite [23'16"]

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Johann Christian Bach

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Francesco Bartolomeo Conti

Sunday, 18 May 2025

Conti: Il trionfo della fama - Ottavio Dantone

Francesco Bartolomeo CONTI

(1681/82 - 1732)

Il trionfo della fama

serenata in one act (Vienna, 1723)

libretto: Francesco Fozio

Sophie Rennert, mezzo-soprano (Gloria)

Benedetta Mazzucato, contralto (Genio)

Nicolò Balducci, alto (Fama)

Martin Vanberg, tenor (Destino)

Riccardo Novaro, baritone (Valore)

La Stagione Armonica, NovoCanto

Accademia Bizantina

DIR.: OTTAVIO DANTONE

recorded: August 6, 2024, Haus für Musik, Innsbruck

[Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik 2024]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

source: ORF (Vienna) (podcast)

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Il trionfo della fama [81'51"]

Picture: Charles VI (1685-1740) (Johann Gottfried Auerbach, 1735)

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Performance (IT)

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Piano concerto in B flat - score

Friday, 16 May 2025

Mayer & Schubert: Piano Concerto & Symphony - David Fray & Laurence Equilbey

Emilie MAYER & Franz SCHUBERT

Piano Concerto & Symphony

Insula Orchestra

David Fray, fortepiano

[Pleyel, 1892]

DIR.: LAURENCE EQUILBEY

recorded: March 13, 2025, La Seine Musicale, Boulogne-Billancourt

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC

source: France Musique (podcast)

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Emilie MAYER (1812-1883)

Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra in B flat [28'55"]

(01) [allegro] [13'04"]

(02) un poco adagio [06'52"]

(03) allegretto - adagio - tempo I - adagio - vivace [08'59"]

Franz Peter SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

Symphony in C (D 944) [47'24"]

(04) andante - allegro ma non troppo [12'27"]

(05) andante con moto [13'06"]

(06) scherzo. allegro vivace [09'33"]

(07) finale. allegro vivace [12'18"]

Picture: Emilie Mayer

links:

Emilie Mayer

Schubert, Symphony in C - score

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José Melchior de Nebra Blasco

Thursday, 15 May 2025

Corselli: Villancicos & cantata - Núria Rial & Alberto Miguélez Rouco

Francesco CORSELLI

(1705 - 1778)

Villancicos & cantata

Núria Rial, soprano

Los Elementos

DIR.: ALBERTO MIGUÉLEZ ROUCO, alto

recorded: Dec 6, 2024, Auditorio de San Francisco, Baeza

[Festival de Música Antigua de Úbeda y Baeza 2024]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: Catalunya Música (podcast)

programme with lyrics (ES) included [pdf]

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Francesco CORSELLI (Francisco COURCELLE)

(01) Rompa, Señor, mi acento

José Melchior DE NEBRA BLASCO (1702-1768) & Francesco CORSELLI

(02) Sinfonia No. 8 in C & Hueco laurel frondoso

Nicola Antonio PORPORA (1686-1768) & Francesco CORSELLI

(03) Sinfonia da camera in g minor, op. 2,3 & Felicísimo Alcino

Picture: Francesco Corselli

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Francesco Corselli

Nicola Antonio Porpora

Núria Rial

Alberto Miguélez Rouco

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Tuesday, 13 May 2025

Beethoven: Symphonies 2 & 5 - MusicAeterna (Teodor Currentzis)

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 - 1827)

Symphonies 2 & 5

MusicAeterna

DIR.: TEODOR CURRENTZIS

recorded: July 28, 2018, Royal Albert Hall, London

[BBC Proms 2018]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

source: BBC Radio 3 (stream)

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Symphony No. 2 in D, op. 36 [31'17"]

(01) adagio molto - allegro con brio [10'53"]

(02) larghetto [10'29"]

(03) scherzo. allegro [03'44"]

(04) allegro molto [06'11"]

Symphony No. 5 in c minor, op. 67 [30'45"]

(05) allegro con brio [06'45"]

(06) andante con moto [08'49"]

(07) scherzo. allegro - allegro [15'12"]

[encore]

Symphony No. 7 in A, op. 92:

(08) allegro con brio [08'58']

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Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer - score

Sunday, 11 May 2025

Grand Tour - Freiburger Barockorchester

Grand Tour

Freiburger Barockorchester

DIR.: GOTTFRIED VON DER GOLTZ

recorded: Jan 10, 2025, Konzerthaus, Freiburg

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek

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Johann Caspar Ferdinand FISCHER (1656 - 1746)

(01) Suite in d minor, op. 1,4 [12'00"]

Johann Christoph PEZ (1664-1716)

(02) Concerto Pastorale in F [17'42"]

Johann Sigismund KUSSER (1660 - 1727)

(03) Overture No. 1 in g minor [18'46"]

Johann Ludwig BACH (1667-1731)

(04) Overture in G [12'55"]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)

(05) Concerto for transverse flute, violin, strings and bc in e minor (TWV 52,e3) [10'03"]

[Daniela Lieb, transverse flute; Gottfried von der Goltz, violin]

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

(06) Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F (BWV 1047) [11'41"]

[Isabel Lehmann, recorder; Ann-Kathrin Brüggemann, oboe;

Moritz Görg, trumpet; Gottfried von der Goltz, violin]

Picture: Germany in the 1700s (Johann Baptist Homann)

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programme-notes

Johann Christoph Pez - score

Johann Sigismund Kusser - score

Johann Ludwig Bach

score Telemann

score JS Bach

Freiburger Barockorchester

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Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - scores

Thursday, 8 May 2025

Queen Victoria's 200th Anniversary - Stephen Hough & Ádám Fischer

Queen Victoria's 200th Anniversary

1819 - 2019

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Alessandro Fisher, tenor

Stephen Hough, fortepiano

[Érard, 1856, commissioned by Queen Victoria]

DIR.: ÁDÁM FISCHER

recorded: August 16, 2019, Royal Albert Hall, London

[BBC Proms 2019]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: BBC Radio 3 (stream)

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Arthur SULLIVAN (1842-1900)

Victoria and Merrie England:

(01) ballet suite No 1 [13'30"]

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)

Concerto for pianoforte No 1 in g minor, op. 25 [19'07"]

(02) molto allegro con fuoco - andante [12'26"]

(03) presto - molto allegro vivace [06'41']

[encore]

Frédéric CHOPIN (1810-1849)

(04) Nocturne in E flat, op. 9,2 [04'04"]

Prince ALBERT OF SAXE-COBURG AND GOTHA (1809-1861)

(05) Gruss aus der Ferne [02'46"]

(06) Ständchen [02'47"]

(07) Gruss an den Bruder [01'47"]

(08) Aus Wilhelm Meister [01'28"]

(09) Lebewohl [02'39"]

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY

Symphony No 3 in a minor, op. 56 'Scottish' [39'07"]

(10) andante con moto - allegro un poco agitato [15'44"]

(11) scherzo. vivace non troppo [04'20']

(12) adagio [08'58"]

(13) allegro vivacissimo - allegro maestoso assai [10'06"]

Picture: Queen Victoria in 1856

links:

Arthur Sullivan - piano score

Mendelssohn, Concerto for pianoforte No. 1

Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3

scores Mendelssohn

Alessandro Fisher

Stephen Hough

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

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Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Tuesday, 6 May 2025

Gassmann: L'opera seria - Christophe Rousset

Florian Leopold GASSMANN

(1729 - 1774)

L'opera seria

commedia per musica in 3 acts (Vienna, 1769)

libretto: Raniero de' Calzabigi

Andrea Carroll, soprano (Smorfiosa)

Julie Fuchs, soprano (Stonatrilla)

Serena Gamberoni, soprano (Porporina)

Filippo Mineccia, alto (Caverna)

Lawrence Zazzo, alto (Befana)

Alberto Allegrezza, tenor (Bragherona)

Josh Lovell, tenor (Ritornello)

Giovanni Sala, tenor (Sospiro)

Alessio Arduini, baritone (Passagallo)

Mattia Olivieri, baritone (Delirio)

Pietro Spagnoli, baritone (Fallito)

María Martín Campos, Dilan Şaka, Haiyang Guo,

Xhieldo Hyseni (Coro di ballerini)

Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Les Talens Lyriques

DIR.: CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET

recorded: March 29, 2025, Teatro alla Scala, Milan

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

source: RAI3 (Rome) (stream)

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(01) act 1 [55'13"]

(02) act 2 [62'24"]

(03) act 3 [34'06"]

Picture: scene from the performance

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Florian Leopold Gassmann

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Philipp Friedrich Buchner

Sunday, 4 May 2025

Sacred music in Erfurt, 1620-1720 - Himlische Cantorey, Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble

Sacred music in Erfurt,

1620 - 1720

Himlische Cantorey

Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble

DIR.: ARNO PADUCH

recorded: May 24, 2013, Cathedral, Erfurt

[Tage Mitteldeutscher Barockmusik 2013]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: MDR (Leipzig)

programme with lyrics (D) included [pdf]

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Johann ROSENMÜLLER (1617-1684)

(01) Siehe an die Werke Gottes [05'55"]

Daniel BOLLIUS (c1590-c1642)

(02) Salve lux mundi a 3 [05'17"]

Paul MEINONG (1659-1715)

Missa a 6 [17'02"]

(03) Kyrie [02'54"]

(04) Gloria [04'40"]

(05) Credo [03'15"]

(06) Sanctus - Benedictus [03'19"]

(07) Agnus Dei [02'55"]

Johann ROSENMÜLLER

(08) O Jesu süß, wer dein gedenkt, aria a 3 [07'04"]

Philipp Friedrich BUCHNER (1614-1669)

(09) Quid retribues Domino [06'02"]

Johann Heinrich BUTTSTEDT (1666-1727)

Missa a 6 [06'04"]

(10) Kyrie [01'27"]

(11) Gloria [04'36"]

Philipp Jacob BAUDREXEL (c1627-1691)

(12) Salve Regina [05'36"]

Werner FABRICIUS (1633-1679)

(13) Jubilum Evangelorum Lutheranorum (Jauchzet, ihr Himmel) [10'21"]

Picture: Erfurt, c1650

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Johann Rosenmüller

Daniel Bollius

Johann Heinrich Buttstedt

Philipp Jacob Baudrexel

Werner Fabricius

Himlische Cantorey

Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble

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Saturday, 3 May 2025

Renaissance Lamentations - Corvina Consort

Renaissance Lamentations

Corvina Consort

DIR.: ZOLTÁN KALMANOVITS

recorded: March 12, 1998, Óbudai Társaskör, Budapest

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

souce: Bartók Rádio (Budapest) (stream_

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Johannes OCKEGHEM (1410?-1497)

(01) Mort tu as navré [07'01"]

Johannes LUPI (c1506-1539)

(02) Ergone conticuit (In Oannem Okegi Musicorum principem) [06'03"]

Juan DE ANCHIETA (1462-1523)

(03) Musica, quid defles? [03'28"]

Nicolas GOMBERT (c1495-c1560)

(04) Musae Jovis [04'07"]

Jheronimus VINDERS (fl 1525/26)

(05) O mors inevitabilis (Lamentatio super morte Josquin Des Prés) [02'10"]

JOSQUIN DESPREZ (1450/55-1521)

(06) De profundis [04'09"]

Juan DEL ENCINA (1468-1529/30)

(07) Triste España [02'07"]

anon

(08) Se je souspire - Ecce iterum [03'37"]

Pierre de LA RUE (c1452-1518)

(09) Delicta juventutis [07'53"]

(10) Cuers desolez - Dies illa [12'52"]

anon

(11) Proch dolor - Pie Jesu [02'01"]

Picture: Portrait of a musician, possibly Johannes Ockeghem (anon)

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CPE Bach, Symphonies Wq 182

Thursday, 1 May 2025

Telemann & CPE Bach: Instrumental works & cantata - Musica Alta Ripa

Georg Philipp TELEMANN

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH

Instrumental works & cantata

Veronika Winter, soprano

Henryk Böhm, bass

Musica Alta Ripa

DIR.: BERNWARD LOHR

recorded: Feb 8, 2019, Galeriegebäude Herrenhausen, Hanover

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NDR Kultur (Hamburg)

programme with liner-notes & lyrics (D) included [pdf]

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Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)

(01) Overture for two recorders, two oboes, strings and bc

in a minor (TWV 55,a4) [18'32"]

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714-1788)

Concerto for cello, strings and bc in A (Wq 172 / H 439) [20'07"]

(02) allegro [07'00"]

(03) largo con sordini. mesto [07'26"]

(04) allegro assai [05'40"]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN

(05) Concerto (Septet) for two transverse flutes, two oboes, two violins and bc

in a minor (TWV 44,42) [07'09"]

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH

(06) Symphony in b minor (Wq 182,5 / H 661) [10'21"]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN

(07) Alles redet itzt und singet, Singgedicht im Frühling (TWV 20,10) [28'58"]

[encore]

Agostino STEFFANI (1654-1728)

Orlando Generoso:

(08) O mia vita, o mia speme [02'56"]

Picture: Allegory of Spring (Jerzy Siemiginowski Eleuter, 1660-1711)

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scores Telemann

CPE Bach, Concerto in A

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