Classical Music In Concert

Sunday, 19 October 2025

Rameau: Castor et Pollux - Teodor Currentzis

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU

(1683 - 1764)

Castor et Pollux

tragédie en musique in a prologue and 5 acts

(first version; Paris, 1737)

libretto: Pierre-Joseph-Justin Bernard

Claire Antoine, soprano (Minerve, Suivante d'Hébé)

Jeanine De Bique, soprano (Telaïre, Une planète)

Natalia Smirnova, soprano (Une ombre, Vénus)

Stéphanie d'Oustrac, mezzo-soprano (Phébé)

Reinoud Van Mechelen, haute-contre (Castor)

Laurence Kilsby, tenor (L'Amour, La Grand Prêtre, Un athlète)

Marc Mauillon, baritone (Pollux)

Nicholas Newton, bass (Jupiter, Mars, Un athlète)

Utopia Orchestra & Choir

DIR.: TEODOR CURRENTZIS

recorded: Feb 1, 2025, Opéra Garnier, Paris

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

libretto included [pdf]

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(01) prologue [22'17"]

(02) act 1 [32'23"]

(03) acts 2 & 3 [51'36"]

(04) act 4 [32'12"]

(05) act 5 [35'39"]

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Thursday, 16 October 2025

A Scarlatti: La Giuditta - Dani Espasa

Alessandro SCARLATTI

(1660 - 1725)

La Giuditta

oratorio in two parts (Rome or Naples, 1697)

(version Cambridge)

libretto: Antonio Ottoboni

Serena Sáenz, soprano (Giuditta)

Xavier Sabata, alto (Nutrice)

Thomas Walker, tenor (Oloferne)

Vespres d'Arnadi

DIR.: DANI ESPASA

recorded: April 7, 2023, Església del Carme, Peralada

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: Catalunya Música (podcast)

libretto included [pdf]

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(01) [Part 1] [32'23"]

(02) [Part 2] [48'47"]

Picture: Judith and Holofernes (Caravaggio)

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Mozart, Symphony KV 133 - score

Tuesday, 14 October 2025

Mozart, Janiewicz & Beethoven - Choucane Siranossian & Tomasz Ritter

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART,

Feliks JANIEWICZ

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

Symphony & concertos

{oh!) Orkiestra

Chouchane Siranossian, violin

Tomasz Ritter, fortepiano

[Érard, 1849]

DIR.: MARTYNA PASTUSZKA

recorded: Sept 4, 2025, Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw

[Festival Chopin and his Europe 2025]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: RTBF (Brussels) (stream)

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Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

Symphony in D (KV 133) [20'40"]

(01) allegro [07'29"]

(02) andante [06'03"]

(03) menuetto - trio [03'21"]

(04) allegro [03'48"]

Feliks JANIEWICZ (1762-1848)

Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 4 in A [24'36"]

(05) moderato [12'09"]

(06) adagio [05'21"]

(07) rondo. allegretto [07'06"]

[encore]

Felix JANIEWICZ

Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 5 in e minor:

(08) rondo allegretto [04'07"]

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra No. 1 in C, op. 15 [34'29"]

(09) allegro con brio [17'08"]

(10) largo [08'23"]

(11) rondo. allegro [08'57"]

[encore]

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)

(12) Andante tranquillo in B flat, op. 67,3 [03'09"]

Picture: The grave of Felix Yaniewicz, Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh

links:

Feliks Janiewicz - score

Beethoven, Piano concerto No. 1 - score

Chouchane Siranossian

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Johann Christoph Bach - scores

Sunday, 12 October 2025

The Alt-Bachische Archiv - Vox Luminis

The Alt-Bachische Archiv

Vox Luminis

DIR.: LIONEL MEUNIER

recorded: Sept 4, 2025, Jacobikerk, Utrecht

[Festival Early Music Utrecht 2025]

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL) (stream)

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Johann BACH (1604-1673)

(01) [prelude] [01'01"]

(02) Sei nun wieder zufrieden [03'26"]

(03) [prelude] [01'06"]

(04) Unser Leben ist ein Schatten [07'32"]

(05) [prelude] [00'48"]

(06) Weint nicht um meinen Tod [07'12"]

Johann Christoph BACH (1642-1703)

(07) [prelude] [00'44"]

(08) Der Gerechte, ob er gleich zu zeitlich stirbt [04'47"]

(09) [prelude] [00'52"]

(10) Der Mensch, vom Weibe geboren [03'49"]

(11) [prelude] [00'45"]

(12) Sei getreu bis in den Tod [03'46"]

Johann Michael BACH (1648-1694)

(13) [prelude] [00'38"]

(14) Halt, was du hast [05'25"]

(15) [prelude] [00'59"]

(16) Ich weiss, dass mein Erlöser lebet [02'36"]

(17) [prelude] [00'23"]

(18) Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe [03'36"]

(19) [prelude] [01'04"]

(20) Herr, ich warte auf dein Heil [04'39"]

(21) [prelude] [00'44"]

(22) Herr, du lässest mich erfahren [03'58"]

(23) [prelude] [00'50"]

(24) Dem Menschen ist gesetzt, einmal zu sterben [05'42"]

Johann Christoph BACH

(25) [prelude] [00'42"]

(26) Mit Weinen hebt sichs an (aria) [07'08"]

(27) [prelude] [01'17"]

(28) Ich lasse dich nicht (BWV Anh. 159) [05'12"]

[encore]

Johann Michael BACH

(29) Unser Leben währet siebenzig Jahr [04'56"]

links:

The Alt-Bachische Archiv

Johann Bach - scores

Johann Michael Bach - scores

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Thursday, 9 October 2025

Guillaume Dufay and the Ars subtilior - Cappella Pratensis

Guillaume Dufay and the Ars subtilior

Cappella Pratensis

DIR.: TIM BRAITHWAITE

recorded: August 25, 2025, Sint-Andrieskerk, Antwerp

[Laus Polyphoniae 2025]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

source: YouTube

progranme with lyrics included [pdf]

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Richard LOQUEVILLE (?-1418)

(01) Puisque je suis amoureux [01'52"]

Pierre FONTAINE (c1380-c1450)

(02) J’ayme bien celui [02'14"]

Guillaume DUFAY (1397-1474)

(03) Vasilissa ergo gaude [02'53"]

Richard LOQUEVILLE

(04) Je vous pri [02'23"]

Guillaume DUFAY

(05) Resvelliés vous [05'35"]

Hugo DE LANTINS (fl 1420-1430)

(06) Mirar non posso [01'54"]

Guillaume DUFAY

(07) Vergene bella [03'44"]

(08) O gemma lux [04'47']

Richard LOQUEVILLE

(09) Qui ne veroit que vos doulx yeux [02'22"]

Hugo DE LANTINS

(10) Celsa sublimatur [01'49"]

Guillaume DUFAY

(11) Hé compaignons [03'20"]

(12) Apostolo glorioso [03'44"]

(13) Par droit je puis bien complaindre et gemir [03'08"]

Richard LOQUEVILLE

(14) Quant compaignons s’en vont juer [00'54"]

Jean FRANCHOIS (fl c1415-1430)

(15) Ave virgo lux Maria [03'49"]

Jean HAUCOURT (fl c1390-after 1416)

(16) Je demande ma bienvenue [01'50"]

Hugo DE LANTINS

(17) Plaindre m'estuet [04'48"]

Richard LOQUEVILLE

(18) Pour mesdisans [02'30"]

Guillaume DUFAY

(19) Rite maiorem [04'36"]

(20) O tres piteulx [04'33"]

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Théotime Langlois de Swarte

Tuesday, 7 October 2025

Leclair & Vivaldi: Violin concertos - Théotime Langlois de Swarte

Jean-Marie LECLAIR

Antonio VIVALDI

Violin concertos

Théotime Langlois de Swarte, violin

Les Ombres

recorded: May 18, 2024, Basilika St. Emmeram, Regensburg

[Tage alter Musik Regensburg 2024]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

source: DeutschlandRadio Kultur (stream)

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Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)

(01) Sinfonia in C (RV 111a) [06'02']

Concerto for violin, strings and bc in b minor (RV 384) [09'43"]

(02) allegro [03'40"]

(03) largo [03'16"]

(04) allegro [02'47"]

Jean-Marie LECLAIR (1697-1764)

(05) Overture Scylla et Glaucus [03'29"]

Concerto for violin, strings and bcin a minor, op. 7,5 [13'59"]

(06) vivace [05'09"]

(07) largo - adagio [04'12"]

(08) allegro assai [04'38"]

Antonio VIVALDI

(09) Sinfonia L'Olimpiade (RV 725) [06'11"]

Concerto for violin, strings and in C 'Per Anna Maria' (RV 179a) [14'19"]

(10) allegro ma poco [04'44"]

(11) largo [04'34"]

(12) allegro [05'00"]

[encore]

Concerto for violin, strings and bc in f minor, op. 8,4 'L'inverno' (RV 297):

(13) largo [01'54"]

Concerto for violin, strings and in g minor, op. 8,2 'L'estate' (RV 315):

(14) presto [02'40"]

John ECCLES (1668-1735)

The Mad Lover:

(15) slow air [04'15"]

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scores Vivaldi

scores Leclair

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Sunday, 5 October 2025

Graupner: Cantatas for tenor & bass - Georg Poplutz & Dominik Wörner

Christoph GRAUPNER

(1683 - 1760)

Cantatas for tenor & bass

Georg Poplutz, tenor

Dominik Wörner, bass

Kirchheimer BachConsort

DIR.: FLORIAN HEYERICK

recorded: August 16 & 17, 2025, Protestantische Kirche, Kirchheim an der Weinstraße

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne)

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(01) Die Andacht fragt nach dir (GWV 1111/42),

cantata for Epiphany [15'42"]

(02) Ach wo find' ich meine Liebe (GWV 1112/14),

cantata for the 1st Sunday after Epiphany [09'46"]

(03) Wenn Not und Angst am größten ist (GWV 1114/14),

cantata for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany [09'30"]

(04) Gottes Wille meint es gut (GWV 1114/22),

cantata for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany [11'08"]

(05) Du gehst, o Jesu, willig (GWV 1119/14),

cantata for Sunday Estomihi [09'23"]

(06) Warum willst du unser so gar vergessen (GWV 1134/21),

cantata for the 4th Sunday after Easter [13'20"]

Picture: first page of Ach, wo find' ich meine Liebe

links:

scores

Georg Poplutz

Dominik Wörner

Kirchheimer BachConsort

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Concerto for pianoforte No. 1 - score

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Friday, 3 October 2025

Tchaikovsky: Piano concerto No 1 & Symphony No. 6 - Bruce Liu & Jérémie Rhorer

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY

(1840 - 1893)

Piano concerto No. 1 - Symphony No. 6

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Bruce Liu, piano

DIR.: JÉRÉMIE RHORER

recorded: June 28, 2024, Kurhaus, Wiesbaden

[Rheingau Musik Festival 2024]

modern instruments, period style

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne) (stream)

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Concerto for pianoforte No. 1 in b flat minor, op. 23 [34'50"]

(01) allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - allegro con spirito [20'33"]

(02) andantino semplice - prestissimo [07'16"]

(03) allegro con fuoco [07'01"]

Symphony No. 6 in b minor, op. 74 'Pathétique' [46'50"]

(04) adagio - allegro ma non troppo [19'25"]

(05) allegro con grazia [07'41"]

(06) allegro molto vivace [08'19"]

(07) adagio lamentoso [11'24"]

links:

Symphony No. 6 - score

Bruce Liu

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

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Thursday, 2 October 2025

Gaffurius & Pipelare: Masses - Huelgas Ensemble (Paul Van Nevel)

Franchinus GAFFURIUS

Matthaeus PIPELARE

Masses

Huelgas Ensemble

DIR.: PAUL VAN NEVEL

recorded: Sept 5, 2025, Cathedral, Utrecht

[Festival Early Music Utrecht 2025]

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL) (stream)

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Franchinus GAFFURIUS (1451-1522)

Missa O clara luce a 4 [31'02"]

(01) Kyrie [02'52"]

(02) Gloria [05'20"]

(03) Credo [07'35"]

(04) Sanctus - Benedictus [06'46"]

(05) Agnus Dei [08'29"]

Matthaeus PIPELARE (c1450-c1515)

Missa Fors seulement a 5 [32'22"]

(06) Kyrie [04'16"]

(07) Gloria [05'27"]

(08) Credo [07'14"]

(09) Sanctus - Benedictus [08'14"]

(10) Agnus Dei [07'12"]

Picture: Woodcut of Gaffurius among twelve students in

De Harmonia musicorum instrumentorum (1518)

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