Classical Music In Concert

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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Mendelssohn, Concerto for violin - score

Tuesday, 16 December 2025

Mendelssohn, Schubert & Schumann - Isabelle Faust & Andrew Manze

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY,

Franz SCHUBERT & Robert SCHUMANN

Orchestal works

WDR Symphony Orchestra

Isabelle Faust, violin

DIR.: ANDREW MANZE

recorded: Nov 28, 2025, Philharmonie, Cologne

modern instruments, period style

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne) (stream)

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Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)

(01) Overture Die Braut von Messina, op. 100 [08'49"]

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)

Concerto for violin and orchestra in e minor, op. 64 [26'46"]

(02) allegro molto appassionato - andante [20'00"]

(03) allegretto non troppo - allegro molto vivace [06'46"]

Robert SCHUMANN

(04) Fantasia for violin and orchestra in C, op. 131 [15'23|]

Franz Peter SCHUBERT (1798-1828)

Symphony in b minor 'Unvollendete' (D 759) [24'56"]

(05) allegro moderato [13'51"]

(06) andante con moto [11'05"]

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Schubert, Symphony in b minor - score

Schumann, Overture op 100 - score

Schumann, Fantasia op. 131 - score

Isabelle Faust

WDR Symphony Orchestra

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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

Sunday, 14 December 2025

Mirabile mysterium - Huelgas Ensemble (Paul Van Nevel)

Mirabile mysterium

Huelgas Ensemble

DIR.: PAUL VAN NEVEL

recorded: Dec 15, 2024, Trinitatiskirche, Cologne

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne) (stream)

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plainchant

(01) Christe redemptor omnium (hymn for the Vespers of Christmas) [02'50"]

Charles DE COURBES (c1580-1628)

(02) Du premier point de l'Orient (cantique à 4) [02'41"]

Balduin HOYOUL (1547/48-1594)

(03) Ab Oriente venerunt magi a 6 [03'47']

Pedro DE PASTRANA (c1490-after 1558)

(04) Señores el qu'es nascido (villancico à 3) [03'47"]

Hieronymus LAMBARDO (fl 1586-1623)

(05) Levate capita vestra a 4 (antiphon for Christmas) [03'40"]

Giaches DE WERT (1535-1596)

(06) Vox in Rama a 5 [04'13"]

anon

(07) Vincti Presepio (conductus a 3) [02'24"]

Peter CORNELIUS (1824-1874)

(08) Drei Könige a 5 [05'04"]

Jan Pieterszoon SWEELINCK (1562-1621)

(09) Ab Oriente venerunt magi a 5 (SwWV 153) [05'11"]

anon

(10) Balaam de quo vaticinans (isorithmic motet) [03'00"]

Jerónimo LUCA (c1630-?)

(11) Este niño que es sol (villancico à 2 & 8) [08'16"]

anon

(12) Herodis in pretorio / Herodis in atrio / Hey hure lure a 3 [04'17"]

[encore]

anon

(13) Carol for Christmas Eve (Listen, Lordings, Unto Me) a 4 [02'55"]

Picture: Adoration of the Magi (Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528)

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Pietro Antonio Locatelli - scores

Friday, 12 December 2025

Corelli, Locatelli & Tartini: Concerti grossi & Violin concertos - Jiří Vodička & Barocco sempre giovane

Arcangelo CORELLI,

Pietro Antonio LOCATELLI

Giuseppe TARTINI

Concerti grossi & Violin concertos

Jiří Vodička, violin

Barocco sempre giovane

recorded: Sept 10, 2022, St. Cyril and Methodius Church, Ostrava-Pustkovec

[St Wenceslas Music Festival 2022]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate not known)

This recording has been made available by Melante

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Pietro Antonio LOCATELLI (1695-1764)

(01) Introduzione teatrale in D, op. 4,4 [05'24"]

Arcangelo CORELLI (1653-1713)

(02) Concerto grosso in D, op. 6,4 [09'46"]

Giuseppe TARTINI (1692-1770)

Concerto for violin, strings and bc in A (D 96 / GT 1.A09) [13'57"]

(03) allegro [05'07"]

(04) largo [03'51"]

(05) presto [04'58"]

Pietro Antonio LOCATELLI

(06) Concerto grosso in D, op. 5,1 [07'57"]

Giuseppe TARTINI, arr Gianluca Bersanetti

Concerto grosso in g minor

(after Sonata in g minor 'Il trillo del diavolo', Brainard g5) [15'23"]

(07) largo affettuoso [04'33"]

(08) allegro [04'56"]

(09) grave [01'01"]

(10) allegro assai [04'53"]

Pietro Antonio LOCATELLI

Concerto for violin, strings and bc in D, op. 3,12 'Il labirinto armonico' [14'25"]

(11) allegro [04'37"]

(12) largo [02'44"]

(13) allegro [07'05"]

Picture: Giuseppe Tartini

links:

score Corelli

Giuseppe Tartini - scores

Jiří Vodička

Barocco sempre giovane

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Thursday, 11 December 2025

Mancia: La Partenope - Kai Wessel

Luigi MANCIA

(c1665 - 1708 or later)

La Partenope

dramma per musica in 3 acts (Naples, 1699)

libretto: Silvio Stampiglia

Anastasiia Kolabanova*, soprano (Emilio)

Rita Rolo Morais*, soprano (Partenope)

Netta Or, soprano (Rosmira [Eurimene])

Lana Sophie Westendorf*, soprano (Arsace)

Nima Pournaghshband*, alto (Armindo)

Zi-Zhe Lo*, tenor (Anfrisa)

Younes Müller*, tenor (Ormonte)

Daeyeon Won*, bass-baritone (Beltramme)

(*) Students of the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Cologne

Orchestra Kairos

DIR.: KAI WESSEL

recorded: Sept 5, 2025, Studio WDR, Cologne

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne) (stream)

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(01) act 1 (pt 1) [49'16"]

(02) act 1 (pt 2) & act 2 (pt 1) [30'10"]

(03) act 2 (pt 2) & act 3 (pt 1) [27'23"]

(04) act 3 (pt 2) [24'45"]

Picture: The Fountain of the Spinacorona, a depiction of Parthenope in Naples

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Pathenope

Luigi Mancia

Anastasiia Kolabanova

Rita Rolo Morais

Netta Or

Lana Sophie Westendorf

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Vier ernste Gesänge op. 121

Tuesday, 9 December 2025

Brahms: Vocal music & Symphony No. 1 - Stéphane Degout & Raphaël Pichon

Johannes BRAHMS

(1833 - 1897)

Vocal music & Symphony No. 1

Pygmalion

Stéphane Degout, baritone

DIR.: RAPHAËL PICHON

recorded: Nov 22, 2025, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL) (stream)

Programme (NL) with lyrics included [pdf]

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(01) Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen?, op. 74,1 [11'15"]

Vier ernste Gesänge, op. 121 (orchestration: Robert Percival) [17'20"]

(02) Denn es gehet dem Menschen wie dem Vieh [04'38"]

(03) Ich wandte mich und sahe an alle [04'24"]

(04) O Tod, wie bitter bist du [03'36"]

(05) Wenn ich mit Menschen- und mit Engelszungen redete [04'42"]

(06) Geistliches Lied, op. 30 (orchestration: Robert Percival) [06'12"]

(07) Schicksalslied, op. 54 [14'39"]

Symphony No. 1 in c minor, op. 68 [40'47"]

(08) un poco sostenuto - allegro [13'43"]

(09) andante sostenuto [08'04"]

(10) un poco allegretto e grazioso [04'13"]

(11) adagio - più andante - allegro non troppo, ma con brio [14'47"]

[encore]

Fest- und Gedenksprüche, op. 109:

(12) Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk [05'55"]

Picture: autograph of Symphony No. 1

links:

Motets op. 74

Geistliches Lied op. 30

Schicksalslied op. 54

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Sunday, 7 December 2025

Mattheson & Telemann: Magnificat, cantata & oratorio - Michael Alexander Willens

Johann MATTHESON

Georg Philipp TELEMANN

Magnificat, cantata & oratorio

Nicki Kennedy, Anna Crookes*, soprano

Ursula Eittinger, Dorothee Merkel*, contralto

Andreas Post, Sven Hansen*, tenor

Stephan MacLeod, Johannes Gsänger*, bass

Kölner Akademie

DIR.: MICHAEL ALEXANDER WILLENS

(*) ripienists

recorded: Nov 8, 2009, Deutschlandfunk (Kammermusiksaal), Cologne

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 230 kbps)

source: Deutschlandfunk

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Johann MATTHESON (1681-1764)

(1) Deutsches Magnificat (Meine Seele erhebt den Herren) [19'26"]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)

(2) In deinem Wort und Sacrament (TWV 1,931),

cantata for the 1st Sunday of Advent [14'08"]

Johann MATTHESON

(3) Die heilsame Geburt und Menschwerdung unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi,

oratorio [35'16"]

Picture: Birth of Christ (Antoine Pesne, 1745)

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Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre - scores

Friday, 5 December 2025

Women4Baroque - Spirit of Musicke

Women4Baroque

Spirit of Musicke

recorded: June 6, 2025, Schloss Goldegg, Goldegg (A)

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

source: ORF1 (Vienna) (stream)

Maria Loos, recorder

Lukas Praxmarer, violin

Gabriele Ruhland, viola da gamba, cello

Veronika Braß, harpsichord

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MRS PHILARMONICA (fl 1715)

(01) Sonata I in d minor [05'14"]

Isabella LEONARDA (1620-1704)

(02) Sonata I, op. 16,1 [09'40"]

Élisabeth JACQUET DE LA GUERRE (1665-1729)

(03) Sonata No. 5 in a minor [09'31"]

Anna BON DI VENEZIA (1738-after 1767)

(04) Sonata I in C, op. 1,1 (allegro) -

Sonata I in C, op. 2,1 (largo) -

Sonata I in C, op. 1,1 (presto) [06'16"]

Élisabeth JACQUET DE LA GUERRE

(05) Sonata in D [06'12"]

Marianna MARTINES (1744-1812)

Sonata da cimbalo in G:

(06) allegro brillante [03'31"]

WILHELMINE OF BAYREUTH (1709-1758)

(07) Sonata in a minor [05'29"]

MRS PHILARMONICA

(08) Sonata II in F [05'59"]

[encore]

MRS PHILARMONICA

Sonata VI in G:

(09) largo e staccato [02'13"]

Picture: Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

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Mrs Philarmonica - scores

Isabella Leonarda - score

Anna Bon di Venezia - scores

Marianna Martines - score

Wilhelmine of Bayreuth

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Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Thursday, 4 December 2025

Handel: Acis and Galatea - Leonardo García Alarcón

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Acis and Galatea

masque in 2 acts (version Cannons, 1718) (HWV 49a/b)

libretto: John Gay

Charlotte Bowden (Galatea), soprano

Valerio Contaldo (Damon), tenor

Guy Cutting (Acis), tenor

Staffan Liljas (Polyphemus), bass

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Cappella Mediterranea

DIR.: LEONARDO GARCÍA ALARCÓN

recorded: Oct 10, 2025, Grand Manège, Namur

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL)

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(01) act 1'[40'06"]

(02) act 2 [54'46"]

Picture: Acis and Galatea (Jacob van Schuppen, c1730)

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Cappella Mediterranea

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Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Tuesday, 2 December 2025

Mayer: Overture, Piano concerto, Symphony - Alexander Melnikov, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Emilie MAYER

(1812 - 1883)

Overture, Piano concerto & Symphony

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Alexander Melnikov, fortepiano

[Blüthner, 1850s]

DIR.: BERNHARD FORCK

recorded: Oct 28, 2025, Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

source: Deutschlandfunk Kultur (stream)

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(01) Overture No. 2 in D [09'15"]

(maestoso - andantino - andante maestoso - allegro)

Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra in B flat [28'50"]

(02) [allegro] [12'46"]

(03) un poco adagio [06'03"]

(04) allegretto - adagio - tempo I - adagio - vivace [10'01"]

Symphony No. 3 in C 'Militair' [31'27"]

(05) adagio - allegro con brio [10'32"]

(06) un poco adagio [07'00"]

(07) scherzo. allegro [05'52"]

(08) finale militair. adagio - allegro vivace [08'03"]

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