Classical Music In Concert

Sunday, 14 June 2026

Bach: Cantatas 8, 75 & 138 - Collegium Vocale Gent (Philippe Herreweghe)

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Cantatas 8, 75 & 138

Grace Davidson, soprano

Alex Potter, alto

Guy Cutting, tenor

Krešimir Stražanac, bass

Collegium Vocale Gent

DIR: PHILIPPE HERREWEGHE

recorded: Jan 30, 2025, Auditorio Nacional, Madrid

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

(01) Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz (BWV 138) [16'29"]

cantata for the 15th Sunday after Trinity

(02) Liebster Gott, wann werd ich sterben (BWV 8) [18'20"]

cantata for the 16th Sunday after Trinity

Die Elenden sollen essen (BWV 75) [29'32"]

cantata for the 1st Sunday after Trinity

(03) [Prima parte] [17'16"]

(04) Seconda parte [12'15"]

Picture: Holy Trinity, fresco by Luca Rossetti da Orta, 1738–39

(St. Gaudenzio Church at Ivrea)

links:

Collegium Vocale Gent

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Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Friday, 12 June 2026

Beethoven: Orchestral works - Leif Ove Andsnes & Antonello Manacorda

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 - 1827)

Orchestral works

Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

DIR: ANTONELLO MANACORDA

recorded: April 30, 2026, DR Koncerthuset, Copenhagen

modern instruments, period style

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

(01) Overture Coriolan, op. 62 [07'44"]

Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra No. 3 in c minor, op. 37 [35'20"]

(02) allegro con brio [16'50"]

(03) largo [09'27"]

(04) rondo. allegro - presto [09'03"]

Symphony No. 5 in c minor, op. 67 [31'29"]

(05) allegro con brio [07'13"]

(06) andante con moto [08'58"]

(07) scherzo. allegro; allegro - presto [15'18"]

Picture: title page of the first edition of the Piano concerto No. 3

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Ave Maria ... virgo serena

Thursday, 11 June 2026

Josquin Desprez: Sacred & secular works - Cut Circle (Jesse Rodin)

JOSQUIN DESPREZ

(c1450/55 - 1521)

Sacred & secular works

Cut Circle

DIR: JESSE RODIN

recorded: August 27, 2024, AMUZ, Antwerp

[Laus Polyphoniae 2024]

lossless (flac)

booklet festival included (concert from p. 239) [pdf]

(01) Ave Maria ... virgo serena a 4 [04'27"]

Vultum tuum deprecabuntur/Christe fili Dei a 4 [18'25"]

(02) Vultum tuum deprecabuntur [14'49"]

(03) [anon] J'ay pris amours [00'41"]

(04) Christe fili Dei [02'55"]

(05) Que vous ma dame/In pace a 3 [04'59"]

(06) Ave verum corpus a 3 [03'49"]

(07) Ave Maria ... benedicta tu a 4 [02'16"]

(08) Qui velatus a 4 [15'34"]

(09) Nimphe nappées/Circumdederunt a 6 [02'14"]

(10) Pater noster - Ave Maria a 6 [06'54"]

links:

Vultum tuum deprecabuntur

Qui velatus

Nimphes nappées/Circumdederunt

Pater noster - Ave Maria

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Mozart, Quartet KV 387 - score

Tuesday, 9 June 2026

Kraus, Krommer & Mozart: String quartets - Almaviva Quartett

Kraus, Krommer & Mozart

String quartets

Almaviva Quartett

recorded: April 15, 2018, Schloss (Asamsaal), Ettlingen

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 256 kbps)

Joseph Martin KRAUS (1756-1792)

Quartet in c minor (VB 179) [08'41"]

(01) largo [05'36"]

(02) andantino - allegro - tempo primo [03'05"]

Franz Vinzenz KROMMER (1759-1831)

Quartet in e minor, op. 7,2 [24'29"]

(03) allegro moderato [08'55"]

(04) menuetto. allegretto [03'41"]

(05) adagio [06'08"]

(06) finale [05'44"]

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

Quartet in G (KV 387) [31'12"]

(07) allegro vivace assai [07'56"]

(08) menuetto. allegro - trio [07'17"]

(09) andante cantabile [07'14"]

(10) molto allegro [08'45"]

[encore]

Carl Friedrich ABEL (1723-1787)

(11) andante un poco adagio [03'33"]

Picture: Franz Krommer

links:

Joseph Martin Kraus

Franz Vinzenz Krommer

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Prelude and fugue in E flat (BWV 552)

Sunday, 7 June 2026

Bach: Organ works - Jan Liebermann

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Organ works

Jan Liebermann, organ

recorded: June 3, 2026, Holy Trinity Church, Gdańsk

[Festival ORGANy PLUS+® 2026]

(01) Prelude and fugue in E flat (BWV 552) [16'31"]

(02) Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654) [07'35"]

Sonata No 2 in c minor (BWV 526) [1141"]

(03) vivace [03'47"]

(04) largo [03'49"]

(05) allegro [04'05"]

(06) An Wasserflüssen Babylon (BWV 653) [05'22"]

(07) Duetto in G (BWV 804) [02'48"]

(08) Passacaglia in c minor (BWV 582) [13'49"]

Picture: autograph of Prelude BWV 552

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Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654)

Sonata No 2 in c minor (BWV 526)

An Wasserflüssen Babylon (BWV 653)

Duetto in G (BWV 804)

Passacaglia in c minor (BWV 582)

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Weber, Clarinet concerto in f minor

Friday, 5 June 2026

Weber: Clarinet concerto & Jubelmesse - Ernst Schlader & Regensburger Domspatzen

Carl Maria VON WEBER

† June 5, 1826

Clarinet concerto & Jubelmesse

Lara Rieken, soprano

Sinja Maschke, contralto

Julian Habermann, tenor

Matthias Lika, bass

Ernst Schlader, clarinet

Regensburger Domspatzen

Musica Florea

DIR: CHRISTIAN HEISS

recorded: May 22, 2026, Dreieinigkeitskirche, Regensburg

[Tage alter Musik Regensburg 2026]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

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Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)

(01) Der 115. Psalm [17'17"]

Carl Maria VON WEBER (1786-1826)

Concerto for clarinet and orchestra No. 1 in f minor, op. 73 (J 114) [21'03"]

(02) allegro [08'00"]

(03) adagio ma non troppo [05'59"]

(04) rondo. allegretto [07'04"]

Missa sancta No. 2 in G, op. 76 'Jubelmesse' (J 251) [27'48"]

(05) Kyrie [03'57"]

(06) Gloria [04'52"]

(07) Credo [06'38"]

(08) [offertory] In die solemnitatis (J 250) [02'39"]

(09) Sanctus [05'51"]

(10) Agnus Dei [03'51"]

links:

Carl Maria von Weber

scores

Weber, Jubelmesse

Mendelssohn, Der 115. Psalm - score

Regensburger Domspatzen

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Thursday, 4 June 2026

Purcell & Buxtehude - Ricercar Consort (Philippe Pierlot)

Henry PURCELL

Dieterich BUXTEHUDE

Katherine Fuge, soprano

Stephan MacLeod, bass

Ricercar Consort

DIR.: PHILIPPE PIERLOT

recorded: 16 Dec 2006, Bijloke, Ghent

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

Henry PURCELL (1659-1695)

(01) Fantasia upon one note a 5 in F (Z 745) [02'58"]

(02) Begin the song (Z 183) [07'48"]

Dieterich BUXTEHUDE (1637-1707)

(03) O clemens, o mitis (BuxWV 82) [07'45"]

Henry PURCELL

(04) Chacony a 4 in g (Z 730) [02'59"]

Dieterich BUXTEHUDE

(05) Ich halte es dafür (BuxWV 48) [12'35"]

(06) Ich bin eine Blume zu Saron (BuxWV 45) [08'33"]

Henry PURCELL

(07) The Bless'd Virgin's Expostulation (Z 196) [07'16"]

Dieterich BUXTEHUDE

(08) Fürchtet euch nicht (BuxWV 30) [05'01"]

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Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Overture Ruy Blas - score

Tuesday, 2 June 2026

Beethoven & Schubert - Francesco Piemontesi & Maxim Emelyanychev

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

Franz SCHUBERT

Concerto & symphony

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Francesco Piemontesi, piano

DIR: MAXIM EMELYANYCHEV

recorded: Jan 13, 2022, Philharmonie, Berlin

modern instruments, period style

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)

(01) Overture Ruy Blas, op. 95 [07'52"]

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra No. 1 in C, op. 15 [37'27"]

(02) allegro con brio [17'56"]

(03) largo [10'35"]

(04) rondo. allegro scherzando [08'56"]

Franz Peter SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

Symphony in C (D 944) [53'43"]

(05) andante - allegro [14'13"]

(06) andante con moto [11'55"]

(07) scherzo. allegro vivace - trio [12'37"]

(08) finale. allegro vivace [15'00"]

links:

Beethoven, Piano concerto No. 1 - score

Schubert, Symphony in C - score

Francesco Piemontesi

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

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Sunday, 31 May 2026

Pasquini: Santa Agnese - Domen Marinčič

Bernardo PASQUINI

(1637 - 1710)

Santa Agnese

oratorio a 5 voci in two parts (Rome, 1677)

libretto: Benedetto Pamphili

Nikolina Hrkać, soprano (Santa Agnese)

Stefanie True, soprano (Madre)

Terry Wey, alto (Flavio)

Jacob Lawrence, tenor (Aspasio)

Sergio Foresti, bass (Perfetto)

Festival Baroque Orchestra

DIR: DOMEN MARINČIČ

recorded: August 11, 2025, St Peter's Church, Radovljica

[Radovljica Festival 2025]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

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(01) Prima parte [47'24"]

(02) Seconda parte [52'51"]

Picture: Saint Agnes by Domenichino (c. 1620)

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Beethoven, Overture op. 43

Friday, 29 May 2026

Beethoven & Witt - Chen Reiss & Christoph Altstaedt

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

& Friedrich WITT

Arias & orchestral works

Academy of Ancient Music

Chen Reiss, soprano

DIR.: CHRISTOPH ALTSTAEDT

recorded: March 4, 2020, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps mp2)

Thanks to the first uploader

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

(01) Overture Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, op. 43 [05'32"]

Cantata on the Accession of Emperor Leopold II, WoO 88:

[Kantate auf die Erhebung Leopolds II. zur Kaiserwürde]

(02) Fließe Wonnezahren, fließe [11'11"]

Friedrich WITT (1770-1836)

Symphony No. 4 in E flat [28'50"]

(03) adagio sostenuto - allegro vivace [09'01"]

(04) adagio ma un poco andante [06'18"]

(05) menuetto. allegro - trio [05'24"]

(06) finale. allegro molto [08'07"]

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

(07) Ah! Perfido, op. 65 [13'33"]

Symphony No. 4 in B flat, op. 60 [33'42"]

(08) adagio - allegro vivace [11'29"]

(09) adagio [09'28"]

(10) scherzo - trio. allegro vivace [05'27"]

(11) allegro ma non troppo [07'18"]

[encore]

(12) Soll ein Schuh nicht drücken (WoO 91,2) [05'03"]

links:

Beethoven, Cantata WoO 88

Beethoven, Ah! Perfido

Beethoven, Symphony No. 4

Beethoven, scores

Friedrich Witt - parts

Chen Reiss

Academy of Ancient Music

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Michael Christian Festing - score

Thursday, 28 May 2026

London Underground - Concerto Copenhagen (Lars Ulrik Mortensen)

"London Underground"

Concerto Copenhagen

Pernille Petersen, recorder

Fredrik From, violin

DIR: LARS ULRIK MORTENSEN,

harpsichord

recorded: Nov 8, 2025, Diamanten, Copenhagen

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps)

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George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)

(01) Concerto grosso in d minor, op. 6,10 (HWV 328) [15'17"]

William BABELL (c1690-1723)

(02) Prelude in e minor - Concerto for sixth flute in e minor, op. 3,3 [12'38"]

Charles AVISON (1709-1770)

(03) Concerto grosso in G after Geminiani's sonata op. 1,1 [08'28"]

Michael Christian FESTING (1705-1752)

(04) Concerto in D, op. 3,6 [08'01"]

Arcangelo CORELLI (1653-1713)

(05) Sinfonia to Santa Beatrice d'Este (Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier, c1662-1700) [08'21"]

Andrew PARCHAM (?-1730)

(06) Solo for recorder and bc in G [07'10"]

Richard MUDGE (1718-1763)

(07) Concerto No. 5 in B flat [09'09"]

Picture: Charles Avison

links:

Handel, score

William Babell - scores

Charles Avison

Andrew Parcham - score

Richard Mudge - score

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Tuesday, 26 May 2026

Mozart: Concertos for keyboard KV 466 & 482 - Olga Pashchenko & Il Gardellino

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

(1756-1791)

Concertos for keyboard KV 466 & 482

Olga Pashchenko, fortepiano

Il Gardellino

recorded: April 11, 2026, Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam

period instruments

lossless (flac)

(01) Overture Don Giovanni (KV 527) [06'21"]

Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in d minor (KV 466) [31'27"]

(02) allegro [13'40"]

(03) romance [08'47"]

(04) allegro assai [09'00"]

Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in E flat (KV 482) [33'38"]

(05) allegro [13'08"]

(06) andante [07'57"]

(07) allegro [12'32"]

Picture: first page of the autograph of KV 466

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Sunday, 24 May 2026

Selle: Music for Pentecost - Weser-Renaissance Bremen

Thomas SELLE

(1599-1663)

Veni Sancte Spiritus - Music for Pentecost

Weser-Renaissance Bremen

DIR: MANFRED CORDES

recorded: July 7, 2013, St. Mauritiuskirche, Zörbig

period instruments

lossless (flac)

Thanks to the first uploader

(01) Veni Sancte Spiritus [01'58"]

(02) Veni Sancte Spiritus a 12 [05'42"]

Missa super Sei mir gnädig [08'11"]

(03) Kyrie [03'44"]

(04) Gloria [04'26"]

(05) Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist [04'39']

(06) Apparuerunt Apostolis [04'46"]

(07) Dum complerentur [06'19"]

(08) Der Heilig Geist vom Himmel kam [04'16"]

(09) Hodie completi sunt [04'20"]

(10) Sic Deus dilexit mundum [06'17"]

(11) Ascendit Deus in iubilatione [04'19"]

(12) Gen Himmel zu dem Vater mein [04'11"]

(13) Veni Creator Spiritus [01'11"]

(14) Cor mundum crea in me [05'47"]

(15) Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott [10'31"]

(16) Spiritus Domini [08'35"]

Picture: The Descent of the Holy Spirit (Jacques Blanchard, 1634)

links:

Thomas Selle

Weser-Renaissance Bremen

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Francisco Hernández Palero

Friday, 22 May 2026

Spanish organ music - Andrés Cea Galán

Spanish organ music

Andrés Cea Galán, organ

recording: August 19, 1996, Haga Kyrka, Göteborg

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

Antonio DE CABEZÓN (1510-1566)

(01) Diferencias sobre la Pavana Italiana [03'06"]

(02) Diferencias sobre la Gallarda Milanesa [02'01"]

(03) Tiento de 2° tono [04'53"]

Francisco Hernández PALERO (?-1597)

(04) Veni redemptor quaesumus [02'08"]

(05) Primer Kyrie de Iusquin glosado 8° tono [01'57']

Francisco de PERAZA (1564-1598)

(06) Obra de Peraca [06'13"]

Francisco Correa de ARAUXO (c1576-1654)

(07) Tiento de 4° tono [05'02"]

(08) Tiento de baxón [04'42"]

(09) Tiento de 4° tono a modo de canción [04'32"]

(10) Tiento de tiple [04'54"]

(11) Tiento sobre le Batalla de Morales [07'37"]

Picture: Title page of Obras de música (Cabezón)

links:

Antonio de Cabezón - scores

Francisco de Peraza

Francisco Correa de Arauxo - scores

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Thursday, 21 May 2026

Palestrina: Missa Illumina oculos meos - Odhecaton

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

(c1525-1594)

Missa Illumina oculos meos & motets

Odhecaton

DIR.: PAOLO DA COL

recorded: March 23, 2025, Église Saint-Théodule, Sion

[Les Riches Heures de Valère 2025]

mp3 (bitrate: 128 kbps)

Andreas DE SILVA (c1475/80-?)

(01) Illumina oculos meos a 6 [11'25"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

Missa Illumina oculos meos a 6:

(02) Kyrie [04'42"]

(03) Gloria [05'47"]

(04) Credo [10'28"]

(05) Vos amici mei a 8 [02'51"]

Missa Illumina oculos meos a 6:

(06) Sanctus - Benedictus [08'23"]

(07) Agnus Dei [05'26"]

(08) Dominus Jesus in qua nocte a 5 [04'32"]

(09) Laudate Dominum a 8 [03'42']

[encore]

(10) Sicut cervus a 4 (1. Pars) [03'27"]

Picture: Illumina oculos meos (offertorio; plainchant)

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Orchestra of the 18th Century

Tuesday, 19 May 2026

A Portrait of Marianne Martines - Elisabeth Hetherington & Orchestra of the 18th Century

A Portrait of Marianne Martines

Elisabeth Hetherington, soprano

Orchestra of the 18th Century

DIR: BENJAMIN PERRY WENZELBERG,

square piano

recorded: May 9, 2026, De Doelen, Rotterdam

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL)

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Marianne MARTINES ((1744-1812)

Overture (Symphony) in C [09'29"]

(01) allegro con spirito [03'39"]

(02) andante ma non troppo [03'38"]

(03) allegro spiritoso [02'13"]

(04) La Tempesta, cantata for soprano and orchestra [13'32"]

Sonata in G:

(05) andante [03'55"]

Kate MOORE (*1979)

Misericordia:

(06) I. Sonetto [03'31"]

Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)

Symphony in D 'Le matin' (H I,6)

(07) adagio - andante - adagio [05'49"]

Marianne MARTINES

(08) Berenice, ah che fai, cantata for soprano and orchestra [14'04"]

Franz Joseph HAYDN

(09) Overture L'isola disabitata (H Ia,13) [07'55"]

Marianne MARTINES

Sonata in E:

(10) andante [03'59"]

Kate MOORE

Misericordia:

(11) II. Miserere (1) [04'19"]

(12) III. Miserere (2) - IV. Magnificat [09'09"]

Marianne MARTINES

Psalm 151:

(13) A cosi indegni accenti [04'30"]

Picture: Portrait of Marianna Martines by Anton von Maron, c1773?

links:

Marianne Martines

scores

Kate Moore

Elisabeth Hetherington

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FestspielOrchester Göttingen

Sunday, 17 May 2026

Handel: Deidamia - George Petrou

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685-1759)

Deidamia

opera in 3 acts (HWV 42) (London, 1741)

libretto: Paolo Antonio Rolli

Sarah Gilford, soprano (Nerea)

Sophie Junker, soprano (Deidamia)

Bruno de Sá, soprano (Achille)

Nicolò Balducci, alto (Ulisse)

Rory Musgrave, baritone (Fenice)

Petros Magoulas, bass (Licomede)

Members of the Chamber choir of Göttingen University

FestspielOrchester Göttingen

DIR: GEORGE PETROU

recorded: May 15, 2026, Deutsches Theater, Göttingen

[Internationale Händelfestspiele Göttingen 2026]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

included: libretto [pdf]

(01) act 1 [63'26"]

(02) act 2 (1) [34'29"]

(03) act 2 (2) [27'20"]

(04) act 3 [44'06"]

Picture: Representation of Deidamia on a 16th-century bowl

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Friday, 15 May 2026

Weber: Der Freischütz - Antonello Manacorda

Carl Maria VON WEBER

(1786-1826)

Der Freischütz

opera in 3 acts, op. 77 (Berlin, 1821)

libretto: Friedrich Kind

Nikola Hillebrand, soprano (Ännchen)

Golda Schultz, soprano (Agathe)

Charles Castronovo, tenor (Max)

Levente Páll, baritone (Ottokar)

Kyle Ketelsen, bass-baritone (Kaspar, Samiel)

Milan Siljanov, bass-baritone (Kilian)

Jongmin Park, bass (Eremit, Kuno)

Johanna Wokalek, reciter

RIAS Kammerchor Berlin

Kammerakademie Potsdam

DIR: ANTONELLO MANACORDA

recorded: May 5, 2025, Philharmonie, Berlin

modern instruments, period style

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps)

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(01) act 1 [37'36"]

(02) act 2 [43'33"]

(03) act 3 [43'40"]

Picture: An 1822 illustration of Der Freischütz depicting the opening scene

with Max and Kilian

links:

Der Freischütz

libretto (D) - translation

RIAS Kammerchor Berlin

Kammerakademie Potsdam

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