Classical Music In Concert

Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Thursday, 4 April 2024

Jommelli: Fetonte - Frieder Bernius

Niccolò JOMMELLI

(1714 - 1774)

Fetonte

dramma per musica in 3 acts (Ludwigsburg, 1768)

libretto: Mattia Verazi (after Philippe Quinault, Phaëton and Ovid, Metamorphoses)

Mechthild Bach, soprano (Proteo)

Christiane Libor, soprano (Climene)

Uta Schwabe, soprano (Teti)

Jörg Waschinski, soprano (Fetonte)

Helene Schneidermann, mezzo-soprano (Libia)

Matthias Rexroth, alto (Epafo)

Andreas Karasiak, tenor (Orcane)

Kammerchor Stuttgart

Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

DIR.: FRIEDER BERNIUS

recorded: Feb 11, 2001, Forum, Ludwigsburg

modern instruments, period style

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

libretto [pdf] & synopsis [txt] included

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(01) act 1 [69'05"]

(02) act 2 [39'21"]

(03) act 3 [28'16"]

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Tuesday, 2 April 2024

Schumann & Gross: String Quartets - Quatuor Mosaïques

Robert SCHUMANN

Johann Benjamin GROSS

String Quartets

Quatuor Mosaïques

recorded: Oct 4, 2003, Beethoven-Haus, Bonn (01-04);

July 10, 2004, Robert-Schumann-Saal, Düsseldorf (05-12)

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: VBR 222-224 kbps)

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Robert SCHUMANN (1810 - 1856)

Quartet in F, op. 41,2 [22'42"]

(01) allegro vivace [06'32"]

(02) andante, quasi variazioni [08'04"]

(03) scherzo. presto [03'07"]

(04) allegro molto vivace [04'59"]

Johann Benjamin GROSS (1809 - 1848)

Quartet nr 3 in f minor, op. 37 [28'08"]

(05) allegro di molto [09'29"]

(06) cavatina. andante non troppo lento [04'42"]

(07) alternativo. scherzoso [05'22"]

(08) finale. allegro con passione [08'35"]

Robert SCHUMANN

Quartet in A, op. 41,3 [28'46"]

(09) andante espressivo [07'04"]

(10) [scherzo.] assai agitato [06'38"]

(11) adagio molto [07'49"]

(12) finale. allegro molto vivace [07'15"]

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Johann Benjamin Gross

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Sunday, 31 March 2024

Byrd: Mass for 4 voices with Propers for Easter - The Cardinall's Musick

William BYRD

(1543 - 1623)

Mass for 4 voices with

Propers for the Feast of Easter Day

The Cardinall's Musick

DIR.: ANDREW CARWOOD

recorded: July 4, 2023, Wigmore Hall, London

flac (original bitrate not known)

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programme with liner-notes and lyrics included

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source: Gradualia II, 1607 [Propers]

(01) [Introit] Resurrexi, et adhuc tecum sum [05'06"]

Mass for 4 voices

(02) Kyrie 02'05"]

(03) Gloria [05'34"]

(04) [Gradual & Alleluia] Haec dies quam fecit Dominus [01'59"]

(05) [Sequence] Victimae paschali laudes [05'23"]

Mass for 4 voices

(06) Credo [07'33"]

(07) [Offertory] Terra tremuit et quievit [00'50"]

Mass for 4 voices

(08) Sanctus & Benedictus [03'39"]

(09) [Communion] Pascha nostrum immolatus [01'47"]

Mass for 4 voices

(10) Agnus Dei [03'09"]

plainchant

(11) Ite missa est [01'22"]

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Mass for 4 voices

Gradualia II

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The Cardinall's Musick

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Giovanni Francesco Anerio

Saturday, 30 March 2024

Passion Week (7): Office of Tenebrae - Westminster Cathedral Choir

Office of Tenebrae

Choir of Westminster Cathedral

Peter Stevens, organ

DIR.: SIMON JOHNSON

recorded: March 27, 2024, Westminster Cathedral, London

lossless (flac)

source: BBC Radio 3 (digital radio) (stream)

recorded with harddisc recorder

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[First Nocturn]

(01) plainsong: Psalm 69 (70) & [antiphon] Avertantur retrorsum [02'45"]

(02) [Lamentation] plainsong: Incipit lamentatio Ieremiae prophetae [03'55"]

(03) [Responsory] George MALCOLM (1917-1997): In monte Oliveti [01'49"]

(04) [Lamentation] plainsong: Vau. Et egressus est a filia Sion [03'26"]

(05) [Responsory] George MALCOLM: Tristis est anima mea [02'03"]

(06) [Lamentation] plainsong: Jod. Manum suam misit hostis [03'27"]

(07) [Responsory] George MALCOLM: Ecce vidimus eum [02'04"]

[Second Nocturn]

(08) plainsong: Psalm 71 (72) & [antiphon] Liberavit Dominus [07'06"]

(09) [Reading] St Augustine's dissertation on the psalms (i) [01'31"]

(10) [Responsory] Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA (1548-1611): Amicus meus [03'06"]

(11) [Reading] St Augustine's dissertation on the psalms (ii) [00'38"]

(12) [Responsory] Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA: Iudas mercator pessimus [02'05"]

(13) [Reading] St Augustine's dissertation on the psalms (iii) [01'32"]

(14) [Responsory] Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA: Unus ex discipulis [03'35"]

[Third Nocturn]

(15) plainsong: Psalm 75 (76) & [antiphon] Terra tremuit [04'07"]

(16) [Reading] 1 Corinthians 11, vv.17-22 [01'16"]

(17) [Responsory] Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA: Eram quasi agnus [03'06"]

(18) [Reading] 1 Corinthians 11, vv.23-26 [00'59"]

(19) [Responsory] Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA: Una hora [02'47"]

(20) [Reading] 1 Corinthians 11, vv.27-34 [01'24"]

(21) [Responsory] Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA: Seniores populi [02'55"]

(22) [Collect] Look down, O Lord, we beseech Thee [00'29"]

(23) [Motet] Giovanni Francesco ANERIO (c1567-1630): Christus factus est (exc) [01'32"]

(24) Strepitus [00'38"]

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Tenebrae

George Malcolm

Choir of Westminster Cathedral

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Friday, 29 March 2024

Passion Week (6): JS Bach, Passion Oratorio (BWV Anh 169) - Alexander Grychtolik

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Passion Oratorio (BWV Anh 169)

(reconstruction: Alexander Grychtolik)

Miriam Feuersinger, soprano

Jana Pieters, soprano

William Shelton, alto

Daniel Johannsen, tenor (Evangelist)

Jonathan Sells, bass

Tiemo Wang, bass (Jesus)

Il Gardellino Orchestra & Choir

DIR.: ALEXANDER GRYCHTOLIK

recorded: August 5, 2023, Augustinuskirche, Schwäbisch-Gmünd

[Festival Europäische Kirchenmusik Schwäbisch-Gmünd 2023]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: SWR2 (Stuttgart) (digital radio) (podcast)

booklet CD production included [pdf]

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(01) Part 1 [55'16"]

(02) Part 2 [37'07"]

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Collegium Vocale Salzburg

Thursday, 28 March 2024

Passion Week (5): Telemann - Seeliges Erwegen des bittern Leydens und Sterbens Jesu Christi - Michi Gaigg

Georg Philipp TELEMANN

(1681 - 1767)

Seeliges Erwegen des bittern Leydens und Sterbens

Jesu Christi

Passionsoratorium in neun Betrachtungen (Hamburg, 1722?)

libretto: Georg Philipp Telemann?

Maria Ladurner, soprano

Virgil Hartinger, tenor

Markus Volpert, baritone

Stefan Zenkl, bass

Collegium Vocale Salzburg

L'Orfeo Barockorchester

DIR.: MICHI GAIGG

recorded: April 3, 2023, Dom, Brixen

period instruments

flac (original bitrate unknown)

source: YouTube

booklet with liner-notes & lyrics included

This recording was edited and made available by Melante

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(01) Sinfonia - Erste Betrachtung [19'25"]

(02) Zweite Betrachtung [13'37"]

(03) Dritte Betrachtung [09'34"]

(04) Vierte Betrachtung [12'25"]

(05) Fünfte Betrachtung [13'54"]

(06) Sechste Betrachtung [09'34"]

(07) Siebte Betrachtung [12'00"]

(08) Achte Betrachtung [10'13"]

(09) Neunte Betrachtung [10'12"]

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Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Wednesday, 27 March 2024

Passion Week (4): Spohr - Des Heilands letzte Stunden - Frieder Bernius

Louis SPOHR

(1784 - 1859)

Des Heilands letzte Stunden

oratorio in 2 parts (WoO 62) (1834/35)

libretto: Friedrich Rochlitz

Johanna Winkel, soprano (Maria)

Sigrun Maria Bornträger, contralto (Zeuge)

Valentin Bauer, tenor (Zeuge)

Christian Georg, tenor (Joseph von Arimathia)

Florian Sievers, tenor (Johannes)

Maximilian Vogler, tenor (Jesus)

Arttu Kataja, baritone (Nikodemus, Petrus)

Thomas E. Bauer, bass-baritone (Judas)

Magnus Piontek, bass (Philo)

Felix Rathgeber, bass (Kaiphas)

Kammerchor Stuttgart

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

DIR.: FRIEDER BERNIUS

recorded: Oct 31, 2023, Die Glocke, Bremen

modern instruments, period style

lossless (flac)

source: NDR Kultur (Hamburg) (digital radio) (stream)

recorded with harddisc recorder

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(01) Part 1 [51'26"]

(02) Part 2 [39'40"]

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Des Heilands letzte Stunden (E/D)

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Tuesday, 26 March 2024

Passion Week (3): Sebastiani - St Matthew Passion - Vox Luminis

Johann SEBASTIANI

(1622 - 1683)

St Matthew Passion (1663)

Jacob Lawrence, tenor (Evangelist)

Sebastian Myrus, bass (Jesus)

Vox Luminis

L'Achéron

DIR.: LIONEL MEUNIER

recorded: March 17, 2024, Amare, The Hague

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL) (digital radio) (stream)

recorded with harddisc recorder

Booklet with liner-notes & lyrics included

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N.B. The titles of the tracks are not in Theile's manuscript, but added for reasons of convenience,

in line with the various CD recordings.

Das Leyden und Sterben unsers Herrn und Heylandes Jesu Christi

nach dem heiligen Matthaeo

(01) Symphonia - Das letzte Abendmahl [10'50"]

(The Last Supper)

(02) Der Ölberg [08'15"]

(The Mount of Olives)

(03) Die Gefangennahme - Die Verleugnung des Petrus [14'20"]

(The Arrest - Peter's Denial)

(04) Jesus vor Pilatus [16'23"]

(The Trial before Pilate)

(05) Die Kreuzigung [12'00"]

(The Crucifixion)

(06) Die Grablegung [11'59"]

(The Burial in the Tomb)

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Vokalensemble & La Cetra Barockorchester Basel

Monday, 25 March 2024

Passion Week (2) - Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri - Vokalensemble Basel (Carlos Federico Sepúlveda)

Dieterich BUXTEHUDE

(1637 - 1707)

Membra Jesu nostri

cantata cycle (BuxWV 75)

Vokalensemble Basel

La Cetra Barockorchester Basel

DIR.: CARLOS FEDERICO SEPÚLVEDA

recorded: March 19, 2023, Dom, Arlesheim

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: Catalunya Música (Barcelona) (digital radio) (podcast)

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(01) Ad pedes [09'02"]

(02) Ad genua [08'34"]

(03) Ad manus [09'49"]

(04) Ad latus [07'46"]

(05) Ad pectus [09'02"]

(06) Ad cor [08'29"]

(07) Ad facem [08'54"]

links:

Membra Jesu nostri (includes text with E translation)

score

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