Classical Music In Concert

Tuesday, 14 January 2025

That Most Graceful Melody: Music for three queens - Stile Antico

"That Most Graceful Melody:

Music for three queens"

Stile Antico

recorded: April 17, 2019, Kings Place, London

lossless

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

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Raffaella ALEOTTI (c1570-after 1646)

(01) Exaudi Deus orationem meam [03'12"]

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[Music for Margaret of Austria]

Pierre de LA RUE (c1452-1518)

(02) Absalon fili mi [04'16"]

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(03) Se je souspire/Ecce iterum [04'02"]

Alexander AGRICOLA (1445/46?-1506)

(04) Dulces exuviae [03'27"]

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Maddalena CASULANA (fl 1566-83)

(05) O notte, o ciel, o mar [01'35"]

Sulpitia CESIS (fl 1619)

(06) Ascendo ad patrem [02'05"]

[Music for Queen Mary I]

Thomas TALLIS (c1505-1585)

(07) Loquebantur variis linguis [03'47"]

John SHEPPARD (c1515-1558)

(08) Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria [13'28"]

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LEONORA D'ESTE (1515-1575)

(09) Veni sponsa Christi [01'32"]

(10) Ego sum panis [05'55"]

Maddalena CASULANA

(11) Vagh'amorosi augelli [01'55"]

[Music for Queen Elizabeth I]

William BYRD (c1540-1623)

(12) O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth [02'36"]

John TAVERNER (c1490-1545)

(13) Christe Jesu, pastor bone [02'38"]

John BENNET (fl 1599-1614)

(14) All cre'tures now are merry minded [02'11"]

Richard CARLTON (c1558-1638?)

(15) Calm was the air [02'54"]

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Sulpitia CESIS

(16) Cantemus Domino [02'50"]

Raffaella ALEOTTI

(17) Angelus ad pastores ait [01'08"]

Joanna MARSH (*1970)

(18) Dialogo and Quodlibet [05'34"]

[encore]

John WILBYE (1574-1638)

(19) The Lady Oriana [02'29"]

Picture: Elizabeth I (attr. George Gower, c1588)

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Beethoven, Quartet op. 59,2 - score

Sunday, 12 January 2025

Beethoven & Schubert - Chiaroscuro Quartet & Christian Poltéra

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

Franz Peter SCHUBERT

Chamber music for strings

Chiaroscuro Quartet

Christian Poltéra, cello

recorded: May 5, 2024, Salle de Musique, La Chaux-de-Fonds

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: RTBF (Brussels) (digital radio) (stream)

Alina Ibragimova violin

Benjamin Marquise Gilmore, violin

Emilie Hörnlund, viola

Claire Thirion, cello

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Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

Quartet for two violins, viola and cello in e minor, op. 59,2 [39'13"]

(01) allegro [14'55"]

(02) molto adagio [11'53"]

(03) allegretto [06'09"]

(04) finale. presto [06'16"]

Franz Peter SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

Quintet for two violins, viola and two cellos in C (D 956) [53'23"]

(05) allegro ma non troppo [19'06"]

(06) adagio [15'00"]

(07) scherzo & trio [09'50"]

(08) allegretto [09'26"]

links:

Schubert, Quintet - score

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Saturday, 11 January 2025

Paisiello: Annibale in Torino - Ottavio Dantone

Giovanni PAISIELLO

(1740 - 1816)

Annibale in Torino

dramma per musica in 3 acts (Turin, 1771)

libretto: Jacopo Durandi

Emanuela Galli, soprano (Artace)

Roberta Invernizzi, soprano (Adrane)

Maria Grazia Schiavo, soprano (Oscarre)

Romina Basso, contralto (Jasarte)

Sonia Prina, contralto (Edlige)

Makoto Sakurada, tenor (Annibale)

Accademia Bizantina

DIR.: OTTAVIO DANTONE

recorded: Feb 25, 2007, Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Giuseppe Verdi", Turin

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

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libretto included [pdf]

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(01) act 1 [48'57"]

(02) act 2 [53'26"]

(03) act 3 [20'48"]

Picture: The Victorious Hannibal Seeing Italy from the Alps for the First Time

(Francisco Goya, 1770/71)

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Théotime Langlois de Swarte

Thursday, 9 January 2025

Leclair: Violin concertos - Stéphane-Marie Degand, Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Evgeni Sviridov

Jean-Marie LECLAIR

(1697 - 1764)

Violin concertos

Stéphane-Marie Degand, violin

Théotime Langlois de Swarte, violin

Evegeni Sviridov, violin

La Diane française

DIR.: STÉPHANE-MARIE DEGAND

recorded: August 23, 2018, Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul, Brûlon

period instruments

flac

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(01) Ouverture Scylla et Glaucus [04'23"]

(02-04) Concerto for violin, strings and bc in a minor, op. 7,5 [12'56"]

[Stéphanie-Marie Degand]

(05-07) Concerto for violin, strings and bc in d minor, op. 7,1 [13'43"]

[Théotime Langlois de Swarte]

(08-10) Concerto for violin, strings and bc in e minor, op. 7,2 [15'13"]

[Evgeni Sviridov]

(11-13) Concerto for violin, strings and bc in D, op. 10,3 [16'04"]

[Théotime Langlois de Swarte]

(14-16) Concerto for violin, strings and bc in e minor, op. 10,5 [15'23"]

[Evgeni Sviridov]

(17-19) Concerto for violin, strings and bc in g minor, op. 10,6 [18'06"]

[Stéphanie-Marie Degand]

[encore]

Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)

Concerto for four violins, cello, strings and bc in b minor, op. 3,10 (RV 580):

(20) allegro [04'02"]

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Stéphane-Marie Degand

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Tuesday, 7 January 2025

Handel: Chandos Anthems - Michael Alexander Willens

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Chandos Anthems

(original versions)

Elena Harsanyî, soprano

Bettina Schaeffer, contralto

Georg Poplutz, tenor

Thomas Bonni, bass

Kölner Akademie

DIR.: MICHAEL ALEXANDER WILLENS

recorded: July 7, 2024, Église du Collège Saint-Michel

[Festival International de Musiques Sacrées 2024]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

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(01) O sing unto the Lord (HWV 249b) [15'12"]

(02) Have mercy on me (HWV 248) [20'21"]

(03) O praise the Lord with one consent (HWV 254) [25'01"]

Picture: James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (Michael Dahl, 1719)

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Beethoven, Piano concerto No. 4

Sunday, 5 January 2025

Beethoven double bill - Philippe Herreweghe

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 - 1827)

Piano concerto, symphony & mass

Sunhae Im, soprano

Sophie Harmsen, mezzo-soprano

Benjamin Hulett, tenor

Samuel Hasselhorn, bass

Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano

Collegium Vocale Gent

Orchestre des Champs-Elysées

DIR.: PHILIPPE HERREWEGHE

recorded: Nov 26, 2024, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: Bartók Rádio (Budapest) (digital radio) (stream)

Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra No. 4 in G, op. 58 [33'23"]

(01) allegro moderato [18'27"]

(02) andante con moto - rondo. vivace [14'56"]

Mass in C, op. 86 [42'05"]

(03) Kyrie [04'57"]

(04) Gloria [09'35"]

(05) Credo [10'15"]

(06) Sanctus [02'53"]

(07) Benedictus [06'53"]

(08) Agnus Dei [07'31"]

N.B. I am posting this performance because of its musical qualities, despite the

annoying noises from the stage and the audience

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Eleanor Lyons, soprano

Sophie Harmsen, mezzo-soprano

Ilker Arcayürek, tenor

Jarrett Ott, baritone

Collegium Vocale Gent

Orchestre des Champs-Elysées

DIR.: PHILIPPE HERREWEGHE

recorded: Dec 5, 2024, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: RTBF (Brussels) (digital radio) (stream)

Hanns EISLER (1898-1962)

(01) Gegen den Krieg, op. 55 [12'51"]

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

Symphony No. 9 in d minor, op. 125 [60'07"]

(02) allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso [14'09"]

(03) molto vivace [11'34"]

(04) adagio molto e cantabile [11'52"]

(05) presto - allegro ma non troppo - vivace - adagio cantabile [22'31"]

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Beethoven, Mass op. 86

Beethoven, Symphony No. 9

scores

Hanns Eisler

Eisler, Gegen den Krieg - score

Kristian Bezuidenhout

Collegium Vocale Gent

Orchestre des Champs-Elysées

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Collegium & Collegium Vocale 1704

Wednesday, 1 January 2025

JS Bach: Mass in B minor - Václav Luks

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Mass in B minor (BWV 232)

Tereza Zimková, soprano

Lucia Caihuela, soprano

Benno Schachtner, alto

Václav Cížek, tenor

Tomáš Šelc, bass

Felix Schwandtke, bass

Collegium Vocale 1704

Collegium 1704

DIR.: VÁCLAV LUKS

recorded: July 11, 2024, Kloster Eberbach (Basilika), Eltville

[Rheingau Musikfestival 2024]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne) (digital radio) (stream)

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[Kyrie]

(01) Kyrie eleison [10'22"]

(02) Christe eleison [04'37"]

(03) Kyrie eleison [02'30"]

[Gloria]

(04) Gloria in excelsis - Et in terra pax [06'23"]

(05) Laudamus te [04'04"]

(06) Gratias agimus tibi [02'11"]

(07) Domine Deus - Qui tollis peccata mundi [08'10"]

(08) Qui sedes ad dexteram patris [04'09"]

(09) Quoniam tu solus sanctus - Cum Sancto Spiritu [08'22"]

[Symbolum Nicenum]

(10) Credo in unum Deum - Patrem omnipotentem [03'32"]

(11) Et in unum Dominum [04'04"]

(12) Et incarnatus est [03'03"]

(13) Crucifixus [03'01"]

(14) Et resurrexit [03'50"]

(15) Et in Spiritum Sanctum [05'00"]

(16) Confiteor unum baptisma - Et expecto resurrectionem [06'15"]

[Sanctus - Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei, Dona nobis pacem]

(17) Sanctus - Osanna in excelsis [06'35"]

(18) Benedictus - Osanna in excelsis [07'33"]

(19) Agnus Dei [05'53"]

(20) Dona nobis pacem [03'21"]

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Mass in B minor - score

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Louis Ferdinand of Prussia

Sunday, 29 December 2024

Louis Ferdinand of Prussia: Chamber music - Christoph Hammer, Schuppanzigh-Quartett

LOUIS FERDINAND of Prussia

(1772 - 1806)

Chamber music

Christoph Hammer, fortepiano

Schuppanzigh-Quartett

recorded: Nov 17, 2001, Kulturzentrum, Herne

[Tage alter Musik Herne 2001]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne) (digital radio) (stream)

Anton Steck, violin

Christoph Mayer, violin (03-06)

Jane Oldham, viola

Antje Geusen, cello

fortepianos:

copies after Michael Rosenberg, Vienna, c1800 (01,03-06), c1825 (02)

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LOUIS FERDINAND of Prussia

(01) Andante with variations for pianoforte, violin, viola and cello in B flat, op. 4 [14'28"]

Franz LISZT (1811-1886)

(02) Elégie sur des motifs du Prince Louis Ferdinand de Prusse

for pianoforte (LW A94; S 168) [10'11"]

LOUIS FERDINAND of Prussia

Quintet for pianoforte, 2 violins, viola and cello in c minor, op. 1 [42'15"]

(03) allegro con fuoco [16'17"]

(04) menuetto - trio [06'15"]

(05) andante con variazione [10'03"]

(06) rondo. allegro giojoso [09'40"]

Picture: Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (Jean-Laurent Mosnier, 1799)

links:

Andante with variations op. 4 - score

Quintet op. 1 - score

Liszt, Elegie - score

Christoph Hammer

Schuppanzigh-Quartett

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Friday, 27 December 2024

Carl Stamitz: Concertos & symphony - Capella Savaria

Carl Philipp STAMITZ

(1745 - 1801)

Concertos & symphony

Capella Savaria

Andrea Bertalan, transverse flute

DIR: ZSOLT KALLÓ, violin

recorded: May 22, 2021, Szombathely

period instruments

flac (original bitrate not known)

source: not known

This recording has been made available by Melante

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Concerto for transverse flute and orchestra in G, op. 29 [17'39"]

(01) allegro [07'39"]

(02) andante non troppo moderato [04'20"]

(03) rondo. allegro [05'40"]

Concerto for violin and orchestra in B flat [16'45"]

(04) allegro [08'17"]

(05) adagio [04'18"]

(06) rondo [04'11"]

Symphony in G, op. 13,4 [14'34"]

(07) presto [06'29"]

(08) andantino [04'00"]

(09) prestissimo [04'05"]

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