Thursday, 23 April 2026

Farewell to the Baroque - Orkiestra Kore

 


Farewell to the Baroque


Orkiestra Kore


Katarzyna Anna Olszewska, violin

Teodoro Baù, viola da gamba


recorded: August 11, 2023, Monastery of Goscikowo-Paradyż, Paradyż

[Festiwal Muzyka w Raju 2023]


period instruments

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This recording has been made available by Melante


Carl Heinrich GRAUN (1704-1759)

(01) Overture for strings and bc in C [05'41"]


Carl Friedrich ABEL (1723–1787)

Concerto for viola da gamba, strings and bc in G (A9:2) [17'03"]

(02) moderato [06'08"]

(03) adagio ma non troppo [05'42']

(04) allegro [05'12"]


Johann Gottlieb GRAUN (1703–1771)

Concerto for violin, strings and bc in A (GraunWV A:XIII:10) [19'10"]

(05) andante [07'07"]

(06) largo [06'13"]

(07) allegro [05'49"]


Johann Christoph Friedrich BACH (1732–1795)

Symphony in d minor (HW I,3; BR JCFB C 4) [08'51"]

(08) allegro [03'30"]

(09) andante amoroso [02'57"]

(10) allegro assai [02'23"]


Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714–1788)

Concerto for cello, strings and bc in a minor (Wq 170; H 432)  [27'38"]

(transcription for viola da gamba)

(11) allegro assai [10'39"]

(12) andante [09'33"]

(13) allegro assai [07'25"]


[encore]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681–1767)

Overture for viola da gamba, strings and bc in D (TWV 55,D6): 

(14) gigue [03'09"]


Picture: Carl Heinrich Graun


links: 

Carl Heinrich Graun

Johann Gottlieb Graun

Carl Friedrich Abel

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

Katarzyna Anna Olszewska

Teodoro Baù

Orkiestra Kore


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Tuesday, 21 April 2026

Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi - Riccardo Minasi

 


Vincenzo BELLINI

(1801 - 1835)


I Capuleti e i Montecchi

tragedia lirica in 2 acts (Venice, 1830)

libretto: Felice Romani, after Luigi Scevola


Elsa Dreisig, soprano (Giulietta)

Kate Aldrich, mezzo-soprano (Romeo)

Amitai Pati, tenor (Tebaldo)

Nicolò Donini, bass (Lorenzo)

Antonio Di Matteo, bass (Capellio)


WDR Radio Choir

Ensemble Resonanz


DIR: RICCARDO MINASI


recorded: Feb 22, 2026, Philharmonie, Cologne


modern instruments, period style

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne)


programme (D) included [pdf]


(01) act 1 [80'43"]

(02) act 2 [54'52"]


Picture: titlepage of the libretto of the performance in 1830


links:

I Capuleti e i Montecchi

libretto (IT/E)

score

Elsa Dreisig

Kate Aldrich

Amitai Pati

Nicolò Donini

Antonio Di Matteo

WDR Radio Choir

Ensemble Resonanz


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Sunday, 19 April 2026

Rameau: Grands Motets - Contraponto (Tetsuro Hanai)

 


Jean-Philippe RAMEAU

(1683 - 1764)


Grands Motets


Naomi Hanai, dessus

Sachiyo Tamura, dessus

Katsuhiko Nakashima, haute-contre

Ichiro Negishi, taille

Yasunari Tomimoto, taille

Yasuto Kasuga, basse


Choeur Fons Floris

Contraponto


DIR: TETSURO HANAI


recorded: August 31, 2014, Ishibashi Memorial Hall, Tokyo


period instruments

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(01) Quam dilecta tabernacula tua (RCT 15) [23'12"]


(02) Deus noster refugium (RCT 13) [30'22"]


(03) Laboravi clamans (RCT 16) [03'33"]


(04) In convertendo Dominus (RCT 14) [27'27"]


links: 

grand motet

Rameau, Motets

scores

Contraponto


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Friday, 17 April 2026

Brahms & Schumann - Isabelle Faust & Maxim Emelyanychev

 


Johannes BRAHMS

&

Robert SCHUMANN


Violin concerto & symphony


Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra


Isabelle Faust, violin


DIR: MAXIM EMELYANYCHEV


recorded: Oct 20, 2023, Residenz, Munich


modern instruments, period style

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: Catalunya Música


programme (D) included [pdf]


Fanny HENSEL-MENDELSSOHN (1805-1847)

(01) Overture in C [09'54"]


Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)

Concerto for violin in D, op. 77 [37'03"]

(02) allegro non troppo [20'43"]

(03) adagio [08'22"]

(04) allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace - poco più presto [07'58"]


[encore]

Nicola MATTEIS (I) (?-1713)

(05) Preludio & Passaggio rotto [04'04"]


Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)

Symphony No. 4 in d minor, op. 120 (version 1851) [28'39"]

(06) ziemlich langsam - lebhaft / 

romanze. ziemlich langsam [13'51"]

(07) scherzo. lebhaft - langsam - lebhaft [14'48"]


links: 

Fanny Hensel-MendelssohnOverture in C - score

Brahms, Concerto for violin - score

Schumann, Symphony No. 4 - score

Isabelle Faust

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra


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Thursday, 16 April 2026

Strozzi: A portrait in five acts - Hana Blažíková & Dorothee Mields

 


Barbara STROZZI

(1619 - 1677)


A portrait in five acts


Hana Blažíková, soprano

Dorothee Mields, soprano


Hathor Consort


DIR: ROMINA LISCHKA


recorded: June 6, 2025, Schottenkirche St. Jakob, Regensburg

[Tage alter Musik Regensburg 2025]


period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)


programme & CD booklet with liner-notes & lyrics included [pdf]


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I. Calliope: Spiritual artist

(01) L'amante modesto, op. 1,13 [01'07"]

(02) Sonetto Proemio dell'opera (Merce di voi) op. 1,1 [05'30"]

(03) Lagrime mie, op. 7,4 (sinfonia) - 

Al battitor di bronzo della sua crudelissima drama op. 1,18 [06'03"]


II. Erato: Erotic lover

(04) Begli occhi op. 3,9 [05'17"]

(05) L'eraclito amoroso, op. 2,14 [06'00"]

(06) Godere e tacere, op. 1,9 [03'27"]


III. Melpomena: Corset of society

(07) L'amante segreto, op. 2,16 [06'49"]

(08) Il Romeo, op. 2,3 - Moralità amorosa, op. 3,2 [04'07"]

(09) Sospira, respira, op. 6,17 [02'32"]

(10) Tradimento op. 7,9 [02'24"]


IV. Euterpe: Loving mother

(11) Silentio nocivo, op. 1,6 [03'19"]

(12) Cuore che reprime, ardo in tacito foco, op. 3,1 [06'17"]

(13) Dal pianto, op. 1,21 [03'06"]


Bartolomeo DE SELMA Y SALAVERDE (1595-1640)

(14) Susanna passegiata [06'49"]


V. Thalia: Protected daughter

Barbara STROZZI

(15) Libertà, op. 1,10 [02'28"]

(16) Godere in gioventù, op. 1,12 [02'50"]

(17) La vendetta, op. 2,9 [02'24"]

(18) I baci, op. 2,23 [03'29"]


Picture: Title page of the Op. 2


links: 

Barbara Strozzi

scores

Hana Blažíková

Dorothee Mields

Hathor Consort


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Tuesday, 14 April 2026

Brahms: Clarinet sonatas - Nicola Boud, Anthony Romaniuk

 


Johannes BRAHMS

(1833 - 1897)


Clarinet sonatas


Nicola Boud, clarinet

Anthony Romaniuk, fortepiano


recorded: March 4, 2026, Fundación Juan March, Madrid


period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: Fundación Juan March


instruments:

clarinet: copy after Georg Ottensteiner, c1870

fortepiano: Friedrich Ehrbar, 1883


included: programme (ES) [pdf]


Johannes BRAHMS

Sonata for clarinet and pianoforte in E flat, op. 120,2 [21'07"]

(01) allegro amabile [08'36"]

(02) allegro appassionato [05'15"]

(03) andante con moto - allegro - più tranquillo [07'15"]


(04) Intermezzo in E flat, op. 117,1 [04'17"]

(05) Intermezzo in b flat minor, op. 117,2 [04'08"]


(06) Klage, op. 105,3 [01'41"]

(07) Wie Melodien zieht es mir, op. 105,1 [02'19"]


Carl BAERMANN (1810-1885)

(08) Die kleine Bettlerin, op. 14 [06'17"]


Johannes BRAHMS

(09) Intermezzo in c sharp minor, op. 117,3 [05'53"]


Sonata for clarinet and pianoforte in f minor, op. 120,1 [23'00"]

(10) allegro appassionato [08'00"]

(11) andante un poco adagio [04'54"]

(12) allegretto grazioso [04'21"]

(13) vivace [05'43"]


Picture: Richard Mühlfeld (1856-1907), 

for whom Brahms composed his clarinet sonatas


links: 

Brahms, Clarinet sonatas

Brahms, Intermezzi op. 117

Brahms, scores

Baermann - score

Richard Mühlfeld

Georg Ottensteiner

Friedrich Ehrbar

Nicola Boud

Anthony Romaniuk


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Sunday, 12 April 2026

JS Bach: Easter Oratorio & cantatas - Christophe Rousset

 


Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)


Easter Oratorio & cantatas


Anna El-Khashem, soprano

Mari Askvik, contralto

Nick Pritchard, tenor

Edwin Crossley-Mercer, baritone


Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Les Talens Lyriques


DIR: CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET


recorded: April 21, 2025, Philharmonie, Paris


period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)


(01) Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen (BWV 66) [28'03"]

cantata for the second day of Easter


(02) Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß (BWV 134) [24'35"]

cantata for the third day of Easter


(03) Easter Oratorio (Kommt, eilet und laufet) (BWV 249) [39'36"]

for the first day of Easter


Picture: The Resurrection of Christ (Benvenuto Tisi, 1520)


links: 

Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen

Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß

Easter Oratorio

scores

Anna El-Khashem

Mari Askvik

Nick Pritchard

Edwin Crossley-Mercer

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Les Talens Lyriques


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Thursday, 9 April 2026

A Scarlatti: Clori, Lidia e Filli - Simone Vallerotonda

 


Alessandro SCARLATTI

(1660 - 1725)


Clori, Lidia e Filli

serenata à 3 voci coi violini e il liuto (1701?)


Francesca Boncompagni, soprano (Lidia) 

Valeria La Grotta, soprano (Filli)

Gaia Petrone, contralto (Clori)


I Bassifondi


DIR: SIMONE VALLEROTONDA


recorded: Oct 15, 2025, Oratorio di San Filippo Neri, Bologna


period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)


included: libretto [html]


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(01) Prima parte [30'05"]

(02) Concerto grosso No. 3 in F - 

Seconda parte [31'24"]


Picture: autograph serenata


links: 

Clori, Lidia e Filli

Francesca Boncompagni

Valeria La Grotta

Gaia Petrone

I Bassifondi


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Tuesday, 7 April 2026

JCF Bach & Michael Haydn: Symphonies & concerto - Freiburger Barockorchester

 


Johann Christoph Friedrich BACH

&

Johann Michael HAYDN


Symphonies & concerto


Freiburger Barockorchester


Christine Schornsheim, fortepiano


DIR: GOTTFRIED VON DER GOLTZ


recorded: March 4, 2009, Konzerthaus, Freiburg


period instruments

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Josef MYSLIVEČEK (1737-1781)

(01) Overture in A [10'46"]


Johann Christoph Friedrich BACH (1732-1795)

Symphony in G (Wf I,15 / BR JCFB C 23) [24'26"]

(02) largo [07'03"]

(03) romanza. andantino [08'40"]

(04) minuetto - trio [03'15"]

(05) rondo. allegretto [05'28"]


Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in E flat (Wf II,5 / BR JCFB C 43) [28'09"]

(06) allegro [12'38"]

(07) romanza [09'34"]

(08) rondo. allegro [05'57"]


Symphony in B flat (Wf I,20 / BR JCFB C 28) [20'57"]

(09) largo [06'13"]

(10) andante con moto [07'27"]

(11) minuetto - trio [03'49"]

(12) rondo. allegretto scherzando [03'28"]


Johann Michael HAYDN (1737-1806)

Symphony in G (MH 334 / P 16) [13'21"]

(13) [Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART, 1756-1791)] 

Symphony in G (KV 444) (adagio maestoso) [01'12"]

(14) allegro con spirito [03'54"]

(15) andante sostenuto [04'34"]

(16) finale. allegro molto [03'41"]


Picture: Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach


links: 

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

Johann Michael Haydn - score

Christine Schornsheim

Freiburger Barockorchester


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Sunday, 5 April 2026

Schütz: Auferstehungshistorie - Ensemble Polyharmonique

 


Heinrich SCHÜTZ

(1585 - 1672)


Historia der fröhlichen und siegreichen Auferstehung 

unsers einigen Erlösers und Seligmachers Jesu Christi

(SWV 50)


Ensemble Polyharmonique


DIR: ALEXANDER SCHNEIDER


recorded: August 2022, Zentralwerk, Dresden


period instruments

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[47'57"]


Included: CD booklet with lyrics


Picture: Resurrection (Piero della Francesca, c1463)


links: 

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Ensemble Polyharmonique


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