Classical Music In Concert

Friday, 3 July 2026

Wunderkammer cracked - Graindelavoix (Björn Schmelzer)

Wunderkammer cracked

Graindelavoix

DIR: BJÖRN SCHMELZER

recorded: Sept 1, 2025, St Catharinakathedraal, Utrecht

[Festival Early Music Utrecht 2025]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

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[Wunderkammer of Jean de Berry (1340-1416)]

SOLAGE (fl late 14th C)

(01) Corps feminin

(02) Fumeux fume

Jacob DE SENLECHES (fl 1382/83)

(03) Je me merveil

[Wunderkammer of Margaret of Austria (1480-1530)]

Marbrianus DE ORTO (c1460-1529)

(04) Dulces exuviae

JOSQUIN DESPREZ (c1450/55-1521)

(05) Proch dolor

Pierre de LA RUE (c1452-1518)

(06) Soubz ce tumbel

Antoine BRUMEL (c1460-1512/13)

(07) Tous les regretz

Nicolas GOMBERT (c1495-1560)

(08) Tous les regretz

[Wunderkammer of Albrecht V of Bavaria (1528-1579)]

Cipriano DE RORE (1515/16-1565)

(09) Calami sonum ferentes

(10) Media vita in morte

[Wunderkammer of Rudolf II of Prague (1552-1612)]

Michael MAIER (1569-1622)

(11) Atalanta fugiens (sel)

Carolus LUYTHON (1557/58-1620)

(12) Lamentationes Jeremiae

Picture: Margaret of Austria

links:

Wunderkammer

Jean de Berry

Margaret of Austria

Albrecht V of Bavaria

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Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger

Thursday, 2 July 2026

Il Tasso - Ensemble La Nébuleuse

Il Tasso

Ensemble La Nébuleuse

recorded: August 16, 2024, [St Michael The Archangel Church], Świebodzin (PL)

[Festival Music in Paradise 2024]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

Antonin Rondepierre, tenor

Manon Papasergio, viola da gamba

Pernelle Marzorati, harp

Gabriel Rignol, theorbo

Riho Ishikawa, harpsichord

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[Prologue]

Giovanni PRIULI (1575/1580-1626)

(01) O musa, tu che di caduchi allori [04'54"]

Domenico MAZZOCCHI (1592-1665)

(02) Dunque ove tù, Signor [02'23"]

[Act I]

Antonio DUETO (c1545-c1602)

(03) Ecco mormorar l’onde [02'56"]

Giovanni STEFANI (15?–16?)

(04) Io son la primavera [01'40"]

Antonio CIFRA (1584-1629)

(05) Fa nove crespe l’aura al crin disciolto [03'59"]

Girolamo FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643)

(06) Partite sopra l'aria della Romanesca [01'29"]

Luzzasco LUZZASCHI (1545-1607)

(07) Dolce mia fiamma [02'38"]

Loreto VITTORI (1600-1670)

(08) Geloso amante apro mill'occhi e giro [05'57"]

[Act II]

Carlo GESUALDO da Venosa (1566-1613)

(09) Se taccio, il duol s'avanza [01'36"]

Sigismondo D'INDIA (1582-1629)

(10) Misera non credea ch'a hli occhi miei [04'39"]

Arcangelo GHERARDINI (2nd half 16th C)

(11) Qual cavalier ardito [01'26"]

Lodovico AGOSTINI (1534-1590)

(12) Tra Giove in Cielo e'l mio signor in terra [02'18"]

(13) Ballo della Battaglia [02'05"]

Tiburzio MASSAINO (c1550-1609)

(14) Segue egli la vittoria (1. Parte) [02'40"]

(15) Amico, hai vinto, io ti perdon (2. Parte) [03'24"]

Sigismondo D'INDIA

(16) Poco quindi lontan nel sen del monte - Non morì già [03'51"]

[Act III]

Claudio MONTEVERDI (1567-1643)

(17) Piagne e sospira (SV 93) [03'17"]

Domenico Maria MELLI (1572-c1600)

(18) Ho visto al pianto mio [01'56"]

Antonio IL VERSO (1565-1621)

(19) Io Vivo? Io spiro ancora? [00'59"]

Giovanni Girolamo KAPSPERGER (1580-1561)

(20) Passacaglia [01'35"]

Sigismondo D'INDIA

(21) Giunto a la Tomba ove al suo spirto vivo [04'29"]

(22) Dispietata pietate [02'33"]

Claudio MONTEVERDI

(23) Là tra 'l sangue e le morti egro giacente (SV 67.2) [02'49"]

(instrumental)

[encore]

(24) Là tra 'l sangue e le morti egro giacente (SV 67.2) [02'58"]

(vocal/instrumental)

Picture: Torquato Tasso (Jacopo Bassano, c1510-1592)

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Ensemble La Nébuleuse

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Beethoven, Cantata on the death of Emperor Joseph II

Tuesday, 30 June 2026

Mozart & Beethoven: Mass & Cantata - Michael Hofstetter

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

Mass & Cantata

Miriam Kutrowatz, soprano

Margot Oitzinger, mezzo-soprano

Daniel Johannsen, tenor

Damien Gastl, bass

Arnold Schoenberg Chor

Styriarte Festspiel-Orchester

DIR: MICHAEL HOFSTETTER

recorded: July 8, 2023, Pfarrkirche, Stainz

[Styriarte 2023]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

source: ORF (Vienna)

text Beethoven included (D/E) [pdf]

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

(01-07) Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II (WoO 87) [38'25"]

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

(08-13) Mass in C 'Krönungsmesse' (KV 317) [24'53"]

Picture: Joseph II (Anton von Maron, 1775)

links:

Joseph II

score

Mozart, Mass KV 317 - score

Arnold Schoenberg Chor

Styriarte Festspiel-Orchester

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Sunday, 28 June 2026

Scarlatti: Il giardino di rose - Antonio Florio

Alessandro SCARLATTI

(1660 - 1725)

Il giardino di rose

(La SS Vergine del Rosario)

oratorio in two parts (Rome, 1707)

libretto: anonymous

Roberta Invernizzi, soprano (Carità)

Giuseppina Perna, soprano (Speranza)

Candida Guida, contralto (Penitenza)

Angelo Testori, tenor (Religione)

Giuseppe Naviglio, bass (Borea)

Cappella Neapolitana

DIR: ANTONIO FLORIO

recorded: Oct 24, 2025, Chiesa dei Girolamini, Naples

period instruments

flac (original bitrate not known)

(01) Prima Parte [39'34"]

(02) Seconda Parte [36'57"]

Picture: Our Lady of the Rosary by Anthony van Dyck, between 1623 and 1624

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Friday, 26 June 2026

Fire and thunderstorm - Hamburger Ratsmusik

Fire and thunderstorm

Bernhard, Schop & Krieger

Hamburger Ratsmusik

Ulrike Hofbauer, soprano

DIR: SIMONE ECKERT

recorded: Jan 20, 2010, Konzerthaus (Mozart-Saal), Vienna

[Resonanzen 2010]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps)

Christoph Heidemann, Gabriele Steinfeld, violin

Simone Eckert, viola da gamba

Ulrich Wedemeier, theorbo

Michael Fuerst, organ

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Johann Philipp KRIEGER (1649-1725)

(01) Es stehe Gott auf [06'57"]

(02) Sonata V for violin, viola da gamba and bc in D [06'18"]

Johann SCHOP (?-1667)

(03) Nach der großen Fewers Noth [01'58"]

(04) Im starken Donnerwetter [02'44"]

(05) Paduana a 3 [03'46"]

(06) Galliard a 3 [02'17"]

Christoph BERNHARD (1628-1692)

(07) Salve mi Jesu [04'55"]

Johann Philipp KRIEGER

(08) Sonata VI for violin, viola da gamba and bc in a minor [08'45"]

Johann SCHOP

(09) O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort [03'01"]

Johann Philipp KRIEGER

(10) Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille [10'41"]

[encore]

anon [1807]

(11) Kein Feuer, keine Kohle kann brennen so heiss [01'25"]

Picture: Mountain Landscape with Lightning (Francisque Millet, c1675)

links:

Johann Philipp Krieger

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Léontine Maridat-Zimmerlin

Thursday, 25 June 2026

Rameau: Pygmalion - Christophe Rousset

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU

(1683 - 1764)

Pygmalion

acte de ballet in one act (Paris, 1748)

libretto: Ballot de Sauvot

Michèle Bréant, soprano (La Statue)

Neima Fischer, soprano (L'amour)

Léontine Maridat-Zimmerlin, mezzo-soprano (Céphise)

Abel Zamora, tenor (Pygmalion)

European Union Baroque Orchestra

DIR: CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET

recorded: May 10, 2026, Rokokotheater, Schwetzingen

[Schwetzinger SWR-Festspiele 2026]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

Picture: Pygmalion and Galatea (Laurent Pêcheux, 1729-1821)

(01) Castor et Pollux (suite) [24'25"]

(02) Pygmalion [43'32"]

links:

Abel Zamora

European Union Baroque Orchestra

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FJ Haydn, Concerto for harpsichord and violin

Tuesday, 23 June 2026

Haydn brothers: Concertos & symphonies - Capella Savaria

Joseph & Michael HAYDN

Concertos & symphonies

Capella Savaria

Rita Papp, harpsichord

DIR: ZSOLT KALLÓ, violin

recorded: Nov 8, 2024, Liszt Academy, Budapest

[Haydneum Autumn Festival 2024]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

Johann Michael HAYDN (1737-1806)

Symphony in G (P16) [13'18"]

(with introduction by Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART, 1756-1791)

(01) [Mozart] Symphony in G (KV 444) (adagio maestoso) [01'07"]

(02) allegro con spirito [03'51"]

(03) andante sostenuto [04'34"]

(04) finale. allegro molto [03'46"]

Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)

Concerto for harpsichord, violin, strings and bass in F (H XVIII,6) [18'49"]

(05) allegro moderato [07'03"]

(06) largo [08'07"]

(07) presto [03'38"]

Johann Michael HAYDN

Concerto for violin, strings and bass in G (MH 52) [20'42"]

(08) allegro moderato [07'00"]

(09) adagio amoroso [07'38"]

(10) allegro [06'04"]

Franz Joseph HAYDN

Symphony in e minor (H I,44) [20'35"]

(11) allegro con brio [06'20"]

(12) menuetto - trio. allegretto [04'08"]

(13) adagio [06'22"]

(14) finale. presto [03'45"]

links:

Johann Michael Haydn

JM Haydn, Symphony in G

JM Haydn, scores

FJ Haydn, Symphony No. 44

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Sunday, 21 June 2026

Rossi: Orfeo - Raphaël Pichon

Luigi ROSSI

(1597/98? - 1653)

Orfeo

opera in 3 acts (Paris, 1647)

libretto: Francesco Buti

Camille Chopin, soprano (Proserpina, Venere)

Julie Roset, soprano (Euridice)

Xenia Puskarz Thomas, mezzo-soprano (Orfeo)

Blandine de Sansal, contralto (Aristeo)

William Shelton, alto (Amore, Nutrice)

Dominique Visse, alto (Una vecchia)

Samuel Boden, tenor (Momo)

Laurence Kilsby, tenor (Apollo)

Tomáš Král, baritone (Caronte, Endimione)

Alex Rosen, bass (Augure, Pluto)

Maïlys de Villoutreys, Perrine Devillers, Corinne Bahuaud,

soprano (Grazie)

Laurence Kilsby, tenor; René Ramos Premier, tenor;

Renaud Brès, bass (Parchae)

Pygmalion

DIR: RAPHAËL PICHON

recorded: March 6, 2026, Town Hall, Adelaide

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 272 kbps AAC)

N.B. Pichon omitted the prologue and the epilogue

included:

programme performance [pdf]

libretto (IT/E) [pdf]

(01) act 1 [50'30"]

(02) act 2 [49'56"]

(03) act 3 [54'14"]

Picture: Orpheus playing to the Animals, by Benedetto Gennari (1633-1715)

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Stanisław Sylwester Szarzyński

Friday, 19 June 2026

Polish Baroque - Ars Antiqua Austria (Gunar Letzbor)

Polish Baroque

Ars Antiqua Austria

Katarzyna Wiwer, soprano

DIR: GUNAR LETZBOR

recorded: Nov 14, 2008, [St Martin's Church], Cracow

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: BBC Radio 3

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anon

(01) [Suite for lute] [10'06"]

Adam JARZĘBSKI (1590-1649)

(02) Berlinesca a 3 [04'21"]

(03) Chromatica a 3 [03'48"]

(04) Spandesa a 3 [02'18"]

Mikołaj ZIELEŃSKI (1550-1617)

(05) Video caelos apertos [03'21"]

Heinrich DÖBEL (1650-1693)

(06) Sonata for violin and bc in A [12'23"]

Tarquinio MERULA (1594/95-1665)

(07) Cantate jubilate [04'42"]

anon

(08) 4 dances [05'31"]

Marcin MIELCZEWSKI (1600-1651)

(09) Canzona for 2 violins and bc [09'32"]

Stanisław Sylwester SZARZYŃSKI (fl 1692-1713)

(10) Veni Sancte Spiritus [09'05"]

Marcin Józef ŻEBROWSKI (1710-1780)

(11) Lauda Sion [03'47"]

Picture: Title page of Zieleński's Offertoriia totius anni

links:

Marcin Józef Żebrowski

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