Classical Music In Concert

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

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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

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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)

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(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

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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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