Classical Music In Concert

Die römische Unruhe, oder Die edelmütige Octavia

Sunday, 13 July 2025

Keiser: Die römische Unruhe, oder Die edelmütige Octavia - Wolfgang Katschner

Reinhard KEISER

(1674 - 1739)

Die römische Unruhe, oder Die edelmütige Octavia

opera in 3 acts (Hamburg, 1705)

libretto: Berthold Feind

Frieda Jolande Barck, soprano (Livia)

Johanna Kaldewei, soprano (Octavia)

Danae Kontora, soprano (Ormoena)

Maria Ladurner, soprano (Clelia)

Georg A. Bochow, alto (Tiridates)

Gwilym Bowen, tenor (Piso)

Christopher B. Fischer, tenor (Lepidus)

Johannes Gaubitz, tenor (Fabius)

Tomáš Král, baritone (Nero)

Christian Miebach, baritone (Davus)

Magnus Piontek, bass (Seneca)

lautten compagney Berlin

DIR.: WOLFGANG KATSCHNER

recorded: June 7, 2025, Goethe-Theater, Bad Lauchstädt

[Händelfestspiele Halle 2025]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

source: Deutschlandradio Kultur (stream)

included: interview Wolfgang Katschner (D)

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(01) [Part 1] [81'27"]

(02) [Part 2] [27'09"]

(03) [Part 3] [67'22"]

N.B. It was not indicated whether the three 'parts' (separated by breaks)

correspond to the three acts.

links:

Reinhard Keiser

Christopher B. Fischer

lautten compagney Berlin

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Friday, 11 July 2025

Haydn: Symphonies 71, 74 & 75 - Kammerorchester Basel (Giovanni Antonini)

Franz Joseph HAYDN

(1732 - 1809)

Symphonies 71, 74 & 75

Kammerorchester Basel

DIR.: GIOVANNI ANTONINI

recorded: June 11, 2025, Musikverein, Vienna

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

source: ORF1 (Vienna) (stream)

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Symphony in B flat (H I,71) [28'18"]

(01) adagio - allegro con brio [08'50"]

(02) adagio [08'38"]

(03) menuet - trio [03'01"]

(04) finale. vivace [07'48"]

Symphony in E flat (H I,74) [22'10"]

(05) vivace assai [09'14"]

(06) adagio cantabile [05'23"]

(07) menuet. allegretto - trio [02'24"]

(08) finale. allegro assai [05'09"]

Symphony in D (H I,75) [20'30"]

(09) grave - presto [07'45"]

(10) poco adagio [06'25"]

(11) menuet. allegretto - trio [02'53"]

(12) finale. vivace [03'27"]

links:

Kammerorchester Basel

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Mendelssohn, String symphonies

Thursday, 10 July 2025

Mendelssohn: Symphonies & Octet for strings - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY

(1809 - 1847)

Symphonies & Octet for strings

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

DIR.: BERNHARD FORCK

recorded: May 10, 2025, Residenz (Spiegelsaal), Eichstätt

Musikfest Eichstätt 2025]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: BR Klassik (Munich) (stream)

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Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY

(01) Symphony for strings No. 13 in c minor (MWV N 14) [07'39"]

Franz Peter SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

(02) Five German dances with coda & trios (D 90) [14'22"]

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY

(03) Symphony for strings No. 10 in b minor (MWV N 10) [10'05"]

Octet for four violins, two violas and two cellos in E flat, op. 20 (MWV R 20) [31'33"]

(04) allegro moderato ma con fuoco [13'55"]

(05) andante [06'08"]

(06) scherzo. allegro leggierissimo [04'58"]

(07) presto [06'31"]

links:

Mendelssohn, Octet

scores Mendelssohn

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

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Tuesday, 8 July 2025

Palestrina 500 a capella - Tenebrae Choir (Nigel Short)

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

(1525 - 1594)

Palestrina 500 a capella

Tenebrae Choir

DIR.: NIGEL SHORT

recorded: June 7, 2025, Dominikanerkirche St. Blasius, Regensburg

[Tage alter Musik Regensburg 2025]

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: BR Klassik (stream)

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Orlandus LASSUS (1532-1594)

(01) Musica Dei donum optime a 6 [04'06"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA (1525-1594)

(02) Viri Galilaei a 6 [05'37"]

Missa Viri Galilaei a 6 [30'05"]

(03) Kyrie [04'12"]

(04) Gloria [05'29"]

(05) Credo [09'01"]

(06) Sanctus [03'57"]

(07) Benedictus [02'53"]

(08) Agnus Dei [04'33"]

(09) Sicut cervus a 4 [06'57"]

Felice ANERIO (c1560-1614)

(10) Ad te levavi a 8 [04'12"]

(11) Christus factus a 4 [02'32"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

(11) Stabat mater a 8 [09'46"]

[encore]

Thomas TALLIS (1505-1585)

(12) If ye love me a 4 [02'30"]

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Sunday, 6 July 2025

Weckmann and the Hamburg Collegium Musicum - Urgent Music

Matthias Weckmann

and the Hamburg Collegium Musicum

Urgent Music

DIR.: VERONIKA SKUPLIK

recorded: June 30, 2024, St. Elisabeth's Church, Stary Sącz

[Omnia Beneficia Festival 2024]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

source: Dwójka (PL) (stream)

included: programme notes (E) [txt]

Anna Schall, cornett

Veronika Skuplik, violin

Simen Van Mechelen, sackbut

Adrian Rovatkay, dulcian

Marcin Świątkiewicz, organ

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Matthias WECKMANN (1616?-1674)

(01) Toccata in a minor [04'44"]

(02) Sonata I [04'47"]

(03) Sonata III in G [05'10"]

(04) Canzona in C 02'30"]

(05) Sonata II in D [05'13"]

(06) Sonata IV in a minor [04'58"]

Johann Jacob FROBERGER (1616-1667)

(07) Toccata in d minor (FbWV 102) [05'30"]

Johann Michael NICOLAI (1629-1685)

(08) Sonata in C [05'37"]

Matthias WECKMANN

(09) Sonata VII in D [04'34"]

Andreas OSWALD (1634-1665)

(10) Sonata in D [09'02"]

Matthias WECKMANN

(11) Sonata IX in d minor [06'48"]

Picture: Hamburg, Sankt Jacobi, where Weckmann was organist

(Heinrich Volckmeir, 1675)

links:

Matthias Weckmann

Johann Jacob Froberger

Johann Michael Nicolai

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Friday, 4 July 2025

CPE Bach: String symphonies - The Violin Consort

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH

(1714 - 1788)

Symphonies for strings

(Wq 182 / H 657-662)

The Violin Consort

recorded: June 30, 2023, IMO Galeria, Stary Sącz

[Festival Omnia Beneficia 2023]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC

source: YouTube

Zbigniew Pilch, Mikołaj Zgółka, violin

Piotr Chrupek, viola

Bartosz Kokosza, cello

Marta Niedźwiecka, harpsichord

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(01) Symphony in G (Wq 182,1 / H 657) [11'49"]

(02) Symphony in B flat (Wq 182,2 / H 658) [12'07"]

(03) Symphony in C (Wq 182,3 / H 659) [11'00"]

(04) Symphony in A (Wq 182,4 / H 660) [12'42"]

(05) Symphony in b minor (Wq 182,5 / H 661) [10'59"]

(06) Symphony in E (Wq 182,6 / H 662) [09'47"]

Picture: Gottfried van Swieten, to whom these symphonies are dedicated

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Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro

Thursday, 3 July 2025

Adieu Florens - Sophia Faltas, Emma-Lisa Roux & Anna Danilevskaia

Adieu Florens

Songs by Flemish & Italian composers

of the late 15th and early 16th centuries

Sophia Faltas, mezzo-soprano

Emma-Lisa Roux, soprano, lute

Anna Danilevskaia, viola d'arco

recorded: May 10, 2025, Church of the Community of Moravian Brethren, Zeist (NL)

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL) (stream)

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Bartolomeo TROMBONCINO (1470-after 1534)

(01) Vale diva, vale in pace [03'44"]

Marchetto CARA (c1465-1525)

(02) Deh non più mo' [01'38"]

Johannes GHISELIN (fl 1491-1507)

(03) Weet ghy wat mynder jonghen herten deert [02'17"]

Johannes JAPART (fl c1478-1481) (attr)

(04) Jay biens nouri [03'15"]

Vincenzo CAPIROLA (1474-after 1548)

(05) Ricercar VIII [01'43"]

anon

(06) Lagrime a voi sospiri [02'56"]

Johannes JAPART

(07) T'meiskin was jonck [02'22"]

Loyset COMPÈRE (C1445-1518)

(08) Dittes moy toutes voz pensees [05'26"]

Marchetto CARA

(09) Oimè il cor, oimè la testa [02'28"]

GUGLIELMO EBREO DA PESARO (c1420-after 1484) /

Alexander AGRICOLA (1445/46-1506)

(10) Falla con misuras / In mijnen sin [07'30"]

Pietrequin BONNEL (fl late 15th C)

(11) Adieu florens me jolie [02'57"]

Michele PESENTI (c1470-1528) / anon

(12) Che faralla che diralla / Uscirallo o resterallo [04'13"]

Marchetto CARA

(13) O mia cieca, e dura sorte [03'27"]

BARTOLOMEO DEGLI ORGANI (1474-1539)

(14) Un dia lieto già mai [03'16"]

anon

(15) Mijn morken gaf mij een jong wijf [01'45"]

Bartolomeo TROMBONCINO

(16) Zephyro Spira [03'39"]

[encore]

Bartolomeo TROMBONCINO

(17) Ostinato voi seguire [02'46"]

links:

Bartolomeo Tromboncino

Alexander Agricola

Michele Pesenti

Bartolomeo degli Organi

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Tuesday, 1 July 2025

Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 - Anima Eterna Brugge (Pablo Heras-Casado)

Anton BRUCKNER

(1824 - 1896)

Symphony No. 3 in d minor 'Wagner Symphony'

(WAB 103) (version 1873)

Anima Eterna Brugge

DIR.: PABLO HERAS-CASADO

recorded: Sept 28, 2024, Concertgebouw, Bruges

lossless (flac)

period instruments

source: Klara (B) (stream)

programme (NL) included [pdf]

(N.B. The Wesendonck-Lieder by Wagner were not broadcast.)

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(01) gemäßigt. misterioso [22'20"]

(02) adagio. feierlich [17'15"]

(03) scherzo. ziemlich schnell [06'20"]

(04) finale. allegro [15'46"]

Picture: Dedication to Wagner

links:

Bruckner, Symphony No. 3

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Sunday, 29 June 2025

Stile Antico 20th Anniversary Gala Concert

Stile Antico 20th Anniversary Gala Concert

recorded: May 12, 2025, Wigmore Hall, London

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

source: YouTube

programme with lyrics and translations included [pdf]

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William BYRD (c1540-1623)

(01) Vigilate a 5 [04'09"]

Jacobus CLEMENS NON PAPA (c1510-1555)

(02) Ego flos campi a 7 [05'44"]

Sebastián DE VIVANCO (c1551-1622)

(03) Veni, dilecte mi a 8 [04'06"]

anon

(04) Sicut lilium inter spinas [01'48"]

Thomas TALLIS (c1505-1585)

(05) O sacrum convivium a 5 [04'26"]

Thomas TOMKINS (1572-1656)

(06) O praise the Lord a 5 [03'57"]

JOSQUIN DESPREZ (c1450/55-1521)

(07) Salve regina a 5 [07'02"]

(08) Mille regretz a 4 [02'16"]

Cristóbal DE MORALES (c1500-1553)

Missa Mille regretz a 6:

(09) Agnus Dei [02'59"]

Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA (1548-1611)

(10) O magnum mysterium a 4 [04'43"]

Cheryl FRANCES-HOAD (*1980)

(11) A Gift of Heaven [03'48"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA (c1525-1594)

(12) Exultate Deo a 5 [02'37"]

Giaches DE WERT (1535-1596)

(13) Gaudete in Domino a 5 [01'25"]

Orlando GIBBONS (1583-1625)

(14) O clap your hands a 8 [04'59"]

William BYRD

(15) Retire my soul a 5 [04'29"]

Huw WATKINS (*1976)

(16) The Phoenix and the Turtle [05'44"]

John SHEPPARD (c1515-1558)

(17) Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria virgo a 6 [15'28"]

[encore]

Orlando GIBBONS

(18) The Silver Swan a 5 [02'46"]

(N.B. In this piece the ensemble was joined by former members)

links:

Jacobus Clemens non Papa

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