Classical Music In Concert

D Scarlatti, Stabat mater - score

Sunday, 1 March 2026

Zelenka, Durante & Scarlatti: Music for Passiontide - Václav Luks

Zelenka, Durante & Scarlatti

Music for Passiontide

Collegium Vocale 1704

Collegium 1704

DIR: VÁCLAV LUKS

recorded: June 8, 2025, Stift Melk (Kolomanisaal) (01,02,09);

July 27, 2025, Stift St. Florian, St. Florian (Austria) (03-08)

period instruments

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Jan Dismas ZELENKA (1679-1745)

(01) Statio quadruplex pro Processione Theophorica (ZWV 158) [16'19"]

Francesco DURANTE (1684-1755)

(02) Miserere à 5 voci [20'58"]

Jan Dismas ZELENKA

Responsoria pro Hebdomada Sancta, ZWV 55:

(03) Tristis est anima mea [05'17"]

(04) In monte Oliveti [04'10"]

(05) Omnes amici mei [04'12"]

(06) Caligaverunt oculi mei [05'34"]

(07) O vos omnes [02'57"]

(08) Sepulto Domino [04'41"]

Domenico SCARLATTI (1685-1757)

(09) Stabat mater à 10 voci [21'24"]

Picture: Mater dolorosa (Carlo Dolci, 1616-1687)

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Jan Dismas Zelenka - scores

Francesco Durante - score

Collegium Vocale & Collegium 1704

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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Friday, 27 February 2026

CPE Bach: Symphonies & concertos - Roger Norrington

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH

(1714 - 1788)

Symphonies & concertos

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Richard Lester, cello

Steven Devine, harpsichord

DIR: ROGER NORRINGTON

recorded: March 3, 2011, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

period instruments

lossless (flac)

(01) Symphony in G (Wq 182,1 / H 657) [10'38"]

Concerto for harpsichord, strings and bc in C (Wq 20 / H 423) [23'00"]

(02) allegretto [10'24"]

(03) adagio ma non troppo [06'31"]

(04) allegro assai [06'06"]

(05) Symphony in G (Wq 173 / H 648) 08'51"]

(06) Symphony in E (Wq 182,6 / H 662) [10'19"]

Concerto for cello, strings and bc in A (Wq 172 / H 439) [21'27"]

(07) allegro [06'46"]

(08) largo con sordini, mesto [09'10"]

(09) allegro assai [05'30"]

(10) Symphony in E flat (Wq 179 / H 654) [12'30"]

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scores

Richard Lester

Steven Devine

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Lassus, Penitential psalms - scores

Thursday, 26 February 2026

Lassus: Penitential Psalms IV & V - Dufay Ensemble Freiburg

Orlandus LASSUS

(1532 - 1594)

Penitential Psalms IV & V

Dufay Ensemble Freiburg

recorded: May 24, 2013, Schlosskirche, Brühl

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Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA (1525/26-1594)

Missa Regina coeli a 5:

(01) Kyrie [03'08"]

Jacobus VAET (c1529-1567)

(02) Aurea luce a 5 [10'24"]

Orlandus LASSUS (1532-1594)

(03) Miserere mei Deus a 5 (Psalmus poenitentialis IV) [22'34"]

JOSQUIN DESPREZ (1450/55-1521)

(04) Tu solus, qui facis mirabilia a 4 [04'33"]

Orlandus LASSUS

(05) De profundis clamavi a 5 (Psalmus poenitentialis V) [08'01"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

Missa Regina coeli a 5:

(06) Agnus Dei [04'06"]

Jacobus VAET

(07) Magnificat 6. toni a 5 [09'22"]

[encore]

Cristóbal DE MORALES (c1500-1553)

(08) Circumdederunt me a 5 [02'33"]

Picture: De profundis ('Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry', Musée Condé, Chantilly)

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Penitential psalms

Palestrina, score

Jacobus Vaet

Josquin Desprez, Tu solus - score

Dufay Ensemble Freiburg

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Beethoven, Piano concerto No. 1 - score

Tuesday, 24 February 2026

Beethoven & Chopin - Tomasz Ritter & Martyna Pastuszka

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

Frédéric CHOPIN

Piano concertos

Tomasz Ritter, fortepiano

{oh} Orkiestra

DIR: MARTYNA PASTUSZKA

recorded: Dec 12, 2025, Filarmonia Gorzowska, Gorzów Wielkopolski

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flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

Concerto for pianoforte No. 1 in C, op. 15 [33'21"]

(01) allegro con brio [16'41"]

(02) largo [07'49"]

(03) rondo. allegro scherzando [08'51"]

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)

(04) Symphony for strings No. 4 in c minor (MWV N 4) [08'35"]

Frédéric CHOPIN

Concerto for pianoforte in f minor, op. 21 [29'35"]

(05) maestoso [13'10"]

(06) larghetto [08'10"]

(07) allegro vivace [08'16"]

[encore]

Frédéric CHOPIN

(08) Waltz in a minor, op. 34,2 [05'25"]

links:

Mendelssohn, String symphonies - score No. 4

Chopin, Piano concerto op. 21 - score

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Sunday, 22 February 2026

Handel: Poro - Alessandro Tampieri

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Poro, Re dell'Indie (HWV 28)

opera seria in 3 acts (London, 1731)

libretto: Pietro Metastasio

Dorota Szczepańska, soprano (Cleofide)

Margarita Slepakova, mezzo-soprano (Erissena)

Franko Klisović, alto (Gandarte)

Rafał Tomkiewicz, alto (Poro)

Krzysztof Lachman, tenor (Alessandro)

Przemysław Józef Bałka, bass (Timagene)

Capella Cracoviensis

DIR: ALESSANDRO TAMPIERI

recorded: Feb 14, 2026, Łaźnia Nowa Theatre, Cracow

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

N.B. In the performance the opera was split into two parts.

I have restored the original division in three acts.

included: libretto

(01) act 1 [56'17"]

(02) act 2 [39'46"]

(03) act 3 [51'49"]

Picture: Alexander and Porus during the Battle of the Hydaspes (Charles Le Brun, 1673)

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Przemysław Józef Bałka

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Friday, 20 February 2026

Dowland: Songs and consort music - Charles Daniels, Nigel North, Les Voix Humaines

John DOWLAND

† February 20, 1626

Charles Daniels, tenor

Nigel North, lute

Les Voix Humaines

recorded: Feb 9, 2023, Hamarikyu Asahi Hall, Tokyo

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

source: Dwójka (Warsaw)

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(01) Shall I strive with words to move? [02'29"]

(02) M. Henry Noel his Galliard [02'21"]

(03) Flow my tears [04'02"]

(04) Lachrimae antiquae [04'16"]

(05) My thoughts are wing'd with hopes [02'48"]

(06) Mr. George Whitehead his Almand [01'34"]

(07) Lacrimae antiquae novae [04'07"]

(08) All ye whom love or fortune hath betray'd [04'19"]

(09) Clear or cloudy [03'02"]

(10) Lachrimae gementes [03'50"]

(11) Sir John Smith, his Almaine [02'38"]

(12) Can she excuse my wrongs [02'36"]

(13) The Earl of Essex Galliard [01'16"]

(14) Lasso mia vita [03'16"]

(15) Lachrimae tristes [04'56"]

Stacey BROWN

(16) Lachrime viventium - Lorasirme Ryny their Galliard [07'05"]

John DOWLAND

(17) I must complain, yet do enjoy my love [03'01"]

(18) Lachrimae coactae [03'45"]

(19) If my complaints could passions move [02'44"]

(20) Sir John Souch his Galliard [01'23"]

(21) Lachrimae amantis [04'41"]

(22) Sweet stay awhile [03'00"]

(23) Lachrimae verae [05'14"]

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Giovanni Battista Sammartini - Miserere

Thursday, 19 February 2026

Sammartini: Miserere - Cappella Murensis & Capriccio Basel

Giovanni Battista SAMMARTINI

(c1700 - 1775)

Miserere

Cappella Murensis

Capriccio Basel

DIR: JOHANNES STROBL

recorded: July 2008, Fribourg

period instruments

lossless (flac)

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Giovanni Battista SAMMARTINI (c1700-1775)

(01) Miserere [32'18"]

(02) Beatus vir in D [06'25"]

[Marcus Niedermeyr, bass]

Johann Christian BACH (1735-1782)

(03) Magnificat in C (Warb E 22) [10'54"]

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Tuesday, 17 February 2026

Legrenzi: Cantatas & duets - Concerto Soave (Jean-Marc Aymes)

Giovanni LEGRENZI

(1626 - 1690)

Cantatas & duets

Concerto Soave

DIR: JEAN-MARC AYMES

recorded: Sept 21, 2024, Chiesa dei Santi Defendente e Rocco, Clusone

[Festival musicale internazionale Giovanni Legrenzi 2024]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

Lise Viricel, soprano

Romain Bockler, baritone

Manon Papasergio, cello

Ulrik Gaston Larsen, archlute

Jean-Marc Aymes, harpsichord

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(01) Di due fiamme ad una sfera [04'46"]

(02) Del matin sú l'oriz(z)onte [07'39"]

(03) Pene, non mi lasciate [07'10"]

(04) Amo piú la lontananza [06'05"]

(05) Mia ragione, all'armi, alla'rmi [04'56"]

(06) Sorgea dal sen di Lete [07'19"]

(07) Non è amante chi non piange [03'37"]

(08) Uscite, pianti, uscite [06'11"]

(09) Amore e virtú mi battono l'alma [06'21"]

(10) Spera mio cor, chi sà [04'34"]

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La Cetra Barockorchester Basel

Sunday, 15 February 2026

Cimarosa: L'Olimpiade - Andrea Marcon

Domenico CIMAROSA

(1749 - 1801)

L'Olimpiade

dramma per musica in 2 acts (Vicenza, 1784)

libretto: Pietro Metastasio

Jone Martínez, soprano (Aristea)

Chelsea Zurflüh, soprano (Argene)

Daniela Mack, mezzo-soprano (Megacle)

Olivia Vermeulen, mezzo-soprano (Licida)

Jorge Franco, tenor (Clistene)

Marcello Nardis, tenor (Aminta)

La Cetra Barockorchester Basel

DIR: ANDREA MARCON

recorded: Jan 31, 2026, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

period instruments

lossless (flac)

included:

programme performance (NL) [pdf]

liner-notes & libretto [pdf]

(01) act 1 [59'56"]

(02) act 2 [1.27'59"]

Picture: Les Jeux olympiques (Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours, 1791)

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