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)

links: 

Poro

score

Dorota Szczepańska

Margarita Slepakova

Franko Klisović

Rafał Tomkiewicz

Krzysztof Lachman

Przemysław Józef Bałka

Capella Cracoviensis

download: 

1Fichier

Gofile

Pixeldrain

Workupload

--------------------------------

Facebook

X (Twitter)

Bluesky

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)

Comment on Facebook

(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"]

links: 

scores

Stacey Brown

Charles Daniels

Nigel North

Les Voix Humaines

download: 

1Fichier

Gofile

Pixeldrain

Workupload

-----------------------------

Facebook

X (Twitter)

Bluesky

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)

Comment on Facebook

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"]

links: 

Giovanni Battista Sammartini - Miserere

Cappella Murensis

Capriccio Basel

download:

1Fichier

Gofile

Pixeldrain

Workupload

------------------------------

Facebook

X (Twitter)

Bluesky

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

Comment on Facebook

(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"]

links: 

Giovanni Legrenzi

scores

Concerto Soave

download: 

1Fichier

Gofile

Pixeldrain

Workupload

----------------------------------

Facebook

X (Twitter)

Bluesky

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)

links: 

Domenico Cimarosa

L'Olimpiade

score

Jone Martínez

Chelsea Zurflüh

Daniela Mack

Olivia Vermeulen

Jorge Franco

Marcello Nardis

La Cetra Barockorchester Basel

download:

1Fichier

Gofile

Pixeldrain

Workupload

------------------------------

Facebook

X (Twitter)

Bluesky

Haydn & Mozart: Orchestral works - Il Giardino Armonico (Giovanni Antonini)

 

Franz Joseph HAYDN

&

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

Orchestral works

Il Giardino Arrmonico

DIR: GIOVANNI ANTONINI

recorded: Dec 13, 2024, Toppan Hall, Tokyo

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

Divertimento in D (KV 136) [17'21"]

(01) allegro [06'00"]

(02) andante [07'28"]

(03) presto [03'52"]

Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)

Symphony in c minor (H I,52) [27'43"]

(04) allegro [08'50"]

(05) andante [10'34"]

(06) menuetto - trio. allegretto [02'51"]

(07) finale. presto [05'28"]

Arvo PÄRT (*1935)

(08) Da pacem, Domine [04'58"]

Samuel SCHEIDT (1587-1654)

(09) Paduan dolorosa [04'14"]

Franz Joseph HAYDN

Symphony in e minor 'Trauer' (H I,44) [26'28"]

(10) allegro con brio [09'01"]

(11) menuetto - trio. allegretto [04'10"]

(12) adagio [08'14"]

(13) finale. presto [05'04"]

[encore]

Christoph Willibald VON GLUCK (1714-1787)

Don Juan, ballet (Wq 52): 

(14) larghetto - allegro non troppo [06'09"]

links:

Mozart, Divertimento KV 136 - score

Haydn, Symphony No. 44 - score

Haydn, Symphony No. 52 - score

Pärt, Da pacem, Domine

Il Giardino Armonico

download:

1Fichier

Gofile

Pixeldrain

Workupload

-------------------------

Facebook

X (Twitter)

Bluesky

Philidor: Carmen saeculare - Florian Heyerick

 

François-André Danican PHILIDOR

(1726 - 1795)

Carmen saeculare

cantata in a prologue and 4 parts (London, 1779)

texts: Quintus Horatius Flaccus

Annika Gerhards, soprano

Anne Bierwirth, contralto

Stephan Van Dyck, tenor

Benoît Giaux, bass

Vocal ensemble Ex Tempore

Mannheimer Hofkapelle

DIR: FLORIAN HEYERICK

recorded: Sept 7, 2012, Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht

[Musica Sacra Maastricht 2012]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

included:

programme (NL) [pdf]

liner-notes (E) [pdf]

lyrics & translations [pdf]

Comment on Facebook

(01) overture [04'36"]

(02) Prologus & Prima Pars [06'49"]

(03) Secunda Pars [17'01"]

(04) Tertia Pars [12'56"]

(05) Quarta Pars [37'45"]

Picture: Title page of Carmen saeculare

links: 

Horace, Carmen saeculare

François-André Danican Philidor - score

Annika Gerhards

Anne Bierwirth

Stephan Van Dyck

Benoît Giaux

Ex Tempore

Mannheimer Hofkapelle

download:

1Fichier

Gofile

Pixeldrain

Workupload

---------------------------

Facebook

X (Twitter)

Bluesky

Oriental Tales - {oh} Orkiestra (Martyna Pastuszka)

 

Oriental Tales

{oh} Orkiestra

DIR: MARTYNA PASTUSZKA

recorded: Sept 19, 2025, Philharmonie, Brașov

[Bucharest Early Music Festival 2024]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps)

Comment on Facebook

Henry PURCELL (1659-1695)

(01) Distress'd Innocence, or The Princess of Persia (Z 577), 

incidental music [15'00"]

François COUPERIN (1668-1733)

(02) La Sultanne [10'19"]

Michel CORRETTE (1707-1795)

(03) Le Phénix, concerto [10'14"]

Andreas Anton SCHMELZER (1653-1701) (attr)

(04) Sonata Die Türkenschlacht bei Wien 1683 [13'28"]

Michel CORRETTE

(05) Concerto comique No. 25 'Les Sauvages et la Fürstemberg' [09'55"]

Picture: Oriental merchants in front of a Mediterranean port 

(c1760, school of Jean-Baptiste Le Prince)

links:

Purcell, Distress'd Innocence - score

Couperin, score La Sultanne

Michel Corrette - scores

Andreas Anton Schmelzer

{oh} Orkiestra

download:

1Fichier

Gofile

Pixeldrain

Workupload

----------------------------

Facebook

X (Twitter)

Bluesky

Salomon: Médée et Jason - Reinoud Van Mechelen

 

Joseph-François SALOMON

(1649 - 1732)

Médée et Jason

tragédie en musique in a prologue and 5 acts (Paris, 1713)

libretto: Simon-Joseph Pellegrin

Lore Binon, soprano (Melpomène, Nérine)

Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, soprano (Médée)

Annelies Van Gramberen, soprano (Cléone, Europe)

Mélissa Petit, soprano (Créuse)

Virginie Thomas, soprano (Une Corinthienne, 

Une magicienne, Une matelote, Une nymphe)

Reinoud Van Mechelen, haute-contre (Jason)

Arnaud Le Dû, tenor (Première furie)

Maxime Melnik, tenor (Un corinthien, Un garde, 

Un magicien, Deuxième matelot, Un plaisir)

Renaud Tripathi, tenor (Un matelot)

Samuel Namotte, baritone (Arcas, Deuxième Furie)

Philippe Favette, bass-baritone (Troisième matelot, 

Troisième furie, Un démon)

Cyril Costanzo, bass (Apollon, Créon, Jupiter)

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

A nocte temporis

DIR: REINOUD VAN MECHELEN

recorded: July 12, 2025, Grand Manège, Namur

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

booklet with lyrics included

Comment on Facebook

(01) prologue [26'35"]

(02) act 1 [25'20"]

(03) act 2 [20'03"]

(04) act 3 [19'48"]

(05) act 4 [30'19"]

(06) act 5 [31'19"]

Picture: Jason and Medea (Charles-André van Loo, 1759)

links: 

Joseph-François Salomon

score

review (D)

Lore Binon

Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur

Annelies Van Gramberen

Mélissa Petit

Virginie Thomas

Reinoud Van Mechelen

Arnaud Le Dû

Maxime Melnik

Renaud Tripathi

Samuel Namotte

Philippe Favette

Cyril Costanzo

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

A Nocte Temporis

download:

1Fichier

Gofile

Pixeldrain

Workupload

----------------------------

Facebook

X (Twitter)

Bluesky

Bach, Handel & Telemann - Freiburger Barockorchester

 

Bach - Handel - Telemann

Orchestral works

Freiburger Barockorchester

Gottfried von der Goltz, Hanna Visser, 

Judith von der Goltz, violin

DIR: GOTTFRIED VON DER GOLTZ

recorded: June 26, 2025, Ludwigskirche, Saarbrücken

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

Comment on Facebook 

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

(01) Overture in C (BWV 1066) [19'41"]

George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)

Belshazzar (HWV 61): 

(02) suite [07'03"]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)

(03) Concerto for 3 violins, strings and bc in F (TWV 54,F1) [13'52"]

(04) Overture in D (TWV 55,D18) [17'46"]

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714-1788)

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

Georg Philipp TELEMANN

Overture in D (TWV 55,D1): 

(06) ouverture [06'22"]

(07) Conclusion in D (TWV 50,9) [06'50"]

[encore]

George Frideric HANDEL

Solomon (HWV 67): 

(08) The arrival of the Queen of Sheba [03'28"]

Picture: Title page of Telemann's Musique de table

links: 

Freiburger Barockorchester

download: 

1Fichier

Gofile

Pixeldrain

Workupload

-----------------------------

Facebook

X (Twitter)

Bluesky