Classical Music In Concert

Sunday, 26 April 2026

Bach: Missae breves (BWV 233-236) - Hans-Christoph Rademann

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Missae breves

(BWV 233 - 236)

Yeree Suh, soprano

Marie Henriette Reinhold, contralto

Guy Cutting, tenor

Peter Harvey, bass

JSB Ensemble

DIR: HANS-CHRISTOPH RADEMANN

recorded: March 22, 2026, HMDK Stuttgart

[Internationales Bachfest Stuttgart 2026]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

Missa in G (BWV 236) [26'03"]

(01) Kyrie [03'58"]

(02) Gloria [22'06"]

Missa in g minor (BWV 235) [25'31"]

(03) Kyrie [06'03"]

(04) Gloria [19'28"]

Missa in A (BWV 234) [29'46"]

(05) Kyrie [06'09"]

(06) Gloria [23'37"]

Missa in F (BWV 233) [25'01"]

(07) Kyrie [04'18"]

(08) Gloria [20'42"]

Picture: cover of three masses, copied by

Johann Christoph Altnickol & Georg Johann Daniel Poelchau

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Missae breves

scores

Yeree Suh

Marie Henriette Reinhold

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Friday, 24 April 2026

Reincken: Keyboard works - Edoardo Bellotti

Johann Adam REINCKEN

(1643 - 1722)

Keyboard works

Edoardo Bellotti, harpsichord & organ

(† Feb 27, 2025)

recorded: Oct 22, 2022, Örgryte nya kyrka, Göteborg

[Göteborgs Orgelfestival 2022]

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

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Samuel SCHEIDT (1587-1654)

(01) An Wasserflüssen Babylon [02'12"]

Johann Adam REINCKEN

(02) An Wasserflüssen Babylon [21'04"]

(03) Suite No. 3 in C [10'18"]

(04) Ballet ex E [08'01"]

(05) Toccata in g minor [06'40"]

(06) Toccata in G [09'47"]

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Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

Thursday, 23 April 2026

Farewell to the Baroque - Orkiestra Kore

Farewell to the Baroque

Orkiestra Kore

Katarzyna Anna Olszewska, violin

Teodoro Baù, viola da gamba

recorded: August 11, 2023, Monastery of Goscikowo-Paradyż, Paradyż

[Festiwal Muzyka w Raju 2023]

period instruments

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Carl Heinrich GRAUN (1704-1759)

(01) Overture for strings and bc in C [05'41"]

Carl Friedrich ABEL (1723–1787)

Concerto for viola da gamba, strings and bc in G (A9:2) [17'03"]

(02) moderato [06'08"]

(03) adagio ma non troppo [05'42']

(04) allegro [05'12"]

Johann Gottlieb GRAUN (1703–1771)

Concerto for violin, strings and bc in A (GraunWV A:XIII:10) [19'10"]

(05) andante [07'07"]

(06) largo [06'13"]

(07) allegro [05'49"]

Johann Christoph Friedrich BACH (1732–1795)

Symphony in d minor (HW I,3; BR JCFB C 4) [08'51"]

(08) allegro [03'30"]

(09) andante amoroso [02'57"]

(10) allegro assai [02'23"]

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714–1788)

Concerto for cello, strings and bc in a minor (Wq 170; H 432) [27'38"]

(transcription for viola da gamba)

(11) allegro assai [10'39"]

(12) andante [09'33"]

(13) allegro assai [07'25"]

[encore]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681–1767)

Overture for viola da gamba, strings and bc in D (TWV 55,D6):

(14) gigue [03'09"]

Picture: Carl Heinrich Graun

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Carl Heinrich Graun

Johann Gottlieb Graun

Carl Friedrich Abel

Katarzyna Anna Olszewska

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Tuesday, 21 April 2026

Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi - Riccardo Minasi

Vincenzo BELLINI

(1801 - 1835)

I Capuleti e i Montecchi

tragedia lirica in 2 acts (Venice, 1830)

libretto: Felice Romani, after Luigi Scevola

Elsa Dreisig, soprano (Giulietta)

Kate Aldrich, mezzo-soprano (Romeo)

Amitai Pati, tenor (Tebaldo)

Nicolò Donini, bass (Lorenzo)

Antonio Di Matteo, bass (Capellio)

WDR Radio Choir

Ensemble Resonanz

DIR: RICCARDO MINASI

recorded: Feb 22, 2026, Philharmonie, Cologne

modern instruments, period style

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne)

programme (D) included [pdf]

(01) act 1 [80'43"]

(02) act 2 [54'52"]

Picture: titlepage of the libretto of the performance in 1830

links:

I Capuleti e i Montecchi

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Sunday, 19 April 2026

Rameau: Grands Motets - Contraponto (Tetsuro Hanai)

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU

(1683 - 1764)

Grands Motets

Naomi Hanai, dessus

Sachiyo Tamura, dessus

Katsuhiko Nakashima, haute-contre

Ichiro Negishi, taille

Yasunari Tomimoto, taille

Yasuto Kasuga, basse

Choeur Fons Floris

Contraponto

DIR: TETSURO HANAI

recorded: August 31, 2014, Ishibashi Memorial Hall, Tokyo

period instruments

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(01) Quam dilecta tabernacula tua (RCT 15) [23'12"]

(02) Deus noster refugium (RCT 13) [30'22"]

(03) Laboravi clamans (RCT 16) [03'33"]

(04) In convertendo Dominus (RCT 14) [27'27"]

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Brahms, Concerto for violin - score

Friday, 17 April 2026

Brahms & Schumann - Isabelle Faust & Maxim Emelyanychev

Johannes BRAHMS

Robert SCHUMANN

Violin concerto & symphony

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Isabelle Faust, violin

DIR: MAXIM EMELYANYCHEV

recorded: Oct 20, 2023, Residenz, Munich

modern instruments, period style

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: Catalunya Música

programme (D) included [pdf]

Fanny HENSEL-MENDELSSOHN (1805-1847)

(01) Overture in C [09'54"]

Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)

Concerto for violin in D, op. 77 [37'03"]

(02) allegro non troppo [20'43"]

(03) adagio [08'22"]

(04) allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace - poco più presto [07'58"]

[encore]

Nicola MATTEIS (I) (?-1713)

(05) Preludio & Passaggio rotto [04'04"]

Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)

Symphony No. 4 in d minor, op. 120 (version 1851) [28'39"]

(06) ziemlich langsam - lebhaft /

romanze. ziemlich langsam [13'51"]

(07) scherzo. lebhaft - langsam - lebhaft [14'48"]

links:

Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn - Overture in C - score

Schumann, Symphony No. 4 - score

Isabelle Faust

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Thursday, 16 April 2026

Strozzi: A portrait in five acts - Hana Blažíková & Dorothee Mields

Barbara STROZZI

(1619 - 1677)

A portrait in five acts

Hana Blažíková, soprano

Dorothee Mields, soprano

Hathor Consort

DIR: ROMINA LISCHKA

recorded: June 6, 2025, Schottenkirche St. Jakob, Regensburg

[Tage alter Musik Regensburg 2025]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

programme & CD booklet with liner-notes & lyrics included [pdf]

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I. Calliope: Spiritual artist

(01) L'amante modesto, op. 1,13 [01'07"]

(02) Sonetto Proemio dell'opera (Merce di voi) op. 1,1 [05'30"]

(03) Lagrime mie, op. 7,4 (sinfonia) -

Al battitor di bronzo della sua crudelissima drama op. 1,18 [06'03"]

II. Erato: Erotic lover

(04) Begli occhi op. 3,9 [05'17"]

(05) L'eraclito amoroso, op. 2,14 [06'00"]

(06) Godere e tacere, op. 1,9 [03'27"]

III. Melpomena: Corset of society

(07) L'amante segreto, op. 2,16 [06'49"]

(08) Il Romeo, op. 2,3 - Moralità amorosa, op. 3,2 [04'07"]

(09) Sospira, respira, op. 6,17 [02'32"]

(10) Tradimento op. 7,9 [02'24"]

IV. Euterpe: Loving mother

(11) Silentio nocivo, op. 1,6 [03'19"]

(12) Cuore che reprime, ardo in tacito foco, op. 3,1 [06'17"]

(13) Dal pianto, op. 1,21 [03'06"]

Bartolomeo DE SELMA Y SALAVERDE (1595-1640)

(14) Susanna passegiata [06'49"]

V. Thalia: Protected daughter

Barbara STROZZI

(15) Libertà, op. 1,10 [02'28"]

(16) Godere in gioventù, op. 1,12 [02'50"]

(17) La vendetta, op. 2,9 [02'24"]

(18) I baci, op. 2,23 [03'29"]

Picture: Title page of the Op. 2

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Brahms, Intermezzi op. 117

Tuesday, 14 April 2026

Brahms: Clarinet sonatas - Nicola Boud, Anthony Romaniuk

Johannes BRAHMS

(1833 - 1897)

Clarinet sonatas

Nicola Boud, clarinet

Anthony Romaniuk, fortepiano

recorded: March 4, 2026, Fundación Juan March, Madrid

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: Fundación Juan March

instruments:

clarinet: copy after Georg Ottensteiner, c1870

fortepiano: Friedrich Ehrbar, 1883

included: programme (ES) [pdf]

Johannes BRAHMS

Sonata for clarinet and pianoforte in E flat, op. 120,2 [21'07"]

(01) allegro amabile [08'36"]

(02) allegro appassionato [05'15"]

(03) andante con moto - allegro - più tranquillo [07'15"]

(04) Intermezzo in E flat, op. 117,1 [04'17"]

(05) Intermezzo in b flat minor, op. 117,2 [04'08"]

(06) Klage, op. 105,3 [01'41"]

(07) Wie Melodien zieht es mir, op. 105,1 [02'19"]

Carl BAERMANN (1810-1885)

(08) Die kleine Bettlerin, op. 14 [06'17"]

Johannes BRAHMS

(09) Intermezzo in c sharp minor, op. 117,3 [05'53"]

Sonata for clarinet and pianoforte in f minor, op. 120,1 [23'00"]

(10) allegro appassionato [08'00"]

(11) andante un poco adagio [04'54"]

(12) allegretto grazioso [04'21"]

(13) vivace [05'43"]

Picture: Richard Mühlfeld (1856-1907),

for whom Brahms composed his clarinet sonatas

links:

Brahms, Clarinet sonatas

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Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß

Sunday, 12 April 2026

JS Bach: Easter Oratorio & cantatas - Christophe Rousset

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Easter Oratorio & cantatas

Anna El-Khashem, soprano

Mari Askvik, contralto

Nick Pritchard, tenor

Edwin Crossley-Mercer, baritone

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Les Talens Lyriques

DIR: CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET

recorded: April 21, 2025, Philharmonie, Paris

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

(01) Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen (BWV 66) [28'03"]

cantata for the second day of Easter

(02) Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß (BWV 134) [24'35"]

cantata for the third day of Easter

(03) Easter Oratorio (Kommt, eilet und laufet) (BWV 249) [39'36"]

for the first day of Easter

Picture: The Resurrection of Christ (Benvenuto Tisi, 1520)

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Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen

Edwin Crossley-Mercer

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

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