Classical Music In Concert

Sunday, 8 March 2026

Maximilian III Joseph of Bavaria: Stabat mater - Wolfgang Katschner

MAXIMILIAN III JOSEPH of Bavaria

(1727 - 1777)

Stabat mater

Sumi Hwang, soprano

Julia Böhme, contralto

Tobias Hunger, tenor

Tobias Berndt, baritone

Bavarian Radio Choir

Lautten Compagney Berlin

DIR: WOLFGANG KATSCHNER

recorded: Feb 27, 2015, Herz-Jesu-Kirche, Munich

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: BR Klassik (Munich)

Thanks to the first uploader

Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)

(01-03) Salve Regina in g minor (H XXIIIb,2) [20'29"]

MAXIMILIAN III JOSEPH, Elector of Bavaria

(04-06) Sinfonia in D [11'44"]

(07-19) Stabat Mater in c minor [43'32"]

Picture: Pietà (Oleg Supereco, *1974)

links:

Haydn, Salve Regina - score

Maximilian III Joseph of Bavaria - Stabat mater - score

Lautten Compagney Berlin

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Polonaise-Fantasia op. 61

Friday, 6 March 2026

Chopin Birthday Concerts - Mateusz Dubiel & Piotr Pawlak

Chopin Birthday Concerts

Mateusz Dubiel, fortepiano

Piotr Pawlak, fortepiano

Arte dei Suonatori quintet

Mateusz Dubiel, fortepiano [Érard, 1838]

recorded: March 1, 2026, Frédéric Chopin Museum, Żelazowa Wola

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

(01) Nocturne in E flat major, op. 55,2

(02) Mazurka in e minor, op. 41,1

(03) Mazurka in B, op. 41,2

(04) Mazurka in A flat, op. 41,3

(05) Mazurka in c sharp minor, op. 41,4

(06) Barcarolle in F sharp, op. 60

Sonata in b minor, op. 58

(07) allegro maestoso

(08) scherzo. molto vivace

(09) largo

(10) finale. presto non tanto

[encore]

(11) Waltz in A flat, op. 42

Piotr Pawlak, fortepiano [Érard, 1858]

Arte dei Suonatori quintet

recorded: March 1, 2026, Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio, Warsaw

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

Sonata in a minor (KV 310)

(01) improvised introduction

(02) allegro maestoso

(03) andante cantabile con espressione

(04) presto

Frédéric CHOPIN

Polonaise-Fantasia in A flat, op. 61

Concerto for pianoforte No. 2 in f minor, op. 21

(arr. Kevin Kenner and Krzysztof Dombek)

(06) maestoso

(07) larghetto

(08) allegro vivace

[encore]

(09) Nocturne in c sharp minor, op. posth.

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Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber - scores

Thursday, 5 March 2026

Biber & Bach: Violin sonatas - Rachel Podger & Marcin Świątkiewicz

Heinrich Ignaz Franz BIBER

Johann Sebastian BACH

Violin sonatas

Rachel Podger, violin

Marcin Świątkiewicz, harpsichord

recorded: Jan 21, 2026, Paterskirche, Kempen

period instruments

lossless (flac)

Heinrich Ignaz Franz BIBER (1644-1704)

(01) Sonata for violin and bc No. 1 in A [12'19"]

[Sonatae, Violino solo, 1681]

(02) Sonata for violin and bc No. 5 in e minor [09'29"]

[Sonatae, Violino solo, 1681]

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

(03-06) Sonata for harpsichord and violin in E (BWV 1016) [15'40"]

(07-09) Sonata for violin and bc in e minor (BWV 1023) [12'12"]

Johann Jacob FROBERGER (1616-1667)

(10) Suite XXX for harpsichord in a minor (FbWV 630) [09'45"]

Heinrich Ignaz Franz BIBER

(11) Sonata for violin and bc No. 3 in F [13'31"]

[Sonatae, Violino solo, 1681]

[encore]

anon

(12) A Scottish Tune [02'59"]

Picture: title page of Biber's sonatas of 1681

links:

Johann Jacob Froberger

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Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Handel: Orlando - Thibault Noally

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Orlando

opera seria in 3 acts (London, 1733) (HWV 31)

libretto: anon (after Carlo Sigismondo Capece,

based on Ludivico Ariosto, Orlando furioso)

Julia Pliś, soprano (Dorinda)

Joanna Sojka, soprano (Angelica)

Kangmin Justin Kim, alto (Medoro)

Tim Mead, alto (Orlando)

Nicolas Brooymans, bass (Zoroastro)

Capella Cracoviensis

DIR: THIBAULT NOALLY

recorded: Feb 4, 2026, ICE, Cracow

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

source: Dwójka (PL)

included: libretto [pdf]

(01) act 1 [61'46"]

(02) act 2 [48'48"]

(03) act 3 [47'03"]

Picture: Angelica and Medoro (Sebastiano Ricci, c1716)

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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

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

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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)

links:

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"]

links:

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)

links:

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

period instruments

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)

links:

Przemysław Józef Bałka

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