Classical Music In Concert

Francesco Rognoni Taeggio

Sunday, 16 August 2026

Song of Songs - Cantus Thuringia

Song of Songs

Monteverdi, Franck & Schütz

Cantus Thuringia

DIR: CHRISTOPH DITTMAR

recorded: Sept 20, 2025, Palas der Wartburg (Festsaal), Eisenach

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Eucharius HOFFMANN (?-1588)

(01) Veni in hortum meum [06'19"]

anon

(02) Vulnerasti cor meum [03'08"]

Girolamo FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643)

(03) Partite sopra la Monica [05'43"]

Claudio MONTEVERDI (1567-1643)

(04) O quam pulchra es amica mea (SV 317) [04'51"]

Vespro della Beata Vergine (SV 206):

(05) Pulchra es amica mea [03'43"]

Francesco ROGNONI TAEGGIO (?-1626 or later)

(06) Pulchra es amica mea (Palestrina) [04'11"]

Georg PATERMANN (1580s-after 1628)

(07) Quam pulchrae sunt mammae tuae [05'06"]

Melchior FRANCK (c1579-1639)

(08) Ich schlafe, aber mein Herz wachet a 8 [03'59"]

(09) Fahet uns die Füchse a 6 [02'41"]

(10) O dass ich dich, mein Bruder a 6 [02'39"]

(11) Ich sucht' des Nachts in meinem Bette a 6 [02'32"]

(12) Wohl dem, der ein tugendsam Weib hat a 8 [03'23"]

(13) Steh auf, meine Freundin a 8 [05'22"]

Heinrich SCHÜTZ (1585-1672)

(14) Wohl dem, der ein tugendsam Weib hat (SWV 20) [08'00"]

(15) Stehe auf, meine Freundin (SWV 498) [08'57"]

[encore]

Melchior VULPIUS (c1570-1615)

(16) Hinunter ist der Sonne Schein [02'22"]

Picture: Illumination of Song of Songs, the Rothschild Mahzor,

Florence, Italy, 1492

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Eucharius Hoffmann

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Friday, 14 August 2026

Spanish polyphony - The Sixteen (Harry Christophers)

Spanish polyphony

Briggs, MacMillan

The Sixteen

DIR: HARRY CHRISTOPHERS

recorded: July 4, 2026, York Minster

[York Early Music Festival 2026]

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Sebastian DE VIVANCO (c1551-1622)

(01) Christus factus est pro nobis a 12 [04'39"]

Cristóbal de MORALES (c1500-1553)

(02) Emendemus in melius a 5 [05'12"]

Sebastian DE VIVANCO

(03) Assumpta est Maria a 6 [02'03"]

Cristóbal DE MORALES

(04) Gaude et laetare ferrariensis civitas a 6 [06'30"]

Kerensa BRIGGS (*1991)

(05) Lead, kindly light [05'06"]

Sebastian DE VIVANCO

(06) Magnificat 8. toni a 8 [10'19"]

Cristóbal DE MORALES

(07) Jubilate Deo omnis terra a 6 [04'54"]

Sebastian DE VIVANCO

(08) O quam suavis est, Domine a 4 [03'40"]

Cristóbal DE MORALES

(09) Exaltata est sancta Dei genitrix a 6 [06'17"]

(10) Lamentabatur Jacob a 5 [10'07"]

Sebastian DE VIVANCO

(11) Caritas Pater est a 9 [03'49"]

James MACMILLAN (*1959)

(12) Nothing in vain [09'36"]

Picture: Sebastian de Vivanco

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Thursday, 13 August 2026

Vivaldi: Tamerlano (Bajazet) - Thibault Noally

Antonio VIVALDI

(1678 - 1741)

Tamerlano (Bajazet)

opera in 3 acts (Verona, 1735) (RV 703)

libretto: Agostino Piovene

Julia Lezhneva, soprano (Irene)

Rinnat Moriah, soprano (Idaspe)

Eva Zaïcik, mezzo-soprano (Andronico)

Anthea Pichanick, contralto (Asteria)

Cameron Shahbazi, alto (Tamerlano)

Renato Dolcini, bass-baritone (Bajazet)

Les Accents

DIR: THIBAULT NOALLY

recorded: April 2, 2026, Müpa, Budapest

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps

libretto included [pdf]

(01) act 1 [62'46"]

(02) act 2 [50'57"]

(03) act 3 [41'11"]

Picture: Timur (Tamerlano) (1320-1405)

(Facial reconstruction from Timur's skull, by Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov)

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Tuesday, 11 August 2026

Mendelssohn: Choral & organ works - Bach-Verein Köln & Michael Bottenhorn

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY

(1809 - 1847)

Choral & organ works

Choir of Bach-Verein Köln

Michael Bottenhorn, organ

DIR: CHRISTOPH SIEBERT

recorded: June 12, 2026, Basilika St. Maria im Kapitol

[Romanischer Sommer 2026]

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soli:

Marina Schuchert, soprano

Katharina Georg, contralto

Leonhard Reso, tenor

Fabian Hemmelmann, bass

(01) Kyrie eleison (WoO 23) [01'18"]

(02) Prelude in G, op. 37,2 [04'06"]

(03) Warum toben die Heiden, op. 78,1 [06'53"]

(04) Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe (WoO 26) [03'33"]

(05) Fugue in e minor [04'38"]

(06) Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen, op. 78,3 [07'05"]

Sonata in D, op. 65,5:

(07) allegro maestoso [04'45"]

(08) Heilig, heilig (WoO 27) [01'35"]

(09) Passacaglia in c minor [05'56"]

(10) Mitten wir im Leben sind, op. 23,3 [07'58"]

(11) Zum Abendsegen (Herr, sei gnädig) (WoO 12) [02'45"]

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Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Sunday, 9 August 2026

Ziani: Requiem & Stabat mater - Étienne Meyer

Marc'Antonio ZIANI

(c1653 - 1715)

Requiem & Stabat mater

Capucine Keller, soprano

Dagmar Šašková, soprano

Paulin Bündgen, alto

Vincent Bouchot, tenor

Renaud Delaigue, bass

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Les Traversées Baroques

DIR: ÉTIENNE MEYER

recorded: July 2, 2026, Grand Manège, Namur

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Marc'Antonio ZIANI

(01) Lectio secundo pro defunctis [08'10"]

Johann Joseph FUX (1660-1741)

(02) Sonata à 3 (K 342) [04'07"]

Marc'Antonio ZIANI

(03) Missa de Requiem &

Johann Joseph FUX: Dies irae [40'03"]

(04) Stabat mater [15'38"]

[encore]

Marc'Antonio ZIANI

La Morte vinta sul Calvario:

(05) Sorga, e d’entro all’Urna istessa (chorus) [05'36"]

Picture: Emperor Joseph I, for whom Ziani may have written his Requiem

(Frans van Stampart, c1705)

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Les Traversées Baroques

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Johann Ernst of Saxe Weimar - parts

Friday, 7 August 2026

Music from baroque Thuringia - amarcord & Thüringer Bach Collegium

Music from baroque Thuringia

amarcord

Rupprecht Johannes Drees, trumpet

Thüringer Bach Collegium

DIR: GERNOT SÜSSMUTH, violin

recorded: August 27, 2023, Palas der Wartburg, Eisenach

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flac

Thanks to the first uploader

JOHANN ERNST, Prince of Saxe-Weimar (1696-1715)

(01) Concerto in e minor, op. 1,3 [06'41"]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)

(02) Sonata for trumpet, strings and bc in D (TWV 44,1) [09'10"]

Johann Georg AHLE (1651-1706)

Die Unstrutische Nachtigall, cantata:

(03) sinfonia [05'21"]

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

(04) Christ lag in Todesbanden, cantata for the first day of Easter (BWV 4) [19'32"]

JOHANN ERNST, Prince of Saxe-Weimar

(05) Concerto in a minor, op. 1,2 [11'19"]

Johann Georg AHLE

(06) Wer gnädig wird beschützet, cantata for the Ratswechsel, Mühlhausen [08'37"]

JOHANN ERNST, Prince of Saxe-Weimar

(07) Concerto in B flat, op. 1,1 [06'46"]

Johann Christoph PEPUSCH (1667-1752),

arr JOHANN ERNST, Prince of Saxe-Weimar

(08) Concerto for trumpet, strings and bc in D [04'02"]

Picture: Red Castle, residence of Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar

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Telemann, score

Johann Georg Ahle

Bach, Cantata BWV 4 - score

Johann Christoph Pepusch

Rupprecht Johannes Drees

amarcord

Thüringer Bach Collegium

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Thursday, 6 August 2026

Mozart: Symphonies & Horn concerto - Johannes Hinterholzer & Maxim Emelyanychev

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

(1756 - 1791)

Symphonies & Horn concerto

Il Pomo d'Oro

Johannes Hinterholzer, horn

DIR: MAXIM EMELYANYCHEV

recorded: July 31, 2026, Concertgebouw, Bruges

[MAFestival 2026]

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Symphony in D (KV 133) [21'44"]

(01) allegro [07'19"]

(02) andante [05'10"]

(03) menuetto - trio [03'46"]

(04) [n.t.] [05'29"]

Concerto for horn and orchestra in E flat (KV 447) [14'28"]

(05) allegro [06'45"]

(06) romance. larghetto [03'51"]

(07) allegro [03'51"]

Symphony in E flat (KV 543) [29'58"]

(08) adagio - allegro [09'46"]

(09) andante con moto [08'03"]

(10) menuetto. allegretto - trio [04'22"]

(11) finale. allegro [07'46"]

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Symphony KV 133

Concerto for horn KV 447

Symphony KV 543

scores

Johannes Hinterholzer

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Tuesday, 4 August 2026

Wagner: Rienzi - Nathalie Stutzmann

Richard WAGNER

(1813 - 1883)

Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen

opera in 5 acts (WWV 49) (Dresden, 1842)

libretto: Richard Wagner (after Edward Bulwer-Lytton)

Jennifer Holloway, soprano (Adriano)

Victoria Randem, soprano (Ein Friedensbote)

Gabriela Scherer, soprano (Irene)

Andreas Schager, tenor (Cola Rienzi)

Matthias Stier, tenor (Baroncelli)

Andreas Bauer Kanabas, bass (Steffano Colonna)

Vitalij Kowaljow, bass (Kardinal Raimondo)

Michael Kupfer-Radecky, bass (Cecco del Vecchio)

Michael Nagy, bass (Paolo Orsini)

Choir and Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele

DIR: NATHALIE STUTZMANN

recorded: July 26, 2026, Festspielhaus, Bayreuth

[Bayreuther Festspiele 2026]

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(01) act 1 [55'18"]

(02) act 2 [57'56"]

(03) act 3 [49'06"]

(04) act 4 [31'18"]

(05) act 5 [22'06"]

Picture: Cola di Rienzo, senator of Rome (1313-1354) (anon, 1646)

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Andreas Bauer Kanabas

Vitalij Kowaljow

Michael Kupfer-Radecky

Michael Nagy

Bayreuther Festspiele

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Sunday, 2 August 2026

Handel Week (7): Joshua - Toomas Siitan

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Joshua

oratorio in 3 parts (HWV 64) (London, 1748)

libretto: Thomas Morell

Maria Valdmaa, soprano (Achsah)

Tuuri Dede, contralto (Othniel)

Ryan Adams, tenor (Angel)

Guy Cutting, tenor (Joshua)

Alvar Tiisler, bass (Caleb)

Tumult Ensemble

Haapsalu Festival Baroque Orchestra

DIR: TOOMAS SIITAN

recorded: July 23, 2026, Cathedral, Haapsalu

[Haapsalu Early Music Festival 2026]

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mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

included: libretto [pdf]

(01) part 1 [52'52"]

(02) part 2 [40'13"]

(03) part 3 [28'19"]

Picture: Joshua and his troops destroying the walls of Jericho (English, 5th century)

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