Haydn: Symphonies 26, 44 & 49 - Orchestra of the 18th Century

 

Franz Joseph HAYDN

(1732 - 1809)

Symphonies 26, 44 & 49

Orchestra of the 18th Century

DIR: ALEXANDER JANICZEK

recorded: March 6, 2026, De Duif, Amsterdam

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Symphony in e minor 'Trauer' (H I,44) [28'05"]

(01) allegro con brio [09'35"]

(02) menuetto e trio. allegretto [04'51"]

(03) adagio [08'27"]

(04) finale. presto [05'12"]

Symphony in d minor 'Lamentazione' (H I,26) [13'48"]

(05) allegro assai con spirito [04'18"]

(06) adagio [05'25"]

(07) menuet e trio [04'06"]

Symphony in f minor 'La Passione' (H I,49) [23'32"]

(08) adagio [09'01"]

(09) allegro di molto [06'44"]

(10) menuet e trio [04'10"]

(11) presto [03'37"]

Picture: The mourning virgin (Lombard school, 18th C)

links: 

Symphony No. 26 - score

Symphony No. 44 - score

Symphony No. 49 - score

Orchestra of the 18th Century

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Charpentier: Méditations & Leçons de Ténèbres - Les Arts Florissants (William Christie)

 

Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER

(1643 - 1704)

Méditations pour le Carême

&

Leçons de Ténèbres

Les Arts Florissants

DIR: WILLIAM CHRISTIE

recorded: April 7, 2023, Artus Court, Gdańsk

[Festival Actus Humanus Resurrectio 2023]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

programme with lyrics (p 77) included [pdf]

(01) Méditations pour le Carême (H 380 - 389) [34'13"]

(02) Troisième leçon de ténèbres du Jeudi Saint (H 124) [13'37"]

(03) Tenebrae factae sunt [04'50"]

(Deuxième répons après la deuxième leçon du deuxième nocturne du Jeudi Saint) (H 129)

(04) Troisième leçon de ténèbres du Vendredi Saint (H 137) [17'38"]

Picture: Sister Mary Memoria Gaspard, SSND (1867-1949)

links: 

Leçons de Ténèbres

scores

Les Arts Florissants

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Handel: Ariodante - Raphaël Pichon

 

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Ariodante

opera seria in 3 acts (HWV 33) (London, 1735)

libretto: anon (after Antonio Salvi, 

based on Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando furioso)

Sabine Devieilhe, soprano (Dalinda)

Jacquelyn Stucker, soprano (Ginevra)

Cecilia Molinari, mezzo-soprano (Ariodante)

Christophe Dumaux, alto (Polinesso)

Enrico Casari, tenor (Odoardo)

Ru Charlesworth, tenor (Lurcanio)

Luca Tittoto, bass-baritone (Il Re di Scozia)

Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris

Pygmalion

DIR: RAPHAËL PICHON

recorded: Oct 3, 2025, Opéra Garnier, Paris

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: RAI Uno (IT)

(01) act 1 [69'24"]

(02) act 2 [67'57"]

(03) act 3 [56'28"]

links: 

Ariodante

libretto

score

Sabine Devieilhe

Jacquelyn Stucker

Cecilia Molinari

Christophe Dumaux

Enrico Casari

Ru Charlesworth

Luca Tittoto

Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris

Pygmalion

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Hasse: Sanctus Petrus et Sancta Maria Magdalena - Dani Espasa

 

Johann Adolf HASSE

(1699 - 1783)

Sanctus Petrus et Sancta Maria Magdalena

Oratorio. Isagoge ad Psalmum Miserere

Venice, 1758

Maria Espada (Maria Jacobe), soprano

Marie Lys (Maria Magdalena), soprano

Rafael Quirant (Joseph), soprano

Anna Alàs i Jové (Maria Salomé), mezzo-soprano

Valer Sabadus (Sanctus Petrus), alto

Vespres d'Arnadí

DIR: DANI ESPASA

recorded: April 17, 2025, Església del Carme, Peralada

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mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: Catalunya Música

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(01) Sanctus Petrus et Sancta Maria Magdalena & 

Miserere in d minor [1.23'33"]

Picture: The Entombment (Garafalo, 1481-1559)

links: 

Johann Adolf Hasse

Sanctus Petrus et Sancta Maria Magdalena

score

Maria Espada

Marie Lys

Rafael Quirant

Anna Alàs i Jové

Valer Sabadus

Vespres d'Arnadí

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Between Church and Synagogue: Monteverdi & Rossi - Profeti della Quinta

 

Between Church and Synagogue:

Monteverdi & Rossi

Profeti della Quinta

DIR.: ELAM ROTEM

recorded: Nov 15, 2025, Herz-Jesu-Kirche, Herne

[Tage alter Musik Herne 2025]

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source: WDR3 (Cologne)

programme & lyrics included

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Salomone ROSSI (c1570-c1630)

(01) Lamnatséah'al hagitít a 8 [03'15"]

(02) Shir hama'alót, ashréy kol yeré adonái a 5 [02'49"]

(03) Sinfonia à 5 [02'59"]

Claudio MONTEVERDI (1567-1643)

(04) Beatus vir qui timet Dominum (SV 268) [08'28"]

(05) Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius (SV 287) [03'52"]

(06) Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (SV 272) [04'30"]

Salomone ROSSI

(07) Sinfonia X [02'13"]

(08) Mizmór letodáh a 5 [01'56"]

(09) Haleluyáh, halelì nafshì 'et 'adonáy a 4 [03'32"]

Elam ROTEM (*1984)

(10) Iti milevanon kala [09'49"]

(11) The Lamentation of David [10'43"]

Salomone ROSSI

(12) Yitgadal veyitkadash a 5 [04'21"]

Picture: Title page of the first edition of 'Hashirim asher leSholomo' 

(Venice: Pietro e Lorenzo Bragadino, 1623)

links: 

Salomone Rossi - Ha-shirim asher li-Shlomo

scores Rossi

scores Monteverdi

Profeti della Quinta

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Haydn: Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze - Riccardo Minasi

 

Franz Joseph HAYDN

(1734 - 1809)

Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze

(H XX,1a)

Ensemble Resonanz

DIR: RICCARDO MINASI

recorded: March 7, 2026, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

modern instruments, period style

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL)

(01) L'Introduzione. maestoso ed adagio [05'35"]

(02) Sonata I. largo: Pater, Pater, dimitte illis quia nesciunt quid faciunt [07'02"]

(03) Sonata II. grave e cantabile: Hodie mecum eris in Paradiso [08'27"]

(04) Sonata III. grave: Ecce mulier filius tuus [10'40"]

(05) Sonata IV. largo: Deus meus, Deus meus et quid dereliquisti me [07'50"]

(06) Sonata V. adagio: Sitio [09'32"]

(07) Sonata VI. lento: Consummatum est [07'40"]

(08) Sonata VII. largo: In manus tuas Domine, commendo Spiritum meum [07'43"]

(09) Il terremoto. Presto con tutta la forza [02'13"]

Picture: The Crucifixion (Fra Angelico [Guido di Pietro], c1420-1423)

links: 

Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze

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Ensemble Resonanz

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Handel: Teseo - Alessandro Moccia

 

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Teseo

opera seria in 5 acts (HWV 9) (London, 1713)

libretto: Nicola Francesco Haym (after Philippe Quinault, Thésée)

Carlotta Colombo, soprano (Medea, Teseo*)

Anna Koehler, soprano (Clizia, Teseo*)

Teresa Marut, soprano (Agilea, Teseo*)

Matylda Staśto-Kotuła, mezzo-soprano (Egeo)

Kacper Szelążek, alto (Arcane)

Marek Opaska, bass (Sacerdote di Minerva)

Capella Cracoviensis

DIR: ALESSANDRO MOCCIA

recorded: Feb 19, 2026, ICE, Cracow

(*) The role of Teseo was shared by the three sopranos. 

Anna Koehler ([27] Quanto, quanto ch'a me sian care, [29] Non so piu che bramar), 

Carlotta Colombo ([40] S'armi il fato), 

Teresa Marut ([57] Chi ritorna alla mia mente).

(Thanks to Dariusz)

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libretto included

(01) act 1 [44'23"]

(02) act 2 & act 3 (sc 1) [32'19"]

(03) act 3 (sc 2-3) & act 4 [33'28"]

(04) act 5 [16'28"]

Picture: Theseus - ancient Roman fresco (45-79 AD; Herculaneum)

links: 

Theseus

Handel, Teseo - score

Carlotta Colombo

Anna Koehler

Teresa Marut

Matylda Staśto-Kotuła

David Hansen

Kacper Szelążek

Capella Cracoviensis

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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

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source: BR Klassik (Munich)

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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

Sumi Hwang

Julia Böhme

Tobias Hunger

Tobias Berndt

Bavarian Radio Choir

Lautten Compagney Berlin

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Chopin Birthday Concerts - Mateusz Dubiel & Piotr Pawlak

 

Chopin Birthday Concerts

Mateusz Dubiel, fortepiano

Piotr Pawlak, fortepiano

Arte dei Suonatori quintet

I

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

II

Piotr Pawlak, fortepiano [Érard, 1858]

Arte dei Suonatori quintet

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

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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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Mazurkas op. 41

Barcarolle op. 60

Sonata op. 58

Polonaise-Fantasia op. 61

Concerto op. 21

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Mateusz Dubiel

Piotr Pawlak

Arte dei Suonatori

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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

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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: 

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber - scores

Johann Jacob Froberger

JS Bach, BWV 1016

JS Bach, BWV 1023

scores Bach

Rachel Podger

Marcin Świątkiewicz

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