Classical Music In Concert

Thursday, 22 October 2026

Bach Week (5): Reconstructions - The Bach Ensemble (Joshua Rifkin)

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Reconstructions

The Bach Ensemble

Gabriele Hierdeis, soprano

Stephen Hammer, oboe d'amore

DIR: JOSHUA RIFKIN

recorded: August 12, 2011, Oberkirche, Arnstadt

[Bach:Sommer 2011]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

Thanks to the first uploader

(01-04) Overture No 3 in D (BWV 1068a) [20'44"]

(Version for strings and bc, possibly the first version)

(05-07) Concerto for oboe d'amore, strings and bc in A (BWV 1055R) [14'47"]

(Reconstruction of what probably was the first version of the

Concerto for harpsichord, strings and bc, BWV 1055)

(08-16) O! angenehme Melodei,

cantata for soprano and orchestra (BWV 210a) [32'39"]

(Only the soprano part has been preserved.

The cantata has been reconstructed with material from other cantatas)

Picture: first page of the manuscript of the Overture No. 3

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Purcell, Hear my prayer - score

Bach Week (4): Cantatas for bass - Stephan MacLeod, Gli Angeli Genève

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Cantatas for bass

BWV 56, 82 & 156

Stephan MacLeod, bass

Gli Angeli Genève

DIR: STEPHAN MACLEOD

recorded: August 29, 2026, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

[Festival Early Music Utrecht 2026]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

Henry PURCELL (1659-1695)

(01) Hear my prayer, O Lord a 8 (Z 15) [02'16"]

Johann Sebastian BACH

(02) Ich habe genug (BWV 82),

cantata for the Purification of Mary [21'27"]

Antonio LOTTI (1667-1740)

Credo in F:

(03) Crucifixus a 8 [02'59"]

Johann Sebastian BACH

(04) Der Friede sei mit dir (BWV 158),

cantata for the 3rd day of Easter or the Purification of Mary [10'57"]

Johann Christoph BACH (1642-1703)

(05) Es ist nun aus mit meinem Leben [05'53"]

Johann Sebastian BACH

(06) Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen (BWV 56),

cantata for the 19th Sunday after Trinity [19'34"]

[encore]

Fanny HENSEL-MENDELSSOHN (1805-1847)

(07) Schilflied (H. 445) [03'40"]

Picture: Title page of the manuscript of Cantata BWV 82

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Antonio Lotti - Crucifixus - score

Johann Christoph Bach - score

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Wednesday, 21 October 2026

Bach Week (3): Metamorphoses - NeoBarock

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Metamorphoses - Early versions & arrangements

NeoBarock

recorded: Nov 25, 2012, Trinitatiskirche, Cologne

period instruments

lossless (flac)

Völker Möller, Katka Ozaki, violin

Maren Ries, Anne von Hoff, violin & viola

Johannes Platz, viola

Ariane Spiegel, cello

Tobias Lampelzammer, violone

Fritz Siebert, harpsichord

(01-03) Sonata for two violins and bc in d minor (after BWV 1043) [14'27"]

(reconstruction: Völker Möller)

(04-06) Concerto for harpsichord, strings and bc in g minor (BWV 1058) [12'06"]

(07-09) Concerto for violin, strings and bc in d minor (BWV 1052R) [24'03"]

(reconstruction: Völker Möller)

(10-12) Concerto for viola, strings and bc in E flat (after BWV 1053) [20'15"]

(reconstruction: Wilfried Fischer, NBA)

(13-15) Concerto for 3 violins, strings and bc in D (BWV 1064R) [17'22"]

(reconstruction: Völker Müller)

Picture: manuscript BWV 1058

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Tuesday, 20 October 2026

Bach Week (2): Cantatas BWV 22, 23 & 75 - Netherlands Bach Society (Sigiswald Kuijken)

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Cantatas BWV 22, 23 & 75

Hana Blažíková, soprano

Damien Guillon, alto

Thomas Hobbs, tenor

Peter Kooij, bass

Netherlands Bach Society

DIR: SIGISWALD KUIJKEN

recorded: April 22, 2016, Grote Kerk, Naarden

period instruments

source: NPO Klassiek (NL)

(01) Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe (BWV 22),

cantata for Sunday Estomihi [16'38"]

(02) Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn (BWV 23),

cantata for Sunday Estomihi [19'04"]

Die Elenden sollen essen (BWV 75),

cantata for the 1st Sunday after Trinity [29'51"]

(03) [Prima parte] [17'25"]

(04) Seconda parte [12'26"]

Picture: title page of Cantata BWV 22

links:

Netherlands Bach Society

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Monday, 19 October 2026

Bach Week (1): Brandenburg Concertos - Concentus musicus Wien (Stefan Gottfried)

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Brandenburg Concertos

(BWV 1046 - 1051)

Concentus musicus Wien

DIR: STEFAN GOTTFRIED

(harpsichord)

recorded: July 20, 2019, Helmut List-Halle, Graz

[Styriarte 2019]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

Thanks to the poster of the video capture

(01-04) Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F (BWV 1046) [18'54"]

(05-07) Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F (BWV 1047) [11'41"]

(08-09) Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G (BWV 1048) [11'42"]

(10-12) Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G (BWV 1049) [15'51"]

(13-15) Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D (BWV 1050) [21'28"]

(16-18) Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat (BWV 1051) [17'32"]

Picture: Title page of the Brandenburg Concertos

links:

Brandenburg Concertos

scores

Concentus musicus Wien

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Sunday, 18 October 2026

Music for St Magdalene - Cappella Pratensis

Apostola Apostolorum -

Music for St Magdalene

Cappella Pratensis

DIR: TIM BRAITHWAITE

recorded: Sept 25, 2026, Klosterbasilika Knechtsteden, Dormagen

[Festival Alte Musik Knechtsteden 2026]

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

[Mass]

plainchant

(01) [introitus] Gaudeamus omnes [04'42"]

Nicolas CHAMPION (c1475-1533)

Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena:

(02) Kyrie [03'23"]

(03) Gloria [05'13"]

GOTTSCHALK VON AACHEN (?-after 1099)

(04) [sequentia] Laus tibi Christe [05'00"]

Nicolas CHAMPION

Missa de Sanctia Maria Magdalena:

(05) Credo [07'22"]

plainchant

(06) [prefatio] Vere dignum et justum est [02'38"]

Nicolas CHAMPION

Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena:

(07) Sanctus &

Pierre de LA RUE (c1452-1518): O salutaris hostia [06'46"]

plainchant

(08) Pater noster [00'57"]

Nicolas CHAMPION

Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena:

(09) Agnus Dei [04'07"]

plainchant

(10) [communio] Diffusa est gratia [01'05"]

[Vespers]

plainchant

(11) [invitatorium] Deus in adiutorium [00'52"]

plainchant - anon

(12) [antiphona] Mundi fastum abdicavit - Laudate pueri [05'32"]

plainchant - anon

(13) [antiphona] Quando Martha satagebat - Dixit Dominus [05'33"]

plainchant

(14) [hymnus] Sidus solare [03'13"]

plainchant - anon

(15) [antiphona] Fidelis sermo - Magnificat [16'24"]

Picture: Mary Magdalene (anon 16th century woodcut)

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Friday, 16 October 2026

Sonatas with varied reprises - Evgeny Sviridov, Olga Pashchenko

Sonatas with varied reprises

Evgeny Sviridov, violin

Alexander Scherf, cello

Liza Solovey, theorbo

Olga Pashchenko, harpsichord

recorded: Nov 14, 2024, Kreuzkirche, Herne

[Tage alter Musik Herne 2024]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

included: booklet Tage alter Musik with liner-notes (D) [pdf]

Giuseppe TARTINI (1692-1770)

(01-03) Sonata in g minor, op. 2,7 [10'49"]

Franz BENDA (1709-1786)

(04-06) Sonata No. 17 in a minor (L3.118) [15'04"]

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714-1788)

(07-09) Sonata in d minor (Wq 50,4 / H 139) [10'53"]

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

(10-13) Partita in b minor (BWV 1002) [13'22"]

Franz BENDA

(14-16) Sonata No. 27 in G (L3.86) [13'16"]

Picture: CPE Bach, VI Sonates pour le clavecin avec reprises variées, 1760

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Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno

Thursday, 15 October 2026

Verdi: Macbeth - Marcus Bosch

Giuseppe VERDI

(1813 - 1901)

Macbeth

opera in 4 acts (Florence, 1847)

libretto: Francesco Maria Piave & Andrea Maffei

Leah Gordon, soprano (Lady Macbeth)

Julia Rutigliano, mezzo-soprano

(Dama di compagnia Lady Macbeth)

Santiago Bürgi, tenor (Malcolm)

David Esteban, tenor (Macduff)

Thomas Weinhappel, baritone (Macbeth)

Daniel Dropulja, bass-baritone (Sicario)

Rory Dunne, bass-baritone (Araldo,

Domestico di Macbeth, Medico)

Don Lee, bass (Banco)

Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno

Cappella Aquileia

DIR: MARCUS BOSCH

recorded: July 16, 2026, Festspielhaus, Heidenheim

[Opernfestspiele Heidenheim 2026]

modern instruments, period style

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

(01) act 1 [46'43"]

(02) act 2 [28'40"]

(03) act 3 [21'49"]

(04) act 4 [33''08"]

links:

libretto (IT/E)

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Tuesday, 13 October 2026

Beethoven - Kit Armstrong, Ilya Gringolts, Christian Poltéra & Jan Caeyers

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 - 1827)

Triple concerto & Symphony No. 3

Le Concert Olympique

Kit Armstrong, piano

Ilya Gringolts, violin

Christian Poltéra, cello

DIR: JAN CAEYERS

recorded: Sept 13, 2026, Beethovenhalle, Bonn

[Beethovenfest 2026]

modern instruments, period style

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

Concerto for pianoforte, violin, cello and orchestra in C, op. 56

'Triple Concerto' [34'35"]

(01) allegro [17'29"]

(02) largo - rondo alla polacca [17'25"]

Symphony No. 3 in E flat, op. 55 'Eroica' [49'03"]

(03) allegro con brio [17'13"]

(04) marcia funèbre. adagio assai [13'51"]

(05) scherzo. allegro vivace - trio [05'59"]

(06) finale. allegro molto - poco andante - presto [12'01"]

Picture: Concert hall of Augarten Palace, Vienna, where the

first public performance of the Triple Concerto took place (1808)

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