Classical Music In Concert

La Cetra Barockorchester Basel

Sunday, 15 February 2026

Cimarosa: L'Olimpiade - Andrea Marcon

Domenico CIMAROSA

(1749 - 1801)

L'Olimpiade

dramma per musica in 2 acts (Vicenza, 1784)

libretto: Pietro Metastasio

Jone Martínez, soprano (Aristea)

Chelsea Zurflüh, soprano (Argene)

Daniela Mack, mezzo-soprano (Megacle)

Olivia Vermeulen, mezzo-soprano (Licida)

Jorge Franco, tenor (Clistene)

Marcello Nardis, tenor (Aminta)

La Cetra Barockorchester Basel

DIR: ANDREA MARCON

recorded: Jan 31, 2026, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

period instruments

lossless (flac)

included:

programme performance (NL) [pdf]

liner-notes & libretto [pdf]

(01) act 1 [59'56"]

(02) act 2 [1.27'59"]

Picture: Les Jeux olympiques (Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours, 1791)

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Mozart, Divertimento KV 136 - score

Friday, 13 February 2026

Haydn & Mozart: Orchestral works - Il Giardino Armonico (Giovanni Antonini)

Franz Joseph HAYDN

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

Orchestral works

Il Giardino Arrmonico

DIR: GIOVANNI ANTONINI

recorded: Dec 13, 2024, Toppan Hall, Tokyo

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

Divertimento in D (KV 136) [17'21"]

(01) allegro [06'00"]

(02) andante [07'28"]

(03) presto [03'52"]

Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)

Symphony in c minor (H I,52) [27'43"]

(04) allegro [08'50"]

(05) andante [10'34"]

(06) menuetto - trio. allegretto [02'51"]

(07) finale. presto [05'28"]

Arvo PÄRT (*1935)

(08) Da pacem, Domine [04'58"]

Samuel SCHEIDT (1587-1654)

(09) Paduan dolorosa [04'14"]

Franz Joseph HAYDN

Symphony in e minor 'Trauer' (H I,44) [26'28"]

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

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

(12) adagio [08'14"]

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

[encore]

Christoph Willibald VON GLUCK (1714-1787)

Don Juan, ballet (Wq 52):

(14) larghetto - allegro non troppo [06'09"]

links:

Haydn, Symphony No. 44 - score

Haydn, Symphony No. 52 - score

Pärt, Da pacem, Domine

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François-André Danican Philidor - score

Thursday, 12 February 2026

Philidor: Carmen saeculare - Florian Heyerick

François-André Danican PHILIDOR

(1726 - 1795)

Carmen saeculare

cantata in a prologue and 4 parts (London, 1779)

texts: Quintus Horatius Flaccus

Annika Gerhards, soprano

Anne Bierwirth, contralto

Stephan Van Dyck, tenor

Benoît Giaux, bass

Vocal ensemble Ex Tempore

Mannheimer Hofkapelle

DIR: FLORIAN HEYERICK

recorded: Sept 7, 2012, Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht

[Musica Sacra Maastricht 2012]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

included:

programme (NL) [pdf]

liner-notes (E) [pdf]

lyrics & translations [pdf]

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(01) overture [04'36"]

(02) Prologus & Prima Pars [06'49"]

(03) Secunda Pars [17'01"]

(04) Tertia Pars [12'56"]

(05) Quarta Pars [37'45"]

Picture: Title page of Carmen saeculare

links:

Horace, Carmen saeculare

Mannheimer Hofkapelle

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Purcell, Distress'd Innocence - score

Tuesday, 10 February 2026

Oriental Tales - {oh} Orkiestra (Martyna Pastuszka)

Oriental Tales

{oh} Orkiestra

DIR: MARTYNA PASTUSZKA

recorded: Sept 19, 2025, Philharmonie, Brașov

[Bucharest Early Music Festival 2024]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps)

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Henry PURCELL (1659-1695)

(01) Distress'd Innocence, or The Princess of Persia (Z 577),

incidental music [15'00"]

François COUPERIN (1668-1733)

(02) La Sultanne [10'19"]

Michel CORRETTE (1707-1795)

(03) Le Phénix, concerto [10'14"]

Andreas Anton SCHMELZER (1653-1701) (attr)

(04) Sonata Die Türkenschlacht bei Wien 1683 [13'28"]

Michel CORRETTE

(05) Concerto comique No. 25 'Les Sauvages et la Fürstemberg' [09'55"]

Picture: Oriental merchants in front of a Mediterranean port

(c1760, school of Jean-Baptiste Le Prince)

links:

Couperin, score La Sultanne

Michel Corrette - scores

Andreas Anton Schmelzer

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Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur

Sunday, 8 February 2026

Salomon: Médée et Jason - Reinoud Van Mechelen

Joseph-François SALOMON

(1649 - 1732)

Médée et Jason

tragédie en musique in a prologue and 5 acts (Paris, 1713)

libretto: Simon-Joseph Pellegrin

Lore Binon, soprano (Melpomène, Nérine)

Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, soprano (Médée)

Annelies Van Gramberen, soprano (Cléone, Europe)

Mélissa Petit, soprano (Créuse)

Virginie Thomas, soprano (Une Corinthienne,

Une magicienne, Une matelote, Une nymphe)

Reinoud Van Mechelen, haute-contre (Jason)

Arnaud Le Dû, tenor (Première furie)

Maxime Melnik, tenor (Un corinthien, Un garde,

Un magicien, Deuxième matelot, Un plaisir)

Renaud Tripathi, tenor (Un matelot)

Samuel Namotte, baritone (Arcas, Deuxième Furie)

Philippe Favette, bass-baritone (Troisième matelot,

Troisième furie, Un démon)

Cyril Costanzo, bass (Apollon, Créon, Jupiter)

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

A nocte temporis

DIR: REINOUD VAN MECHELEN

recorded: July 12, 2025, Grand Manège, Namur

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

booklet with lyrics included

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(01) prologue [26'35"]

(02) act 1 [25'20"]

(03) act 2 [20'03"]

(04) act 3 [19'48"]

(05) act 4 [30'19"]

(06) act 5 [31'19"]

Picture: Jason and Medea (Charles-André van Loo, 1759)

links:

Joseph-François Salomon

score

review (D)

Lore Binon

Annelies Van Gramberen

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

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Freiburger Barockorchester

Friday, 6 February 2026

Bach, Handel & Telemann - Freiburger Barockorchester

Bach - Handel - Telemann

Orchestral works

Freiburger Barockorchester

Gottfried von der Goltz, Hanna Visser,

Judith von der Goltz, violin

DIR: GOTTFRIED VON DER GOLTZ

recorded: June 26, 2025, Ludwigskirche, Saarbrücken

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

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Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

(01) Overture in C (BWV 1066) [19'41"]

George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)

Belshazzar (HWV 61):

(02) suite [07'03"]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)

(03) Concerto for 3 violins, strings and bc in F (TWV 54,F1) [13'52"]

(04) Overture in D (TWV 55,D18) [17'46"]

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714-1788)

(05) Symphony in A (Wq 182,4; H 660) [12'42"]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN

Overture in D (TWV 55,D1):

(06) ouverture [06'22"]

(07) Conclusion in D (TWV 50,9) [06'50"]

[encore]

George Frideric HANDEL

Solomon (HWV 67):

(08) The arrival of the Queen of Sheba [03'28"]

Picture: Title page of Telemann's Musique de table

links:

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Matheus de Sancto Johanne

Thursday, 5 February 2026

Contre Nature: a Subversive History of Polyphony - Graindelavoix (Björn Schmelzer)

Contre Nature: a Subversive History of Polyphony

Graindelavoix

DIR: BJÖRN SCHMELZER

recorded: August 28, 2025, St.-Carolus Borromeuskerk, Antwerp

[Laus Polyphoniae 2025]

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

programme festival with lyrics included [pdf]

(p 459-479)

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anon

(01) Exceptivam actionem [05'20"]

Philippe DE VITRY (1291-1361)

(02) In virtute / Decens / Clamor meus [08'35"]

Guillaume DE MACHAUT (c1300-1377)

(03) Ma fin est mon commencement [03'54"]

SOLAGE (fl late 14th C)

(04) Fumeux fume [05'36"]

anon

(05) Se j'ay perdu [10'11"]

Matheus DE SANCTO JOHANNE (?-1391)

(06) Science n'a nul annemi [06'42"]

GUIDO (DE LANGE?) (fl 1372-1374)

(07) Or voit tout en aventure [03'47"]

Matheus DE SANCTO JOHANNE

(08) Are post libamina [02'04"]

Antonio ZACARA DA TERAMO (c1350/60-1413 or later)

(09) Sumite karissimi [04'23"]

Jacob DE SENLECHES (fl 1382/83)

(10) Je me merveil [05'28"]

(11) La harpe de melodie [03'14"]

anon

(12) Ung lion say [03'27"]

anon

(13) Plus ne put musique [04'09"]

Picture: Alain de Lille, author of the text of Exceptivam actionem

links:

Philippe de Vitry

Guillaume de Machaut

Solage

Guido (de Lange?)

Antonio Zacara da Teramo

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solistenensemble stimmkunst

Tuesday, 3 February 2026

Mendelssohn: Early sacred works - Kay Johannsen

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY

(1809 - 1847)

Early sacred works

solistenensemble stimmkunst

Stiftsphilharmonie Stuttgart

DIR: KAY JOHANNSEN

recorded: Sept 19, 2025, Stiftskirche, Stuttgart

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

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(01) Gloria in E flat (MWV A1) [27'57"]

(02) Tu es Petrus, op. 111 (MWV A4) [08'12"]

(03) Wir glauben all an einen Gott (MWV A12) [07'25"]

(04) Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein (MWV A13) [13'47"]

(05) Der 115. Psalm, op. 31 (Non nobis Domine) (MWV A9) [17'17"]

links:

Stiftsphilharmonie Stuttgart

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Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble

Sunday, 1 February 2026

Legrenzi: La divisione del mondo - Thomas Hengelbrock

Giovanni LEGRENZI

(1626 - 1690)

La divisione del mondo

dramma per musica in 3 acts (Venice, 1675)

libretto: Giulio Cesare Corradi

Ilana Davidson, soprano (Amore)

Simone Kermes, soprano (Cinzia)

Sonora Vaice, soprano (Venere)

Gabriele Sima, mezzo-soprano (Giunone)

Hillary Summers, contralto (Marte)

Bernhard Landauer, alto (Mercurio)

Matthias Rexroth, alto (Apollo)

Kobie van Rensburg, tenor (Giove)

James Taylor, tenor (Nettuno)

Wolf Matthias Friedrich, bass (Plutone)

Petteri Salomaa, bass (Saturno)

Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble

DIR.: THOMAS HENGELBROCK

recorded: May 19, 2000, Rokokotheater, Schwetzingen

[Schwetzinger Festspiele 2000]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

Thanks to the first uploader

Libretto included [pdf]

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(01) act 1 [78'53"]

(02) act 2 [35'15"]

(03) act 3 [55'00"]

Picture: Illustration from the 1675 libretto

links:

Giovanni Legrenzi

La divisione del mondo

Wolf Matthias Friedrich

Petteri Salomaa

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