Classical Music In Concert

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

Tuesday, 24 March 2026

Dvořák - Stabat mater op. 58 - Philippe Herreweghe

Antonin DVOŘÁK

(1841 - 1904)

Stabat mater op. 58

Eleanor Lyons, soprano

Sophie Harmsen, contralto

Mauro Peter, tenor

Krešimir Stražanac, bass

Collegium Vocale Gent

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

DIR: PHILIPPE HERREWEGHE

recorded: April 4, 2025, Philharmonie, Berlin

modern instruments, period style

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

included: background & interview Herreweghe [D]

(01) Quartetto e Coro: Stabat mater dolorosa [15'49"]

(02) Quartetto: Quis est homo, qui non fleret [08'59"]

(03) Coro: Eja, Mater, fons amoris [05'58"]

(04) Basso solo e Coro: Fac, ut ardeat cor meum [08'07"]

(05) Coro: Tui nati vulnerati [04'18"]

(06) Tenore solo e Coro: Fac me vere tecum flere [06'00"]

(07) Coro: Virgo virginum praeclara [05'01"]

(08) Duo (Soprano, Tenore): Fac, ut portem Christi mortem [04'02"]

(09) Contralto solo: Inflammatus et accensus [04'45"]

(10) Quartetto e Coro: Quando corpus morietur [08'07"]

Picture: Stabat mater (Jules-Louis Machard, 1875)

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Collegium Vocale Gent

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Sunday, 22 March 2026

Lassus: St John Passion - Weser-Renaissance Bremen (Manfred Cordes)

Orlandus LASSUS

(1532 - 1594)

Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Johannem

Weser-Renaissance Bremen

DIR: MANFRED CORDES

recorded: March 20, 2025, Propsteikirche St. Johann im Schnoor, Bremen

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

included:

- booklet with lyrics [D]

- interview Manfred Cordes [D]

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(01) Lagrime di San Pietro (Vide homo a 7) [02'46"]

(02) Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Johannem (1) [04'34"]

(03) Circumdederit me a 6 [03'01"]

(04) Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Johannem (2) [06'23"]

(05) Heu mihi, Domine a 5 [03'33"]

(06) Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Johannem (3) [07'41"]

(07) Christe patris verbum a 5 [06'31"]

(08) Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Johannem (4) [08'53"]

(09) Recordare Iesu pie a 6 [03'06"]

(10) Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Johannem (5) [06'26"]

(11) Popule meus a 5 [03'00"]

(12) Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Johannem (6) [02'08"]

(13) Quis mihi det lacrimis a 5 [03'45"]

(14) Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Johannem (7) [01'54"]

(15) Reminiscaris Domine a 7 [04'28"]

Picture: Altarpiece with the Passion of Christ: Arrest of Christ (German, c1480-95)

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Weser-Renaissance Bremen

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Orchestra of the 18th Century

Friday, 20 March 2026

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

period instruments

lossless (flac)

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)

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Symphony No. 26 - score

Symphony No. 44 - score

Symphony No. 49 - score

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Thursday, 19 March 2026

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)

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Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris

Tuesday, 17 March 2026

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"]

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Sanctus Petrus et Sancta Maria Magdalena

Sunday, 15 March 2026

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

period instruments

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)

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Johann Adolf Hasse

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Salomone Rossi - Ha-shirim asher li-Shlomo

Friday, 13 March 2026

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]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

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)

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Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze

Thursday, 12 March 2026

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)

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Tuesday, 10 March 2026

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)

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

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)

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Theseus

Handel, Teseo - score

Carlotta Colombo

Anna Koehler

Teresa Marut

Matylda Staśto-Kotuła

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