Classical Music In Concert

Sunday, 29 March 2026

Passion Week (1) - Telemann: St John Passion 1745 - Hans-Christoph Rademann

Georg Philipp TELEMANN

(1681 - 1767)

St John Passion 1745

(Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld) (TWV 5,30)

Viola Blache, soprano

Marie Henriette Reinhold, contralto

Georg Poplutz, tenor (Evangelist)

Christoph Pfaller, tenor (Pilatus)

Nikolaus Fluck, bass (Jesus)

Gaechinger Cantorey

DIR: HANS-CHRISTOPH RADEMANN

recorded: March 3, 2024, Stiftskirche, Stuttgart

[Internationales Bachfest Stuttgart 2024]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

liner-notes & lyrics included

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(01) [Part 1] [58'45"]

(02) [Part 2] [42'42"]

Picture: The betrayal of Christ (Anthony van Dyck, 1618-1620)

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vocal score

Viola Blache

Marie Henriette Reinhold

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Dieterich Buxtehude, Membra Jesu nostri

Thursday, 26 March 2026

German Passion Music - Ensemble Polyharmonique

German Passion Music

of the 17th Century

Ensemble Polyharmonique (Alexander Schneider)

{oh!} Orkiestra Historyczna/Martyna Pastuszka

recorded: April 14, 2017, Sala Koncertowa, Katowice

period instruments

lossless (flac)

Johann KUHNAU (1660-1722)

(01) Tristis est anima mea [05'01"]

Andreas HAMMERSCHMIDT (1611-1675)

(02) Vom Leiden Christi [04'32"]

Johann ROSENMÜLLER (1619-1684)

(03) Sonata XII à 5 [05'45"]

Andreas HAMMERSCHMIDT

(04) O Domine Jesu Christi [04'51"]

Dieterich BUXTEHUDE (1637-1707)

(05) Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr (BuxWV 41) [17'27"]

Membra Jesu nostri (BuxWV 75) [59'51"]

(06) Ad pedes [08'19"]

(07) Ad genua [07'42"]

(08) Ad manus [08'56"]

(09) Ad latus [07'51"]

(10) Ad pectus [09'35"]

(11) Ad cor [08'47']

(12) Ad faciem [08'41"]

Picture: The Crucifixion -

Miniature Excised from a Prayer Book (1540–1550, Antwerp)

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Johann Kuhnau - Tristis est - score

Andreas Hammerschmidt - score

Johann Rosenmüller - score

Buxtehude: lyrics - scores

Ensemble Polyharmonique

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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)

links:

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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