Classical Music In Concert

Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Handel: Orlando - Thibault Noally

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Orlando

opera seria in 3 acts (London, 1733) (HWV 31)

libretto: anon (after Carlo Sigismondo Capece,

based on Ludivico Ariosto, Orlando furioso)

Julia Pliś, soprano (Dorinda)

Joanna Sojka, soprano (Angelica)

Kangmin Justin Kim, alto (Medoro)

Tim Mead, alto (Orlando)

Nicolas Brooymans, bass (Zoroastro)

Capella Cracoviensis

DIR: THIBAULT NOALLY

recorded: Feb 4, 2026, ICE, Cracow

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

source: Dwójka (PL)

included: libretto [pdf]

(01) act 1 [61'46"]

(02) act 2 [48'48"]

(03) act 3 [47'03"]

Picture: Angelica and Medoro (Sebastiano Ricci, c1716)

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D Scarlatti, Stabat mater - score

Sunday, 1 March 2026

Zelenka, Durante & Scarlatti: Music for Passiontide - Václav Luks

Zelenka, Durante & Scarlatti

Music for Passiontide

Collegium Vocale 1704

Collegium 1704

DIR: VÁCLAV LUKS

recorded: June 8, 2025, Stift Melk (Kolomanisaal) (01,02,09);

July 27, 2025, Stift St. Florian, St. Florian (Austria) (03-08)

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

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Jan Dismas ZELENKA (1679-1745)

(01) Statio quadruplex pro Processione Theophorica (ZWV 158) [16'19"]

Francesco DURANTE (1684-1755)

(02) Miserere à 5 voci [20'58"]

Jan Dismas ZELENKA

Responsoria pro Hebdomada Sancta, ZWV 55:

(03) Tristis est anima mea [05'17"]

(04) In monte Oliveti [04'10"]

(05) Omnes amici mei [04'12"]

(06) Caligaverunt oculi mei [05'34"]

(07) O vos omnes [02'57"]

(08) Sepulto Domino [04'41"]

Domenico SCARLATTI (1685-1757)

(09) Stabat mater à 10 voci [21'24"]

Picture: Mater dolorosa (Carlo Dolci, 1616-1687)

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Jan Dismas Zelenka - scores

Francesco Durante - score

Collegium Vocale & Collegium 1704

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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Friday, 27 February 2026

CPE Bach: Symphonies & concertos - Roger Norrington

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH

(1714 - 1788)

Symphonies & concertos

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Richard Lester, cello

Steven Devine, harpsichord

DIR: ROGER NORRINGTON

recorded: March 3, 2011, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

period instruments

lossless (flac)

(01) Symphony in G (Wq 182,1 / H 657) [10'38"]

Concerto for harpsichord, strings and bc in C (Wq 20 / H 423) [23'00"]

(02) allegretto [10'24"]

(03) adagio ma non troppo [06'31"]

(04) allegro assai [06'06"]

(05) Symphony in G (Wq 173 / H 648) 08'51"]

(06) Symphony in E (Wq 182,6 / H 662) [10'19"]

Concerto for cello, strings and bc in A (Wq 172 / H 439) [21'27"]

(07) allegro [06'46"]

(08) largo con sordini, mesto [09'10"]

(09) allegro assai [05'30"]

(10) Symphony in E flat (Wq 179 / H 654) [12'30"]

links:

scores

Richard Lester

Steven Devine

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Lassus, Penitential psalms - scores

Thursday, 26 February 2026

Lassus: Penitential Psalms IV & V - Dufay Ensemble Freiburg

Orlandus LASSUS

(1532 - 1594)

Penitential Psalms IV & V

Dufay Ensemble Freiburg

recorded: May 24, 2013, Schlosskirche, Brühl

lossless (flac)

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Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA (1525/26-1594)

Missa Regina coeli a 5:

(01) Kyrie [03'08"]

Jacobus VAET (c1529-1567)

(02) Aurea luce a 5 [10'24"]

Orlandus LASSUS (1532-1594)

(03) Miserere mei Deus a 5 (Psalmus poenitentialis IV) [22'34"]

JOSQUIN DESPREZ (1450/55-1521)

(04) Tu solus, qui facis mirabilia a 4 [04'33"]

Orlandus LASSUS

(05) De profundis clamavi a 5 (Psalmus poenitentialis V) [08'01"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

Missa Regina coeli a 5:

(06) Agnus Dei [04'06"]

Jacobus VAET

(07) Magnificat 6. toni a 5 [09'22"]

[encore]

Cristóbal DE MORALES (c1500-1553)

(08) Circumdederunt me a 5 [02'33"]

Picture: De profundis ('Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry', Musée Condé, Chantilly)

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Penitential psalms

Palestrina, score

Jacobus Vaet

Josquin Desprez, Tu solus - score

Dufay Ensemble Freiburg

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Beethoven, Piano concerto No. 1 - score

Tuesday, 24 February 2026

Beethoven & Chopin - Tomasz Ritter & Martyna Pastuszka

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

Frédéric CHOPIN

Piano concertos

Tomasz Ritter, fortepiano

{oh} Orkiestra

DIR: MARTYNA PASTUSZKA

recorded: Dec 12, 2025, Filarmonia Gorzowska, Gorzów Wielkopolski

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

Concerto for pianoforte No. 1 in C, op. 15 [33'21"]

(01) allegro con brio [16'41"]

(02) largo [07'49"]

(03) rondo. allegro scherzando [08'51"]

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)

(04) Symphony for strings No. 4 in c minor (MWV N 4) [08'35"]

Frédéric CHOPIN

Concerto for pianoforte in f minor, op. 21 [29'35"]

(05) maestoso [13'10"]

(06) larghetto [08'10"]

(07) allegro vivace [08'16"]

[encore]

Frédéric CHOPIN

(08) Waltz in a minor, op. 34,2 [05'25"]

links:

Mendelssohn, String symphonies - score No. 4

Chopin, Piano concerto op. 21 - score

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Sunday, 22 February 2026

Handel: Poro - Alessandro Tampieri

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Poro, Re dell'Indie (HWV 28)

opera seria in 3 acts (London, 1731)

libretto: Pietro Metastasio

Dorota Szczepańska, soprano (Cleofide)

Margarita Slepakova, mezzo-soprano (Erissena)

Franko Klisović, alto (Gandarte)

Rafał Tomkiewicz, alto (Poro)

Krzysztof Lachman, tenor (Alessandro)

Przemysław Józef Bałka, bass (Timagene)

Capella Cracoviensis

DIR: ALESSANDRO TAMPIERI

recorded: Feb 14, 2026, Łaźnia Nowa Theatre, Cracow

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

N.B. In the performance the opera was split into two parts.

I have restored the original division in three acts.

included: libretto

(01) act 1 [56'17"]

(02) act 2 [39'46"]

(03) act 3 [51'49"]

Picture: Alexander and Porus during the Battle of the Hydaspes (Charles Le Brun, 1673)

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Przemysław Józef Bałka

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Friday, 20 February 2026

Dowland: Songs and consort music - Charles Daniels, Nigel North, Les Voix Humaines

John DOWLAND

† February 20, 1626

Charles Daniels, tenor

Nigel North, lute

Les Voix Humaines

recorded: Feb 9, 2023, Hamarikyu Asahi Hall, Tokyo

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

source: Dwójka (Warsaw)

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(01) Shall I strive with words to move? [02'29"]

(02) M. Henry Noel his Galliard [02'21"]

(03) Flow my tears [04'02"]

(04) Lachrimae antiquae [04'16"]

(05) My thoughts are wing'd with hopes [02'48"]

(06) Mr. George Whitehead his Almand [01'34"]

(07) Lacrimae antiquae novae [04'07"]

(08) All ye whom love or fortune hath betray'd [04'19"]

(09) Clear or cloudy [03'02"]

(10) Lachrimae gementes [03'50"]

(11) Sir John Smith, his Almaine [02'38"]

(12) Can she excuse my wrongs [02'36"]

(13) The Earl of Essex Galliard [01'16"]

(14) Lasso mia vita [03'16"]

(15) Lachrimae tristes [04'56"]

Stacey BROWN

(16) Lachrime viventium - Lorasirme Ryny their Galliard [07'05"]

John DOWLAND

(17) I must complain, yet do enjoy my love [03'01"]

(18) Lachrimae coactae [03'45"]

(19) If my complaints could passions move [02'44"]

(20) Sir John Souch his Galliard [01'23"]

(21) Lachrimae amantis [04'41"]

(22) Sweet stay awhile [03'00"]

(23) Lachrimae verae [05'14"]

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Giovanni Battista Sammartini - Miserere

Thursday, 19 February 2026

Sammartini: Miserere - Cappella Murensis & Capriccio Basel

Giovanni Battista SAMMARTINI

(c1700 - 1775)

Miserere

Cappella Murensis

Capriccio Basel

DIR: JOHANNES STROBL

recorded: July 2008, Fribourg

period instruments

lossless (flac)

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Giovanni Battista SAMMARTINI (c1700-1775)

(01) Miserere [32'18"]

(02) Beatus vir in D [06'25"]

[Marcus Niedermeyr, bass]

Johann Christian BACH (1735-1782)

(03) Magnificat in C (Warb E 22) [10'54"]

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Tuesday, 17 February 2026

Legrenzi: Cantatas & duets - Concerto Soave (Jean-Marc Aymes)

Giovanni LEGRENZI

(1626 - 1690)

Cantatas & duets

Concerto Soave

DIR: JEAN-MARC AYMES

recorded: Sept 21, 2024, Chiesa dei Santi Defendente e Rocco, Clusone

[Festival musicale internazionale Giovanni Legrenzi 2024]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

Lise Viricel, soprano

Romain Bockler, baritone

Manon Papasergio, cello

Ulrik Gaston Larsen, archlute

Jean-Marc Aymes, harpsichord

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(01) Di due fiamme ad una sfera [04'46"]

(02) Del matin sú l'oriz(z)onte [07'39"]

(03) Pene, non mi lasciate [07'10"]

(04) Amo piú la lontananza [06'05"]

(05) Mia ragione, all'armi, alla'rmi [04'56"]

(06) Sorgea dal sen di Lete [07'19"]

(07) Non è amante chi non piange [03'37"]

(08) Uscite, pianti, uscite [06'11"]

(09) Amore e virtú mi battono l'alma [06'21"]

(10) Spera mio cor, chi sà [04'34"]

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