Classical Music In Concert

Choeur de Chanbre de Namur

Thursday, 17 September 2026

Marin Marais & Louis Lully: Alcide - Reinoud Van Mechelen

Marin MARAIS

(1656 - 1728)

Louis LULLY

(1664 - 1734)

Alcide

tragédie-lyrique in a prologue and 5 acts (1693)

libretto: Jean Galbert de Campistron

Gwendoline Blondeel, soprano (Iole, Victoire)

Aurélie Moreels, soprano (Amour, Une bergère)

Sterre Decru, mezzo-soprano (Thestylis)

Isabelle Druet, mezzo-soprano (Déjanire)

Sean Clayton, haute-contre (Zéphir)

Reinoud Van Mechelen, haute-contre (Alcide)

Thibaut Lenaerts, tenor (Un habitant d'Aecalie, Un pastre)

Philippe Estèphe, baritone (Philoctète)

Samuel Namotte, baritone (Un habitant des climats heureux)

Arnaud Lion, bass (Licas, Un guerrier, Un prêtre)

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

a nocte temporis

DIR: REINOUD VAN MECHELEN

period instruments

lossless (flac)

N.B. The prologue has been omitted

included: interview Reinoud Van Mechelen (NL) [mp3]

(01) act 1 [26'07"]

(02) act 2 [27'07"]

(03) act 3 [23'44"]

(04) act 4 [21'20"]

(05) act 5 [21'50"]

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Tuesday, 15 September 2026

Mahler: Symphony No. 9 - Mahler Academy Orchestra (Philipp von Steinaecker)

Gustav MAHLER

(1860 - 1911)

Symphony No. 9 in D

(GMW 50)

Mahler Academy Orchestra

DIR: PHILIPP VON STEINAECKER

recorded: Sept 11, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

[BBC Proms 2026]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

(01) andante comodo [28'01"]

(02) im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers, etwas täppisch und sehr derb [14'19"]

(03) rondo-burleske. allegro assai, sehr trotzig [12'47"]

(04) adagio. sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend [24'31"]

Picture: autograph of 4th movement

links:

Symphony No. 9

score

Mahler Academy Orchestra

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Campra, Messe de Requiem - score

Sunday, 13 September 2026

Music at Notre Dame, Paris - Ensemble Correspondances (Sébastien Daucé)

Music at Notre Dame, Paris

Ensemble Correspondances

DIR: SÉBASTIEN DAUCÉ

recorded: August 30, 2026, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

[Festival Early Music Utrecht 2026]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

Jean VEILLOT (c1600-1662)

(01) Sacris solemniis [06'30"]

Jean MIGNON (c1640-c1708)

(02) Templi sacratas [02'11"]

André CAMPRA (1660-1744)

Messe de Requiem [40'21"]

(03) Introitus [05'37"]

(04) Kyrie [04'07"]

(05) Graduale [05'37"]

(06) Offertorium [09'00"]

(07) Sanctus [03'04"]

(08) Agnus Dei [05'37"]

(09) Communio [07'19"]

Michel-Richard DE LALANDE (1657-1726)

(10) Dies irae (S. 31) [27'50"]

[encore]

Pierre ROBERT (c1618-1699)

(11) Tristis est anima mea [03'33"]

Picture: André Campra

links:

Jean Veillot - score

Jean Mignon

André Campra

Michel-Richard de Lalande

Pierre Robert - score

Ensemble Correspondances

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Illibata Dei virgo nutrix

Friday, 11 September 2026

Josquin Desprez: Sacred works - amarcord

JOSQUIN DESPREZ

(c1450/55 - 1521)

Sacred works

amarcord

recorded: June 12, 2026, St. Maria im Kapitol, Cologne

lossless (flac)

Wolfram Lattke, Robert Pohlers, tenor

Frank Ozimek, baritone

Daniel Knauft, Holger Krause, bass

JOSQUIN DESPREZ

(01) Ave Maria ... virgo serena a 4 [05'36"]

plainchant

(02) Ave Maria ... virgo serena (sequence) [01'18"]

JOSQUIN DESPREZ

Missa Ave maris stella a 4:

(03) Kyrie [02'50"]

(04) Gloria [04'54"]

plainchant

(05) Ave maris stella (hymn) [04'38"]

JOSQUIN DESPREZ

Missa de Beata Vergine a 5:

(06) Credo [08'58"]

(07) Illibata Dei virgo nutrix a 5 [08'48"]

Missa de Beata Vergine a 5:

(08) Sanctus & Benedictus [07'13"]

plainchant

(09) Alma redemptoris mater (antiphon) [02'07"]

JOSQUIN DESPREZ

Missa Mater patris a 4:

(10) Agnus Dei [05'20"]

plainchant

(11) Salve Regina (antiphon) [05'06"]

JOSQUIN DESPREZ

(12) Salve Regina a 5 [07'33"]

Picture: Ave Maria ... virgo serena (Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek)

links:

Missa Ave maris stella

Missa de Beata Vergine

Missa Mater patris

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Freiburger Barockorchester

Thursday, 10 September 2026

Schumann: Orchestral works - Isabelle Faust, FBO (Simon Rattle)

Robert SCHUMANN

(1810 - 1856)

Orchestral works

Freiburger Barockorchester

Isabelle Faust, violin

DIR: SIMON RATTLE

recorded: Sept 7, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

[BBC Proms 2026]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

(01) Overture Genoveva [08'21"]

Concerto for violin in d minor (WoO 23) [32'08"]

(02) in kräftigem, nicht zu schnellem Tempo [15'19"]

(03) langsam - lebhaft, doch nicht schnell [16'49"]

[encore]

Carl Friedrich ABEL (1723-1787)

(04) Adagio in d minor [05'14"]

Robert SCHUMANN

Symphony No. 2 in C, op. 61 [36'04"]

(05) sostenuto assai - allegro, ma non troppo [11'32"]

(06) scherzo. allegro vivace [07'12"]

(07) adagio espressivo [09'25"]

(08) allegro molto vivace [07'55"]

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Tuesday, 8 September 2026

Striggio: Mass & motet a 40 - Le Concert Spirituel (Hervé Niquet)

Alessandro STRIGGIO

(c1536/37 - 1592)

Mass & motet a 40

Le Concert Spirituel

DIR: HERVÉ NIQUET

recorded: August 28, 2026, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

[Festival Early Music Utrecht 2026]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

plainchant

(01) Beata viscera [03'01"]

Orazio BENEVOLI (1605-1672)

(02) Laetatus sum [05'13"]

(03) Miserere [03'08"]

Francesco CORTECCIA (1502-1571)

(04) Bonum est confiteri - Gloria Patri [01'45"]

Alessandro STRIGGIO

Missa sopra Ecco si beato giorno a 40:

(05) Kyrie [02'58"]

Domenico MASSENZIO (1586-1657)

(06) Ave Regina caelorum [03'09"]

Alessandro STRIGGIO

Missa sopra Ecco si beato giorno a 40:

(07) Gloria [04'22"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA (1525/26-1594)

(08) Peccavimus [02'07"]

Francesco CORTECCIA

(09) Alleluia [00'46"]

Alessandro STRIGGIO

Missa sopra Ecco si beato giorno a 40:

(10) Credo [07'02"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

(11) Beata est virgo Maria [01'23"]

Orazio BENEVOLI

(12) Magnificat [10'25"]

Alessandro STRIGGIO

Missa sopra Ecco si beato giorno a 40:

(13) Sanctus - Benedictus [05'23"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

(14) Pater noster [02'40"]

Domenico MASSENZIO

(15) Filiae Jerusalem [03'38"]

Alessandro STRIGGIO

Missa sopra Ecco si beato giorno a 40:

(16) Agnus Dei [04'09"]

Francesco CORTECCIA

(17) Tu puer prophetas altissimi [00'53"]

Alessandro STRIGGIO

(18) Ecce beatam lucem a 40 [07'14"]

Picture: 16th-century Mantua, where Striggio was born and where he died

links:

Alessandro Striggio - scores

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Sunday, 6 September 2026

Gletle: Sacred music - Voces Suaves, Les Cornets Noirs

Johann Melchior GLETLE

(1626 - 1683)

Sacred music

Voces Suaves

Les Cornets Noirs

DIR: JÖRG-ANDREAS BÖTTICHER, organ

recorded: August 15, 2026, Abbey Church, Disentis/Mustér (CH)

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 128 kbps)

included: programme & lyrics [pdf]

Johann Melchior GLETLE

Missa Regis Gloriae a 15

(01) Kyrie [05'07"]

(02) Gloria [04'30"]

(03) O benignissime Jesu [05'03"]

Missa Regis Gloriae

(04) Credo [09'48"]

(05) Sanctus [02'46"]

(06) Benedictus [02'12"]

(07) Agnus Dei [03'57"]

(08) Allemande in d minor [02'20"]

(09) O Domine, Dominator (Dialogus Cives et Dominus) [08'02"]

(10) Quotiescunque diem [08'30"]

(11) De profundis [02'05"]

Georg PISCATOR (c1610-bef 1652)

(12) Sonata à 7 [04'06"]

Johann Melchior GLETLE

(13) Regina coeli [04'56"]

(14) Salve Regina [07'41"]

Jörg-Andreas BÖTTICHER

(15) Toccata (improvisation) [01'40"]

Johann Melchior GLETLE

(16) Magnificat [04'46"]

Picture: 17th-century Augsburg, where Gletle worked for most of his life

links:

Johann Melchior Gletle

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Thursday, 3 September 2026

Music from the Darmstadt Library - Reinhold Friedrich & Reinhard Goebel

Music from the Darmstadt Library

NDR Radiophilharmonie

Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet

DIR: REINHARD GOEBEL

recorded: Nov 29, 2013, Galeriegebäude Herrenhausen, Hanover

modern instruments, period style

lossless (flac)

included: programme (D) [pdf]

Thanks to the first uploader

Christoph GRAUPNER (1683-1760)

(01) Concerto for two trumpets, timpani, strings and bc in D (GWV 318) [07'25"]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)

(02-09) Overture for three oboes, strings and bc in C (TWV 55,C6) [24'29"]

Johann Samuel ENDLER (1694-1762)

(10-14) Sinfonia à 7 for trumpet, two horns, timpani,

violins and bc in F (CobE 13) [15'03"]

Johann Friedrich FASCH (1688-1758)

(15) Concerto for trumpet, two oboes, strings and bc in D (FWV L,D1) [06'20"]

George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)

(16-18) Sinfonia for two violins and bc in B flat (HWV 339) [09'10"]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN

(19-21) Concerto for three trumpets, two oboes, timpani,

strings and bc in D (TWV 54,D3) [09'01"]

Picture: Residential Palace in Darmstadt (18th C)

links:

NDR Radiophilharmonie

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Chopin, Introduction et Polonaise brillante

Tuesday, 1 September 2026

Chopin & Franchomme - Roel Dieltiens & Frank Braley

Frédéric CHOPIN

Auguste FRANCHOMME

Works for cello and pianoforte

Roel Dieltiens, cello

Frank Braley, fortepiano

recorded: August 27, 2026, Witold Lutosławski Studio of Polish Radio, Warsaw

[Festival Chopin and his Europe 2026]

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

period instruments

Auguste FRANCHOMME (1808-1884)

(01) Nocturne in d minor, op. 19,3 [05'04"]

(02) Nocturne in c minor, op. 15,1 [05'07"]

(03) Nocturne in e minor, op. 14,1 [05'11"]

Frédéric CHOPIN (1810-1849)

(04) Introduction et Polonaise brillante in C, op. 3 [09'48"]

Auguste FRANCHOMME

(05) Nocturne in A flat, op. 15,3 [05'42"]

(06) Nocturne in E flat, op. 14,3 [06'08"]

(07) Nocturne in D, op. 19,1 [05'02"]

Frédéric CHOPIN

Sonata in g minor, op. 65 [30'10"]

(08) maestoso [15'42"]

(09) scherzo [04'51"]

(10) largo [03'13"]

(11) finale. allegro [06'25"]

[encore]

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)

(12) Albumblatt in e minor, op. 117 [03'35"]

Picture: Auguste Franchomme

links:

Auguste Franchomme - scores

Chopin, Sonata op. 65

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