Classical Music In Concert

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)

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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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Sunday, 30 August 2026

Palestrina: Canticum Canticorum - La Grande Chapelle (Albert Recasens)

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

(c1525 - 1594)

Canticum Canticorum

(selection)

La Grande Chapelle

DIR: ALBERT RECASENS

recorded: Dec 6, 2025, Auditorio de San Francisco, Baeza

[Festival de Música Antigua de Úbeda y Baeza 2025]

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

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Motettorum quinque vocibus liber quartus, Roma, 1584:

(01) Osculetur me osculo oris sui [02'36"]

(02) Trahe me post te [02'45"]

(03) Nigra sum sed formosa [02'48"]

(04) Vineam meam on custodivi [02'17"]

(05) Si ignoras te, o pulchra [02'48"]

(06) Fasciculus myrrhae [02'19"]

(07) Tota pulchra es, amica mea [02'24"]

(08) Vulnerasti cor meum [02'36"]

(09) Sicut lilium inter spinas [02'54"]

(10) Vox dilecti mei [02'11"]

(11) Surge, propera amica mea [02'23"]

(12) Surge, amica mea [02'39"]

(13) Dilectus meus mihi [02'25"]

(14) Surgam et circuibo civitatem [02'08"]

(15) Adiuro vos, filiae Ierusalem [02'58"]

(16) Caput eius aurum optimum [02'30"]

(17) Pulchra es amica mea [02'17"]

(18) Quae est ista quae progreditur [02'27"]

(19) Quam pulchra es et Quam decora [02'48"]

(20) Guttur tuum sicut vinum optimum [02'40"]

(21) Veni dilecte mi [03'18"]

links:

Canticum Canticorum

lyrics & translations

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Mozarteumorchester Salzburg

Thursday, 27 August 2026

Mozart: Orchestral works - Alexander Melnikov & Roberto González-Monjas

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

(1756 - 1791)

Orchestral works

Mozarteumorchester Salzburg

Alexander Melnikov, piano

DIR: ROBERTO GONZÁLEZ-MONJAS

recorded: August 9, 2026, Mozarteum, Salzburg

[Salzburger Festspiele 2026]

modern instruments, period style

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

(01) March in C (KV 408,1) [03'27"]

(02) Minuet in C (KV 409) [05'53"]

Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in A (KV 414) [24'06"]

(03) allegro [10'31"]

(04) andante [07'16"]

(05) allegretto [06'19"]

Serenade in c minor 'Nacht Musique' (KV 388) [22'13"]

(06) allegro [07'56"]

(07) andante [03'50"]

(08) menuet - trio [03'49"]

(09) allegro [06'38"]

Symphony in D 'Haffner' (KV 385) [18'42"]

(10) allegro con spirito [05'58"]

(11) andante [05'48"]

(12) menuetto - trio [02'55"]

(13) presto [04'01"]

Picture: Manuscript Serenade KV 388

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Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam

Tuesday, 25 August 2026

Musica Vulcanica - Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam (Harry van der Kamp)

In memoriam

Harry van der Kamp

(1947 - 2026)

Musica Vulcanica

Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam

DIR: HARRY VAN DER KAMP

recorded: June 19, 2004, Passionskirche, Berlin-Kreuzberg

[Nachklang 2004]

lossless (flac)

Stefanie Petit-Laurent, soprano

Nele Gramß, soprano

Alexander Schneider, alto

Volker Arndt, tenor

Harry van Berne, tenor

Harry van der Kamp, bass

Alexander Weimann, cembalo cromatico

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Carlo GESUALDO da Venosa (c1561-1613)

(01) Voi volete chiio mora [03'28"]

Michelangelo ROSSI (1601/02-1656)

(02) Voi volete ch'io mora [04'10"]

(03) Toccata VII [04'36"]

Giovanni Maria NANINO (1543/44-1607)

(04) Ero così dicea [02'09"]

(05) Lasso ch'ogni augelletto [01'53"]

(06) Bastava il chiaro viso [01'42"]

(07) Dolorosi martir [03'28"]

Carlo GESUALDO da Venosa

(08) Gagliarda [02'50"]

(09) Occhi del mio cor vita [02'28"]

Ettore de LA MARRA (c1570-1634)

(10) Occhi un tempo mia vita [03'10"]

Scipione LACORCIA (c1585/95-after 1620)

(11) Stravagante pensiero [03'40"]

(12) O miseria d'amanti [03'17"]

(13) Non è questa l'aurora [02'48"]

(14) Corri veloce [05'03"]

Carlo GESUALDO da Venosa

(15) Canzon del principe [04'41"]

Sigismondo D'INDIA (c1582-1629)

(16) Se tu, Silvio crudel (5 parte) [18'08"]

links:

Michelangelo Rossi

Giovanni Maria Nanino

Scipione Lacorcia

Sigismondo d'India

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