Classical Music In Concert

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)

links:

Theseus

Handel, Teseo - score

Carlotta Colombo

Anna Koehler

Teresa Marut

Matylda Staśto-Kotuła

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Sunday, 8 March 2026

Maximilian III Joseph of Bavaria: Stabat mater - Wolfgang Katschner

MAXIMILIAN III JOSEPH of Bavaria

(1727 - 1777)

Stabat mater

Sumi Hwang, soprano

Julia Böhme, contralto

Tobias Hunger, tenor

Tobias Berndt, baritone

Bavarian Radio Choir

Lautten Compagney Berlin

DIR: WOLFGANG KATSCHNER

recorded: Feb 27, 2015, Herz-Jesu-Kirche, Munich

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: BR Klassik (Munich)

Thanks to the first uploader

Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)

(01-03) Salve Regina in g minor (H XXIIIb,2) [20'29"]

MAXIMILIAN III JOSEPH, Elector of Bavaria

(04-06) Sinfonia in D [11'44"]

(07-19) Stabat Mater in c minor [43'32"]

Picture: Pietà (Oleg Supereco, *1974)

links:

Haydn, Salve Regina - score

Maximilian III Joseph of Bavaria - Stabat mater - score

Lautten Compagney Berlin

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Polonaise-Fantasia op. 61

Friday, 6 March 2026

Chopin Birthday Concerts - Mateusz Dubiel & Piotr Pawlak

Chopin Birthday Concerts

Mateusz Dubiel, fortepiano

Piotr Pawlak, fortepiano

Arte dei Suonatori quintet

Mateusz Dubiel, fortepiano [Érard, 1838]

recorded: March 1, 2026, Frédéric Chopin Museum, Żelazowa Wola

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

(01) Nocturne in E flat major, op. 55,2

(02) Mazurka in e minor, op. 41,1

(03) Mazurka in B, op. 41,2

(04) Mazurka in A flat, op. 41,3

(05) Mazurka in c sharp minor, op. 41,4

(06) Barcarolle in F sharp, op. 60

Sonata in b minor, op. 58

(07) allegro maestoso

(08) scherzo. molto vivace

(09) largo

(10) finale. presto non tanto

[encore]

(11) Waltz in A flat, op. 42

Piotr Pawlak, fortepiano [Érard, 1858]

Arte dei Suonatori quintet

recorded: March 1, 2026, Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio, Warsaw

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

Sonata in a minor (KV 310)

(01) improvised introduction

(02) allegro maestoso

(03) andante cantabile con espressione

(04) presto

Frédéric CHOPIN

Polonaise-Fantasia in A flat, op. 61

Concerto for pianoforte No. 2 in f minor, op. 21

(arr. Kevin Kenner and Krzysztof Dombek)

(06) maestoso

(07) larghetto

(08) allegro vivace

[encore]

(09) Nocturne in c sharp minor, op. posth.

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Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber - scores

Thursday, 5 March 2026

Biber & Bach: Violin sonatas - Rachel Podger & Marcin Świątkiewicz

Heinrich Ignaz Franz BIBER

Johann Sebastian BACH

Violin sonatas

Rachel Podger, violin

Marcin Świątkiewicz, harpsichord

recorded: Jan 21, 2026, Paterskirche, Kempen

period instruments

lossless (flac)

Heinrich Ignaz Franz BIBER (1644-1704)

(01) Sonata for violin and bc No. 1 in A [12'19"]

[Sonatae, Violino solo, 1681]

(02) Sonata for violin and bc No. 5 in e minor [09'29"]

[Sonatae, Violino solo, 1681]

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

(03-06) Sonata for harpsichord and violin in E (BWV 1016) [15'40"]

(07-09) Sonata for violin and bc in e minor (BWV 1023) [12'12"]

Johann Jacob FROBERGER (1616-1667)

(10) Suite XXX for harpsichord in a minor (FbWV 630) [09'45"]

Heinrich Ignaz Franz BIBER

(11) Sonata for violin and bc No. 3 in F [13'31"]

[Sonatae, Violino solo, 1681]

[encore]

anon

(12) A Scottish Tune [02'59"]

Picture: title page of Biber's sonatas of 1681

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Johann Jacob Froberger

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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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