Classical Music In Concert

Sunday, 14 June 2026

Bach: Cantatas 8, 75 & 138 - Collegium Vocale Gent (Philippe Herreweghe)

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Cantatas 8, 75 & 138

Grace Davidson, soprano

Alex Potter, alto

Guy Cutting, tenor

Krešimir Stražanac, bass

Collegium Vocale Gent

DIR: PHILIPPE HERREWEGHE

recorded: Jan 30, 2025, Auditorio Nacional, Madrid

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

(01) Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz (BWV 138) [16'29"]

cantata for the 15th Sunday after Trinity

(02) Liebster Gott, wann werd ich sterben (BWV 8) [18'20"]

cantata for the 16th Sunday after Trinity

Die Elenden sollen essen (BWV 75) [29'32"]

cantata for the 1st Sunday after Trinity

(03) [Prima parte] [17'16"]

(04) Seconda parte [12'15"]

Picture: Holy Trinity, fresco by Luca Rossetti da Orta, 1738–39

(St. Gaudenzio Church at Ivrea)

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Collegium Vocale Gent

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Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Friday, 12 June 2026

Beethoven: Orchestral works - Leif Ove Andsnes & Antonello Manacorda

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 - 1827)

Orchestral works

Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

DIR: ANTONELLO MANACORDA

recorded: April 30, 2026, DR Koncerthuset, Copenhagen

modern instruments, period style

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

(01) Overture Coriolan, op. 62 [07'44"]

Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra No. 3 in c minor, op. 37 [35'20"]

(02) allegro con brio [16'50"]

(03) largo [09'27"]

(04) rondo. allegro - presto [09'03"]

Symphony No. 5 in c minor, op. 67 [31'29"]

(05) allegro con brio [07'13"]

(06) andante con moto [08'58"]

(07) scherzo. allegro; allegro - presto [15'18"]

Picture: title page of the first edition of the Piano concerto No. 3

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Ave Maria ... virgo serena

Thursday, 11 June 2026

Josquin Desprez: Sacred & secular works - Cut Circle (Jesse Rodin)

JOSQUIN DESPREZ

(c1450/55 - 1521)

Sacred & secular works

Cut Circle

DIR: JESSE RODIN

recorded: August 27, 2024, AMUZ, Antwerp

[Laus Polyphoniae 2024]

lossless (flac)

booklet festival included (concert from p. 239) [pdf]

(01) Ave Maria ... virgo serena a 4 [04'27"]

Vultum tuum deprecabuntur/Christe fili Dei a 4 [18'25"]

(02) Vultum tuum deprecabuntur [14'49"]

(03) [anon] J'ay pris amours [00'41"]

(04) Christe fili Dei [02'55"]

(05) Que vous ma dame/In pace a 3 [04'59"]

(06) Ave verum corpus a 3 [03'49"]

(07) Ave Maria ... benedicta tu a 4 [02'16"]

(08) Qui velatus a 4 [15'34"]

(09) Nimphe nappées/Circumdederunt a 6 [02'14"]

(10) Pater noster - Ave Maria a 6 [06'54"]

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Vultum tuum deprecabuntur

Qui velatus

Nimphes nappées/Circumdederunt

Pater noster - Ave Maria

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Mozart, Quartet KV 387 - score

Tuesday, 9 June 2026

Kraus, Krommer & Mozart: String quartets - Almaviva Quartett

Kraus, Krommer & Mozart

String quartets

Almaviva Quartett

recorded: April 15, 2018, Schloss (Asamsaal), Ettlingen

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 256 kbps)

Joseph Martin KRAUS (1756-1792)

Quartet in c minor (VB 179) [08'41"]

(01) largo [05'36"]

(02) andantino - allegro - tempo primo [03'05"]

Franz Vinzenz KROMMER (1759-1831)

Quartet in e minor, op. 7,2 [24'29"]

(03) allegro moderato [08'55"]

(04) menuetto. allegretto [03'41"]

(05) adagio [06'08"]

(06) finale [05'44"]

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

Quartet in G (KV 387) [31'12"]

(07) allegro vivace assai [07'56"]

(08) menuetto. allegro - trio [07'17"]

(09) andante cantabile [07'14"]

(10) molto allegro [08'45"]

[encore]

Carl Friedrich ABEL (1723-1787)

(11) andante un poco adagio [03'33"]

Picture: Franz Krommer

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Joseph Martin Kraus

Franz Vinzenz Krommer

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Prelude and fugue in E flat (BWV 552)

Sunday, 7 June 2026

Bach: Organ works - Jan Liebermann

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Organ works

Jan Liebermann, organ

recorded: June 3, 2026, Holy Trinity Church, Gdańsk

[Festival ORGANy PLUS+® 2026]

(01) Prelude and fugue in E flat (BWV 552) [16'31"]

(02) Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654) [07'35"]

Sonata No 2 in c minor (BWV 526) [1141"]

(03) vivace [03'47"]

(04) largo [03'49"]

(05) allegro [04'05"]

(06) An Wasserflüssen Babylon (BWV 653) [05'22"]

(07) Duetto in G (BWV 804) [02'48"]

(08) Passacaglia in c minor (BWV 582) [13'49"]

Picture: autograph of Prelude BWV 552

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Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654)

Sonata No 2 in c minor (BWV 526)

An Wasserflüssen Babylon (BWV 653)

Duetto in G (BWV 804)

Passacaglia in c minor (BWV 582)

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Weber, Clarinet concerto in f minor

Friday, 5 June 2026

Weber: Clarinet concerto & Jubelmesse - Ernst Schlader & Regensburger Domspatzen

Carl Maria VON WEBER

† June 5, 1826

Clarinet concerto & Jubelmesse

Lara Rieken, soprano

Sinja Maschke, contralto

Julian Habermann, tenor

Matthias Lika, bass

Ernst Schlader, clarinet

Regensburger Domspatzen

Musica Florea

DIR: CHRISTIAN HEISS

recorded: May 22, 2026, Dreieinigkeitskirche, Regensburg

[Tage alter Musik Regensburg 2026]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

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Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)

(01) Der 115. Psalm [17'17"]

Carl Maria VON WEBER (1786-1826)

Concerto for clarinet and orchestra No. 1 in f minor, op. 73 (J 114) [21'03"]

(02) allegro [08'00"]

(03) adagio ma non troppo [05'59"]

(04) rondo. allegretto [07'04"]

Missa sancta No. 2 in G, op. 76 'Jubelmesse' (J 251) [27'48"]

(05) Kyrie [03'57"]

(06) Gloria [04'52"]

(07) Credo [06'38"]

(08) [offertory] In die solemnitatis (J 250) [02'39"]

(09) Sanctus [05'51"]

(10) Agnus Dei [03'51"]

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Carl Maria von Weber

scores

Weber, Jubelmesse

Mendelssohn, Der 115. Psalm - score

Regensburger Domspatzen

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Thursday, 4 June 2026

Purcell & Buxtehude - Ricercar Consort (Philippe Pierlot)

Henry PURCELL

Dieterich BUXTEHUDE

Katherine Fuge, soprano

Stephan MacLeod, bass

Ricercar Consort

DIR.: PHILIPPE PIERLOT

recorded: 16 Dec 2006, Bijloke, Ghent

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

Henry PURCELL (1659-1695)

(01) Fantasia upon one note a 5 in F (Z 745) [02'58"]

(02) Begin the song (Z 183) [07'48"]

Dieterich BUXTEHUDE (1637-1707)

(03) O clemens, o mitis (BuxWV 82) [07'45"]

Henry PURCELL

(04) Chacony a 4 in g (Z 730) [02'59"]

Dieterich BUXTEHUDE

(05) Ich halte es dafür (BuxWV 48) [12'35"]

(06) Ich bin eine Blume zu Saron (BuxWV 45) [08'33"]

Henry PURCELL

(07) The Bless'd Virgin's Expostulation (Z 196) [07'16"]

Dieterich BUXTEHUDE

(08) Fürchtet euch nicht (BuxWV 30) [05'01"]

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Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Overture Ruy Blas - score

Tuesday, 2 June 2026

Beethoven & Schubert - Francesco Piemontesi & Maxim Emelyanychev

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

Franz SCHUBERT

Concerto & symphony

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Francesco Piemontesi, piano

DIR: MAXIM EMELYANYCHEV

recorded: Jan 13, 2022, Philharmonie, Berlin

modern instruments, period style

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)

(01) Overture Ruy Blas, op. 95 [07'52"]

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra No. 1 in C, op. 15 [37'27"]

(02) allegro con brio [17'56"]

(03) largo [10'35"]

(04) rondo. allegro scherzando [08'56"]

Franz Peter SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

Symphony in C (D 944) [53'43"]

(05) andante - allegro [14'13"]

(06) andante con moto [11'55"]

(07) scherzo. allegro vivace - trio [12'37"]

(08) finale. allegro vivace [15'00"]

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Beethoven, Piano concerto No. 1 - score

Schubert, Symphony in C - score

Francesco Piemontesi

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

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Sunday, 31 May 2026

Pasquini: Santa Agnese - Domen Marinčič

Bernardo PASQUINI

(1637 - 1710)

Santa Agnese

oratorio a 5 voci in two parts (Rome, 1677)

libretto: Benedetto Pamphili

Nikolina Hrkać, soprano (Santa Agnese)

Stefanie True, soprano (Madre)

Terry Wey, alto (Flavio)

Jacob Lawrence, tenor (Aspasio)

Sergio Foresti, bass (Perfetto)

Festival Baroque Orchestra

DIR: DOMEN MARINČIČ

recorded: August 11, 2025, St Peter's Church, Radovljica

[Radovljica Festival 2025]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

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(01) Prima parte [47'24"]

(02) Seconda parte [52'51"]

Picture: Saint Agnes by Domenichino (c. 1620)

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