Classical Music In Concert

Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble

Sunday, 1 February 2026

Legrenzi: La divisione del mondo - Thomas Hengelbrock

Giovanni LEGRENZI

(1626 - 1690)

La divisione del mondo

dramma per musica in 3 acts (Venice, 1675)

libretto: Giulio Cesare Corradi

Ilana Davidson, soprano (Amore)

Simone Kermes, soprano (Cinzia)

Sonora Vaice, soprano (Venere)

Gabriele Sima, mezzo-soprano (Giunone)

Hillary Summers, contralto (Marte)

Bernhard Landauer, alto (Mercurio)

Matthias Rexroth, alto (Apollo)

Kobie van Rensburg, tenor (Giove)

James Taylor, tenor (Nettuno)

Wolf Matthias Friedrich, bass (Plutone)

Petteri Salomaa, bass (Saturno)

Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble

DIR.: THOMAS HENGELBROCK

recorded: May 19, 2000, Rokokotheater, Schwetzingen

[Schwetzinger Festspiele 2000]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

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Libretto included [pdf]

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(01) act 1 [78'53"]

(02) act 2 [35'15"]

(03) act 3 [55'00"]

Picture: Illustration from the 1675 libretto

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Giovanni Legrenzi

La divisione del mondo

Wolf Matthias Friedrich

Petteri Salomaa

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Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne

Thursday, 29 January 2026

Mozart: Vocal & orchestral works - Julia Lezhneva & Ton Koopman

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

(1756 - 1791)

Vocal & orchestral works

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne

Julia Lezhneva, soprano

DIR: TON KOOPMAN

modern instruments, period style

lossless (flac)

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(01) Overture Die Zauberflöte (KV 620) [06'38"]

(02) Exsultate, jubilate (KV 165) [14'58"]

Serenade in D 'Serenata notturna' (KV 239) [14'39"]

(03) marcia. maestoso [04'07"]

(04) minuetto [03'40"]

(05) rondo. allegretto [06'52"]

(06) Voi avete un cor fedele (KV 217) [07'44"]

[encore]

Le nozze di Figaro (KV 492):

(07) Voi che sapete [03'08"]

Symphony in D 'Prague' (KV 504) [32'10"]

(07) adagio - allegro [13'09"]

(08) andante [10'25"]

(09) finale. presto [08'36"]

Picture: autograph of Exsultate, jubilate (title-page)

links:

Exsultate, jubilate

Serenata notturna

Voi avete un cor fedele

Symphony KV 504

scores

Julia Lezhneva

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Tuesday, 27 January 2026

In the English manner - The Gesualdo Six (Owain Park)

In the English manner -

the 'contenance angloise' on the continent

The Gesualdo Six

DIR: OWAIN PARK

recorded: Nov 15, 2025, Kreuzkirche, Herne

[Tage alter Musik Herne 2025]

lossless (flac)

programme & lyics included [pdf]

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Gilles BINCHOIS (C1400-1460)

(01) Da pacem Domine a 3 [01'56"]

plainchant

(02) Asperges me [01'35"]

Antoine BRUMEL (c1460-after 1513)

(03) Da pacem Domine [01'38"]

John DUNSTAPLE (c1390-1453)

(04) Veni Sancte Spiritus / Veni creator Spiritus a 4 [05'23"]

Guillaume DUFAY (c1400-1474)

(05) Nuper rosarum flores / Terribilis est locus iste a 4 [06'39"]

Loyset COMPÈRE (c1445-1518)

(06) Quis numerare queat? / Da pacem a 5 [06'38"]

John FOREST (c1365-1446)

(07) Tota pulchra es a 3 [04'09"]

Walter FRYE (?-c1474)

(08) Ave regina caelorum a 3 [02'51"]

Jean MOUTON (bef 1459-1522)

(09) Tota pulchra es a 4 [02'13"]

John DUNSTAPLE

(10) Sub tuam protectionem a 3 [03'50"]

Antoine BRUMEL

(11) Sub tuum praesidium a 4 [04'29"]

Adrian WILLAERT (c1490-1562)

(12) Infelix ego a 6 [05'08"]

Gilles BINCHOIS

(13) Asperges me a 3 [03'04"]

William BYRD (c1540-1623)

(14) Infelix ego a 6 [11'34"]

[encore]

Thomas TALLIS (1505-1585)

(15) O nata lux de lumine a 5 [02'19"]

Picture: Old Hall manuscript (c1400)

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Sunday, 25 January 2026

Berlioz: La damnation de Faust - Jakob Lehmann

Hector BERLIOZ

(1803 - 1869)

La damnation de Faust

légende dramatique in 4 parts, op. 24 (Paris, 1846)

libretto: Hector Berlioz/Almire Gandonnière

(after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

Victoria Karkacheva, mezzo-soprano (Marguerite)

Petr Nekoranec, tenor (Faust)

Thomas Dolié, baritone (Brander)

Christian Van Horn, bass-baritone (Méphistophélès)

Maîtrise de Radio France

Chœur de Radio France

Les Siècles

DIR: JAKOB LEHMANN

recorded: Nov 15, 2025, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris

period instruments

lossless (flac)

(01) Première partie [15'47"]

(02) Deuxième partie [44'26"]

(03) Troisième partie [38'54"]

(04) Quatrième partie [32'58"]

picture: La damnation, probably by Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904)

links:

La damnation de Faust

Maîtrise de Radio France

Choeur de Radio France

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Johann Friedrich Fasch - score

Friday, 23 January 2026

Baroque concertos - Il Gardellino

Baroque concertos

Il Gardellino

recorded: Nov 11, 2025, Ateneul Român, Bucharest

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

soloists:

Dimos De Beun, recorder

Jan De Winne, transverse flute

Marcel Ponseel, oboe

Joanna Huszcza, violin

Ira Givol, viola da gamba

Shalev Ad-El, harpsichord

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Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

(01) Concerto for oboe, violin, strings and bc in c minor (BWV 1060R) [12'57"]

Johan Joachim AGRELL (1701-1765)

(02) Concerto for harpsichord, transverse flute, violin,

strings and bc in b minor, op. 4,2 [16'50"]

Johann Friedrich FASCH (1688-1758)

(03) Concerto for transverse flute, oboe, strings and bc

in b minor (FWV L,h1) [06'28"]

Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)

(04) Trio sonata for two violins and bc in d minor,

op. 1,12 'La Follia' (RV 63) [09'53"]

(05) Concerto for violin, cello [viola da gamba], strings and bc

in B flat (RV 547) [08'31"]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)

(06) Concerto for recorder, transverse flute, strings and bc

in e minor (GTWV 52,e1) [13'27"]

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Johan Joachim Agrell

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Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Thursday, 22 January 2026

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro - Riccardo Minasi

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

(1756 - 1791)

Le nozze di Figaro

commedia per musica in 4 acts (KV 492) (Vienna, 1786)

libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte

Louise Alder, soprano (Contessa d'Almaviva)

Elisabeth Boudreault, soprano (Barbarina)

Johanna Wallroth, soprano (Susanna)

Adèle Charvet, mezzo-soprano (Cherubino)

Madeleine Shaw, mezzo-soprano (Marcellina)

Robert Forrest, tenor (Don Basilio)

Vincent Ordonneau, tenor (Don Curzio)

Huw Montague Rendall, baritone (Conte d'Almaviva)

Tommaso Barea, bass (Figaro)

Alessandro Corbelli, bass (Bartolo)

Alexander Vassiliev, bass (Antonio)

Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

DIR: RICCARDO MINASI

recorded: August 27, 2025, Royal Albert Hall, London

[BBC Proms 2025]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

(01) act 1 [50'27"]

(02) act 2 [51'57"]

(03) act 3 [46'37"]

(04) act 4 [35'58"]

links:

libretto (IT/E)

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

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George Frideric Handel, Ode - score

Tuesday, 20 January 2026

Music for Queen Anne - Spiritato (Elizabeth Kenny)

Music to her Majestie -

Odes for the last Stuart

Vocal ensemble

Spiritato

DIR: ELIZABETH KENNY

recorded: Sept 10, 2023, St Giles' Cripplegate, London

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

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Henry PURCELL (1659=1695)

(01) From hardy climes and dangerous toils of war (Z 325) [17'28"]

Ode for the marriage of Prince George of Denmark and Princess Anne (1683)

John ECCLES (c1668-1735)

(02) Inspire us genius of the day [25'49"]

Ode for the Queen's Birthday (1703)

George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)

(03) Eternal source of light divine (HWV 74) [25'01"]

Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne (1713)

Picture: Queen Anne (Willem Wissing, 1687)

links:

Queen Anne

Henry Purcell, Ode (notes & lyrics) - score

John Eccles - Ode - score - lyrics

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Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble

Sunday, 18 January 2026

Music from 17th-century Hamburg - Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble (Manfred Cordes)

Music from 17th-century Hamburg

Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble

DIR: MANFRED CORDES

recorded: Oct 19, 2025, Örgryte nya kyrka, Gothenburg

[Gothenburg International Organ Festival 2025]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

programme with lyrics included [pdf]

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Hieronymus PRAETORIUS (1560-1629)

(01) Exultate iusti a 16 [04'41"]

Jacob PRAETORIUS (1586-1651)

(02) Forti animo esto a 8 [04'35"]

Johann SCHOP (1590-1667)

(03) Nun lob mein Seel den Herren a 8 & a 13 [11'04"]

Dietrich BECKER (1623-1679)

(04) Sonata à 3 [05'48"]

Matthias WECKMANN (1617-1674)

(05) Es erhub sich ein Streit a 14 [07'07"]

Christoph BERNHARD (1628-1692)

(06) Wohl dem, der den Herren fürchtet a 7 [06'22"]

(07) Jauchzet dem Herren a 4 [05'36"]

(08) Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener a 14 [11'55"]

Thomas SELLE (1599-1663)

(09) Vivit Hamburgum a 6 [02'09"]

(10) Lobet den Herrn in seinem Heiligtum a 14 [14'54"]

links:

Hieronymus Praetorius

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Friday, 16 January 2026

Classical wind trios - Quodlibet Winds

Classical wind trios

Quodlibet Winds

recorded: Jan 8, 2026, St Malachy's Church – The Actors' Chapel, New York

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

Kelsey Burnham, transverse flute

Elise Bonhivert, clarinet

Aaron Goler, bassoon

programme with liner-notes included [pdf]

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Georg Friedrich FUCHS (1752-1821)

Trio No. 2 in C [10'21"]

(01) allegro [05'18"]

(02) rondo allegro [05'03"]

André-Frédéric ELER (1764-1821)

Trio No. 3 in d minor [13'20"]

(03) adagio - allegro non troppo [07'45"]

(04) tempo di menuetto [05'35"]

Kaspar KUMMER (1795-1870)

Trio in d minor, op. 32 [17'32"]

(05) allegro [07'39"]

(06) andante grazioso [03'24"]

(07) rondo. allegro [06'29"]

links:

Georg Friedrich Fuchs - parts

André-Frédéric Eler

Kaspar Kummer - score

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