Contre Nature: a Subversive History of Polyphony - Graindelavoix (Björn Schmelzer)

 

Contre Nature: a Subversive History of Polyphony

Graindelavoix

DIR: BJÖRN SCHMELZER

recorded: August 28, 2025, St.-Carolus Borromeuskerk, Antwerp

[Laus Polyphoniae 2025]

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

programme festival with lyrics included [pdf]

(p 459-479)

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(01) Exceptivam actionem [05'20"]

Philippe DE VITRY (1291-1361)

(02) In virtute / Decens / Clamor meus [08'35"]

Guillaume DE MACHAUT (c1300-1377)

(03) Ma fin est mon commencement [03'54"]

SOLAGE (fl late 14th C)

(04) Fumeux fume [05'36"]

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(05) Se j'ay perdu [10'11"]

Matheus DE SANCTO JOHANNE (?-1391)

(06) Science n'a nul annemi [06'42"]

GUIDO (DE LANGE?) (fl 1372-1374)

(07) Or voit tout en aventure [03'47"]

Matheus DE SANCTO JOHANNE

(08) Are post libamina [02'04"]

Antonio ZACARA DA TERAMO (c1350/60-1413 or later)

(09) Sumite karissimi [04'23"]

Jacob DE SENLECHES (fl 1382/83)

(10) Je me merveil [05'28"]

(11) La harpe de melodie [03'14"]

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(12) Ung lion say [03'27"]

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(13) Plus ne put musique  [04'09"]

Picture: Alain de Lille, author of the text of Exceptivam actionem

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Philippe de Vitry

Guillaume de Machaut

Solage

Matheus de Sancto Johanne

Guido (de Lange?)

Antonio Zacara da Teramo

Jacob de Senleches

Graindelavoix

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Mendelssohn: Early sacred works - Kay Johannsen

 

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY

(1809 - 1847)

Early sacred works

solistenensemble stimmkunst

Stiftsphilharmonie Stuttgart

DIR: KAY JOHANNSEN

recorded: Sept 19, 2025, Stiftskirche, Stuttgart

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

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(01) Gloria in E flat (MWV A1) [27'57"]

(02) Tu es Petrus, op. 111 (MWV A4) [08'12"]

(03) Wir glauben all an einen Gott (MWV A12) [07'25"]

(04) Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein (MWV A13) [13'47"]

(05) Der 115. Psalm, op. 31 (Non nobis Domine) (MWV A9) [17'17"]

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Gloria

Tu es Petrus

Der 11. Psalm

scores

solistenensemble stimmkunst

Stiftsphilharmonie Stuttgart

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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

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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

links: 

Giovanni Legrenzi

La divisione del mondo

score

Ilana Davidson

Simone Kermes

Sonora Vaice

Gabriele Sima

Hillary Summers

Bernhard Landauer

Matthias Rexroth

Kobie van Rensburg

James Taylor

Wolf Matthias Friedrich

Petteri Salomaa

Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble

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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

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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)

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Exsultate, jubilate

Serenata notturna

Voi avete un cor fedele

Symphony KV 504

scores

Julia Lezhneva

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne

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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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Contenance angloise

Gilles Binchois

Antoine Brumel

John Dunstaple

Guillaume Dufay

Loyset Compère

John Forest

Walter Frye

Jean Mouton

Adrian Willaert

William Byrd

The Gesualdo Six

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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

libretto

score

Victoria Karkacheva

Petr Nekoranec

Thomas Dolié

Christian Van Horn

Maîtrise de Radio France

Choeur de Radio France

Les Siècles

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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

Johann Friedrich Fasch - score

score JS Bach

scores Vivaldi

score Telemann

Il Gardellino

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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: 

Le nozze di Figaro

libretto (IT/E)

score

review performance

Louise Alder

Elisabeth Boudreault

Johanna Wallroth

Adèle Charvet

Madeleine Shaw

Robert Forrest

Vincent Ordonneau

Huw Montague Rendall

Tommaso Barea

Alessandro Corbelli

Alexander Vassiliev

Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

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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

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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

George Frideric Handel, Ode - score

Spiritato

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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

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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"]

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Hieronymus Praetorius

Jacob Praetorius II

Johann Schop

Dietrich Becker

Matthias Weckmann

Christoph Bernhard

Thomas Selle

Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble

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