Classical Music In Concert

Beethoven, Piano concerto No. 1 - score

Tuesday, 24 February 2026

Beethoven & Chopin - Tomasz Ritter & Martyna Pastuszka

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

Frédéric CHOPIN

Piano concertos

Tomasz Ritter, fortepiano

{oh} Orkiestra

DIR: MARTYNA PASTUSZKA

recorded: Dec 12, 2025, Filarmonia Gorzowska, Gorzów Wielkopolski

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

Concerto for pianoforte No. 1 in C, op. 15 [33'21"]

(01) allegro con brio [16'41"]

(02) largo [07'49"]

(03) rondo. allegro scherzando [08'51"]

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)

(04) Symphony for strings No. 4 in c minor (MWV N 4) [08'35"]

Frédéric CHOPIN

Concerto for pianoforte in f minor, op. 21 [29'35"]

(05) maestoso [13'10"]

(06) larghetto [08'10"]

(07) allegro vivace [08'16"]

[encore]

Frédéric CHOPIN

(08) Waltz in a minor, op. 34,2 [05'25"]

links:

Mendelssohn, String symphonies - score No. 4

Chopin, Piano concerto op. 21 - score

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Sunday, 22 February 2026

Handel: Poro - Alessandro Tampieri

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Poro, Re dell'Indie (HWV 28)

opera seria in 3 acts (London, 1731)

libretto: Pietro Metastasio

Dorota Szczepańska, soprano (Cleofide)

Margarita Slepakova, mezzo-soprano (Erissena)

Franko Klisović, alto (Gandarte)

Rafał Tomkiewicz, alto (Poro)

Krzysztof Lachman, tenor (Alessandro)

Przemysław Józef Bałka, bass (Timagene)

Capella Cracoviensis

DIR: ALESSANDRO TAMPIERI

recorded: Feb 14, 2026, Łaźnia Nowa Theatre, Cracow

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

N.B. In the performance the opera was split into two parts.

I have restored the original division in three acts.

included: libretto

(01) act 1 [56'17"]

(02) act 2 [39'46"]

(03) act 3 [51'49"]

Picture: Alexander and Porus during the Battle of the Hydaspes (Charles Le Brun, 1673)

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Przemysław Józef Bałka

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Friday, 20 February 2026

Dowland: Songs and consort music - Charles Daniels, Nigel North, Les Voix Humaines

John DOWLAND

† February 20, 1626

Charles Daniels, tenor

Nigel North, lute

Les Voix Humaines

recorded: Feb 9, 2023, Hamarikyu Asahi Hall, Tokyo

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

source: Dwójka (Warsaw)

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(01) Shall I strive with words to move? [02'29"]

(02) M. Henry Noel his Galliard [02'21"]

(03) Flow my tears [04'02"]

(04) Lachrimae antiquae [04'16"]

(05) My thoughts are wing'd with hopes [02'48"]

(06) Mr. George Whitehead his Almand [01'34"]

(07) Lacrimae antiquae novae [04'07"]

(08) All ye whom love or fortune hath betray'd [04'19"]

(09) Clear or cloudy [03'02"]

(10) Lachrimae gementes [03'50"]

(11) Sir John Smith, his Almaine [02'38"]

(12) Can she excuse my wrongs [02'36"]

(13) The Earl of Essex Galliard [01'16"]

(14) Lasso mia vita [03'16"]

(15) Lachrimae tristes [04'56"]

Stacey BROWN

(16) Lachrime viventium - Lorasirme Ryny their Galliard [07'05"]

John DOWLAND

(17) I must complain, yet do enjoy my love [03'01"]

(18) Lachrimae coactae [03'45"]

(19) If my complaints could passions move [02'44"]

(20) Sir John Souch his Galliard [01'23"]

(21) Lachrimae amantis [04'41"]

(22) Sweet stay awhile [03'00"]

(23) Lachrimae verae [05'14"]

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Giovanni Battista Sammartini - Miserere

Thursday, 19 February 2026

Sammartini: Miserere - Cappella Murensis & Capriccio Basel

Giovanni Battista SAMMARTINI

(c1700 - 1775)

Miserere

Cappella Murensis

Capriccio Basel

DIR: JOHANNES STROBL

recorded: July 2008, Fribourg

period instruments

lossless (flac)

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Giovanni Battista SAMMARTINI (c1700-1775)

(01) Miserere [32'18"]

(02) Beatus vir in D [06'25"]

[Marcus Niedermeyr, bass]

Johann Christian BACH (1735-1782)

(03) Magnificat in C (Warb E 22) [10'54"]

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Tuesday, 17 February 2026

Legrenzi: Cantatas & duets - Concerto Soave (Jean-Marc Aymes)

Giovanni LEGRENZI

(1626 - 1690)

Cantatas & duets

Concerto Soave

DIR: JEAN-MARC AYMES

recorded: Sept 21, 2024, Chiesa dei Santi Defendente e Rocco, Clusone

[Festival musicale internazionale Giovanni Legrenzi 2024]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

Lise Viricel, soprano

Romain Bockler, baritone

Manon Papasergio, cello

Ulrik Gaston Larsen, archlute

Jean-Marc Aymes, harpsichord

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(01) Di due fiamme ad una sfera [04'46"]

(02) Del matin sú l'oriz(z)onte [07'39"]

(03) Pene, non mi lasciate [07'10"]

(04) Amo piú la lontananza [06'05"]

(05) Mia ragione, all'armi, alla'rmi [04'56"]

(06) Sorgea dal sen di Lete [07'19"]

(07) Non è amante chi non piange [03'37"]

(08) Uscite, pianti, uscite [06'11"]

(09) Amore e virtú mi battono l'alma [06'21"]

(10) Spera mio cor, chi sà [04'34"]

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La Cetra Barockorchester Basel

Sunday, 15 February 2026

Cimarosa: L'Olimpiade - Andrea Marcon

Domenico CIMAROSA

(1749 - 1801)

L'Olimpiade

dramma per musica in 2 acts (Vicenza, 1784)

libretto: Pietro Metastasio

Jone Martínez, soprano (Aristea)

Chelsea Zurflüh, soprano (Argene)

Daniela Mack, mezzo-soprano (Megacle)

Olivia Vermeulen, mezzo-soprano (Licida)

Jorge Franco, tenor (Clistene)

Marcello Nardis, tenor (Aminta)

La Cetra Barockorchester Basel

DIR: ANDREA MARCON

recorded: Jan 31, 2026, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

period instruments

lossless (flac)

included:

programme performance (NL) [pdf]

liner-notes & libretto [pdf]

(01) act 1 [59'56"]

(02) act 2 [1.27'59"]

Picture: Les Jeux olympiques (Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours, 1791)

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Mozart, Divertimento KV 136 - score

Friday, 13 February 2026

Haydn & Mozart: Orchestral works - Il Giardino Armonico (Giovanni Antonini)

Franz Joseph HAYDN

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

Orchestral works

Il Giardino Arrmonico

DIR: GIOVANNI ANTONINI

recorded: Dec 13, 2024, Toppan Hall, Tokyo

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

Divertimento in D (KV 136) [17'21"]

(01) allegro [06'00"]

(02) andante [07'28"]

(03) presto [03'52"]

Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)

Symphony in c minor (H I,52) [27'43"]

(04) allegro [08'50"]

(05) andante [10'34"]

(06) menuetto - trio. allegretto [02'51"]

(07) finale. presto [05'28"]

Arvo PÄRT (*1935)

(08) Da pacem, Domine [04'58"]

Samuel SCHEIDT (1587-1654)

(09) Paduan dolorosa [04'14"]

Franz Joseph HAYDN

Symphony in e minor 'Trauer' (H I,44) [26'28"]

(10) allegro con brio [09'01"]

(11) menuetto - trio. allegretto [04'10"]

(12) adagio [08'14"]

(13) finale. presto [05'04"]

[encore]

Christoph Willibald VON GLUCK (1714-1787)

Don Juan, ballet (Wq 52):

(14) larghetto - allegro non troppo [06'09"]

links:

Haydn, Symphony No. 44 - score

Haydn, Symphony No. 52 - score

Pärt, Da pacem, Domine

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François-André Danican Philidor - score

Thursday, 12 February 2026

Philidor: Carmen saeculare - Florian Heyerick

François-André Danican PHILIDOR

(1726 - 1795)

Carmen saeculare

cantata in a prologue and 4 parts (London, 1779)

texts: Quintus Horatius Flaccus

Annika Gerhards, soprano

Anne Bierwirth, contralto

Stephan Van Dyck, tenor

Benoît Giaux, bass

Vocal ensemble Ex Tempore

Mannheimer Hofkapelle

DIR: FLORIAN HEYERICK

recorded: Sept 7, 2012, Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht

[Musica Sacra Maastricht 2012]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

included:

programme (NL) [pdf]

liner-notes (E) [pdf]

lyrics & translations [pdf]

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(01) overture [04'36"]

(02) Prologus & Prima Pars [06'49"]

(03) Secunda Pars [17'01"]

(04) Tertia Pars [12'56"]

(05) Quarta Pars [37'45"]

Picture: Title page of Carmen saeculare

links:

Horace, Carmen saeculare

Mannheimer Hofkapelle

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Purcell, Distress'd Innocence - score

Tuesday, 10 February 2026

Oriental Tales - {oh} Orkiestra (Martyna Pastuszka)

Oriental Tales

{oh} Orkiestra

DIR: MARTYNA PASTUSZKA

recorded: Sept 19, 2025, Philharmonie, Brașov

[Bucharest Early Music Festival 2024]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps)

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Henry PURCELL (1659-1695)

(01) Distress'd Innocence, or The Princess of Persia (Z 577),

incidental music [15'00"]

François COUPERIN (1668-1733)

(02) La Sultanne [10'19"]

Michel CORRETTE (1707-1795)

(03) Le Phénix, concerto [10'14"]

Andreas Anton SCHMELZER (1653-1701) (attr)

(04) Sonata Die Türkenschlacht bei Wien 1683 [13'28"]

Michel CORRETTE

(05) Concerto comique No. 25 'Les Sauvages et la Fürstemberg' [09'55"]

Picture: Oriental merchants in front of a Mediterranean port

(c1760, school of Jean-Baptiste Le Prince)

links:

Couperin, score La Sultanne

Michel Corrette - scores

Andreas Anton Schmelzer

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