Classical Music In Concert

Sunday, 21 June 2026

Rossi: Orfeo - Raphaël Pichon

Luigi ROSSI

(1597/98? - 1653)

Orfeo

opera in 3 acts (Paris, 1647)

libretto: Francesco Buti

Camille Chopin, soprano (Proserpina, Venere)

Julie Roset, soprano (Euridice)

Xenia Puskarz Thomas, mezzo-soprano (Orfeo)

Blandine de Sansal, contralto (Aristeo)

William Shelton, alto (Amore, Nutrice)

Dominique Visse, alto (Una vecchia)

Samuel Boden, tenor (Momo)

Laurence Kilsby, tenor (Apollo)

Tomáš Král, baritone (Caronte, Endimione)

Alex Rosen, bass (Augure, Pluto)

Maïlys de Villoutreys, Perrine Devillers, Corinne Bahuaud,

soprano (Grazie)

Laurence Kilsby, tenor; René Ramos Premier, tenor;

Renaud Brès, bass (Parchae)

Pygmalion

DIR: RAPHAËL PICHON

recorded: March 6, 2026, Town Hall, Adelaide

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 272 kbps AAC)

N.B. Pichon omitted the prologue and the epilogue

included:

programme performance [pdf]

libretto (IT/E) [pdf]

(01) act 1 [50'30"]

(02) act 2 [49'56"]

(03) act 3 [54'14"]

Picture: Orpheus playing to the Animals, by Benedetto Gennari (1633-1715)

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Stanisław Sylwester Szarzyński

Friday, 19 June 2026

Polish Baroque - Ars Antiqua Austria (Gunar Letzbor)

Polish Baroque

Ars Antiqua Austria

Katarzyna Wiwer, soprano

DIR: GUNAR LETZBOR

recorded: Nov 14, 2008, [St Martin's Church], Cracow

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: BBC Radio 3

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(01) [Suite for lute] [10'06"]

Adam JARZĘBSKI (1590-1649)

(02) Berlinesca a 3 [04'21"]

(03) Chromatica a 3 [03'48"]

(04) Spandesa a 3 [02'18"]

Mikołaj ZIELEŃSKI (1550-1617)

(05) Video caelos apertos [03'21"]

Heinrich DÖBEL (1650-1693)

(06) Sonata for violin and bc in A [12'23"]

Tarquinio MERULA (1594/95-1665)

(07) Cantate jubilate [04'42"]

anon

(08) 4 dances [05'31"]

Marcin MIELCZEWSKI (1600-1651)

(09) Canzona for 2 violins and bc [09'32"]

Stanisław Sylwester SZARZYŃSKI (fl 1692-1713)

(10) Veni Sancte Spiritus [09'05"]

Marcin Józef ŻEBROWSKI (1710-1780)

(11) Lauda Sion [03'47"]

Picture: Title page of Zieleński's Offertoriia totius anni

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Marcin Józef Żebrowski

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WA Mozart, Quintet KV 407 - score

Thursday, 18 June 2026

The winds of the Spanish court - Camerata Federici

The winds of the Spanish court

Camerata Federici

recorded: March 11, 2026, Fundación Juan March, Madrid

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

programme (ES) included [pdf]

Josep Domenech, oboe

Javier Bonet, natural horn

Josep Borràs, bassoon

Hiro Kurosaki, violin

Emilio Moreno, viola

Remei Silvestre, viola

Mar Bonet, cello

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Francesco FEDERICI (?-1830)

Sextet for violin, viola, cello, oboe, horn and bassoon No. 1 in F [14'22"]

(01) allegro moderato [05'56"]

(02) larghetto [03'52"]

(03) allegro [04'34"]

anon

Trio for viola, horn and bassoon No. 3 in F [13'18"]

(04) allegro risoluto [07'55"]

(05) aria con variazione [05'23"]

Johann Christian BACH (1735-1782)

Quartet for oboe, violin, viola and cello in B flat (Warb B 60) [10'05"]

(06) allegro 05'51"]

(07) rondo. grazioso [04'14"]

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

Quintet for horn, violin, 2 violas and cello in E flat (KV 407) [16'44"]

(08) allegro [06'30"]

(09) andante [05'58"]

(10) rondo. allegro [04'15"]

Francesco FEDERICI

Sextet for violin, viola, cello, oboe, horn and bassoon No. 3 in E flat [19'14"]

(11) tema. andante con variaciones [11'15"]

(12) larghetto [03'12"]

(13) allegro alla polacca [04'47"]

links:

Francesco Federici

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Tuesday, 16 June 2026

Handel: Acis and Galatea - William Christie

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Acis and Galatea

(HWV 49)

version in 2 acts (London, 1739)

libretto: John Gay

Rachel Redmond, soprano (Galatea)

Richard Pittsinger, tenor (Damon)

James Way, tenor (Acis)

Padraic Rowan, bass-baritone (Polyphemus)

Les Arts Florissants

DIR: WILLIAM CHRISTIE

recorded: June 1, 2026, Wigmore Hall, London

period instruments

lossless (flac)

libretto included [pdf]

(01) act 1 [42'18"]

(02) act 2 [55'53"]

Picture: Acis and Galatea (Nicolas Poussin, 1594–1665)

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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)

links:

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"]

links:

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

links:

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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