Thursday, 26 February 2026

Lassus: Penitential Psalms IV & V - Dufay Ensemble Freiburg

 


Orlandus LASSUS

(1532 - 1594)


Penitential Psalms IV & V


Dufay Ensemble Freiburg


recorded: May 24, 2013, Schlosskirche, Brühl


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Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA (1525/26-1594)

Missa Regina coeli a 5: 

(01) Kyrie [03'08"]


Jacobus VAET (c1529-1567)

(02) Aurea luce a 5 [10'24"]


Orlandus LASSUS (1532-1594)

(03) Miserere mei Deus a 5 (Psalmus poenitentialis IV) [22'34"]


JOSQUIN DESPREZ (1450/55-1521)

(04) Tu solus, qui facis mirabilia a 4 [04'33"]


Orlandus LASSUS

(05) De profundis clamavi a 5 (Psalmus poenitentialis V) [08'01"]


Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

Missa Regina coeli a 5: 

(06) Agnus Dei [04'06"]


Jacobus VAET

(07) Magnificat 6. toni a 5 [09'22"]


[encore]

Cristóbal DE MORALES (c1500-1553)

(08) Circumdederunt me a 5 [02'33"]


Picture: De profundis ('Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry', Musée Condé, Chantilly)


links: 

Penitential psalms

Lassus, Penitential psalms - scores

Palestrina, score

Jacobus Vaet

Josquin Desprez, Tu solus - score

Dufay Ensemble Freiburg


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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


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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: 

Beethoven, Piano concerto No. 1 - score

Mendelssohn, String symphonies - score No. 4

Chopin, Piano concerto op. 21 - score

Tomasz Ritter

{oh} Orkiestra


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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)


links: 

Poro

score

Dorota Szczepańska

Margarita Slepakova

Franko Klisović

Rafał Tomkiewicz

Krzysztof Lachman

Przemysław Józef Bałka

Capella Cracoviensis


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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

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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"]


links: 

scores

Stacey Brown

Charles Daniels

Nigel North

Les Voix Humaines


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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


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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"]


links: 

Giovanni Battista Sammartini - Miserere

Cappella Murensis

Capriccio Basel


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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"]


links: 

Giovanni Legrenzi

scores

Concerto Soave


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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)


links: 

Domenico Cimarosa

L'Olimpiade

score

Jone Martínez

Chelsea Zurflüh

Daniela Mack

Olivia Vermeulen

Jorge Franco

Marcello Nardis

La Cetra Barockorchester Basel


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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

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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:

Mozart, Divertimento KV 136 - score

Haydn, Symphony No. 44 - score

Haydn, Symphony No. 52 - score

Pärt, Da pacem, Domine

Il Giardino Armonico


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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

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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

François-André Danican Philidor - score

Annika Gerhards

Anne Bierwirth

Stephan Van Dyck

Benoît Giaux

Ex Tempore

Mannheimer Hofkapelle


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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]


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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:

Purcell, Distress'd Innocence - score

Couperin, score La Sultanne

Michel Corrette - scores

Andreas Anton Schmelzer

{oh} Orkiestra


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