Classical Music In Concert

Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots

Friday 11 October 2024

Mozart Week (5): Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots - Andreas Spering

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

(1756 - 1791)

Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots

geistliches Singspiel (KV 35) (Salzburg, 1767)

libretto: Ignatz Anton von Weiser

Anna Palimina, soprano (Gerechtigkeit)

Johanna Winkel, soprano (Barmherzigkeit)

Yeree Suh, soprano (Weltgeist)

Andreas Karasiak, tenor (Christgeist)

Lothar Odinius, tenor (Ein lauer und hinnach eifriger Christ)

Capella Augustina

DIR.: ANDREAS SPERING

recorded: Nov 9, 2012, Kulturzentrum, Herne

[Tage alter Musik Herne 2012]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: WDR 3 (Cologne) (digital radio) (stream)

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(01) [Part 1]

(02) [Part 2]

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Thursday 10 October 2024

Mozart Week (4): Trio, quartet & concerto - Maxim Emelyanychev, Scottish CO

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

(1756 - 1791)

Trio, quartet & concerto

Maxim Emelyanychev, fortepiano

Principals of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra

rec: August 13, 2024, The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

[Edinburgh International Festival 2024]

clarinet and strings: modern instruments, period style

flac (original bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: RNE (Madrid) (digital radio) (stream)

Maximiliano Martín, clarinet

Stephanie Gonley, violin

Marcus Barcham Stevens, violin

Max Mandel, viola

Philip Higham, cello

Nikita Naumov, double bass

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Quartet for keyboard, violin, viola and cello in g minor (KV 478) [25'42"]

(01) allegro [10'43"]

(02) andante [06'47"]

(03) rondo. allegro [08'12"]

Trio for clarinet, viola and keyboard in E flat 'Kegelstatt-Trio' (KV 498) [19'07"]

(04) andante [05'22"]

(05) menuetto [05'12"]

(06) rondeaux. allegretto [08'32"]

Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in A (KV 414) [25'00"]

(version for keyboard and string quintet)

(07) allegro [10'21"]

(08) andante [07'59"]

(09) allegretto [06'40"]

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Marcus Barcham Stevens

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Wednesday 9 October 2024

Mozart Week (3): Arias & symphonies - Jodie Devos & Ewald Demeyere

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

(1756 - 1791)

Arias & symphonies

Bach Concentus

Jodie Devos, soprano

DIR.: EWALD DEMEYERE

recorded: Jan 25, 2018, deSingel, Antwerp

period instruments

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source: Klara (B) (digital radio) (stream)

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(01) Overture Il Rè Pastore (KV 208) [03'34"]

(02) Bella mia fiamma - Resta, o cara (KV 528) [09'51"]

Symphony in A (KV 201) [21'56"]

(03) allegro moderato [06'37"]

(04) andante [07'06"]

(05) menuetto. allegretto [03'05"]

(06) allegro con spirito [05'08"]

(07) Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio (KV 418) -

No, no, che non sei capace (KV 419) [11'46"]

Symphony in g minor (KV 550) [25'41"]

(08) molto allegro [07'03"]

(09) andante [08'27"]

(10) menuetto - trio [03'28"]

(11) allegro assai [06'43"]

(12) Mia speranza adorata - Ah non sai (KV 416) [08'58"]

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Tuesday 8 October 2024

Mozart Week (2): Gran Partita - Zefiro

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

(1756 - 1791)

Gran Partita (KV 361)

Zefiro

DIR.: ALFREDO BERNARDINI

recorded: July 5, 2014, Helmut List Halle, Graz

[Styriarte 2024]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps)

source: ORF (Vienna) (digital radio) (stream)

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Serenade for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 basset horns, 2 bassoons, 4 horns and

double bass in B flat 'Gran Partita' (KV 361/370a) [46'24"]

(01) largo - molto allegro 08'59"]

(02) menuetto - trio I & II [08'32"]

(03) adagio 05'29"]

(04) menuetto. allegretto - trio I & II [04'29"]

(05) romance. adagio - allegretto [05'35"]

(06) tema con variazioni [09'37"]

(07) finale. molto allegro [03'43"]

[encore]

Le nozze di Figaro (KV 492):

(08) Non piu andrai (arr Johann Nepumuk Wendt) [03'27"]

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Mozart, Der Schauspieldirektor - libretto

Monday 7 October 2024

Mozart Week (1): Ballet music from Idomeneo & Der Schauspieldirektor - Václav Luks

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

(1756 - 1791)

Ballet music from Idomeneo

Der Schauspieldirektor

Nikola Hillebrand, soprano

Giulia Semenzato, soprano

Krystian Adam, tenor

Luigi De Donato, bass

Collegium 1704

DIR.: VÁCLAV LUKS

recorded: August 23, 2021, Warsaw, National Philharmonic

[Festival Chopin and his Europe 2021]

period instruments

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source: Dwojka

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Josef MYSLIVEČEK (1737-1781)

Overture Ezio [08'53"]

(01) allegro con spirito [04'13"]

(02) andantino affettuoso [03'09"]

(03) presto [01'31"]

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

Idomeneo (KV 367): Ballet music [23'58"]

(04) chaconne. allegro [03'53"]

(05) chaconne. larghetto [02'41"]

(06) chaconne. allegro [02'42"]

(07) largo - allegretto - più allegro [04'03"]

(08) passepied [02'54"]

(09) gavotte [03'03"]

(10) passacaille [04'41"]

(11) Der Schauspieldirektor (KV 486) [24'30"]

Picture: manuscript of the overture to Der Schauspieldirektor, 1786

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Josef Mysliveček

Mozart, Idomeneo

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Sunday 6 October 2024

Cesti: L'Orontea - Giovanni Antonini

Antonio CESTI

(1623 - 1669)

L'Orontea

dramma musicale in a prologue and 3 acts

(Innsbruck, 1656)

libretto: Giacinto Andrea Cicognini (rev. Giovanni Filippo Apolloni)

Sara Blanch, soprano (Tibrino)

Marta Nazarova, soprano (Giacinta)

Francesca Pia Vitale, soprano (Silandra)

Stéphanie d'Oustrac, mezzo-soprano (Orontea)

Marcela Rahal, mezzo-soprano (Aristea)

Hugh Cutting, alto (Corindo)

Carlo Vistoli, alto (Alidoro)

Lucca Tittoto, baritone (Gelone)

Mirco Palazzi, bass (Creonte)

Choir & Orchestra of the Teatro alla Sala

DIR.: GIOVANNI ANTONINI

recorded: Sept 26, 2024, Teatro alla Scala, Milan

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

source: RAI3 (digital radio) (podcast)

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(01) prologue & act 1 [48'10"]

(02) act 2 [49'57"]

(03) act 3 [57'10"]

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Mozart, Symphony KV 16 - score

Friday 4 October 2024

Mozart, Farrenc & Beethoven - OAE (Antonello Manacorda)

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART,

Louise FARRENC

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

Symphonies

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

DIR.: ANTONELLO MANACORDA

recorded: Sept 13, 2024, Royal Albert Hall, London

[BBC Proms 2024]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne) (digital radio) (stream)

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Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

Symphony in E flat (KV 16) [10'21"]

(01) molto allegro [04'14"]

(02) andante [03'58"]

(03) presto [02'09"]

Louise FARRENC (1804-1875)

Symphony No. 3 in g minor [29'52"]

(04) adagio - allegro [08'35"]

(05) adagio cantabile [09'21"]

(06) scherzo. vivace [05'34"]

(07) finale. allegro [06'21"]

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

Symphony No. 3 in E flat, op. 55 'Eroica' [47'56"]

(08) allegro con brio [16'32"]

(09) marcia funebre. adagio assai [13'57"]

(10) scherzo. allegro vivace [05'34"]

(11) finale. allegro molto [11'53"]

Picture: Louise Farrenc (anon, c1855)

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Louise Farrenc

Farrenc, Symphony No. 3 - score

Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 - score

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

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Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe le fils

Thursday 3 October 2024

Sainte-Colombe le fils: Suites for viola da gamba - L'Achéron

Monsieur de SAINTE-COLOMBE le fils

(c1660? - c1720?)

Suites for viola da gamba

L'Achéron

recorded: rec: Sept 7, 2024, Université de Liège (Salle académique), Liège

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: RTBF (digital radio) (stream)

François Joubert-Caillet, viola da gamba

Sarah Van Oudenhove, viola da gamba

Yoann Moulin, harpsichord

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(01-06) Suite in g minor [14'15"]

(07-17) Suite in F [25'54"]

(18-21) Suite in a minor [07'41"]

(22-30) Suite in e minor [18'06"]

(31-36) Suite in b [12'01"]

[encore]

Marin MARAIS (1656-1728)

(37) Tombeau Pour Mr De Ste Colombe [08'46"]

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Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Tuesday 1 October 2024

Bach: Cantatas - Ton Koopman

Ton Koopman 80

(born Oct 2, 1944)

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Cantatas BWV 60, 70, 89 & 90

Ilse Eerens, soprano

Maarten Engeltjes, alto

Tilman Lichdi, tenor

Klaus Mertens, bass

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

DIR.: TON KOOPMAN

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: AAC 260 kbps)

source: MDR Kultur (Leipzig) (digital radio) (stream)

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N.B. This concert was part of a series to commemorate Bach's first annual cycle of cantatas

in Leipzig in 1723. Each cantata is preceded by a reading of the Gospel of the day (in German)

(01) Gospel: Matthew 18, vs 23-35 [02'57"]

(02) Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim? (BWV 89),

cantata for the 22nd Sunday after Trinity [11'23"]

(03) Gospel: Matthew 9, vs 18-26) [01'50"]

(04) O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (BWV 60),

cantata for the 24th Sunday after Trinity [15'16"]

(05) Gospel: Matthew 24, vs 15-28 [02'17"]

(06) Es reißet euch ein schrecklich Ende (BWV 90),

cantata for the 25th Sunday after Trinity [12'06"]

(07) Gospel: Matthew 25, vs 31-46) [03'44"]

Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! (BWV 70),

cantata for the 26th Sunday after Trinity [23'18"]

(08) [Pars 1] [14'14"]

(09) Pars 2 [09'03"]

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