Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Handel: Orlando - Thibault Noally

 


George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)


Orlando

opera seria in 3 acts (London, 1733) (HWV 31)

libretto: anon (after Carlo Sigismondo Capece, 

based on Ludivico Ariosto, Orlando furioso)


Julia Pliś, soprano (Dorinda)

Joanna Sojka, soprano (Angelica)

Kangmin Justin Kim, alto (Medoro)

Tim Mead, alto (Orlando)

Nicolas Brooymans, bass (Zoroastro)


Capella Cracoviensis


DIR: THIBAULT NOALLY


recorded: Feb 4, 2026, ICE, Cracow


period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

source: Dwójka (PL)


included: libretto [pdf]


(01) act 1 [61'46"]

(02) act 2 [48'48"]

(03) act 3 [47'03"]


Picture: Angelica and Medoro (Sebastiano Ricci, c1716)


Handel, Orlando

score

Julia Pliś

Joanna Sojka

Kangmin Justin Kim

Tim Mead

Nicolas Brooymans

Capella Cracoviensis


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Sunday, 1 March 2026

Zelenka, Durante & Scarlatti: Music for Passiontide - Václav Luks

 


Zelenka, Durante & Scarlatti


Music for Passiontide


Collegium Vocale 1704

Collegium 1704


DIR: VÁCLAV LUKS


recorded: June 8, 2025, Stift Melk (Kolomanisaal) (01,02,09); 

July 27, 2025, Stift St. Florian, St. Florian (Austria) (03-08)


period instruments

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Jan Dismas ZELENKA (1679-1745)

(01) Statio quadruplex pro Processione Theophorica (ZWV 158) [16'19"]


Francesco DURANTE (1684-1755)

(02) Miserere à 5 voci [20'58"]


Jan Dismas ZELENKA

Responsoria pro Hebdomada Sancta, ZWV 55: 

(03) Tristis est anima mea [05'17"]

(04) In monte Oliveti [04'10"]

(05) Omnes amici mei [04'12"]

(06) Caligaverunt oculi mei [05'34"]

(07) O vos omnes [02'57"]

(08) Sepulto Domino [04'41"]


Domenico SCARLATTI (1685-1757)

(09) Stabat mater à 10 voci [21'24"]


Picture: Mater dolorosa (Carlo Dolci, 1616-1687)


links: 

Jan Dismas Zelenka - scores

Francesco Durante - score

D Scarlatti, Stabat mater - score

Collegium Vocale & Collegium 1704


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Friday, 27 February 2026

CPE Bach: Symphonies & concertos - Roger Norrington

 


Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH

(1714 - 1788)


Symphonies & concertos


Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment


Richard Lester, cello

Steven Devine, harpsichord


DIR: ROGER NORRINGTON


recorded: March 3, 2011, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London


period instruments

lossless (flac)


(01) Symphony in G (Wq 182,1 / H 657) [10'38"]


Concerto for harpsichord, strings and bc in C (Wq 20 / H 423) [23'00"]

(02) allegretto [10'24"]

(03) adagio ma non troppo [06'31"]

(04) allegro assai [06'06"]


(05) Symphony in G (Wq 173 / H 648) 08'51"]


(06) Symphony in E (Wq 182,6 / H 662) [10'19"]


Concerto for cello, strings and bc in A (Wq 172 / H 439) [21'27"]

(07) allegro [06'46"]

(08) largo con sordini, mesto [09'10"]

(09) allegro assai [05'30"]


(10) Symphony in E flat (Wq 179 / H 654) [12'30"]


links: 

scores

Richard Lester

Steven Devine

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment


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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


lossless (flac)


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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


period instruments

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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

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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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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