Classical Music In Concert

Machaut, Messe de Nostre Dame

Thursday, 1 October 2026

From Hildegard to Reich - The Gesualdo Six & Colin Currie Group

From Hildegard to Reich

The Gesualdo Six (Owain Park)

Colin Currie Group (Colin Currie)

recorded: Sept 2, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

[BBC Proms 2026]

mp3 (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

Guillaume DE MACHAUT (1300-1377)

Messe de Nostre Dame:

(01) Kyrie [05'09"]

PEROTINUS (c1160-1230 or earlier)

(02) Beata viscera [02'00"]

Johannes OCKEGHEM (c1410-1497)

(03) Intemerata Dei mater [07'15"]

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN (1098-1179)

(04) O orchis Ecclesia [02'36"]

John DUNSTAPLE (1390-1453)

(05) Veni sancte spiritus/Veni creator spiritus [05'39"]

Owain PARK (*1993)

(06) Phos hilaron [02'40"]

JOSQUIN DESPREZ (c1450/55-1521)

(07) O virgo prudentissima [06'34"]

Steve REICH (*1936)

(08) Tehillim [30'33"]

Picture: Steve Reich

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Steve Reich - Tehillim

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Tuesday, 29 September 2026

Bach: Cantatas for St Michael - Philippe Herreweghe

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Cantatas for St Michael

(Sept 29)

Hannah Morrison, soprano

Alex Potter, alto

Thomas Hobbs, tenor

Peter Kooij, bass

Collegium Vocale Gent

DIR: PHILIPPE HERREWEGHE

recorded: Sept 16, 2016, Abbatiale, Ambronay

[Festival d'Ambronay 2016]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC]

Thanks to the first uploader of the video caption

(01) Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir (BWV 130), cantata for St Michael [15'44"]

(02) Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg (BWV 149), cantata for St Michael [19'41"]

Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl (Trauer-Ode) (BWV 198) [33'19"]

(03) [Parte prima] [21'19"]

(04) Parte seconda [12'00"]

Picture: St Michael the Archangel (Claudio Coello, 1665-1670)

links:

Collegium Vocale Gent

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Sunday, 27 September 2026

Music from the Düben Collection - Lucile Richardot, Ensemble Correspondances

Northern Light: Music

from the Düben Collection

Lucile Richardot, mezzo-soprano

Caroline Weynants, soprano

Caroline Dangin Bardot, soprano

Marco Van Baaren, tenor

Sebastian Myrus, bass

Ensemble Correspondances

DIR: SÉBASTIEN DAUCÉ

recorded: Sept 4, 2026, Église Saint-Jacques, Liège

[Festival de Wallonie 2026]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

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David POHLE (1625-1695)

(01) Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe [10'23"]

Marco Giuseppe PERANDA (1625-1675)

(02) O Jesu, mi dulcissime [07'38"]

Johann Christoph BACH (1642-1703)

(03) Ach, daß ich Wassers gnug hätte (Lamento) [07'16"]

Vincenzo ALBRICI (1631-1696)

(04) Cogito, o homo [07'15"]

Christian RITTER (c1645/50-1717/25)

(05) Salve mi puerule [04'23"]

Franz TUNDER (1614-1667)

(06) [Ach Herre, lätt tina helga englar] [07'31"]

Sebastian KNÜPFER (1633-1676)

(07) Suite [07'24"]

Johann KRIEGER (1651-1735)

(08) [I frijdh will iag nu fara] [06'17"]

Johann FISCHER (1646-1716/17)

(09) [Das klagende Schweden-Reich] [09'18"]

Franz TUNDER

(10) [Jubilate et exultate vivat Rex Carolus] [08'45"]

[encore]

Dieterich BUXTEHUDE (c1637-1707)

Membra Jesu nostri:

(11) Ad genua (Ad ubera portabimini) [01'59"]

Picture: Tre Kronor Castle (royal court in the 17th century)

(Govert Dircksz Camphuysen, 1661)

links:

Düben Collection

David Pohle - score

Marco Giuseppe Peranda

Johann Christoph Bach - score

Vincenzo Albrici

Christian Ritter - score

Ensemble Correspondances

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Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno

Friday, 25 September 2026

Verdi: Attila - Marcus Bosch

Giuseppe VERDI

(1813 - 1901)

Attila

opera in a prologue and 3 acts (Venice, 1846)

libretto: Temistocle Solera

Leah Gordon, soprano (Odabella)

Musa Nkuna, tenor (Uldino)

Adam Sánchez, tenor (Foresto)

Marian Pop, baritone (Ezio)

Jared Ice, bass (Leone)

Robert Pomakov, bass (Attila)

Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno

Cappella Aquileia

DIR: MARCUS BOSCH

recorded: July 17 & 19, 2025, Festspielhaus, Heidenheim

[Opernfestspiele Heidenheim 2025]

modern instruments, period style

lossless (flac)

included: interview Marcus Bosch (D) [mp3)

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(01) prologue [32'53"]

(02) act 1 [27'36"]

(03) act 2 [20'40"]

(04) act 3 [14'48"]

Picture: King Attila (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)

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FJ Haydn, Trio in E flat - score

Thursday, 24 September 2026

Piano trios - Andreas Staier, Daniel Sepec, Roel Dieltiens

Piano trios

CPE Bach, Haydn, Mozart & Beethoven

Andreas Staier, fortepiano

Daniel Sepec, violin

Roel Dieltiens, cello

recorded: July 18, 2026, Kirche St. Nikolai (Schelfkirche), Schwerin

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714-1788)

Sonata in a minor (Wq 90,1 / H 522) [09'22"]

(01) presto [04'29"]

(02) andante [01'52"]

(03) presto ma non tanto [03'02"]

Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)

Trio in E flat (H XV,29) [17'31"]

(04) poco allegretto [09'20"]

(05) andantino ed innocentemente [02'42"]

(06) finale. allemande, presto assai [05'29"]

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

Trio in C (KV 548) [20'22"]

(07) allegro [07'21"]

(08) andante [08'10"]

(09) allegro [04'51"]

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

Trio in G, op. 1,2 [34'29"]

(10) adagio - allegro vivace [12'56"]

(11) largo con espressione [09'03"]

(12) scherzo. allegro [03'43"]

(13) finale. presto [08'46"]

[encore]

Franz Joseph HAYDN

Trio in E (H XV,28):

(14) allegretto [03'41"]

Picture: autograph Mozart, KV 548

links:

score CPE Bach

WA Mozart, Trio KV 548 - score

Beethoven, Trio Op. 1,2 - score

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Tuesday, 22 September 2026

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 - Tomasz Ritter & Martyna Pastuszka

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 - 1827)

Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5

Tomasz Ritter, fortepiano

{oh!} Orkiestra

DIR: MARTYNA PASTUSZKA

recorded: Sept 3, 2026, Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw

[Festival Chopin and his Europe 2026]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra No. 4 in G, op. 58 [33'46"]

(01) allegro moderato [19'17"]

(02) andante con moto [04'36"]

(03) rondo. vivace [09'53"]

Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra No. 5 in E flat, op. 73 [36'59"]

(04) allegro [19'55"]

(05) adagio un poco mosso - rondo. allegro ma non troppo [17'04"]

Picture: Beethoven's Graf piano (Beethovenhaus Baden)

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Wrocław Baroque Orchestra

Sunday, 20 September 2026

Handel: Floridante - Markellos Chryssicos

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Floridante

opera seria in 3 acts (HWV 14) (London, 1721)

libretto: Paolo Antonio Rolli (after Francesco Silvani)

Bruno de Sá, soprano (Timante)

Eva Zalenga, soprano (Rossane)

Sonja Runje, contralto (Elmira)

Max Emanuel Cenčić, alto (Floridante)

Yannis François, bass (Coralbo)

Gerrit Illenberger, bass (Oronte)

Wrocław Baroque Orchestra

DIR: MARKELLOS CHRYSSICOS

recorded: Sept 4, 2026, Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth

[Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival 2026]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

included: libretto (IT/E) [pdf]

(01) act 1 [55'12"]

(02) act 2 [49'10"]

(03) act 3 [59'42"]

Picture: scene from the production

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Friday, 18 September 2026

Motets from Italy & England - Marco Beasley & Andrew King

Motets from Italy & England

Marco Beasley, tenor

Andrew King, tenor

Accordone

recorded: Sept 4, 1996, Geertekerk, Utrecht

[Festival Early Music Utrecht 1996]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

Ignazio DONATI (c1575-1638)

(01) Cantate Deo [02'14"]

(02) In te Domine speravi [03'55"]

Pelham HUMFREY (1647-1674)

(03) Wilt thou forgive that sin (A Hymn to God the Father) [02'07"]

Giovanni Paolo CAPRIOLI (?-c1627)

(04) Salve Regina [05'09"]

Alessandro GRANDI (1575/80-1630)

(05) O beate Hieronyme [04'27"]

Robert RAMSEY (?-1644)

(06) Thou may'st be proud [02'00"]

Richard DERING (c1580-1630)

(07) O bone Jesu [02'35"]

(08) Gaudent in coelis [01'36"]

Daniel PURCELL (?-1717)

(09) O God, thou art my God [06'12"]

trad

(10) Asperges me o signor [03'06"]

Claudio MONTEVERDI (1567-1643)

(11) Salve Regina (SV 284) [05'33"]

(12) O quam pulchra es (SV 317) [05'02"]

Giovanni ROVETTA (c1595-1668)

(13) Salve, o augustissime [05'14"]

Cherubino BUSATTI (?-bef 1644)

(14) Surrexit pastor bonus [03'44"]

Claudio MONTEVERDI

(15) Exulta filia (SV 303) [05'08"]

Alessandro GRANDI

(16) O quam tu pulchra es [04'24"]

Jeremiah CLARKE (c1674-1707)

(17) Blest be those sweet regions [04'45"]

John BLOW (1649-1708)

(18) Paratum cor meum [03'00"]

[encore]

Henry PURCELL (1659-1695)

Come, ye sons of art, away (Z 323):

(19) Sound the trumpet [04'16"]

Picture: Alessandro Grandi (anonymous)

links:

Ignazio Donati

Pelham Humfrey

Giovanni Paolo Caprioli

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Choeur de Chanbre de Namur

Thursday, 17 September 2026

Marin Marais & Louis Lully: Alcide - Reinoud Van Mechelen

Marin MARAIS

(1656 - 1728)

Louis LULLY

(1664 - 1734)

Alcide

tragédie-lyrique in a prologue and 5 acts (1693)

libretto: Jean Galbert de Campistron

Gwendoline Blondeel, soprano (Iole, Victoire)

Aurélie Moreels, soprano (Amour, Une bergère)

Sterre Decru, mezzo-soprano (Thestylis)

Isabelle Druet, mezzo-soprano (Déjanire)

Sean Clayton, haute-contre (Zéphir)

Reinoud Van Mechelen, haute-contre (Alcide)

Thibaut Lenaerts, tenor (Un habitant d'Aecalie, Un pastre)

Philippe Estèphe, baritone (Philoctète)

Samuel Namotte, baritone (Un habitant des climats heureux)

Arnaud Lion, bass (Licas, Un guerrier, Un prêtre)

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

a nocte temporis

DIR: REINOUD VAN MECHELEN

period instruments

lossless (flac)

N.B. The prologue has been omitted

included: interview Reinoud Van Mechelen (NL) [mp3]

(01) act 1 [26'07"]

(02) act 2 [27'07"]

(03) act 3 [23'44"]

(04) act 4 [21'20"]

(05) act 5 [21'50"]

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