Classical Music In Concert

Tuesday, 27 October 2026

Mozart: La clemenza di Tito - Christophe Rousset

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

(1756 - 1791)

La clemenza di Tito

dramma per musica in 2 acts (Prague, 1791) (KV 621)

libretto: Pietro Metastasio, arr Caterino Mazzolà

Anna El-Khashem, soprano (Servilia)

Aphrodite Patoulidou, soprano (Vitellia)

Maite Beaumont, mezzo-soprano (Sesto)

Ambroisine Bré, mezzo-soprano (Annio)

Jeremy Ovenden, tenor (Tito)

Adrien Fournaison, bass-baritone (Publio)

Choir of the Würzburg Mozartfest

Les Talens Lyriques

DIR: CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET

recorded: June 12 & 13, 2026, Residenz, Würzburg

[Mozartfest Würzburg 2026]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

(01) act 1 [62'21"]

(02) act 2 [70'31"]

Picture: Title page of the libretto

links:

libretto (IT/E)

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Sunday, 25 October 2026

Bach Week (7): Mass in B minor - Hans-Christoph Rademann

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Mass in B minor (BWV 232)

Dorothee Mields, soprano

Wiebke Lehmkuhl, contralto

Daniel Johannsen, tenor

Jochen Kupfer, bass

Dresdner Kammerchor

Dresdner Barockorchester

DIR: HANS-CHRISTOPH RADEMANN

recorded: August 6, 2011, St. Gumbertus-Kirche, Ansbach

[Bachwoche Ansbach 2011]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

Thanks to the original uploader

(01-03) Kyrie [16'49"]

(04-09) Gloria [33'02"]

(10-17) Symbolum Nicenum [29'05"]

(18-20) Sanctus - Osanna - Benedictus [14'14"]

(21-22) Agnus Dei - Dona nobis pacem [09'17"]

Picture: Autograph score of Et incarnatus est

links:

Mass in b minor - score

Dresdner Barockorchester

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Motets BWV 225, 226, 228, 229 & 1149

Saturday, 24 October 2026

Bach Week (6): Motets - Vox Luminis

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Motets

(BWV 225 - 229)

Vox Luminis

DIR: LIONEL MEUNIER

recorded: August 1, 2026, Église Saint-Sébastien, Stavelot

[Festival de Stavelot 2026]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

(01) Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf (BWV 226) [08'12"]

(02) Komm, Jesu, komm (BWV 229) [09'08"]

Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats (BWV 42):

(03) sinfonia [06'38"]

(04) Jesu, meine Freude (BWV 227) [20'57"]

Kommt, eilet und laufet (Easter Oratorio) (BWV 249):

(05) adagio [03'21"]

(06) Fürchte dich nicht (BWV 228) [07'52"]

(07) Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (BWV 225) [12'22"]

[encore]

(08) Der Gerechte kömmt um (BWV 1149) [06'21"]

Picture: first page of the manuscript of BWV 225

links:

Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227

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Thursday, 22 October 2026

Bach Week (5): Reconstructions - The Bach Ensemble (Joshua Rifkin)

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Reconstructions

The Bach Ensemble

Gabriele Hierdeis, soprano

Stephen Hammer, oboe d'amore

DIR: JOSHUA RIFKIN

recorded: August 12, 2011, Oberkirche, Arnstadt

[Bach:Sommer 2011]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

Thanks to the first uploader

(01-04) Overture No 3 in D (BWV 1068a) [20'44"]

(Version for strings and bc, possibly the first version)

(05-07) Concerto for oboe d'amore, strings and bc in A (BWV 1055R) [14'47"]

(Reconstruction of what probably was the first version of the

Concerto for harpsichord, strings and bc, BWV 1055)

(08-16) O! angenehme Melodei,

cantata for soprano and orchestra (BWV 210a) [32'39"]

(Only the soprano part has been preserved.

The cantata has been reconstructed with material from other cantatas)

Picture: first page of the manuscript of the Overture No. 3

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Purcell, Hear my prayer - score

Bach Week (4): Cantatas for bass - Stephan MacLeod, Gli Angeli Genève

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Cantatas for bass

BWV 56, 82 & 156

Stephan MacLeod, bass

Gli Angeli Genève

DIR: STEPHAN MACLEOD

recorded: August 29, 2026, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

[Festival Early Music Utrecht 2026]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

Henry PURCELL (1659-1695)

(01) Hear my prayer, O Lord a 8 (Z 15) [02'16"]

Johann Sebastian BACH

(02) Ich habe genug (BWV 82),

cantata for the Purification of Mary [21'27"]

Antonio LOTTI (1667-1740)

Credo in F:

(03) Crucifixus a 8 [02'59"]

Johann Sebastian BACH

(04) Der Friede sei mit dir (BWV 158),

cantata for the 3rd day of Easter or the Purification of Mary [10'57"]

Johann Christoph BACH (1642-1703)

(05) Es ist nun aus mit meinem Leben [05'53"]

Johann Sebastian BACH

(06) Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen (BWV 56),

cantata for the 19th Sunday after Trinity [19'34"]

[encore]

Fanny HENSEL-MENDELSSOHN (1805-1847)

(07) Schilflied (H. 445) [03'40"]

Picture: Title page of the manuscript of Cantata BWV 82

links:

Antonio Lotti - Crucifixus - score

Johann Christoph Bach - score

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Wednesday, 21 October 2026

Bach Week (3): Metamorphoses - NeoBarock

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Metamorphoses - Early versions & arrangements

NeoBarock

recorded: Nov 25, 2012, Trinitatiskirche, Cologne

period instruments

lossless (flac)

Völker Möller, Katka Ozaki, violin

Maren Ries, Anne von Hoff, violin & viola

Johannes Platz, viola

Ariane Spiegel, cello

Tobias Lampelzammer, violone

Fritz Siebert, harpsichord

(01-03) Sonata for two violins and bc in d minor (after BWV 1043) [14'27"]

(reconstruction: Völker Möller)

(04-06) Concerto for harpsichord, strings and bc in g minor (BWV 1058) [12'06"]

(07-09) Concerto for violin, strings and bc in d minor (BWV 1052R) [24'03"]

(reconstruction: Völker Möller)

(10-12) Concerto for viola, strings and bc in E flat (after BWV 1053) [20'15"]

(reconstruction: Wilfried Fischer, NBA)

(13-15) Concerto for 3 violins, strings and bc in D (BWV 1064R) [17'22"]

(reconstruction: Völker Müller)

Picture: manuscript BWV 1058

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Tuesday, 20 October 2026

Bach Week (2): Cantatas BWV 22, 23 & 75 - Netherlands Bach Society (Sigiswald Kuijken)

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Cantatas BWV 22, 23 & 75

Hana Blažíková, soprano

Damien Guillon, alto

Thomas Hobbs, tenor

Peter Kooij, bass

Netherlands Bach Society

DIR: SIGISWALD KUIJKEN

recorded: April 22, 2016, Grote Kerk, Naarden

period instruments

source: NPO Klassiek (NL)

(01) Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe (BWV 22),

cantata for Sunday Estomihi [16'38"]

(02) Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn (BWV 23),

cantata for Sunday Estomihi [19'04"]

Die Elenden sollen essen (BWV 75),

cantata for the 1st Sunday after Trinity [29'51"]

(03) [Prima parte] [17'25"]

(04) Seconda parte [12'26"]

Picture: title page of Cantata BWV 22

links:

Netherlands Bach Society

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Monday, 19 October 2026

Bach Week (1): Brandenburg Concertos - Concentus musicus Wien (Stefan Gottfried)

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Brandenburg Concertos

(BWV 1046 - 1051)

Concentus musicus Wien

DIR: STEFAN GOTTFRIED

(harpsichord)

recorded: July 20, 2019, Helmut List-Halle, Graz

[Styriarte 2019]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

Thanks to the poster of the video capture

(01-04) Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F (BWV 1046) [18'54"]

(05-07) Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F (BWV 1047) [11'41"]

(08-09) Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G (BWV 1048) [11'42"]

(10-12) Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G (BWV 1049) [15'51"]

(13-15) Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D (BWV 1050) [21'28"]

(16-18) Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat (BWV 1051) [17'32"]

Picture: Title page of the Brandenburg Concertos

links:

Brandenburg Concertos

scores

Concentus musicus Wien

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Sunday, 18 October 2026

Music for St Magdalene - Cappella Pratensis

Apostola Apostolorum -

Music for St Magdalene

Cappella Pratensis

DIR: TIM BRAITHWAITE

recorded: Sept 25, 2026, Klosterbasilika Knechtsteden, Dormagen

[Festival Alte Musik Knechtsteden 2026]

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

[Mass]

plainchant

(01) [introitus] Gaudeamus omnes [04'42"]

Nicolas CHAMPION (c1475-1533)

Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena:

(02) Kyrie [03'23"]

(03) Gloria [05'13"]

GOTTSCHALK VON AACHEN (?-after 1099)

(04) [sequentia] Laus tibi Christe [05'00"]

Nicolas CHAMPION

Missa de Sanctia Maria Magdalena:

(05) Credo [07'22"]

plainchant

(06) [prefatio] Vere dignum et justum est [02'38"]

Nicolas CHAMPION

Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena:

(07) Sanctus &

Pierre de LA RUE (c1452-1518): O salutaris hostia [06'46"]

plainchant

(08) Pater noster [00'57"]

Nicolas CHAMPION

Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena:

(09) Agnus Dei [04'07"]

plainchant

(10) [communio] Diffusa est gratia [01'05"]

[Vespers]

plainchant

(11) [invitatorium] Deus in adiutorium [00'52"]

plainchant - anon

(12) [antiphona] Mundi fastum abdicavit - Laudate pueri [05'32"]

plainchant - anon

(13) [antiphona] Quando Martha satagebat - Dixit Dominus [05'33"]

plainchant

(14) [hymnus] Sidus solare [03'13"]

plainchant - anon

(15) [antiphona] Fidelis sermo - Magnificat [16'24"]

Picture: Mary Magdalene (anon 16th century woodcut)

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