Sunday 29 December 2019

Handel: Messiah (version 1743) - John Butt






George Frideric HANDEL
(1685 - 1759)


Messiah (HWV 56)
oratorio in three parts (version London, 1743)


Julia Doyle, soprano
Rowan Hellier, contralto
Thomas Walker, tenor
Julian Tovey, bass

Dunedin Consort & Dunedin Consort Singers

DIR.: JOHN BUTT
 

recorded: March 26, 2018, Church of St Catherine of Alexandria, Cracow
[Misteria Paschalia 2018]


period instruments
lossless (flac)
source; NPO4 (NL) (digital radio)
recorded with harddisc recorder


(01) Part 1 [49'58"]

(02) Part 2 [49'23"]

(03) Part 3 [31'29"]


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Tuesday 24 December 2019

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury






A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols


Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Peter Stevens, organ

DIR.: STEPHEN CLEOBURY


In memoriam Stephen Cleobury
(1948 - 2019)





recorded: 24 December 2007, Chapel of King's College, Cambridge


mp3 - bitrate: 256 kbps
source: BBC Radio 3 (digital radio)


(01)    [Processional hymn] Henry John GAUNTLETT (1805-1876): 
Once in royal David's city [04'26"]

(02)    [Bidding Prayer] [03'51"]

(03)    [Carol] Alan BULLARD (*1947): Glory, alleluia to the Christ Child! [02'22"]

(04)    [First Lesson] Genesis 3 [03'11"]

(05)    [Carol] trad, arr Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958): 
This is the truth sent from above [02'31"]

(06)    [Carol] Boris ORD (1897-1961): Adam lay ybounden [01'12"]

(07)    [Second Lesson] Genesis 22 [01'15"]

(08)    [Carol] anon, arr Stephen CLEOBURY (1948-2019): Šai sveta nakti [02'49"]

(09)    [Carol] trad, arr Robert Lucas DE PEARSALL (1795-1856): In dulci jubilo [03'14"]

(10)    [Third Lesson] Isaiah 9 [01'31"]

(11)    [Carol] Brett DEAN (*1961): Stardust and vaporous light [03'21"]

(12)    [Hymn] trad, arr Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: O little town of Bethlehem [03'51"]

(13)    [Fourth Lesson] Isaiah 11 [01'40"]

(14)    [Carol] Michael PRAETORIUS (1571-1621), arr Jan SANDSTRÖM (*1954): 
Det är en ros utsprungen [04'18"]

(15)    [Carol] Philip LEDGER (1937-2012): A spotless Rose [01'53"]

(16)    [Fifth Lesson] St Luke 1 [02'52"]

(17)    [Carol] trad, arr Edgar PETTMAN (1866-1943): 
The angel Gabriel from heaven came [02'24"]

(18)    [Carol] Arvo PÄRT (*1935): Bogorodiche Dewo [01'01"]

(19)    [Sixth Lesson] St Luke 2 [01'35"]

(20)    [Carol] Edward ELGAR (1857-1934): I sing the birth was born tonight [03'51"]

(21)    [Carol] William MATHIAS (1934-1992): A babe is born all of a may [03'18"]

(22)    [Seventh Lesson] St Luke 2 [01'53"]

(23)    [Carol] John RUTTER (*1945): Dormi, Jesu! [04'22"]

(24)    [Hymn] anon: While shepherds watched their flocks by night [02'50"]

(25)    [Eighth Lesson] St Matthew 2 [02'56"]

(26)    [Carol] Peter CORNELIUS (1824-1874), arr Ivor ATKINS (1869-1953): 
Three kings from Persian lands afar [02'17"]

(27)    [Carol] trad, arr Mack WILBERG (*1955): Ding! Dong! merrily on high [02'39"]

(28)    [Ninth Lesson] St John 1 [02'15"]

(29)    [Hymn] John Francis WADE (1711-1786), arr Stephen CLEOBURY
O come, all ye faithful [04'27"]

(30)    [Collect and Blessing] [0'14"]

(31)    [Hymn] Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847): 
Hark! the herald-angels sing [03'15"]

(32)    [Organ Voluntary] Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750): 
In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) [02'28"]

(33)    [Organ Voluntary] David BRIGGS (*1962): Sortie on 'In dulci jubilo' [05'38"]



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Sunday 22 December 2019

Charpentier: Sacred music for Advent and Christmas - Christophe Rousset



Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER
(1643 - 1704)


Sacred music for Advent and Christmas



Anders J. Dahlin, haute-contre
Emiliano Gonzales Toro, tenor
Benoît Arnould, baritone

Les Talens Lyriques

DIR.: CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET


recorded: Dec 8, 2015, Artushof, Gdansk
[Festival Actus Humanus 2015]


period instruments
lossless (flac)
source: BBC Radio 3 (digital radio)
recorded with harddisc recorder


(01) Litanies de la vierge (H 84) [09'36"]

(02) Motet pour la vierge (Felix namque es) (H 360) [01'39"]

(03) Antiennes O de l'Avent (H 36 - 43) [11'48"]

(04) Noëls sur les instruments (H 534): [09'21"]
Joseph est bien marié
Or nous dites Marie
Où s'en vont ces gais bergers?

(05) Antiphona in honorem beatae virginis a redemptione captivorum (Beata es Maria) (H 25) [04'15"]

(06) Dialogus inter angelum et pastores (Xenia, xenia pastores) (H 406) [12'31"]

(07) Noëls pour les instruments (H 531) [07'21"]
(O créateur; Laissez paître vos bêtes; Vous qui désirez sans fin)

(08) Magnificat à 3 voix avec simphonie (H 73) [09'29"]


[encore]

(09) Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (H 159) [04'10"]



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Wednesday 18 December 2019

Debussy: Orchestral works - Les Siècles/Pablo Heras-Casado






Claude DEBUSSY
(1862 - 1918)


Orchestral works


Les Siècles

DIR.: PABLO HERAS-CASADO


recorded: June 22, 2018, Palacio de Carlos V, Granada
[Festival de Granada 2018]


period instruments
lossless (flac)
source: Mezzo TV
recorded with harddisc recorder


(01) Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune [12'11"]

(02) Première Suite d'orchestre [28'45"]


(03) Images:

Iberia [20'42"]


(04) La Mer [25'22"]



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Sunday 15 December 2019

Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland - Netherlands Bach Society/Jos van Veldhoven






Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland


Zsuzsi Tóth, soprano
Barnabás Hegyi, alto
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Peter Harvey, bass

Netherlands Bach Society

DIR.: JOS VAN VELDHOVEN


recorded: Nov 29, 2013, Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht


period instruments
lossless
source: NPO4 (NL) (digital radio)
recorded with harddisc recorder

programme included [pdf]



anon

 (01) Veni redemptor gentium [00'37"]


Martin LUTHER (1483-1546)

(02) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland [00'34"]


Johann Hermann SCHEIN (1586-1630)

(03) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland [00'35"]


Samuel SCHEIDT (1587-1654)

(04) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland [03'53"]


Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

(05) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 62) [18'58"]

(06) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 61) [16'24"]


Philipp NICOLAI (1556-1608)

(07) Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern [01'00"]


Michael PRAETORIUS (1571-1621)

(08) Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern [01'09"]


Dirck Jansz. SWEELINCK (1591-1652)

(09) Hoe schoon lichtet de Morgenster [01'15"]


Johann Sebastian BACH

Schwingt freudig euch empor (BWV 36)

(10) 1. Teil [14'58"]
(11) 2. Teil [16'28"]



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Wednesday 11 December 2019

Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict - Emmanuel Krivine






Hector BERLIOZ
(1803 - 1869)


Béatrice et Bénédict
opéra comique in 2 acts


Ailish Tynan, soprano (Héro)
Christine Rice, mezzo-soprano (Béatrice)
Élodie Méchain, contralto (Ursule)
Allan Clayton, tenor (Bénédict)
Edwin Crossley-Mercer, bass-baritone (Claudio)
Jérôme Varnier, bass (Don Pedro)
Michel Trempont, bass (Somarone)
Giovanni Calò (Leonato) [spoken]
David Lefort (Le Messager) [spoken]

Les Eléments
La Chambre Philharmonique

DIR.: EMMANUEL KRIVINE


rec: Feb/March 2010, Paris, Opéra comique


period instruments
lossless
source: Mezzo TV
recorded with harddisc recorder


(01) act 1 [62'38"]

 (02) act 2 [39'15"]



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Sunday 8 December 2019

Forgotten Christmas Pearls - Holland Baroque






Forgotten Christmas Pearls


Sophie Junker, soprano
Jowoon Chung, soprano
Franz Vitzthum, alto
Jan Van Elsacker, tenor
Dingle Yandell, bass

Holland Baroque


recorded: Dec 19, 2017, TivoliVredenburg (Hertz), Utrecht


period instruments
lossless
source: NPO4 (NL) (digital radio)
recorded with harddisc recorder


Guillaume BOUZIGNAC (c1587-c1643)

(01) Dum silentium [03'17"]


Melchior VULPIUS (c1560/70-1615)

(02) Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ [01'26"]


Hans Leo HASSLER (1564-1612)

(03) Dixit Maria [03'05"]


Giacomo CARISSIMI (1605-1674)

(04) Salve salve puellule [09'12"]


Alessandro SCARLATTI (1660-1725)

Abramo, il tuo sembiante: 

(05) Lagrime amare [03'03"]


Andreas OSWALD (1634-1665)

(06) Sonata Aria variata [05'57"]


Giovanni Francesco ANERIO (1567-1630)* - 
Philipp Friedrich BÖDDECKER (1607-1683)**

(07) Hodie apparuerunt* - 
Natus est Jesus** [09'44"]


Benedictus A SANCTO JOSEPHO (BUNS) (1642-1716)

(08) Sonata I [02'35"]


Johann PACHELBEL (1653-1706)

(09) Partie a 5 in G [05'34"]



Philipp Friedrich BÖDDECKER

(10) Veni Salvator [06'26"]


anon

(11) Die heil'gen drei König' mit ihrigem Stern - 
Es waren mal drei Könige - 
Lustige Hirten [04'22"]


Guillaume BOUZIGNAC

(12) Noé noé [04'28"]


Johann SCHELLE (1648-1701)

(13) Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schar [05'55"]



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Wednesday 4 December 2019

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Paulus - Hermann Max






Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY

Paulus op. 36
oratorio in 2 parts


Veronika Winter, soprano
Anne Bierwirth, contralto
Markus Schäfer, tenor
Matthias Vieweg, baritone

Harvestuder Kammerchor
Das Kleine Konzert

DIR.: HERMANN MAX


recorded: Sept 29, 2019, Klosterbasilika Knechsteden, Dormagen
[Festival Alte Musik Knechtsteden 2019]


period instruments
lossless (flac)
source: WDR3 (Cologne) (digital radio)
recorded with harddisc recorder


(01) Erster Teil [1.04'16"]

(02) Zweiter Teil [48'31"]



[bonus]

(03) Der 42. Psalm, op. 42 (Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser) [20'42"]

Veronika Winter, soprano
Choir of the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing
Deutscher Jugendkammerchor
Das Kleine Konzert
DIR.: HERMANN MAX

 recorded: Sept 15, 2017, Klosterbasilika Knechtsteden, Dormagen
[Festival Alte Musik Knechtsteden 2017]


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Sunday 1 December 2019

In principio... - the birth of the New Testament - Cappella Mariana






In principio... - the birth of the New Testament


Cappella Mariana

DIR.: VOJTECH SEMERÁD


recorded: Sept 16, 2017, Kapel Zusters onder de Bogen, Maastricht
[Musica Sacra Maastricht 2017]


lossless (flac)
source: NPO4 (NL) (digital radio)
recorded with harddisc recorder


Orlandus LASSUS (1532-1594)

(01) In principium erat verbum a 6 [09'57"]


John SHEPPARD (c1515-1559)

(02) Verbum caro factum est a 6 [08'39"]


Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA (c1525-1594)

(03) O magnum mysterium a 6 [05'58"]


 Heinrich ISAAC (c1540/55-1517)

(04) Puer natus est a 6 [05'08"]


Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

Missa O magnum mysterium a 5:

(05) Credo [08'21"]


Adrian WILLAERT (1490?-1562)

(06) Mirabile mysterium a 4 [04'07"]


Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

Missa O magnum mysterium a 5:

(07) Sanctus [06'19"]


William BYRD (1543-1623)

(08) Tribue Domine a 6 [11'46"]



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