Classical Music In Concert

Rossini, La scala di seta - score

Friday, 30 December 2022

Haydn Week (4): Symphonies 90, 94 & 98 - Giovanni Antonini

Franz Joseph HAYDN

(1732 - 1809)

Symphonies 90, 94 & 98

Il Giardino Armonico

Kammerorchester Basel

DIR.: GIOVANNI ANTONINI

recorded: Jan 24, 2022, Musikverein, Vienna

period instruments

flac

source: ORF (Vienna)

This recording was made available by Melante

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Franz Joseph HAYDN

(01-04) Symphony in C (H I,90) [28'53"]

(05-08) Symphony in B flat (H I,98) [26'28"]

Gioacchino ROSSINI (1792-1868)

(09) Overture La scala di seta [06'17"]

Franz Joseph HAYDN

(10-13) Symphony in G 'Surprise' (H I,94) [22'25"]

links:

Haydn, Symphony No. 90

Haydn, Symphony No. 94

Haydn, Symphony No. 98

scores

Il Giardino Armonico

Kammerorchester Basel

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Freiburger Barockorchester

Thursday, 29 December 2022

Haydn Week (3): Nelson Mass - Gottfried von der Goltz

Franz Joseph HAYDN

(1732 - 1809)

Missa in angustiis 'Nelson Messe'

Magdalene Harer, soprano

Henriette Gödde, contralto

Nikolaus Pfannkuch, tenor

Törben Jürgens, bass

Zürcher Sing-Akademie

Freiburger Barockorchester

DIR.: GOTTFRIED VON DER GOLTZ

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: SWR2 (Stuttgart) (podcast)

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Symphony in e minor 'Trauer' (H I,44) [28'05"]

(01) allegro con brio [09'02"]

(02) menuetto e trio. allegretto [05'08"]

(03) adagio [08'51"]

(04) finale. presto [05'03"

Missa in angustiis in d minor 'Nelson-Messe' (H XXII,11) [37'59"]

(05) Kyrie [04'14"]

(06) Gloria [10'08"]

(07) Credo [08'59"]

(08) Sanctus [02'53"]

(09) Benedictus [06'09"]

(10) Agnus Dei [05'37"]

links:

Zürcher Sing-Akademie

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Wednesday, 28 December 2022

Haydn Week (2): Piano trios - Brautigam, Leertouwer & De Hoog

Franz Joseph HAYDN

(1732 - 1809)

Piano trios

Ronald Brautigam, fortepiano

Johannes Leertouwer, violin

Viola de Hoog, cello

recorded: June 8, 2002, Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: NPO4 (NL) (podcast)

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(01) Trio in D (H XV,7) [12'28"]

(02) Trio in A (H XV,18) [15'05"]

(03) Trio in G (H XV,25) [14'56"]

(04) Trio in c minor (H XV,13) [15'46"]

(05) Trio in C (H XV,27) [19'47"]

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Tuesday, 27 December 2022

Haydn Week (1): String Quartets double bill

Franz Joseph HAYDN

(1732 - 1809)

String Quartets

I Quatuor Terpsycordes

II Gara String Quartet

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Quatuor Terpsycordes

recorded: Oct 13, 2022, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva

period instruments

flac

source: Espace 2 (Lausanne)

This recording was made available by Melante

(01-05) Divertimento in A, op. 2,1 (H III,7) [16'57"]

(06-09) Quartet in A, op. 20,6 (H III,36) [16'45"]

(10-13) Quartet in D, op. 64,5 (H III,63) [17'10"]

Gara String Quartet

recorded: Dec 7, 2022, WDR Funkhaus, Cologne

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: WDR3 (Cologne) (podcast)

(01-04) Quartet in B flat, op. 50,1 (H III,44) [19'56"]

(05-08) Quartet in g minor, op. 20,3 (H III,33) [20'20"]

(09-12) Quartet in G, op. 76,1 (H III,75) [20'09"]

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La Capella Ducale & Musica Fiata

Sunday, 25 December 2022

Praetorius & Schütz: The Nativity of Christ - Roland Wilson

Michael PRAETORIUS

Heinrich SCHÜTZ

The Nativity of Christ

La Capella Ducale

Musica Fiata

DIR.: ROLAND WILSON

recorded: Dec 19, 2021, Trinitatiskirche, Cologne

period instruments

mp3 (256 kbps)

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

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Michael PRAETORIUS (?1571-1621)

(01) Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme [08'12"]

(02) Nun komm der Heiden Heiland [07'25"]

(03) [Giovanni PICCHI (1571/72-1643): Sonata] -

Michael PRAETORIUS: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen [05'28"]

(04) Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her [04'31"]

(05) Puer natus in Bethlehem [06'05"]

(06) Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern [03'21"]

Heinrich SCHÜTZ (1585-1672)

(07) Historia der freuden- und gnadenreichen Geburt Gottes und Marien Sohnes, Jesu Christi

(SWV 435) (version Berlin Singakademie) [39'23"]

links:

Michael Praetorius - scores

Schütz, Historia - score

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Thursday, 22 December 2022

Vivaldi: Concertos - Gli Incogniti (Amandine Beyer)

Antonio VIVALDI

(1678 - 1741)

Il mondo al rovescio - Concertos

Gli Incogniti

DIR.: AMANDINE BEYER

recorded: Oct 21, 2022, AMUZ, Antwerp

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: Klara (digital radio)

recorded with harddisc recorder

Programme (NL) included [pdf]

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(01) Concerto in C 'per la Solennità di San Lorenzo' (RV 556) [11'19"]

(02) Concerto for two oboes, strings and bc in a minor (RV 536) [06'14"]

(03) Concerto in F 'Il Proteo ò sia il mondo al rovescio' (RV 572) [09'24"]

(04) Concerto for oboe, violin and orchestra in g minor (RV 576) [09'59"]

(05) Concerto for violin and orchestra in F (RV 571) [10'29"]

(06) Concerto for transverse flute, strings and bc in e minor (fragm) (RV 432) [04'53"]

(07) Concerto in D 'per la Solennità di San Lorenzo' (RV 562a) [14'25"]

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Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia

Tuesday, 20 December 2022

Advent motets - Gradualia (Simón Andueza)

Advent motets

Gradualia

DIR.: SIMÓN ANDUEZA

recorded: Dec 6, 2021, Iglesia de San Pedro, Cuenca

flac (original bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: RTE (Madrid) (stream)

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William BYRD (1543-1623)

(01) Laetentur coeli a 5 [03'32"]

William MUNDY (1529-1591)

(02) Sive vigilem a 5 [03'32"]

Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA (c1548-1611)

(03) Ne timeas, Maria a 4 [03'44"]

Duarte LOBO (c1565-1646)

(04) Audivi vocem de caelo a 6 [02'26"]

Francisco GUERRERO (1528-1599)

(05) Cum audisset Ioannes a 4 [03'02"]

Cristóbal DE MORALES (1500-1553)

(06) Inter vestibulum et altare a 4 [03'42"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA (1525-1594)

(07) Surge, illuminare Jerusalem a 8 [02'42"]

Francisco GUERRERO

(08) Veni, Domine, et noli tardare a 5 [03'56"]

(09) Canite tuba in Sion a 4 [02'10"]

Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA

(10) Ave Maria a 8 [04'36"]

Alonso XUÁREZ (1640-1696)

(11) Canite tuba in Sion [02'18"]

Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA

(12) Alma redemptoris mater a 5 [05'35"]

Sebastián AGUILERA DE HEREDIA (1561-1627)

(13) Magnificat [05'45"]

[encore]

Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA

(14) O magnum mysterium a 4 [04'11"]

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Sunday, 18 December 2022

Bencini: Gesù nato - Francesco Baroni

Pietro Paolo or Antonio BENCINI

(c1670-1755 / ? - c1748)

Gesù nato

componimento pastorale à 3 voci

per la Nascita del Nostro Sig. Gesù Christo

Sonia Tedla Chebreab, soprano (Salomino)

Raffaele Pe, alto (Osea)

Alberto Allegrezza, tenor (Labano)

gambe di legno

DIR.: FRANCESCO BARONI

recorded: Dec 19, 2014, Kartause Mauerbach, Mauerbach (AU)

[Italia mia - natale 2014]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 128 kbps)

source: ORF (Vienna) (stream)

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(01) Parte prima [72'10"]

(02) Parte seconda [47'04"]

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Francesco Bartolomeo Conti

Thursday, 15 December 2022

Torri & Bach: Magnificat - Hans-Christoph Rademann

Pietro Antonio TORRI

Johann Sebastian BACH

Magnificat

Isabel Jantschek, soprano

Gloria Ebert, soprano

Maria Stosiek, soprano

Aneta Petrasova, contralto

David Erler, alto

Benedikt Kristjánsson, tenor

Tobias Mäthger, tenor

Martin Schicketanz, bass

Lukas Anton, bass

Dresdner Kammerchor

Dresdner Barockorchester

DIR.: HANS-CHRISTOPH RADEMANN

recorded: Dec 11, 2015, Annenkirche, Dresden

period instruments

flac

source: MDR Figaro (Leipzig)

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Pietro Antonio TORRI (c1665-1737)

(01) Magnificat in C [18'44"]

Francesco Bartolomeo CONTI (1681/82-1732)

(02) Languet anima mea [14'13"]

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

(03) Magnificat in D (BWV 243)

(with Christmas interpolations, transposed from E flat to D by Alfred Dürr)

links:

Pietro Antonio Torri

Torri, Magnificat

Languet anima mea, lyrics

Bach, Magnificat - score

Benedikt Kristjánsson

Dresdner Barockorchester

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Tuesday, 13 December 2022

Kurpinski & Lessel: Concertos - Kölner Akademie (Michael Alexander Willens)

Karol KURPINSKI

Franciszek LESSEL

Concertos for clarinet & for pianoforte

Eric Hoeprich, clarinet

Paolo Giacometti, fortepiano

Kölner Akademie

DIR.: MICHAEL ALEXANDER WILLENS

recorded: August 18, 2010, Teatr Wielki, Warsaw

[Festival Chopin and his Europe 2010]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: NPO4 (NL) (podcast)

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Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

(01) Symphony in D (KV 181) [09'05"]

Karol KURPINSKI (1785-1857)

(02) Concerto for clarinet and orchestra in B flat [11'50"]

Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)

(03) Overture L'isola disabitata (H XXVIII,9) 08'00"]

Franciszek LESSEL (1780-1838)

Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra in C, op. 14 [28'36"]

(04) allegro brillante [14'13"]

(05) adagio [06'03"]

(06) rondo. allegretto [08'21"]

links:

Karol Kurpinski

Franciszek Lessel - score

Eric Hoeprich

Paolo Giacometti

Kölner Akademie

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Sunday, 11 December 2022

Charpentier: Music for Advent & Christmas - Ensemble Correspondances

Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER

(1643 - 1704)

Music for Advent & Christmas

Ensemble Correspondances

DIR.: SÉBASTIEN DAUCÉ

recorded: Dec 12, 2021, Artus Court, Gdansk

[Festival Actus Humanus 2021]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

source: Dwojka (digital radio) (stream)

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(01) Sub tuum praesidium (H 28) [02'25"]

(02) Noëls sur les instruments (H 534):

Or nous dites Marie [04'21"]

(03) Quam gloriosa dicta sunt de te (H 400) [04'42"]

(04) In nativitatem Domini canticum (H 416) [28'14"]

(05) Dialogus inter angelos et pastores Judeae in nativitatem Domini (H 420):

Nuit [03'30"]

Sébastien DE BROSSARD (1655-1730)

(06) O Miraculum! [01'52"]

Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER

Messe de minuit pour Noël (H 9):

(07) Kyrie [04'56"]

(08) Gloria [04'28"]

(09) Alma redemptoris mater (H 44) [04'34"]

Messe de minuit pour Noël (H 9):

(10) Credo [09'26"]

(11) Noëls sur les instruments (H 534):

Laissez paître vos bêtes) [00'52"]

(12) Te Deum (H 147) [09'45"]

Messe de minuit pour Noël (H 9):

(13) Sanctus [02'20"]

(14) Agnus Dei [03'59"]

links:

Sébastien de Brossard

scores Charpentier

Ensemble Correspondances

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Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Thursday, 8 December 2022

César Franck double bill - Choral & orchestral works

César FRANCK

(1822 - 1890)

born 10 December 1822

I Choeur de Chambre de Namur/Thibaut Lenaerts

II Bertrand Chamayou, Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth

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Choral works & instrumental pieces

Caroline Weynants, soprano

Caroline De Mahieu, mezzo-soprano

Jonathan Spicher, tenor

Kamil Ben Hsain Lachiri, baritone

Emmanuel Tondus, cello

Philippe Riga, fortepiano [Érard]

Edward Vanmarsenille, harmonium

DIR.: THIBAUT LENAERTS

recorded: July 7, 2022, Église Saint-Loup, Namur

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: RTBF (digital radio) (stream)

booklet CD included [pdf]

(01) Domine Deus in simplicitate, offertorio (CFF 210) [03'34"]

(02) Salut jour vénéré (CFF 205) [03'09"]

(03) Domine non secundum (CFF 213) [03'34"]

(04) Pizzicati et andante (after Léo Delibes, Sylvia) (CCF 238) [02'12"]

(05) Tantum ergo (CFF 208,3) [02'51"]

(06) Premier sourire de mai (CFF 172) [01'59"]

(07) Panis angelicus (CFF 209) [03'34"]

(08) Dextera Domini (CFF 211) [09'00"]

(09) Prélude, fugue et variation, op. 18 (CFF 30) [09'23"]

Six duos pour voix égales:

(10) Aux petits enfants [No. 2] (CFF 166) [02'04"]

(11) Les danses de Lormont [No. 4] (CFF 168) [02'43"]

(12) Quare fremuerunt gentes (CFF 215) [03'58"]

Rebecca, oratorio (CFF 187):

(13) Sous l'ombre fraîche [04'57"]

(14) Nous marchions avant que l'aurore [03'28"]

(15) Danse lente (CFF 25) [02'34"]

Rebecca, oratorio (CFF 187):

(16) En toi, mon Dieu, notre âme se confie [02'37"]

[encore]

(17) Litanies de la Sainte Vierge (CFF 223) [01'57"]

Orchestral works

Bertrand Chamayou, fortepiano

Les Siècles

DIR.: FRANÇOIS-XAVIER ROTH

recorded: May 31, 2022, Rudolfinum, Prague

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: Radio România Muzical (digital radio) (stream)

(01) Le chasseur maudit, symphonic poem (CFF 128) [14'04"]

(02) Variations symphoniques (CFF 137) [13'54"]

Bertrand Chamayou, fortepiano

Symphony in d minor (CFF 130) [35'32"]

(04) lento - allegro non troppo [15'48"]

(05) allegretto [10'03"]

(06) allegro non troppo [09'40"]

links:

César Franck

scores

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Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Tuesday, 6 December 2022

Durante & Handel - RIAS Kammerchor (Justin Doyle)

Francesco DURANTE

George Frideric HANDEL

Johanna Winkel, soprano

Sophie Harmsen, mezzo-soprano

Patrick Grahl, tenor

Andreas Wolf, bass

RIAS Kammerchor

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

DIR.: JUSTIN DOYLE

recorded: Jan 1, 2022, Philharmonie, Berlin

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: Bartók Rádio (HU) (digital radio)

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Francesco DURANTE (1684-1755)

(01) Magnificat in B flat [12'06"]

Henricus ALBICASTRO (c1660-c1730?)

(02) Concerto grosso in g minor, op. 7,5 [10'30"]

George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)

(03) Nisi Dominus (HWV 238) [11'55"]

(04) Concerto grosso in F, op. 3,4 (HWV 315) [11'59"]

(05) Dixit Dominus (HWV 232) [32'15"]

links:

Francesco Durante - score

Henricus Albicastro - score

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St John's College Choir, Cambridge

Sunday, 4 December 2022

A Service for Advent with Carols - St John's College Choir, Cambridge

A Service for Advent with Carols

Choir of St John's College, Cambridge

Anna Ryan, flute

Oliver Wass, harp

George Herbert, organ

DIR.: ANDREW NETHSINGHA

recorded: Nov 27, 2022, Chapel of St John's College, Cambridge

lossless (flac)

source: BBC Radio 3 (digital radio)

programme with lyrics included (pdf)

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(01) Introit: Advent Calendar (Philip Ledger) [02'37"]

(02) Processional Hymn: O come, O come, Emmanuel (Veni Emmanuel) [03'59"]

(descant: David Hill)

(03) Bidding Prayer [02'34"]

(04) Carol: There is no rose (Simon Preston) [02'47"]

I The Message of Advent

(05) Sentence and Collect [00'47"]

(06) Antiphons: O Sapientia and O Adonaï (plainchant) [01'51"]

(07) First lesson: Isaiah 11 vv. 1-5 [01'02"]

(08) Carol: Adam lay ybounden (Peter Warlock) [01'18"]

(09) Second lesson: 1 Thessalonians 5 vv. 1-11 [01'54"]

(10) Carol: Cedit, Hyems (Abbie Betinis) [02'50"]

II The Word of God

(11) Sentence and Collect [00'54"]

(12) Antiphons: O Radix Jesse and O Clavis David (plainchant) [01'50"]

(13) Carol: Drop down, ye heavens, from above (Judith Weir) [01'52"]

(14) Third lesson: Micah 4 vv. 1-4 [01'40"]

(15) Carol: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (John Gardner) [02'24"]

(16) Fourth lesson: Luke 4 vv. 14-21 [01'19"]

(17) Hymn: Come, thou long expected Jesus (Cross of Jesus) [01'56"]

(descant: Christopher Robinson)

III The Prophetic Call

(18) Sentence and Collect [00'46"]

(19) Antiphons: O Oriens and O Rex Gentium [01'51"]

(20) Carol: One star, at last (Peter Maxwell Davies) [03'10"]

(21) Fifth lesson: Malachi 3 vv. 1-7 [02'15"]

(22) Carol: Lo! the desert depths are stirr'd (Cheryl Frances-Hoad) [02'46"]

(23) Sixth lesson: Matthew 3 vv. 1-11 [01'58"]

(24) Hymn: On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry (Winchester New) [02'30"]

IV The God-Bearer

(25) Sentence and Collect [00'55"]

(26) Antiphon: O Emmanuel [00'56"]

(27) Carol: A tender shoot (Otto Goldschmidt) [02'04"]

(28) Seventh lesson: Luke 1 vv. 39-49 [01'31"]

(29) Carol: A spotless rose (Herbert Howells) [03'31"]

(30) Magnificat: Chichester Service (Magnificat) (William Walton) [03'55"]

(31) Eighth lesson: John 3 vv. 1-8 [01'44"]

(32) Sentence and The Christmas Collect [00'47"]

(33) Carol: Nova! Nova! (Iain Farrington) [04'12"]

(34) Hymn: Lo! He comes with clouds descending (Helmsley) [05'11"]

(descant: Robinson)

(35) The College Prayer and The Blessing [00'59"]

(36) Organ Voluntary: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 661)

(Johann Sebastian Bach) [03'14"]

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Johann Nepomuk Hummel - scores

Thursday, 1 December 2022

Mozart à la Hummel - Pocket Sinfonia

Mozart à la Hummel

Pocket Sinfonia

rec: Feb 9, 2022, Paterskirche, Kempen

Sophia Aretz, transverse flute

Eleanor Corr, violin

Thomas Isaac, cello

Emil Duncumb, fortepiano [Graf]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: WDR 3 (Cologne) (digital radio)

recorded with harddisc recorder

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Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791),

arr Johann Nepomuk HUMMEL (1778-1837)

Symphony in D 'Haffner' (KV 385) [22'03"]

(01) allegro con spirito [07'52"]

(02) andante [07'30"]

(03) menuetto [02'38"]

(04) presto [04'02"]

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847),

arr Eleanor Corr

Ein Sommernachtstraum op. 61:

(05) overture [11'58"]

(06) nocturne [05'28"]

(07) scherzo [04'46"]

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART,

arr Johann Nepomuk HUMMEL

Concerto for keyboard in c minor (KV 491) [28'01"]

(08) allegro [13'25"]

(09) larghetto [05'46"]

(10) allegretto [08'50"]

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Tuesday, 29 November 2022

Chamber cantatas - Tim Mead

Chamber Cantatas

Giovanni Bononcini, Antonio Caldara,

George Frideric Handel & Alessandro Scarlatti

Tim Mead, alto

Jonathan Manson, cello

Laurence Cummings, harpsichord

recorded: Oct 31, 2022, Wigmore Hall, London

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: BBC Radio 3 (digital radio)

recorded with harddisc recorder

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Antonio CALDARA (c1670-1736)

(01) D'improvviso [11'04"]

George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)

(02) Siete rose rugiadose (HWV 162) [08'34"]

Alessandro SCARLATTI (1660-1725)

(03) Leandro, anima mia [10'12"]

Giovanni BONONCINI (1670-1747)

(04) Lasciami un sol momento [06'56"]

George Frideric HANDEL

(05) Dolc'è pur d'amor l'affano (HWV109) [08'52"]

links:

Antonio Caldara - score

Giovanni Bononcini - score

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