Classical Music In Concert

Fauré, Pelléas et Mélisande - score

Thursday 24 February 2022

Beethoven, Berlioz & Fauré - Anne-Sofie von Otter & Marc Minkowski

Beethoven, Berlioz & Fauré

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Anne-Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano

DIR.: MARC MINKOWSKI

recorded: Oct 1, 2005, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: NPO4 (NL) (digital radio)

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Gabriel FAURÉ (1845-1924)

Pelléas et Mélisande, op. 80 [19'24"]

(01) Prélude [05'54"]

(02) Fileuse [02'38"]

(03) Mélisande's Song:

The king's three blind daughters, op. posth. (Acte 3, sc 1) [03'00"]

(04) Sicilienne [03'14"]

(05) Molto adagio [04'59"]

Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869)

Les nuits d'été, op. 7 [30'54"]

(06) Villanelle [02'04"]

(07) Le spectre de la rose [07'10"]

(08) Sur les lagunes. lamento [06'35"]

(09) Absence [05'47"]

(10) Au cimetière. clair de lune [04'56"]

(11) L'île inconnue [04'22"]

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

Symphony No 4 in B flat, op. 60 [31'35"]

(12) adagio - allegro vivace [11'07"]

(13) adagio [08'12"]

(14) allegro vivace [05'28"]

(15) allegro ma non troppo [06'47"]

links:

Berlioz, Les nuits d'été - score

Beethoven, Symphony No. 4 - score

Anne-Sofie von Otter

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

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Tuesday 22 February 2022

Telemann: Concertos & Overtures - Kore Orchestra

Georg Philipp TELEMANN

(1681 - 1767)

Concertos & Overtures

Kore Orchestra

DIR.: AIRA MARIA LEHTIPUU, JOANNA BOSLAK-GORNIOK

recorded: August 18, 2017, Monastery of Goscikowo-Paradyz, Paradyz

[X Festiwal Muzyka w Raju 2017]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: DLF Kultur (digital radio)

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(01) Concerto polonois in B flat (TWV 43,B8) [08'39"]

(02) Concerto à 4 in D (TWV 43,D3) [08'37"]

(03) Ouverture burlesque in B flat (TWV 55,B8) [14'37"]

(04) Concerto polonois in G (TWV 43,G7) [08'35"]

(05) Concerto for viola, strings and bc in G (TWV 51,G9) [14'22"]

Jesenka Balic Zunic, viola

(06) Overture in B flat 'Völker-Ouvertüre' (TWV 55,B5) [19'48"]

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Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

Sunday 20 February 2022

Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri - Giancarlo Andretta

Giacchino ROSSINI

(1792 - 1868)

L'italiana in Algeri

dramma giocoso in 2 acts (1813)

libretto: Angelo Anelli

Lilian Farahani, soprano (Elvira)

Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, mezzo-soprano (Isabella)

Esther Kuiper, mezzo-soprano (Zulma)

Alasdair Kent, tenor (Lindoro)

Pablo Ruiz, baritone (Taddeo)

Ricardo Seguel, bass-baritone (Mustafà)

José Coca Loza, bass (Haly)

La Cetra Vokalensemble Basel

Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

DIR.: GIANCARLO ANDRETTA

recorded: February 19, 2022, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO4 (NL) (digital radio)

recorded with harddisc recorder

included: programme (NL) & libretto (IT) [pdf]

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(01) act 1 [1.11'00"]

(02) act 2 [1.04'56"]

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L'italiana in Algeri

score

Lilian Farahani

Vasilisi Berzhanskaya

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Mozart, Divertimento KV 136 - score

Thursday 17 February 2022

Mozart & Schubert: Quartets & Octet - Edding Quartet et al

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

Franz Peter SCHUBERT

Quartets & Octet

Edding Quartet

Nicola Boud, clarinet

Nicolas Chedmail, horn

Julien Debordes, bassoon

Damien Guffroy, double bass

recorded: Oct 5, 2012, Handelsbeurs, Ghent

Baptiste Lopez, Caroline Bayet, violin

Deirdre Dowling, viola

Ageet Zweistra, cello

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: Klara (B) (digital radio)

recorded with harddisc recorder

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Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

(01) Divertimento in D (KV 136 / 125a) [13'41"]

Franz Peter SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

(02) Quartettsatz in c minor (D 703) [10'12"]

Octet in F (D 803) [57'54"]

(03) adagio - allegro [14'37"]

(04) adagio [10'06"]

(05) allegro vivace [06'19"]

(06) andante. tema & variazioni [11'02"]

(07) menuetto. allegretto [06'40"]

(08) andante molto - allegro - andante molto - allegro molto [09'10"]

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Schubert, Quartettsatz - score

Schubert, Octet - score

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Victoria, Officium defunctorum - score

Tuesday 15 February 2022

Victoria & Cererols - Tenebrae (Nigel Short)

Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA

Joan CEREROLS

Masses

Tenebrae

DIR.: NIGEL SHORT

recorded: August 8, 2018, Església Parroquial de Sant Genís, Torroella de Montgrí

[XXXV Festival de Músiques de Torroella de Montgrí 2018]

lossless (flac)

source: BBC Radio 3 (digital radio)

recorded with harddisc recorder

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Joan CEREROLS (1618-1676)

(01) Salve Regina [06'30"]

Missa de Batalla [17'54"]

(02) Kyrie [02'02"]

(03) Gloria [04'09"]

(04) Credo [06'31"]

(05) Sanctus [02'13"]

(06) Agnus Dei [02'58"]

Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA (1548-1611)

Officium defunctorum [43'46"]

(07) [lesson] Taedet animam meam [02'56"]

(08) [introitus] Requiem aeternam [05'19"]

(09) Kyrie [04'31"]

(10) [gradual] Requiem aeternam [03'06"]

(11) [offertory] Domine Jesu Christe [06'20"]

(12) Sanctus & Benedictus [03'04"]

(13) Agnus Dei [02'27"]

(14) [communion] Lux aeterna [03'53"]

(15) [motet] Versa est in luctum [03'25"]

(16) [responsory] Libera me, Domine [08'44"]

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Joan Cererols

Tenebrae

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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Sunday 13 February 2022

Purcell: Ode & Welcome Song - Laurence Cummings

Henry PURCELL

(1659 - 1695)

Ode & Welcome Song

Choir & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

DIR.: LAURENCE CUMMINGS

recorded: June 8, 2019, Nikolaikirche, Potsdam

[Musikfestspiele Sanssouci Potsdam 2019]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: Bartók Radio (stream)

N.B. The soloists are members of the choir, but were not mentioned

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(01) Why, why are all the Muses mute (Z 343),

Welcome Song for King James (1685) [26'23"]

(02) Come, ye sons of art (Z 323),

An Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary (1694) [24'31"]

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scores

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Overture, Scherzo and Finale

Thursday 10 February 2022

Schumann: Cello Concerto & Symphony No. 3 - Pieter Wispelwey & Philippe Herreweghe

Robert SCHUMANN

(1810 - 1856)

Cello Concerto & Symphony No. 3

Orchestre des Champs-Elysées

Pieter Wispelwey, cello

DIR.: PHILIPPE HERREWEGHE

recorded: Jan 11, 2005, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: NPO4 (NL) (podcast)

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(01) Overture, Scherzo and Finale op. 52 [17'58"]

(02) Concerto for cello and orchestra in a minor, op. 129 [23'49"]

Symphony No. 3 in E flat, op. 97 [31'49"]

(03) lebhaft [vivace] [09'41"]

(04) scherzo. sehr mässig [05'44"]

(05) nicht schnell [andante] [05'11"]

(06) feierlich [maestoso] [05'06"]

(07) finale. lebhaft [06'06"]

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Orchestre des Champs-Elysées

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La Cetra Barockorchester Basel

Tuesday 8 February 2022

Giacomelli: Merope - Andrea Marcon

Geminiano GIACOMELLI

(1692 - 1740)

Merope

dramma per musica in 3 acts (1734)

libretto: Apostolo Zeno/Domenico Lalli

Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (Trasimede), mezzo-soprano

Magdalena Kožená (Merope), mezzo-soprano

Rachele Raggiotti (Anassandro), mezzo-soprano

Beth Taylor (Argia), mezzo-soprano

Kangmin Justin Kim (Epitide), alto

Carlo Vistoli (Licisco), alto

Juan Sancho (Polifonte), tenor

La Cetra Barockorchester Basel

DIR.: ANDREA MARCON

recorded: Feb 5, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: NPO4 (NL) (podcast)

included: programme [NL]

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(01) act 1 [1.11'11"]

(02) act 2 [1.05'37"]

(03) act 3 [54'09"]

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Vasilisa Berzhanskaya

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Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli - score

Sunday 6 February 2022

Austrian violin music - Ensemble Stravaganza

Austrian violin music

Ensemble Stravaganza

recorded: Dec 5, 2018, Schloss Waldthausen, Budenheim

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: SWR2 (Stuttgart) (digital radio) (internet stream)

Lina Tur Bonet, violin

Ronald Martin Alonso, viola da gamba

Damien Pouvreau, theorbo

Thomas Soltani, harpsichord

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Heinrich Ignaz Franz VON BIBER (1644-1704)

(01) Sonata V in e minor (C 142) [11'57"]

(02) Sonata VI in c minor (C 143) [13'27"]

Johann Jacob FROBERGER (1616-1667)

(03) Lamentation sur la mort de sa majesté Ferdinand III (FbWV 633) [04'51"]

Heinrich Ignaz Franz VON BIBER

(04) Mystery Sonata X in g minor 'Die Kreuzigung' (C 99) [09'34"]

Johann Heinrich SCHMELZER (c1620/23-1680)

(05) Sonata IV in D [09'34"]

Giovanni Antonio PANDOLFI MEALLI (fl 1660-1669)

(06) Sonata in D, op. 3,4 'La Castella' [07'40"]

Heinrich Ignaz Franz VON BIBER

(07) Sonata III in F (C 140) [12'44"]

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scores Biber

score Schmelzer

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Mozart, Quartet KV 465 - score

Thursday 3 February 2022

Mozart & Onslow - Consone Quartet & Alexander Rolton

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

George ONSLOW

Quartet & quintet for strings

Consone Quartet

Alexander Rolton, cello

recorded: Jan 27, 2022, Chetham's School of Music (Stoller Hall), Manchester

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: BBC Radio 3 (digital radio)

recorded with harddisc recorder

Agata Daraškaite, violin

Magdalena Loth-Hill, violin

Elitsa Bogdanova, viola

George Ross, cello

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Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

Quartet in C 'Dissonanzenquartett' (KV 465) [29'28"]

(01) adagio - allegro [10'16"]

(02) andante cantabile [06'48"]

(03) menuetto. allegro [04'31"]

(04) allegro [07'52"]

George ONSLOW (1784-1853)

Quintet No.15 in c minor, op. 38 'Quintette de la balle' [23'25"]

(05) allegro moderato ed espressivo [09'38"]

(06) menuetto presto. dolore, febbre e delirio [04'13"]

(07) andante sostenuto. convalescenza [03'23"]

(08) finale. guarigione [06'11"]

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George Onslow

Onslow, Quintet op. 38 - score

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Matheus de Sancto Johanne

Tuesday 1 February 2022

A polyphonic kaleidoscope - Huelgas Ensemble

A polyphonic kaleidoscope

Huelgas Ensemble

DIR.: PAUL VAN NEVEL

recorded: July 1, 2017, Haarlem

[Choir Biennale 2017]

mp3 (256 kbps)

source: NPO4 (NL) (podcast)

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Matheus DE SANCTO JOHANNE (fl c1380)

(01) Science n'a nul annemi à 4, ballade [05'57"]

Jacobus CLEMENS NON PAPA (c1515-1556)

(02) Qui consolabatur a 5, motet [05'02"]

Charles DE COURBES (c1580-after 1622)

(03) Angeli/Sanguis/Tunc/Omnes/Sacerdotes/Omnes/Vos amici a 7, motet [05'16"]

Alexander AGRICOLA (1446-1506)

Missa In mynen sin a 4:

(04) Agnus Dei [09'15"]

anon (Italy, c1380)

(05) Cum Martelli - La Mantacha à 3 [02'28"]

Cipriano DE RORE (1516-1565)

(06) Mia benigna fortuna à 4, madrigal [04'17"]

Nicolas GOMBERT (c1500-c1560)

Missa Je suis desheritée a 4/5:

(07) Sanctus [04'56"]

(08) Agnus Dei [04'06"]

anon (Burgundy, c1460)

(09) Ou lit de pleurs à 4, rondeau [07'47"]

anon (England, c1350)

(10) Nova! Nova! à 3, carol [02'10"]

Claude LE JEUNE (c1530-1600)

(11) Cigne je suis de candeur à 3/5, chanson [05'15"]

Guillaume COSTELEY (c1530-1606)

(12) Noblesse gist au coeur à 4, chanson [04'47"]

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Jacob Clemens non Papa

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