Classical Music In Concert: August 2023

Thursday, 31 August 2023

Chopin on his own Pleyel - Alexander Gadjiev & Consone Quartet

Chopin on his own Pleyel

Alexander Gadjiev, fortepiano

[Pleyel, 1848]

Consone Quartet

Jan Zahourek, double bass

recorded: April 24, 2022, Hatchlands Park (The Cobbe Collection), East Clandon

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: BBC Radio 3 (digital radio)

recorded with harddisc recorder

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(01) Prélude in c sharp minor op. 45 (CT 190) [04'29"]

(02) Mazurka in C, op. 56,2 (CT 84) [01'39"]

(03) Mazurka in c minor, op. 56,3 (CT 85) [06'04"]

(04) Polonaise in f sharp minor, op. 44 (CT 154) [11'06"]

Concerto for pianoforte No. 2 in f minor, op. 21 (B 48)

(version for pianoforte and string quintet) [31'48"]

(05) maestoso [14'00"]

(06) larghetto [09'15"]

(07) allegro vivace [08'33"]

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Tuesday, 29 August 2023

Ave Maris Stella: The veneration of Mary in Italy and France - Les Talens Lyriques

'Ave maris stella - The veneration

of Mary in Italy and France'

Les Talens Lyriques

DIR.: CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET

recorded: August 7, 2023, St Jacobskerk, Bruges

[MAFestival 2023]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: Klara (B) (digital radio)

recorded with harddisc recorder

Marie Lys, soprano

Judith van Wanroij, soprano

Gilone Gaubert, violin

Benjamin Chénier, violin

Emmanuel Jacques, cello

Christophe Rousset, harpsichord, organ

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Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER (1643-1704)

(01) Ave maris stella (H 60) [06'20"]

(02) Jesu corona Virginum (H 53) [04'01"]

(03) Regina coeli laetare (H 16) [01'53"]

(04) In odorem unguentorum (H 51) [02'51"]

(05) Regina coeli laetare (H 32) [02'24"]

(06) Gaudete fideles (H 306) [03'06"]

(07) Veni sponsa Christi (H 17) [01'39"]

(08) Ave Regina (H 22) [03'03"]

Pastorale sur la naissance de notre seigneur Jésus-Christ (H 483):

(09) overture [02'09"]

(10) Sicut spina rosam genuit (H 309) [02'24"]

(11) O doctor optime (H 307) [04'44"]

(12) Sola vivebat in antris (H 373) [07'24"]

Dario CASTELLO (1602-1631)

(13) Sonata II [Libro I] [05'19"]

Claudio MONTEVERDI (1567-1643)

(14) Salve Regina (Audi caelum) (SV 283) [08'28"]

Vespro della Beata Vergine (SV 206):

(15) Pulchra es, amica mea [04'13"]

(16) Iste confessor (SV 279) [02'51"]

Dario CASTELLO

(17) Sonata IV [Libro II] [07'20"]

Claudio MONTEVERDI

(18) Sancta Maria succurre miseris (SV 328) [03'42"]

(19) Venite sitientes ad aquas domini (SV 335) [03'52"]

(20) Et resurrexit (SV 260) [01'57"]

[encore]

Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER

(21) Gratiarum actiones pro restituta regis christianissimi sanitate anno 1686

(Circumdederunt me dolores) (H 341) [06'09"]

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Sunday, 27 August 2023

Handel: Aminta e Fillide - Fair Oriana & Opera Settecento (Leo Duarte)

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Aminta e Fillide

Fair Oriana

Opera Settecento

DIR.: LEO DUARTE

recorded: Jan 26, 2022, Konzerthaus, Vienna

[Resonanzen 2022]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: Catalunya Música (digital radio) (podcast)

booklet with lyrics included [pdf]

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(01) Concerto for oboe, strings and bc in g minor (HWV 287) [08'54"]

(02) Aminta e Fillide (HWV 83) [58'43"]

[Angela Hicks, Aminta; Penelope Appleyard, Fillide]

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Thursday, 24 August 2023

Italians in Poland - Vasa Consort (Marcin Szelest)

Italians in Poland

Vasa Consort

DIR.: MARCIN SZELEST

recorded: June 28, 2023, St Elizabeth Church, Stary Sacz

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps)

source: Dwójka (digital radio) (stream)

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Luca MARENZIO (1553-1599)

(01) Jubilate Deo [03'40"]

Giulio OSCULATI (?-c1620)

(02) Gaudete filiae Jerusalem [02'49"]

Asprilio PACELLI (c1567-1623)

(03) Beatus vir [06'58"]

Tarquinio MERULA (1595-1665)

Missa a 5 voci e 6 stromenti:

(04) Kyrie [05'43"]

(05) Gloria [05'17"]

Franciszek LILIUS (?-1657)

(06) Laudate Dominum in sanctis ejus [04'21"]

Giovanni VALENTINI (1582-1649)

(07) Canzon XVI à 6 [03'06"]

Paul SIEFERT (1586-1666)

(08) Exaudiat te Dominus [04'24"]

Asprilio PACELLI

(09) Media nocte [04'01"]

Andreas HAKENBERGER (c1574-1627)

(10) Veni in hortum meum [03'01"]

Asprilio PACELLI

(11) Cantemus Domino [05'00"]

Antonio PATART (?-1614)

(12) Quam dilecta tabernacula tua [06'26"]

Asprilio PACELLI

(13) Gaudent in caelis [03'48"]

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Tuesday, 22 August 2023

Antwerp Cathedral and its composers - Huelgas Ensemble (Paul Van Nevel)

Antwerp Cathedral and its composers

Huelgas Ensemble

DIR.: PAUL VAN NEVEL

recorded: August 18, 2023, St.-Pauluskerk, Antwerp

[Laus Polyphoniae 2023]

lossless (flac)

source: Klara (B) (digital radio) (stream)

recorded with harddisc recorder

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George de LA HÈLE (1547-1586)

Missa Fremuit spiritu Jesu a 6:

(01) Kyrie [04'02"]

Noël BAULDEWEYN (c1480-1530)

(02) En douleur en tristesse à 5 [02'11"]

Ivo DE VENTO (c1543-1575)

(03) Fried gib mir, Herr, auf Erden a 5 [04'47"]

George de LA HÈLE

Missa Fremuit spiritu Jesu a 6:

(04) Gloria [05'51"]

Séverin CORNET (c1530-1582)

(05) La peine dure à 4 [04'03"]

(06) Cantantibus organis a 5 [03'04"]

George de LA HÈLE

Missa Fremuit spiritu Jesu a 6:

(07) Credo [10'35"]

Andreas PEVERNAGE (1542-1591) :

(08) Pleurez Muses à 5 (Epitaphe de Christofle Plantin) [06'26"]

(09) Sur tous regretz à 5 [03'53"]

George de LA HÈLE

Missa Fremuit spiritu Jesu a 6:

(10) Sanctus & Benedictus [04'56"]

Noé FAIGNIENT (c1537-1578)

(11) Adieu Anvers à 5 [03'16"]

George de LA HÈLE

Missa Fremuit spiritu Jesu a 6:

(12) Agnus Dei (a 6-8) [05'35"]

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Sunday, 20 August 2023

Beethoven Week (7): Missa solemnis - Jérémie Rhorer

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 - 1827)

Missa Solemnis in D, op. 123

Ruth Ziesak, soprano

Gerhild Romberger, contralto

Maximilian Schmitt, tenor

Johannes Weisser, bass

Netherlands Radio Choir

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

DIR.: JÉRÉMIE RHORER

recorded: Feb 28, 2014, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

modern instruments, period style

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: NPO4 (digital radio) (podcast)

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(01) Kyrie [09'29"]

(02) Gloria [16'47"]

(03) Credo [19'18"]

(04) Sanctus & Benedictus [16'37"]

(05) Agnus Dei [15'59"]

links:

Missa Solemnis - score

Netherlands Radio Choir

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

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Saturday, 19 August 2023

Beethoven Week (6): Symphony No. 9 - Teodor Currentzis

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 - 1827)

Symphony No. 9 in d minor, op. 125

Brigitte Christensen, soprano

Sophie Harmsen, contralto

Benjamin Bruns, tenor

Johannes Kammler, bass

Orchestra & Chorus MusicAeterna

DIR.: TEODOR CURRENTZIS

recorded: Feb 20, 2022, Megaron, Athens

period instruments

flac

source: ARTE

This recording was made available by Melante

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(01) allegro na non troppo, un poco maestoso [14'57"]

(02) scherzo. molto vivace [13'02"]

(03) adagio molto e cantabile [12'14"]

(04) presto - allegro ma non troppo - vivace - adagio cantabile [23'03"]

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Friday, 18 August 2023

Beethoven Week (5): Fidelio - Simon Rattle

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 - 1827)

Fidelio

opera in 2 acts, op. 72 (Vienna, 1805/1814)

Charlotte Margiono, soprano (Leonore/Fidelio)

Lisa Milne, soprano (Marzellino)

Kim Begley, tenor (Florestan)

James Elliott, tenor (1. Gefangener)

Timothy Robinson, tenor (Jaquino)

Rodney Clarke, bass (2. Gefangener)

Reinhard Hagen, bass (Rocco)

Alan Opie, bass (Don Fernando)

Steven Page, bass (Don Pizzaro)

Choir of the Glyndebourne Festival

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

DIR.: SIMON RATTLE

recorded: August 16, 2001, Royal Albert Hall, London

[Proms 2001]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: BBC Radio 3

libretto included [pdf]

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(01) act 1 [68'42"]

(02) act 2 [45'33"]

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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

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Thursday, 17 August 2023

Beethoven Week (4): Sonatas for pianoforte & violin - Alexander Melnikov & Isabelle Faust

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 - 1827)

Sonatas for pianoforte and violin

Alexander Melnikov, fortepiano

Isabelle Faust, violin

recorded: May 24, 2022, Mozartsaal, Schwetzingen

[Schwetzinger SWR-Festspiele 2022]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: RNE Radio Clásica (digital radio) (stream)

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(01-03) Sonata in a minor, op. 23 [20'46"]

(04-07) Sonata in F, op. 24 'Frühling' [22'07"]

(08-10) Sonata in G, op. 96 [25'44"]

[encore]

Sonata in A, op. 30,1:

(11) adagio molto espressivo [06'43"]

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Wednesday, 16 August 2023

Beethoven Week (3): Symphony No. 3 & Cantata Op. 136 - Jos Van Immerseel

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 - 1827)

Symphony No. 3 & Cantata Op. 136

Andrea Brown, soprano

Clara Sattler, soprano

Vincent Lesage, tenor

Thomas Bauer, baritone

Jugendchor Minipolifonici Trento

Singers of the Musikschule Bruneck

Children's choirs of the music schools of Brunech and Klausen

Orchestra of the Akademie für Alte Musik Bruneck

DIR.: JOS VAN IMMERSEEL

recorded: August 2, 2015, Gustav Mahler Saal, Toblach

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 196 kbps)

source: ORF1 (digital radio) (stream)

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(01-04) Symphony No. 3 in E flat, op. 55 'Eroica' [49'55"]

(05-10) Der glorreiche Augenblick, cantata op. 136 [40'12"]

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Tuesday, 15 August 2023

Beethoven Week (2): Piano Concerto No. 3 & Symphony No. 6 - Alexei Lubimov & James Gaffigan

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 - 1827)

Piano Concerto No. 3 & Symphony No. 6

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Alexei Lubimov, fortepiano

DIR.: JAMES GAFFIGAN

recorded: May 25, 2010, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

period instruments

lossless (flac)

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(01-03) Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra No. 3 in c minor, op. 37 [34'42"]

(04-06) Symphony No. 6 in F, op. 68 'Pastoral' [41'17"]

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Monday, 14 August 2023

Beethoven Week (1): Sonatas for pianoforte - Kit Armstrong

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 - 1827)

Sonatas for pianoforte

Kit Armstrong, fortepiano

[Michael Rosenberger, c1800]

recording: June 29, 2020, Schloss Herten (D)

flac (original bitrate: 128kbps aac)

source: Deutschlandfunk Kultur (podcast)

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(01-04) Sonata in C, op. 2,3 [23'54"]

(05-07) Sonata in c sharp minor, op. 27,2 'Mondschein' [15'41"]

(08-09) Sonata in F sharp, op. 78 'À Thérèse' [08'16"]

[encores]

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714-1788)

'Württemberg' Sonata in E flat (Wq 49,5 / H 34)

(10) adagio [06'52"]

(11) Freye Fantasie in f sharp minor 'C.P.E. Bachs Empfindungen' (Wq 67 / H 300) [11'23"]

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Sunday, 13 August 2023

Handel: Judas Maccabaeus - Justin Doyle

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Judas Maccabaeus

oratorio in 3 acts (HWV 63) (London, 1747)

libretto: Thomas Morell

Anna Dennis, soprano (Israelite woman)

Helen Charlston, mezzo-soprano (Israelite man)

Benjamin Hulett, tenor (Judas)

Henry Waddington, bass (Eupolemus, Simon)

RIAS Kammerchor Berlin

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

DIR.: JUSTIN DOYLE

recorded: Jan 1, 2023, Philharmonie, Berlin

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: Catalunya Música (digital radio) (podcast)

libretto included [pdf]

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(01) act 1 [49'04"]

(02) act 2 [41'53"]

(03) act 3 [32'20"]

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Judas Maccabaeus

Handel, Judas Maccabaeus

RIAS Kammerchor Berlin

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

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Thursday, 10 August 2023

From Schein to Bach - amarcordplus

From Schein to Bach -

German choral music

amarcordplus

recorded: May 1, 2020, Thomaskirche, Leipzig [performance without audience]

[Deutsches Chorfest 2020]

lossless (flac)

source: Stingray Classica

recorded with harddisc recorder

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Johann Michael BACH (1648-1694)

(01) Sei, lieber Tag, willkommen

Philipp Heinrich ERLEBACH (1657-1714)

(02) Wer bin ich, Herr?

LIEBHOLDT (?-1726)

(03) Habe deine Lust an dem Herren

Johann Hermann SCHEIN (1586-1630)

(04) Da Jakob vollendet hatte

(05) Ist nicht Ephraim mein teurer Sohn?

(06) Nu danket alle Gott

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

(07) Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (BWV 230)

Heinrich SCHÜTZ (1585-1672)

(08) Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt (SWV 393)

(09) Herr, auf dich traue ich (SWV 377)

(10) Viel werden kommen von Morgen und von Abend (SWV 375)

Johann Michael BACH

(11) Unser Leben währet siebnzig Jahr

Johann Christoph BACH (1642-1703)

(12) Der Mensch, vom Weibe geboren

Johann Sebastian BACH

(13) Jesu, meine Freude (BWV 227)

[encore]

Johann Michael BACH

(14) Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt

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Philipp Heinrich Erlebach

Heinrich Schütz - scores

Liebholdt

Johann Christoph Bach - score

Johann Michael Bach - scores

JS Bach, Motets - scores

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Tuesday, 8 August 2023

Schumann: Genoveva - Aapo Häkkinen

Robert SCHUMANN

(1810 - 1856)

Genoveva op. 81

opera in four acts (Leipzig, 1850)

libretto: Robert Reinick

Carolyn Sampson, soprano (Genoveva)

Marie Seidler, mezzo-soprano (Margaretha)

Marcel Beekman, tenor (Golo)

Johannes Weisser, baritone (Hidulfus)

Yorck Felix Speer, bass (Balthasar)

Cornelius Uhle, bass (Drago)

Arnold Schoenberg Chor

Helsinki Baroque Orchestra

DIR.: AAPO HÄKKINEN

recorded: June 4, 2023, Kulturpalast, Dresden

[Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2023]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: ACC 192 kbps)

source: Deutschlandfunk Kultur (digital radio) (stream)

CD-booklet with summary included (E/D) [pdf]

libretto included [pdf]

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(01) act 1 [40'45"]

(02) act 2 [29'26"]

(03) act 3 [28'32"]

(04) act 4 [33'58"]

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Arnold Schoenberg Chor

Helsinki Baroque Orchestra

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Sunday, 6 August 2023

Music from Old Gdańsk - Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble (Manfred Cordes)

Pax aeterna - Music from Old Gdańsk

Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble

DIR.: MANFRED CORDES

recorded: May 31, 2023, Stiftskirche St. Mauritius, Bassum [studio recording]

period instruments

flac [original bitrate: AAC 193 kbps VBR]

source: Deutschlandfunk Kultur (digital radio) (stream)

programme included [D/E]

N.B. The programme as performed is not entirely identical with what is printed in the pdf's.

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Christoph WERNER (c1619-1650)

(01) Es erhub sich ein Streit a 18 [09'49"]

Johann Balthasar ERBEN (1626-1686)

(02) Domine Jesu Christe a 5 [03'47"]

Kaspar FÖRSTER the Younger (1616-1673)

(03) Sonata à 7 [04'22"]

(04) Ad arma fideles a 3 [04'54"]

anon [Gdańsk Tablature, c1570]

(05) Dulcis memoria et suavis recordatio [03'07"]

Nicolaus ZANGIUS (c1580-1619)

(06) Surrexit Christus a 8 [03'44"]

Crato BÜTNER (1616-1679)

(07) Wo ist dein Stachel nun, o Tod? a 10 [06'19"]

Paul SIEFERT (1586-1666)

(08) Nun preis mein Seel a 7 [05'36"]

Andreas HAKENBERGER (1574-1627)

(09) Spiritus Domini a 12 [02'23"]

Johann WANNING (1537-1603)

(10) Rogate quae ad pacem sunt a 8 [03'40"]

(11) In pace in idipsum a 6 [02'26"]

Daniel JACOBI (1605-1676)

(12) Pax aeterna a 10 [06'11"]

Marcin MIELCZEWSKI (c1600-1651)

(13) Magnificat a 13 [05'13"]

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Christoph Werner

Balthasar Erben

Kaspar Förster the Younger

Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble

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Thursday, 3 August 2023

Haydn & Mozart - Isabelle Faust, Antoine Tamestit & John Eliot Gardiner

Franz Joseph HAYDN

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

Symphonies & Sinfonia concertante

English Baroque Soloists

Isabelle Faust, violin

Antoine Tamestit, viola

DIR.: JOHN ELIOT GARDINER

recorded: Jan 14, 2023, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO4 (NL) (digital radio) (stream)

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Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)

(01-04) Symphony in E flat (H I,84) [25'50"]

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

(05-07) Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola and orchestra in E (KV 364) [31'27"]

(08-11) Symphony in C 'Linz' (KV 425) [31'15"]

links:

Haydn, Symphony No. 84 - score

Mozart, Sinfonia concertante - score

Mozart, Symphony KV 425 - score

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Tuesday, 1 August 2023

Innsbruck, ich muß dich lassen - Cinquecento

"Innsbruck, ich muß dich lassen"

The musical world of the Habsburgs

Cinquecento

recorded: June 29, 2022, Mausoleum, Graz

[Styriarte 2022]

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

source: ORF (Vienna) (digital radio) (stream)

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Heinrich ISAAC (1450-1517)

(01) Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen a 4 [02'54"]

Costanzo FESTA (1490-1545), arr Ludwig SENFL (c1490-1543)

(02) Quis dabit oculis a 4 [05'21"]

anon

(03) Wohlauf gut Gsell von hinnen a 4 [01'54"]

Heinrich ISAAC

Missa Wohlauf gut Gsell von hinnen a 6:

(04) Kyrie [04'57"]

JOSQUIN DESPREZ (c1440-1521)

(05) Mille regretz a 4 [01'46"]

Nicolas GOMBERT (1495-1560)

(06) Mille regretz a 6 [02'38"]

JOSQUIN DESPREZ

(07) Ave Maria a 4 [05'38"]

Heinrich ISAAC

Missa Wohlauf gut Gsell von hinnen a 6

(08) Credo [09'41"]

Claudin DE SERMISY (c1490-1562)

(09) Allez souspirs, enflammez au froid cueur a 4 [01'22"]

Pierre SANDRIN (c1490-1561)

(10) Doulce memoire a 4 [05'11"]

Heinrich ISAAC

Missa Wohlauf gut Gsell von hinnen 6:

(11) Sanctus & Benedictus [11'25"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA (c1525-1594)

Missa 1. toni:

(12) Agnus Dei a 4 - 6 [04'27"]

Cristóbal DE MORALES (c1500-1553)

Missa pro defunctis:

(13) Communio a 5 [02'38"]

Alonso LOBO (1555-1617)

(14) Versa est in luctum a 6 [03'47"]

[encore]

JOSQUIN DESPREZ

(15) Nymphes des bois à 5 (Déploration sur la mort de Jean Ockeghem) [04'05"]

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