Classical Music In Concert

Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli

Thursday, 28 December 2023

Ristori: I Lamenti di Orfeo - Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli & Valer Sabadus

Giovanni Alberto RISTORI

(1692 - 1753)

I Lamenti di Orfeo

festa di camera in one act (Dresden, 1749)

libretto: Giovanni Claudio Pasquini

Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli (Calliope), soprano

Valer Sabadus (Orfeo), alto

Ensemble 1700

DIR.: DOROTHEE OBERLINGER

recorded: August 17 & 18, 2023, Globe Theater, Neuss/Rhein

period instruments

lossless (flac)

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

recorded with harddisc recorder

[52'14"]

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Giovanni Alberto Ristori

score

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Tuesday, 26 December 2023

A Renaissance Christmas - The Tallis Scholars (Peter Phillips)

A Renaissance Christmas

The Tallis Scholars

DIR.: PETER PHILLIPS

recorded: Dec 21, 2023, St John's Smith Square, London

lossless (flac)

source: BBC Radio 3 (digital radio)

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Jacobus CLEMENS NON PAPA (c1510/15-1555/56)

(01) Pastores quidnam vidistis a 5 [04'52"]

Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis a 5

(02) Kyrie [04'22"]

(03) Gloria [07'32"]

Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA (1548-1611)

(04) Quem vidistis, pastores a 6 [06'12"]

Pedro DE CRISTO (c1550-1618)

(05) Quaeramus cum pastoribus a 4 [02'59"]

Giovanni CROCE (c1557-1609)

(06) Quaeramus cum pastoribus a 8 [06'39"]

Jacobus CLEMENS NON PAPA

Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis a 5

(07) Credo [09'25"]

Jacob OBRECHT (c1457/58-1505)

(08) Salve Regina a 6 [12'38"]

Peter PHILIPS (1560/61-1628)

(09) Salve Regina a 8 [04'08"]

Jacobus CLEMENS NON PAPA

Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis a 5

(10) Sanctus & Benedictus [06'28"]

(11) Agnus Dei [03'37"]

[encore]

Jean MOUTON (1459-1522)

(12) Salva nos, Domine a 6 [02'55"]

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Jacobus Clemens non Papa

Tomás Luis de Victoria

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Monday, 25 December 2023

A German Christmas - Vox Luminis (Lionel Meunier)

A German Christmas

Heinrich Schütz, Andreas Hammerschmidt

Johann Rosenmüller

Vox Luminis

DIR.: LIONEL MEUNIER

recorded: Dec 24, 2022, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO4 (NL) (digital radio)

Programme [NL] with lyrics included [pdf]

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Heinrich SCHÜTZ (1585-1672)

(01) Magnificat (SWV 468) [11'42"]

(02) Historia der freuden- und gnadenreichen Geburth Gottes und Marien Sohnes

Jesu Christi (SWV 435) [34'19"]

(03) O bone Jesu, fili Mariae (SWV 471) [05'49"]

Andreas HAMMERSCHMIDT (1611/12-1675)

(04) Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe [04'25"]

(05) Freude, Freude, grosse Freude [05'33"]

(06) Alleluja! Freuet euch, ihr Christen alle [04'52"]

Johann ROSENMÜLLER (c1619-1684)

(07) Magnificat a 18 [16'46"]

[encore]

Michael PRAETORIUS (1571-1621)

(08) Es ist ein Ros entsprungen [04'35"]

links:

Schütz, Magnificat

Schütz, Historia

scores Schütz

Andreas Hammerschmidt

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Saxon Christmas Music from about 1550/70

Sunday, 24 December 2023

A Saxonian Christmas - The Renaissance Men (Manfred Cordes)

A Saxonian Christmas

The Renaissance Men

DIR.: MANFRED CORDES

recorded: Dec 1, 2021, Lukaskirche, Dresden

[performance without audience]

lossless (flac)

source: BBC Radio 3 (digital radio)

The music is taken from the Sächsische Landes- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden

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Heinrich ISAAC (c1450/55-1517)

(01) [Introitus] Puer natus est nobis [04'41"]

Wolfgang FIGULUS (c1525-1589)

Missa O admirabile commercium

(02) Kyrie [04'17"]

(03) Gloria [06'31"]

anon / Wolfgang FIGULUS

(04) [Collecta] [00'47"]

(Sung prayer according to the Spangenberg-Graduale of 1545)

(05) [Epistula] [01'54"]

(Sung reading according to the Spangenberg-Graduale of 1545)

anon

(06) [alleluja] Dies sanctificatus [01'47"]

Johannes REUSCH (c1525-1582) / Johann WALTER (1496-1570)

(07) [Sequentia] Grates nunc omnes - Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ [12'19"]

(08) [Evangelium] [04'08"]

(Sung reading according to the Spangenberg-Graduale of 1545)

anon

(09) [motet] Hodie Christus natus est [05'26"]

Wolfgang FIGULUS

Missa O admirabile commercium

(10) Credo [10'53"]

(11) [Post orationem] Ein Kindelein so löbelich [02'22"]

anon / Wolfgang FIGULUS

(12) [Prefatio] [03'57"]

(Sung according to the Lossius Graduale of 1553)

Wolfgang FIGULUS

Missa O admirabile commercium

(13) Sanctus & Benedictus [05'35"]

anon / Wolfgang FIGULUS

(14) [Pater noster & Consecratio] [02'39"]

Wolfgang FIGULUS

Missa O admirabile commercium

(15) Agnus Dei [05'47"]

(16) Virga Jesse floruit [02'02"]

(17) Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her [01'09"]

anon

(18) [Collecta & Benedictio] [01'34"]

anon

(19) Da Christus geboren war [03'15"]

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Wie klang sächsische Weihnacht vor 500 Jahren?

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Choir of King's College Cambridge

Thursday, 21 December 2023

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols - King's College Choir Cambridge (Daniel Hyde)

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Paul Greally, organ

DIR.: DANIEL HYDE

recorded: Dec 24, 2022, Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

lossless (flac)

source: BBC Radio 3 (digital radio)

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(01) [Processional Hymn] Once in royal David's City (Irby, arr. David Willcocks) [04'53"]

(02) Bidding Prayer [03'36"]

(03) [Carol] trad [Piae Cantiones]: Up! Good Christen folk, and listen

(harmonisation: George Ratcliffe Woodward) [01'14"]

(04) [First lesson] Genesis 3 vv 8-19 [02'39"]

(05) [Carol] Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958), arr Christopher ROBINSON (*1936):

The Truth from Above [02'35"]

(06) [Carol] Peter WARLOCK (1894-1930): Adam lay ybounden [01'15"]

(07) [Second lesson] Genesis 22 vv 15-19 [01'11"]

(08) [Carol] Judith WEIR (*1954): Illuminare Jerusalem [02'15"]

(09) [Third lesson] Isaiah 9 vv 2, 6-7 [01'16"]

(10) [Carol] Henry Walford DAVIES (1869-1941): O Little town of Bethlehem 04'52"]

(11) [Hymn] It came upon the midnight clear (descant: John Scott) [03'33"]

(12) [Fourth lesson] Isaiah 11 vv 1-9 [02'06"]

(13) [Carol] Errollyn WALLEN (*1958): Peace on Earth [03'44"]

(14) [Carol] trad, arr John RUTTER (*1945): Sans Day Carol [03'21"]

(15) [Fifth lesson] Luke 1 vv 26-38 [01'52"]

(16) [Carol] Roger QUILTER (1877-1953): An old carol [02'35"]

(17) [Carol] Matthew MARTIN (*1976): Angelus ad Virginem [03'49"]

(18) [Sixth lesson] Luke 2 vv 1-7 [01'12"]

(19) [Hymn] Unto us is born a Son (Puer nobis, arr. David Willcocks) [02'21"]

(20) [Carol] Harold DARKE (1888-1976): In the bleak midwinter [04'45"]

(21) [Seventh lesson] Luke 2 vv 8-20 [01'37"]

(22) [Carol] Karl LEUNER (?-?), arr Charles MACPHERSON (1870-1927):

The Shepherds' Cradle Song [03'52"]

(23) [Eighth lesson] Matthew 2 vv 1-12 [03'11"]

(24) [Carol] Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA (c1548-1611): O magnum mysterium [03'46"]

(25) [Carol] John GARDNER (1917-2011): Tomorrow shall be my dancing day [02'26"]

(26) [Ninth lesson] John 1 vv 1-14 [02'10"]

(27) [Hymn] O come, all ye faithful (Adeste Fideles, arr. David Willcocks) [06'47"]

(28) Collect and Blessing [01'08"]

(29) [Hymn] Hark! the herald angels sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Philip Ledger) [03'24"]

(30) [Organ Voluntary] Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750): In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) [02'31"]

(31) [Organ Voluntary] Marcel DUPRÉ (1886-1971): Prelude and fugue in B, op. 7,1 [07'13"]

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Ralph Vaughan Williams

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Francisco Correa de Arauxo

Tuesday, 19 December 2023

Guerrero: Misa pro defunctis - Cor Cererols

Francisco GUERRERO

(1528 - 1599)

Misa pro defunctis

Cor Cererols

DIR.: MARC DÍAZ, organ

recorded: April 18, 2023, Basilica de Sant Just i Sant Pastor, Barcelona

[Festival Llums d'Antiga 2023]

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: RTVE Radio Clásica (ES)

Programme & lyrics included [pdf]

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Cristóbal DE MORALES (c1500-1553)

(01) Peccantem me quotidie a 4 [03'00"]

Francisco GUERRERO

(02) Missa pro defunctis a 4 [47'58"]

(with: Francisco CORREA DE ARAUXO, 1584-1654, Tiento de noveno tono)

Alonso LOBO (1555-1617)

(03) Versa est in luctum a 6 [05'06"]

[encore]

Francisco GUERRERO

Missa pro defunctis:

(04) Hei mihi, Domine [03'59"]

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Cristóbal de Morales

Francisco Guerrero

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Sunday, 17 December 2023

Graupner: Cantatas for Christmastide - Geneviève Soly

Christoph GRAUPNER

(1683 - 1760)

Cantatas for Christmastide

Adréanne Brisson Paquin, soprano

Odéi Bilodeau, soprano

Claudine Ledoux, contralto

Arthur Tanguay-Labrosse, tenor

Clayton Kennedy, bass

Les Idées Hereuses

DIR.: GENEVIÈVE SOLY

recorded: Dec 4, 2019, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montréal (Salle de concert Bourgie)

period instruments

flac (original bitrate unknown)

source unknown

This recording was made available by Melante

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(01) Sinfonia for two horns, six timpani, strings and bc in F (GWV 566) [13'03"]

(02) Die Nacht ist vergangen (GWV 1101/22),

cantata for the first Sunday of Advent [16'21"]

(03) Jesus ist und bleibt mein Leben (GWV 1107/12),

cantata for the second day of Christmas (feast of St John the Evangelist) [20'31"]

(04) Wie bald hast du gelitten (GWV 1109/14),

cantata for New Year's Day (feast of the circumcision of Jesus) [06'45"]

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scores

Andréanne Brisson Paquin

Odéi Bilodeau

Claudine Ledoux

Arthur Tanguay-Labrosse

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Scarlatti, Il Mitridate Eupatore

Thursday, 14 December 2023

A Scarlatti: Mitridate Eupatore - Thibault Noally

Alessandro SCARLATTI

(1660 - 1725)

Il Mitridate Eupatore

tragedia per musica in 5 acts (Venice, 1707)

libretto: Girolamo Frigimelica Roberti

Julia Lezhneva, soprano (Laodice)

Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano (Stratonica)

Sophie Rennert, mezzo-soprano (Nicomede)

Anthea Pichanick, contralto (Issicratea [Antigono])

Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, alto (Mitridate [Eupatore])

Victor Sicard, baritone (Farnace)

Les Accents

DIR.: THIBAULT NOALLY

recorded: Nov 18, 2023, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

period instruments

mp3 (256 kbps)

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

booklet [NL] included [pf]

N.B. In the performance there was a break within act 3 (after about 10 minutes).

The original structure in five acts has been restored.

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(01) act 1 [37'18"]

(02) act 2 [32'26"]

(03) act 3 [29'24"]

(04) act 4 [28'26"]

(05) act 5 [27'34"]

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Mitridate VI Eupator

Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian

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Freiburger Barockorchester

Tuesday, 12 December 2023

Mozart & Mannheim - Freiburger Barockorchester

Mozart & Mannheim

Freiburger Barockorchester

DIR: GOTTFRIED VON DER GOLTZ, violin

recorded: May 20, 2023, Mozartsaal, Schwetzingen

[Schwetzinger SWR-Festspiele 2023]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: SWR2 (digital radio) (podcast)

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Ignaz HOLZBAUER (1711-1783)

(01) Overture Günther von Schwarzburg [07'04"]

Carl Joseph TOESCHI (1731-1788)

(02-03) Sextet in B flat [09'08"]

Christian DANNER (1757-1813)

(04-06) Concerto for violin and orchestra in F [17'48"]

Christian CANNABICH (1731-1798)

(07-09) Symphony No. 55 in C [13'49"]

Georg Joseph VOGLER (1749-1814)

(10) Overture Der Kaufmann von Smyrna [03'26"]

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

(11) Symphony in C (KV 208/102 [213c]) [08'42"]

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Aris & Aulis Barockorchester

Sunday, 10 December 2023

CH Graun: Cantata, Magnificat & Mass - Marie-Louise Schneider

Carl Heinrich GRAUN

(1704/05 - 1759)

Cantata, Magnificat & Mass

Marie Luise Werneburg, soprano

Sabine Eyer, contralto

Stephan Gähler, tenor

Jonathan de la Paz Zaens, bass

MarienVokalconsort

Aris & Aulis Barockorchester

DIR.: MARIE-LOUISE SCHNEIDER

recorded: May 22, 2022, St. Marienkirche, Berlin

period instruments

flac

source: Youtube

Image with cuefile

This recording was made available by Melante

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(01-06) Auf, frohe Christen,

cantata for the first day of Christmas (after GraunWV B:I:8) [24'38"]

(07-16) Missa in E flat (GraunWV A:VI:1) [23'02"]

(17-27) Magnificat (GraunWV D:VI:11) [30'55"]

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Carl Heinrich Graun

Marie Luise Werneburg

Sabine Eyer

Stephan Gähler

Jonathan de la Paz Zaens

MarienVokalconsort

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Rheinische Kantorei & Das Kleine Konzert

Thursday, 7 December 2023

Bach: Cantatas 21, 71, 106 & 161 - Hermann Max

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Cantatas 21, 71, 106 & 161

Veronika Winter, soprano

David Erler, alto

Hans Jörg Mammel, tenor

Matthias Vieweg, bass

Rheinische Kantorei

Das Kleine Konzert

DIR.: HERMANN MAX

recorded: Sept 23, 2023, Klosterbasilika Knechtsteden, Dormagen

[Festival Alte Musik Knechtsteden 2023]

N.B. With this concert Hermann Max took formal leave of the festival,

which he founded and of which he was the artistic director.

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (digital radio) (stream)

recorded with harddisc recorder

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(01) Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (Actus tragicus) (BWV 106) [17'44"]

(02) Komm, du süße Todesstunde (BWV 161),

cantata for the 16th Sunday after Trinity [18'02"]

(03) Gott ist mein König (BWV 71),

cantata for the inauguration of the town council 1708 [17'13"]

(04) Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis (BWV 21),

cantata for the 3rd Sunday after Trinity [35'40"]

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Beethoven, Overture Coriolan

Tuesday, 5 December 2023

Beethoven, Mayer & Wieck - Olga Pashchenko & Bertie Baigent

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN,

Emilie MAYER

Clara SCHUMANN-WIECK

Orchestral works

Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

Olga Pashchenko, fortepiano

[Erard]

DIR.: BERTIE BAIGENT

recorded: Nov 24, 2023, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: NPO4 (NL) (digital radio)

This recording was made available by Melante

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Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

(01) Overture Coriolan, op. 62 [08'23"]

Clara SCHUMANN-WIECK (1819-1896)

(02) Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra in a minor, op. 7 [21'28"]

[encore]

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

Sonata in B flat, op. 106 'Hammerklavier':

(03) allegro [07'44"]

Emilie MAYER (1812-1883)

(04) Overture No. 2 in D [08'55"]

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

Symphony No. 4 in B flat, op. 60 [32'14"]

(05) adagio - allegro vivace [11'02"]

(06) adagio [08'56"]

(07) scherzo - trio. allegro vivace [05'26"]

(08) allegro ma non troppo [06'49"]

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Beethoven, Symphony No. 4

scores Beethoven

Emilie Mayer - score

Clara Schumann-Wieck, Piano concerto - score

Olga Pashchenko

Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

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Bach, Meine Seele erhebt den Herren

Sunday, 3 December 2023

Magnificat - Gli Angeli Genève (Stephan MacLeod)

Magnificat

JS Bach, Pärt, Rosenmüller & Schütz

Gli Angeli Genève

DIR.: STEPHAN MACLEOD

recorded: August 4, 2023, Concertgebouw, Bruges

[MAFestival 2023]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

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

recorded with harddisc recorder

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Heinrich SCHÜTZ (1585-1672)

(01) Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (Teutsch Magnificat) a 8 (SWV 494) [07'38"]

Arvo PÄRT (*1935)

(02) Magnificat [07'45"]

Johann ROSENMÜLLER (1619-1684)

(03) Magnificat a 8 [17'13"]

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

(04) Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (BWV 10) [18'30"]

(05) Magnificat in D (BWV 243) [26'22"]

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Schütz, Teutsch Magnificat - score

Pärt, Magnificat

Rosenmüller

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