Classical Music In Concert

Johann Heinrich Schmelzer

Tuesday 23 April 2024

Pictures in sound - Orquestra Barroca Catalana (Manfredo Kraemer)

Pictures in sound

Orquestra Barroca Catalana

DIR.: MANFREDO KRAEMER, violin

recorded: April 16, 2023, Església de Sant Felip Neri, Barcelona

period instruments

mp3 (256 kbps)

source: Catalana Música (digital radio) (podcast)

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Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)

(01) Overture in B flat 'Völker' (TWV 55,B5) [19'56"]

Johann Heinrich SCHMELZER (c1623-1680)

(02) Serenata con altre arie a 5 [07'02"]

Pietro Antonio LOCATELLI (1695-1764)

(03) Concerto in E flat, op. 7,6 'Il pianto d'Arianna' [15'26"]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN

(04) Concerto for violin, strings and bc in A 'Die Relinge' (TWV 51,A4) [11'31"]

Heinrich Ignaz Franz BIBER (1644-1704)

(05) Battalia a 10 in D (C 61) [08'59"]

links:

Telemann, scores

Pietro Antonio Locatelli, score

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, score

Orquestra Barroca Catalana

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Sunday 21 April 2024

The Kapellmeister Georg Otto and Heinrich Schütz - Weser-Renaissance Bremen

The Kapellmeister Georg Otto and

Heinrich Schütz

Weser-Renaissance Bremen

DIR.: MANFRED CORDES

recorded: Oct 28, 2018, Alte Brüderkirche, Kassel

[Kasseler Musiktage 2018]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate not known)

source HR2 (Frankfurt)

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Georg OTTO (1550-1618)

(01) Videte ficum - Amen, dico vobis a 6 [03'26"]

Heinrich SCHÜTZ (1585-1672)

(02) Sehet an den Feigenbaum (SWV 394) [03'53"]

Georg OTTO

(03) Estote ergo misericordes - Quid vides festucam a 6 [04'25"]

Heinrich SCHÜTZ

(04) Seid barmherzig (SWV 409) [06'59"]

Georg OTTO

(05) Ecce, hic positus est - Puer autem Jesus a 6 [03'43"]

Heinrich SCHÜTZ

(06) Siehe, dieser wird gesetzt (SWV 410) [05'29"]

Georg OTTO

(07) Post triduum - Fili, quod fecisti nobis [04'25"]

Heinrich SCHÜTZ

(08) Mein Sohn, warum hast du uns das getan (SWV 406) [07'12"]

Georg OTTO

(09) Ego vox clamantis - Ipse est, qui post me venit a 6 [03'42"]

Heinrich SCHÜTZ

(10) Ich bin eine rufende Stimme (SWV 383) [04'10"]

Georg OTTO

(11) Dicite in vitatis - Nuptiae quidem paratae sunt a 6 [04'31"]

Heinrich SCHÜTZ

(12) Saget den Gästen (SWV 459) [05'42"]

Georg OTTO

(13) Magister, scimus quia veras est - Reddite ergo a 6 [04'04"]

Heinrich SCHÜTZ

(14) Meister, wir wissen, dass du wahrhaftig bist (SWV 414) [06'10"]

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Georg Otto

Weser-Renaissance Bremen

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Thursday 18 April 2024

MIchael Haydn & Istvánffy: Masses - Kodály Choir Debrecen & Capella Savaria

Johann Michael HAYDN

Benedek ISTVÁNFFY

Masses

Eszter Zemlényi, soprano

Erika Kovalik, soprano

Viola Thurnay, contralto

József Csapó, tenor

Lörinc Kósa, bass

Kodály Choir Debrecen

Capella Savaria

DIR.: ZOLTÁN KOCSIS-HOLPER

recorded: June 16, 2023, University Church, Budapest

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: Bartók Radio (Budapest) (digital radio) (stream)

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Johann Michael HAYDN (1737-1806)

(01-05) Mass in C (MH 42) [12'58"]

(06-09) Symphony in D (MH 198) [21'57"]

Benedek ISTVÁNFFY (1733-1778)

(10-14) Messa dedicata al patriarcha Santo Benedetto [33'49"]

links:

Kodály Choir Debrecen

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Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

Tuesday 16 April 2024

Per l'orchestra di Dresda - Reinhard Goebel

Per l'orchestra di Dresda

Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

Simone Kermes, soprano

DIR.: REINHARD GOEBEL

recorded: May 23, 2009, Frauenkirche, Dresden

modern instruments, period style

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

Booklet (D) included [pdf]

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Johann Adolf HASSE (1699-1783)

(01) Sinfonia in g minor, op. 5,6 [08'59"]

Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)

(02) Concerto in due cori in A (RV 585) [09'51"]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)

(03) Concerto for violin and orchestra in F (TWV 51,F4) [24'24"]

Johann Joachim QUANTZ (1697-1773)

(04) Exultate o stellae beatae (motetto) (QV 7,1a) [22'27"]

Johann Friedrich FASCH (1688-1758)

(05) Concerto in D 'La Caccia' (FWV L,D6) [15'22"]

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Sunday 14 April 2024

Dufay: Mass & motets - Cantica Symphonia (Giuseppe Maletto)

Guillaume DUFAY

(1397 - 1474)

Mass & motets

Cantica Symphonia

DIR.: GIUSEPPE MALETTO

recorded:

I July 9, 2011, Igreja Matriz, Póvoa de Varzim

[33º Festival Internacional de Música da Póvoa de Varzim 2011]

II August 27, 2011, St Catharinakathedraal, Utrecht

[Festival Early Music Utrecht 2011]

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

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

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I Missa Se la face ay pale a 4 [38'05"]

(11) Kyrie [04'43"]

(12) Gloria [09'53"]

(13) Credo [09'34"]

(14) Sanctus & Benedictus [06'58"]

(15) Agnus Dei [06'56"]

II Motets

(06) Supremum est mortalibus a 3 [07'06"]

(07) Rite maiorem Iacobum canamus a 4 [05'55"]

(08) Balsamus et munda cera a 4 [04'45"]

(09) Gaude virgo mater Christi a 4 [04'20"]

(10) Gloria ad modum tube a 4 [02'57"]

(11) Ecclesia militantis a 4 [05'29"]

(12) Alma redemptoris mater a 3 [04'13"]

(13) Sanctus a 4 [09'19"]

(14) Flos florum a 3 [04'16"]

(15) Nuper rosarum flores a 4 [07'58"]

links:

Guillaume Dufay - scores

Missa Se la face ay pale

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Thursday 11 April 2024

Vanitas - Voces Suaves (Michele Vannelli)

Vanitas

Sacred & moral works from Rome

Voces Suaves

DIR.: MICHELE VANNELLI

recorded: May 21, 2023, Kirche St. Sebastian, Ketsch

[Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele 2023]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: SWR2 (Stuttgart) (digital radio) (podcast)

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Giacomo CARISSIMI (1605-1674)

(01) Vanitas vanitatum (II) [17'39"]

Ori HARMELÍN

(02) Passacaglia 3 [04'54"]

Domenico MAZZOCCHI (1592-1665)

(04) Cristo smarrito, co'l Lamento della Beata Vergine [14'59"]

Claudio MONTEVERDI (1567-1643)

(05) O ciechi, il tanto affaticar che giova? (SV 252) [03'55"]

(06) Voi ch'ascoltate in rime sparse il suono (SV 253) [05'32"]

Giacomo CARISSIMI

Lamentatio Damnatorum:

(07) symphonia [00'50"]

Francesco FOGGIA (1604-1688)

(08) Vanitas [09'22"]

Giacomo CARISSIMI

(09) Historia di Jephte [30'03"]

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Tuesday 9 April 2024

Heinichen: Der glückliche Liebeswechsel oder Paris und Helena - Wolfgang Katschner

Johann David HEINICHEN

(1683 - 1729)

Der glückliche Liebeswechsel oder Paris und Helena

opera in 3 acts (Naumburg, 1710)

Gesche Geier (Enone), soprano

Melanie Hirsch (Rusilla), soprano

Susanne Ellen Kirchesch (Helena), soprano

Ulrich Cordes (Euristenes), tenor

Henning Kaiser (Desbo), tenor

Dávid Szigetvári (Arminoe), tenor

Tobias Berndt (Paris), bass

Lautten Compagney Berlin

DIR.: WOLFGANG KATSCHNER

recorded: Nov 11, 2012, Kulturzentrum, Herne

[Tage alter Musik Herne 2012]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

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

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(01) act 1 [51'33"]

(02) act 2 [50'01"]

(03) act 3 [43'05"]

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Johann David Heinichen

Gesche Geier

Melanie Hirsch

Susanne Ellen Kirchesch

Lautten-Compagney Berlin

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Sunday 7 April 2024

Classical keyboard sonatas - Edoardo Torbianelli

Classical keyboard sonatas

Edoardo Torbianelli, fortepiano

[copy after Walter]

recorded: March 7, 2016, Bischofshof, Basel

lossless (flac)

source: BBC Radio 3 (digital radio) (stream)

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Georg Anton BENDA (1722-1795)

(01) Sonata in C [09'21"]

Joseph Anton STEFFAN (1726-1797)

(02) Sonata in E flat [14'53"]

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

(03) Sonata in G (KV 283/189h) [12'53"]

Friedrich Wilhelm RUST (1739-1796)

(04) Sonata in D [13'27"]

Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)

(05) Sonata in E flat (H XVI,49) [16'30"]

[encore]

Franz Joseph HAYDN

Sonata in G (H XVI,40):

(06) presto [03'14"]

links:

Georg Anton Benda

Joseph Anton Steffan

Friedrich Wilhelm Rust

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Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Thursday 4 April 2024

Jommelli: Fetonte - Frieder Bernius

Niccolò JOMMELLI

(1714 - 1774)

Fetonte

dramma per musica in 3 acts (Ludwigsburg, 1768)

libretto: Mattia Verazi (after Philippe Quinault, Phaëton and Ovid, Metamorphoses)

Mechthild Bach, soprano (Proteo)

Christiane Libor, soprano (Climene)

Uta Schwabe, soprano (Teti)

Jörg Waschinski, soprano (Fetonte)

Helene Schneidermann, mezzo-soprano (Libia)

Matthias Rexroth, alto (Epafo)

Andreas Karasiak, tenor (Orcane)

Kammerchor Stuttgart

Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

DIR.: FRIEDER BERNIUS

recorded: Feb 11, 2001, Forum, Ludwigsburg

modern instruments, period style

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

libretto [pdf] & synopsis [txt] included

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(01) act 1 [69'05"]

(02) act 2 [39'21"]

(03) act 3 [28'16"]

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Tuesday 2 April 2024

Schumann & Gross: String Quartets - Quatuor Mosaïques

Robert SCHUMANN

Johann Benjamin GROSS

String Quartets

Quatuor Mosaïques

recorded: Oct 4, 2003, Beethoven-Haus, Bonn (01-04);

July 10, 2004, Robert-Schumann-Saal, Düsseldorf (05-12)

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: VBR 222-224 kbps)

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Robert SCHUMANN (1810 - 1856)

Quartet in F, op. 41,2 [22'42"]

(01) allegro vivace [06'32"]

(02) andante, quasi variazioni [08'04"]

(03) scherzo. presto [03'07"]

(04) allegro molto vivace [04'59"]

Johann Benjamin GROSS (1809 - 1848)

Quartet nr 3 in f minor, op. 37 [28'08"]

(05) allegro di molto [09'29"]

(06) cavatina. andante non troppo lento [04'42"]

(07) alternativo. scherzoso [05'22"]

(08) finale. allegro con passione [08'35"]

Robert SCHUMANN

Quartet in A, op. 41,3 [28'46"]

(09) andante espressivo [07'04"]

(10) [scherzo.] assai agitato [06'38"]

(11) adagio molto [07'49"]

(12) finale. allegro molto vivace [07'15"]

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Johann Benjamin Gross

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Sunday 31 March 2024

Byrd: Mass for 4 voices with Propers for Easter - The Cardinall's Musick

William BYRD

(1543 - 1623)

Mass for 4 voices with

Propers for the Feast of Easter Day

The Cardinall's Musick

DIR.: ANDREW CARWOOD

recorded: July 4, 2023, Wigmore Hall, London

flac (original bitrate not known)

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programme with liner-notes and lyrics included

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source: Gradualia II, 1607 [Propers]

(01) [Introit] Resurrexi, et adhuc tecum sum [05'06"]

Mass for 4 voices

(02) Kyrie 02'05"]

(03) Gloria [05'34"]

(04) [Gradual & Alleluia] Haec dies quam fecit Dominus [01'59"]

(05) [Sequence] Victimae paschali laudes [05'23"]

Mass for 4 voices

(06) Credo [07'33"]

(07) [Offertory] Terra tremuit et quievit [00'50"]

Mass for 4 voices

(08) Sanctus & Benedictus [03'39"]

(09) [Communion] Pascha nostrum immolatus [01'47"]

Mass for 4 voices

(10) Agnus Dei [03'09"]

plainchant

(11) Ite missa est [01'22"]

links:

Mass for 4 voices

Gradualia II

scores

The Cardinall's Musick

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Giovanni Francesco Anerio

Saturday 30 March 2024

Passion Week (7): Office of Tenebrae - Westminster Cathedral Choir

Office of Tenebrae

Choir of Westminster Cathedral

Peter Stevens, organ

DIR.: SIMON JOHNSON

recorded: March 27, 2024, Westminster Cathedral, London

lossless (flac)

source: BBC Radio 3 (digital radio) (stream)

recorded with harddisc recorder

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[First Nocturn]

(01) plainsong: Psalm 69 (70) & [antiphon] Avertantur retrorsum [02'45"]

(02) [Lamentation] plainsong: Incipit lamentatio Ieremiae prophetae [03'55"]

(03) [Responsory] George MALCOLM (1917-1997): In monte Oliveti [01'49"]

(04) [Lamentation] plainsong: Vau. Et egressus est a filia Sion [03'26"]

(05) [Responsory] George MALCOLM: Tristis est anima mea [02'03"]

(06) [Lamentation] plainsong: Jod. Manum suam misit hostis [03'27"]

(07) [Responsory] George MALCOLM: Ecce vidimus eum [02'04"]

[Second Nocturn]

(08) plainsong: Psalm 71 (72) & [antiphon] Liberavit Dominus [07'06"]

(09) [Reading] St Augustine's dissertation on the psalms (i) [01'31"]

(10) [Responsory] Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA (1548-1611): Amicus meus [03'06"]

(11) [Reading] St Augustine's dissertation on the psalms (ii) [00'38"]

(12) [Responsory] Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA: Iudas mercator pessimus [02'05"]

(13) [Reading] St Augustine's dissertation on the psalms (iii) [01'32"]

(14) [Responsory] Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA: Unus ex discipulis [03'35"]

[Third Nocturn]

(15) plainsong: Psalm 75 (76) & [antiphon] Terra tremuit [04'07"]

(16) [Reading] 1 Corinthians 11, vv.17-22 [01'16"]

(17) [Responsory] Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA: Eram quasi agnus [03'06"]

(18) [Reading] 1 Corinthians 11, vv.23-26 [00'59"]

(19) [Responsory] Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA: Una hora [02'47"]

(20) [Reading] 1 Corinthians 11, vv.27-34 [01'24"]

(21) [Responsory] Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA: Seniores populi [02'55"]

(22) [Collect] Look down, O Lord, we beseech Thee [00'29"]

(23) [Motet] Giovanni Francesco ANERIO (c1567-1630): Christus factus est (exc) [01'32"]

(24) Strepitus [00'38"]

links:

Tenebrae

George Malcolm

Choir of Westminster Cathedral

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Friday 29 March 2024

Passion Week (6): JS Bach, Passion Oratorio (BWV Anh 169) - Alexander Grychtolik

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Passion Oratorio (BWV Anh 169)

(reconstruction: Alexander Grychtolik)

Miriam Feuersinger, soprano

Jana Pieters, soprano

William Shelton, alto

Daniel Johannsen, tenor (Evangelist)

Jonathan Sells, bass

Tiemo Wang, bass (Jesus)

Il Gardellino Orchestra & Choir

DIR.: ALEXANDER GRYCHTOLIK

recorded: August 5, 2023, Augustinuskirche, Schwäbisch-Gmünd

[Festival Europäische Kirchenmusik Schwäbisch-Gmünd 2023]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: SWR2 (Stuttgart) (digital radio) (podcast)

booklet CD production included [pdf]

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(01) Part 1 [55'16"]

(02) Part 2 [37'07"]

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Collegium Vocale Salzburg

Thursday 28 March 2024

Passion Week (5): Telemann - Seeliges Erwegen des bittern Leydens und Sterbens Jesu Christi - Michi Gaigg

Georg Philipp TELEMANN

(1681 - 1767)

Seeliges Erwegen des bittern Leydens und Sterbens

Jesu Christi

Passionsoratorium in neun Betrachtungen (Hamburg, 1722?)

libretto: Georg Philipp Telemann?

Maria Ladurner, soprano

Virgil Hartinger, tenor

Markus Volpert, baritone

Stefan Zenkl, bass

Collegium Vocale Salzburg

L'Orfeo Barockorchester

DIR.: MICHI GAIGG

recorded: April 3, 2023, Dom, Brixen

period instruments

flac (original bitrate unknown)

source: YouTube

booklet with liner-notes & lyrics included

This recording was edited and made available by Melante

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(01) Sinfonia - Erste Betrachtung [19'25"]

(02) Zweite Betrachtung [13'37"]

(03) Dritte Betrachtung [09'34"]

(04) Vierte Betrachtung [12'25"]

(05) Fünfte Betrachtung [13'54"]

(06) Sechste Betrachtung [09'34"]

(07) Siebte Betrachtung [12'00"]

(08) Achte Betrachtung [10'13"]

(09) Neunte Betrachtung [10'12"]

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L'Orfeo Barockorchester

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Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Wednesday 27 March 2024

Passion Week (4): Spohr - Des Heilands letzte Stunden - Frieder Bernius

Louis SPOHR

(1784 - 1859)

Des Heilands letzte Stunden

oratorio in 2 parts (WoO 62) (1834/35)

libretto: Friedrich Rochlitz

Johanna Winkel, soprano (Maria)

Sigrun Maria Bornträger, contralto (Zeuge)

Valentin Bauer, tenor (Zeuge)

Christian Georg, tenor (Joseph von Arimathia)

Florian Sievers, tenor (Johannes)

Maximilian Vogler, tenor (Jesus)

Arttu Kataja, baritone (Nikodemus, Petrus)

Thomas E. Bauer, bass-baritone (Judas)

Magnus Piontek, bass (Philo)

Felix Rathgeber, bass (Kaiphas)

Kammerchor Stuttgart

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

DIR.: FRIEDER BERNIUS

recorded: Oct 31, 2023, Die Glocke, Bremen

modern instruments, period style

lossless (flac)

source: NDR Kultur (Hamburg) (digital radio) (stream)

recorded with harddisc recorder

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(01) Part 1 [51'26"]

(02) Part 2 [39'40"]

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Des Heilands letzte Stunden (E/D)

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Tuesday 26 March 2024

Passion Week (3): Sebastiani - St Matthew Passion - Vox Luminis

Johann SEBASTIANI

(1622 - 1683)

St Matthew Passion (1663)

Jacob Lawrence, tenor (Evangelist)

Sebastian Myrus, bass (Jesus)

Vox Luminis

L'Achéron

DIR.: LIONEL MEUNIER

recorded: March 17, 2024, Amare, The Hague

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL) (digital radio) (stream)

recorded with harddisc recorder

Booklet with liner-notes & lyrics included

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N.B. The titles of the tracks are not in Theile's manuscript, but added for reasons of convenience,

in line with the various CD recordings.

Das Leyden und Sterben unsers Herrn und Heylandes Jesu Christi

nach dem heiligen Matthaeo

(01) Symphonia - Das letzte Abendmahl [10'50"]

(The Last Supper)

(02) Der Ölberg [08'15"]

(The Mount of Olives)

(03) Die Gefangennahme - Die Verleugnung des Petrus [14'20"]

(The Arrest - Peter's Denial)

(04) Jesus vor Pilatus [16'23"]

(The Trial before Pilate)

(05) Die Kreuzigung [12'00"]

(The Crucifixion)

(06) Die Grablegung [11'59"]

(The Burial in the Tomb)

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Vokalensemble & La Cetra Barockorchester Basel

Monday 25 March 2024

Passion Week (2) - Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri - Vokalensemble Basel (Carlos Federico Sepúlveda)

Dieterich BUXTEHUDE

(1637 - 1707)

Membra Jesu nostri

cantata cycle (BuxWV 75)

Vokalensemble Basel

La Cetra Barockorchester Basel

DIR.: CARLOS FEDERICO SEPÚLVEDA

recorded: March 19, 2023, Dom, Arlesheim

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: Catalunya Música (Barcelona) (digital radio) (podcast)

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(01) Ad pedes [09'02"]

(02) Ad genua [08'34"]

(03) Ad manus [09'49"]

(04) Ad latus [07'46"]

(05) Ad pectus [09'02"]

(06) Ad cor [08'29"]

(07) Ad facem [08'54"]

links:

Membra Jesu nostri (includes text with E translation)

score

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