Classical Music In Concert

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Sunday, 28 April 2024

Bizet: Carmen - René Jacobs

Georges BIZET

(1838 - 1875)

Carmen

opera in 4 acts (Paris, 1875)

libretto: Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy

original version, 1874 (ed. Paul Prévost & René Jacobs)

Sabine Devieilhe, soprano (Micaëla)

Margot Genet, soprano (Frasquita)

Gaëlle Arquez, mezzo-soprano (Carmen)

Séraphine Cotrez, mezzo-soprano (Mercédès)

Grégoire Mour, tenor (Le Remendado)

François Rougier, tenor (Don José)

Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, tenor (Le Dancaïre)

Yoann Dubruque, baritone (Moralès)

Thomas Dolié, bass-baritone (Escamillo)

Frédéric Caton, bass (Zuniga)

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Children's choir of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

B'Rock Orchestra

DIR.: RENÉ JACOBS

recorded: March 25, 2024, Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: AAC 126 kbps)

source: YouTube

included: programmes with articles and interviews (NL, F, D, ES) [pdf]

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(01) act 1 [59'38"]

(02) act 2 [48'58"]

(03) act 3 [39'48"]

(04) act 4 [20'46"]

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Emiliano Gonzalez Toro

Yoann Dubruque

Thomas Dolié

Frédéric Caton

Children's Choir of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

B'Rock Orchestra

(* the libretto is of limited use, as this is a performance of the original version,

that was adapted for the performance of 1875, which is generally performed today)

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Thursday, 25 April 2024

Boccherini: Chamber music - Europa Galante

Luigi BOCCHERINI

(1743 - 1805)

Chamber music

Europa Galante

recorded: Feb 3, 2024, Università La Sapienza, Rome

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: AAC 320 kbps)

source: RAI3 (Rome) (digital radio) (podcast)

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(01) Duo for 2 violins in G, op. 3,1 (G 56) [10'49"]

(02) Trio for violin, viola and cello in D, op. 14,4 (G 98) [11'45"]

(03) Trio for 2 violins and cello in C, op. 6,6 (G 94) [11'16"]

(04) Quintet for guitar and strings in D (G 448) [17'30"]

(05) Quintet for guitar and strings in e minor (G 451) [19'52"]

(06) Variazioni sulla ritirata di Madrid in C (G deest) [06'40"]

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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"]

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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"]

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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"]

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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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