Classical Music In Concert

Freiburger Barockorchester

Sunday, 28 September 2025

JS Bach: Cantatas & concerto - Windsbacher Knabenchor & Freiburger Barockorchester

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Cantatas & concerto

Dorothee Mields, soprano

Terry Wey, alto

Patrick Grahl, tenor

Tobias Berndt, bass

Peter Barczi, Éva Borhi, Hannah Visser, violin

Windsbacher Knabenchor

Freiburger Barockorchester

DIR.: LUDWIG BÖHME

recorded: August 2 & 3, 2025, Kirche St. Gumbertus, Ansbach

[Bachwoche Ansbach 2025]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: BR Klassik (Munich)

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(01) Es erhub sich ein Streit (BWV 19),

cantata for Michaelmass (29 September) [19'06"]

(02) Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden (BWV 6),

cantata for the 2nd Day of Easter [17'47"]

Concerto for 3 violins, strings and bc in D (BWV 1064R) [16'12"]

(03) allegro [05'58"]

(04) adagio [05'49"]

(05) allegro assai [04'25"]

(06) Herr Jesu Christ, wahr Mensch und Gott (BWV 127),

cantata for Sunday Estomihi [19'00"]

(07) Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg (BWV 149),

cantata for Michaelmas [19'19"]

[encore]

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTOLDY (1809-1847)

(08) Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen über dir (MWV B 53) [03'49"]

Picture: Michael, the archangel, by Guido Reni, 1636

links:

Windsbacher Knabenchor

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Friday, 26 September 2025

Il Concerto Segreto - La Néréide

Il Concerto Segreto

Madrigals for the Concerto delle Dame

La Néréide

rec: June 9, 2025, Minoritenkirche, Regensburg

[Tage alter Musik Regensburg 2025]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: BR Klassik (Munich) (stream)

Camille Allérat, soprano

Julie Roset, soprano

Ana Vieira Leite, soprano

Garance Boizot, viola da gamba

Ulrik Gaston Larsen, theorbo

Yoann Moulin, harpsichord

programme festival with details included [pdf]

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Luzzasco LUZZASCHI (1544/45-1607)

(01) Non sa che sia dolore [02'49"]

Francesca CACCINI (1587-1640)

La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola di Alcina:

(02) Le tre sirene [03'11"]

Luzzasco LUZZASCHI

(03) Deh vieni ormai cor mio [04'14"]

(04) Cor mio deh non languire [04'10']

(05) Ch'io non t'ami cor mio [03'08"]

(06) T'amo mia vita [03'13"]

(07) O dolcezze amarissime d'Amore [04'22"]

(08) Stral pungente d'Amore [02'48"]

(09) Aura soave [05'19"]

Claudio MONTEVERDI (1567-1643)

(10) Come dolce hoggi l'auretta (SV 173) [02'59"]

Luzzasco LUZZASCHI

(11) Troppo ben può [03'37"]

Luca MARENZIO (1553-1599)

(12) Belle ne fe' natura [01'55"]

Luzzasco LUZZASCHI

(13) O Primavera [04'15"]

Francesca CACCINI

La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola di Alcina:

(14) Le tre damigelle [04'25"]

Luzzasco LUZZASCHI

(15) Io mi son giovinetta [03'33"]

(16) Occhi del pianto mio [03'09"]

Francesca CACCINI

La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola di Alcina:

(17) Coro delle piante incantate [05'21"]

[encore]

Giovanni Giacomo GASTOLDI (c1554-1609)

(18) Questa dolce sirena [01'58"]

Picture: title page of the book of madrigals of 1601

links:

Concerto delle Dame

Luzzasco Luzzaschi - scores

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Francisco Correa de Arauxo - scores

Thursday, 25 September 2025

Iberian consort music - Ricercar Consort

Iberian consort music

Ricercar Consort

DIR.: PHILIPPE PIERLOT

recorded: August 14, 2025, Reial Monestir De Santes Creus, Aiguamúrcia

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

Philippe Pierlot, Myriam Rignol, Clémence Schiltz, Lucile Boulanger, viola da gamba

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Francisco CORREA DE ARAUXO (1584-1654)

(01) Tiento de primero tono (FO 1) [05'15"]

Sebastián DE AGUILERA DE HEREDIA (1561-1627)

(02) Salve de primero tono por delasolre [02'44"]

Antonio DE CABEZÓN (c1510-1566)

(03) Diferencias sobre el canto llano del cavallero [02'38"]

(04) Diferencias sobre la Gallarda Milanese [02'26"]

Francisco CORREA DE ARAUXO

(05) Tiento tercero de sexto tono, sobre la Batalla de Morales (FO 23) [06'38"]

Juan Bautista José CABANILLES (1644-1712)

(06) Pasacalles de primero tono [02'08"]

Francisco CORREA DE ARAUXO

(07) Segundo tiento de cuarto tono por elami a modo de cancion (FO 16) [04'51"]

(08) Tiento de quarto tono (FO 15) [04'57"]

(09) Tiento de medio registro de tiple de decimo tono (FO 36) [05'03"]

Juan Bautista José CABANILLES

(10) Folías primero tono (WSC 152) [05'02"]

Francisco CORREA DE ARAUXO

(11) Quarto tiento de quarto tono (FO 18) [05'23"]

(12) Tres glosas sobre el canto llano de la Immaculada Concepcion (FO 69) [03'28"]

(13) Tiento de quinto tono (FO 5) [04'31']

[encore]

Tarquinio MERULA (1594/95-1665)

(14) La Monteverde [02'54"]

Picture: Correa de Arauxo, Libro de tientos y discursos de musica practica

y theoríca de organo (1626)

links:

Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia - Salve

Antonio de Cabezón - scores

Juan Bautista José Cabanilles - score

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Beethoven, Piano concerto No. 4 - score

Tuesday, 23 September 2025

Janiewicz & Beethoven: Concertos - Chouchane Siranossian & Tomasz Ritter

Feliks JANIEWICZ

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

Concertos

Chouchane Siranossian, violin

Tomasz Ritter, fortepiano

{oh!} Orkiestra

DIR.: MARTYNA PASTUSZKA

recorded: August 20, 2024, Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw

[Festival Chopin and his Europe 2024]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

source: YouTube

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Feliks JANIEWICZ (1762-1848)

Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 5 in e minor [24'29"]

(01) largo - allegro moderato [13'41"]

(02) adagio - rondo allegretto [10'47"]

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra No. 4 in G, op. 58 [33'43"]

(03) allegro moderato [18'35"]

(04) andante con moto [04'39"]

(05) rondo. vivace [10'29"]

Picture: Feliks Janiewicz

links:

Feliks Janiewicz - parts

Chouchane Siranossian

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Sunday, 21 September 2025

Cavalli: Pompeo Magno - Leonardo García-Alarcón

Francesco CAVALLI

(1602 - 1676)

Pompeo Magno

opera in a prologue and 3 acts (Venice, 1666)

libretto: Niccolo Minato

Nicolò Balducci, soprano (Sesto)

Mariana Flores, soprano (Issicratea)

Sophie Junker, soprano (Giulia)

Max Emanuel Cencic, alto (Pompeo Magno)

Angelo Kidoniefs, alto (Secondo Prencipe)

Pierre Lenoir, alto (Genius, Primo Prencipe)

Alois Mühlbacher, alto (Amore, Farnace)

Valer Sabadus, alto (Scipione Servilio)

Kacper Szelążek, alto (Arpalia)

Dominique Visse, alto (Delfo)

Marcel Beekman, tenor (Atrea)

Valerio Contaldo, tenor (Mitridate)

Ioannis Filias, tenor (Terzo Prencipe)

Nicholas Scott, tenor (Claudio)

Jorge Navarro Colorado, tenor (Crasso)

Victor Sicard, baritone (Cesare)

Christos Christodoulou, bass (Quarto Prencipe)

Cappella Mediterranea

DIR.: LEONARDO GARCÍA-ALARCÓN

recorded: Sept 12, 2025, Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth

[Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival 2025]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne) (stream)

included: libretto [pdf]

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(01) prologue & act 1 [71'19"]

(02) act 2 [61'43"]

(03) act 3 [52'17"]

Picture: Bust of Pompey, copy of an original from 70–60 BC

links:

Jorge Navarro Colorado

Victor Sicard

Cappella Mediterranea

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Friday, 19 September 2025

Palestrina 500 - Stile Antico

Palestrina 500

c1525 - 2025

Stile Antico

recorded: August 31, 2025, Sint-Catharinakathedraal

[Festival Early Music Utrecht 2025]

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL) (stream)

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Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA (1525/26-1594)

(01) Sicut cervus a 4 [03'40"]

JOSQUIN DESPREZ (1450/55-1521)

(02) Salve regina a 5 [06'47"]

Jacques ARCADELT (1507?-1568)

(03) Pater noster a 8 [05'19"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

(04) Tu es Petrus a 6 [06'01"]

(05) Nigra sum a 5 [03'46"]

Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA (1548-1611)

(06) Trahe me post te a 6 [02'59"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

(07) Surge propera amica mea a 5 [02'29"]

(08) Cantantibus organis a 5 [05'22"]

(09) Laudate Dominum in tympanis a 12 [02'55"]

Orlandus LASSUS (1530/32-1594)

(10) Musica Dei donum a 6 [03'41"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

Missa Papae Marcelli a 6:

(11) Credo [08'36"]

[encore]

Orlando GIBBONS (1583-1625)

(12) The Silver Swan a 5 [02'28"]

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Thursday, 18 September 2025

Rameau: Pygmalion - Olivier Fortin

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU

(1683 - 1764)

Pygmalion

acte de ballet in one act (Paris, 1748)

libretto: Ballot de Sauvot

Hannah Ely, soprano (La statue animée)

Marie-Frédérique Girod, soprano (Céphise)

Judith van Wanroij, soprano (L'Amour)

Marie Pouchelon, mezzo-soprano

Cyril Auvity, haute-contre (Pygmalion)

Davy Cornillot, tenor

Josquin Gest, baritone

Ensemble Masques

DIR.: OLIVIER FORTIN

recorded: Sept 4, 2025, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

[Festival Early Music 2025]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL) (stream)

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(01) Hippolyte et Aricie (suite) [21'05"]

(02) Pygmalion [46'52"]

Picture: Pygmalion adoring his statue (Jean Raoux, 1717)

links:

Marie-Frédérique Girod

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Mozart, La clemenza di Tito

Tuesday, 16 September 2025

Mozart & Haydn: Orchestral works - Roger Norrington

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

Franz Joseph HAYDN

Orchestral works

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Lisa Batiashvili, violin

Lawrence Power, viola

DIR.: ROGER NORRINGTON

recorded: June 6, 2008, Kongresszentrum, Würzburg

modern instruments (period style)

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: RTBF (Brussels) (stream)

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Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

(01) Overture La clemenza di Tito (KV 621) [04'58"]

Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola and orchestra in E flat (KV 364) [31'01"]

(02) allegro maestoso [13'22"]

(03) andante [11'13"]

(04) presto [06'27"]

Henry PURCELL (1659-1695)

(05) Chacony in g minor (Z 730) 06'28"]

Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)

Symphony in G (H I,92) [27'49"]

(06) adagio - allegro spiritoso [08'26"]

(07) adagio cantabile [06'16"]

(08) menuetto. allegretto [05'37"]

(09) presto [07'30"]

links:

Mozart, Sinfonia concertante

Mozart, scores

Purcell, Chacony - score

Haydn, Symphony No. 92 - score

Lisa Batiashvili

Lawrence Power

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter

Sunday, 14 September 2025

Aufschnaiter & Biber: Sacred music - Gunar Letzbor

Benedikt Anton AUFSCHNAITER

Heinrich Ignaz Franz BIBER

Sacred music

Valentin Werner, soprano

St Florianer Sängerknaben, soprano, alto

Markus Forster, alto

Markus Miesenberger, Markus Stumpner, tenor

Gerd Kenda, Ulfried Staber, bass

Ars Antiqua Austria

DIR.: GUNAR LETZBOR

recorded: Sept 5, 2025, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

[Festival Early Music Utrecht 2025]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL) (stream)

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Pater IGNATIUS (?-?)

(01) Trompetenaufzug [01'01"]

Benedikt Anton AUFSCHNAITER (1665-1742)

Missa Laetemurine a 12 [25'54"]

(02) Kyrie [06'01"]

(03) Gloria [01'56"]

(04) Credo [04'25"]

(05) Sanctus [04'44"]

(06) Benedictus [03'24"]

(07) Agnus Dei [05'23"]

Heinrich Ignaz Franz BIBER (1644-1704)

Vesperae a 32 (C 11 & 12) [29'24"]

(08) Dixit Dominus [13'58"]

(09) Magnificat [15'26"]

Picture: Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter

links:

St. Florianer Sängerknaben

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Thursday, 11 September 2025

Notre Dame 1200 - Huelgas Ensemble (Paul Van Nevel)

Notre Dame 1200

Huelgas Ensemble

DIR.: PAUL VAN NEVEL

recorded: August 22, 2025, Handelsbeurs, Antwerp

[Laus Polyphoniae 2025]

lossless (flac)

source: Klara (B) (stream)

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anon

(01) Laudes Regiae [08'43"]

LEONINUS

(02) Haec dies (organum) [10'27"]

anon

(03) O Maria maris stella/O Maria dei cella/O Maria virgo/Veritate (motet) [03'24"]

(04) Crucifigat omnes (conductus) [02'14"]

PEROTINUS

(05) Viderunt omnes (organum) [13'35"]

anon

(06) Cum apertam sepulturam (motet) [05'23"]

(07) Agnus Dei/Exultet hec concio [03'28"]

(08) Belial vocatur (conductus) [02'30"]

(09) Homo miserabilis/Homo luge fuge/Brumas est mors (motet) [03'23"]

(10) Balaam de quo vaticinans (motet) [03'11"]

anon (PEROTINUS?)

(11) Benedicamus Domino [01'56"]

Picture: Notre Dame (Jean Fouquet, c1450)

links:

Leoninus - Haec dies

Perotinus - Viderunt omnes

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Freiburger Barockorchester

Tuesday, 9 September 2025

Chopin: Piano concertos - Dmitry Ablogin, Freiburger Barockorchester

Frédéric CHOPIN

(1810 - 1849)

Piano concertos

Dmitry Ablogin, fortepiano

[Paul McNulty, after Fryderyk Buchholtz, 1825]

Freiburger Barockorchester

DIR.: GOTTFRIED VON DER GOLTZ

recorded: August 28, 2025, Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw

[Festival Chopin and his Europe 2025]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

source: YouTube

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Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

(01) Overture Don Giovanni (KV 527) [06'13"]

Frédéric CHOPIN

Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra in f minor, op. 21 [31'54"]

(with improvised introduction)

(02) maestoso [14'28"]

(03) larghetto [08'34"]

(04) allegro vivace [08'52"]

Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra in e minor, op. 11 [39'24"]

(05) allegro maestoso [19'13"]

(06) romance. larghetto [09'54"]

(07) rondo. vivace [10'17"]

Picture: fortepiano Paul McNulty after Buchholtz

links:

Piano concerto op. 11

Piano concerto op. 21

scores

Fryderyk Buchholtz

Dmitry Ablogin

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Sunday, 7 September 2025

Schütz: Da pacem - Ricercar Consort (Philippe Pierlot)

Heinrich SCHÜTZ

(1585 - 1672)

Da pacem

Ricercar Consort

DIR.: PHILIPPE PIERLOT

recorded: August 30, 2025, Cathedral (Dom), Utrecht

[Festival Early Music Utrecht 2025]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL) (stream)

Lyrics & translations included [pdf]

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Johann Hermann SCHEIN (1586-1630)

(01) Intrada à 5 [01'24"]

Heinrich SCHÜTZ

(02) Da pacem, Domine (SWV 465) [05'21"]

(03) Was betrübst du dich, meine Seele (SWV 353) [05'22"]

(04) Verleih uns Frieden genädiglich (SWV 372) [02'06"]

(05) Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener (SWV 352a) [03'49"]

(06) Domine, ne in furore tuo arguas me (SWV 85) [02'45"]

Johann Hermann SCHEIN

(07) Canzona à 5 [03'48"]

Heinrich SCHÜTZ

(08) Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott (SWV 447) [03'59"]

(09) Die mit Tränen säen werden mit Freuden ernten (SWV 378) [03'02"]

(10) Siehe wie fein und lieblich ist's (SWV 48) [06'33"]

(11) So fahr ich hin zu Jesu Christ (SWV 379) [02'51"]

(12) Teutoniam dudum belli (SWV 338) [04'55"]

(13) Herr, unser Herrscher (SWV 449) [06'16")

links:

Johann Hermann Schein

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Thursday, 4 September 2025

Palestrina 500 - Regensburger Domspatzen 1050

Palestrina 500 - Regensburger Domspatzen 1050

Regensburger Domspatzen

La Cetra Basel

DIR.: CHRISTIAN HEISS

recorded: June 6, 2025, Dom St. Peter, Regensburg

[Tage alter Musik Regensburg 2025]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: BR Klassik (Munich) (stream)

lyrics included [pdf]

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Giovanni GABRIELI (1557-1612)

(01) Jubilate Deo a 8 [04'49"]

Biagio MARINI (1594-1663)

(02) Canzon VIII à 6 [02'43"]

Claudio MONTEVERDI (1567-1643)

(03) Cantate Domino (SV 293) [02'27"]

Hans Leo HASSLER (1564-1612)

Missa 8. vocum:

(04) Kyrie [04'46"]

(05) Gloria [04'00"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA (1525/26-1594)

(06) Veni Creator spiritus a 4-5 [10'12"]

Hans Leo HASSLER

Missa 8. vocum:

(07) Credo [07'38"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

(08) Incipit lamentatio a 8 [05'21"]

(09) Haec dies a 6 [02'10"]

Giovanni GABRIELI

(10) Canzon III à 6 (C 197) [03'24"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

(11) Dum complerentur a 6 [03'14"]

Hans Leo HASSLER

Missa 8. vocum:

(12) Sanctus - Benedictus [03'34"]

(13) Agnus Dei [03'11"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

(14) Sicut cervus a 4 [06'17"]

Claudio MERULO (1533-1604)

(15) Qui manducat meam carnem a 4 [02'55"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

(16) Laudate Dominum a 8 [02'56"]

(17) Regina coeli laetare a 4 [03'03"]

Giovanni GABRIELI

(18) Canzon XII à 8 (C 206) [03'45"]

Giovanni CROCE (1557-1609)

(20) Buccinate in neomenia a 8 [04'15"]

[encore]

Melchior VULPIUS (1570-1615)

(21) Erstanden ist der heilig Christ a 8 [02'59"]

links:

Regensburger Domspatzen

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Beethoven, Symphony No. 6

Tuesday, 2 September 2025

Beethoven & Mahler à quatre mains - Duo Pleyel

Beethoven & Mahler à quatre mains

Duo Pleyel

recorded: May 23, 2025, Ventana-Kulturzentrum, Cologne

[zamus Early Music Festival 2025]

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

source: Deutschlandfunk (stream)

Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya, Richard Egarr, fortepiano [Pleyel, 1848]

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Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827), arr Carl CZERNY (1791-1857)

Symphony No. 6 in F, op. 68, arr for pianoforte à 4 mains [42'01"]

(01) allegro ma non troppo [11'07"]

(02) andante molto mosso [12'48"]

(03) allegro - allegro - allegretto [18'05"]

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911), arr Otto SINGER (1833-1894)

Symphony No. 5 in c sharp minor (GMW 44):

(04) adagietto [07'37"]

Picture: Carl Czerny (1833)

links:

Carl Czerny

Mahler, Symphony No. 5

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Sunday, 31 August 2025

Mancia: Alessandro in Susa - Mariangiola Martello

Luigi MANCIA

(1658 - after 1724)

Alessandro in Susa

tragicommedia in 5 acts (Venice, 1708)

libretto: Girolamo Frigimelica Roberti

Karin Blom, soprano (Apelle)

Lova Kollberg, soprano (Campaspe)

Chiara Marani, soprano (Statira)

Ebba Lejonclou, mezzo-soprano (Antigona)

Ekaterina Romanova, contralto (Alessandro)

Mårten Wåhlström, bass-baritone (Promaco), bass-baritone

Martin Hillberg, bass (Calistene)

Orchestra of the Vadstena-Akademien

DIR.: MARIANGIOLA MARTELLO

recorded: August 2025, Vadstena Castle

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

source: Sveriges Radio P2 (stream)

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(01) acts 1-3 [76'53"]

(02) acts 4 & 5 [55'04"]

Picture: Alexander the Great (Rembrandt)

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