Classical Music In Concert

Sunday, 19 October 2025

Rameau: Castor et Pollux - Teodor Currentzis

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU

(1683 - 1764)

Castor et Pollux

tragédie en musique in a prologue and 5 acts

(first version; Paris, 1737)

libretto: Pierre-Joseph-Justin Bernard

Claire Antoine, soprano (Minerve, Suivante d'Hébé)

Jeanine De Bique, soprano (Telaïre, Une planète)

Natalia Smirnova, soprano (Une ombre, Vénus)

Stéphanie d'Oustrac, mezzo-soprano (Phébé)

Reinoud Van Mechelen, haute-contre (Castor)

Laurence Kilsby, tenor (L'Amour, La Grand Prêtre, Un athlète)

Marc Mauillon, baritone (Pollux)

Nicholas Newton, bass (Jupiter, Mars, Un athlète)

Utopia Orchestra & Choir

DIR.: TEODOR CURRENTZIS

recorded: Feb 1, 2025, Opéra Garnier, Paris

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

libretto included [pdf]

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(01) prologue [22'17"]

(02) act 1 [32'23"]

(03) acts 2 & 3 [51'36"]

(04) act 4 [32'12"]

(05) act 5 [35'39"]

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Thursday, 16 October 2025

A Scarlatti: La Giuditta - Dani Espasa

Alessandro SCARLATTI

(1660 - 1725)

La Giuditta

oratorio in two parts (Rome or Naples, 1697)

(version Cambridge)

libretto: Antonio Ottoboni

Serena Sáenz, soprano (Giuditta)

Xavier Sabata, alto (Nutrice)

Thomas Walker, tenor (Oloferne)

Vespres d'Arnadi

DIR.: DANI ESPASA

recorded: April 7, 2023, Església del Carme, Peralada

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: Catalunya Música (podcast)

libretto included [pdf]

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(01) [Part 1] [32'23"]

(02) [Part 2] [48'47"]

Picture: Judith and Holofernes (Caravaggio)

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Mozart, Symphony KV 133 - score

Tuesday, 14 October 2025

Mozart, Janiewicz & Beethoven - Choucane Siranossian & Tomasz Ritter

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART,

Feliks JANIEWICZ

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

Symphony & concertos

{oh!) Orkiestra

Chouchane Siranossian, violin

Tomasz Ritter, fortepiano

[Érard, 1849]

DIR.: MARTYNA PASTUSZKA

recorded: Sept 4, 2025, Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw

[Festival Chopin and his Europe 2025]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: RTBF (Brussels) (stream)

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Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

Symphony in D (KV 133) [20'40"]

(01) allegro [07'29"]

(02) andante [06'03"]

(03) menuetto - trio [03'21"]

(04) allegro [03'48"]

Feliks JANIEWICZ (1762-1848)

Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 4 in A [24'36"]

(05) moderato [12'09"]

(06) adagio [05'21"]

(07) rondo. allegretto [07'06"]

[encore]

Felix JANIEWICZ

Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 5 in e minor:

(08) rondo allegretto [04'07"]

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra No. 1 in C, op. 15 [34'29"]

(09) allegro con brio [17'08"]

(10) largo [08'23"]

(11) rondo. allegro [08'57"]

[encore]

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)

(12) Andante tranquillo in B flat, op. 67,3 [03'09"]

Picture: The grave of Felix Yaniewicz, Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh

links:

Feliks Janiewicz - score

Beethoven, Piano concerto No. 1 - score

Chouchane Siranossian

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Johann Christoph Bach - scores

Sunday, 12 October 2025

The Alt-Bachische Archiv - Vox Luminis

The Alt-Bachische Archiv

Vox Luminis

DIR.: LIONEL MEUNIER

recorded: Sept 4, 2025, Jacobikerk, Utrecht

[Festival Early Music Utrecht 2025]

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL) (stream)

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Johann BACH (1604-1673)

(01) [prelude] [01'01"]

(02) Sei nun wieder zufrieden [03'26"]

(03) [prelude] [01'06"]

(04) Unser Leben ist ein Schatten [07'32"]

(05) [prelude] [00'48"]

(06) Weint nicht um meinen Tod [07'12"]

Johann Christoph BACH (1642-1703)

(07) [prelude] [00'44"]

(08) Der Gerechte, ob er gleich zu zeitlich stirbt [04'47"]

(09) [prelude] [00'52"]

(10) Der Mensch, vom Weibe geboren [03'49"]

(11) [prelude] [00'45"]

(12) Sei getreu bis in den Tod [03'46"]

Johann Michael BACH (1648-1694)

(13) [prelude] [00'38"]

(14) Halt, was du hast [05'25"]

(15) [prelude] [00'59"]

(16) Ich weiss, dass mein Erlöser lebet [02'36"]

(17) [prelude] [00'23"]

(18) Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe [03'36"]

(19) [prelude] [01'04"]

(20) Herr, ich warte auf dein Heil [04'39"]

(21) [prelude] [00'44"]

(22) Herr, du lässest mich erfahren [03'58"]

(23) [prelude] [00'50"]

(24) Dem Menschen ist gesetzt, einmal zu sterben [05'42"]

Johann Christoph BACH

(25) [prelude] [00'42"]

(26) Mit Weinen hebt sichs an (aria) [07'08"]

(27) [prelude] [01'17"]

(28) Ich lasse dich nicht (BWV Anh. 159) [05'12"]

[encore]

Johann Michael BACH

(29) Unser Leben währet siebenzig Jahr [04'56"]

links:

The Alt-Bachische Archiv

Johann Bach - scores

Johann Michael Bach - scores

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Thursday, 9 October 2025

Guillaume Dufay and the Ars subtilior - Cappella Pratensis

Guillaume Dufay and the Ars subtilior

Cappella Pratensis

DIR.: TIM BRAITHWAITE

recorded: August 25, 2025, Sint-Andrieskerk, Antwerp

[Laus Polyphoniae 2025]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

source: YouTube

progranme with lyrics included [pdf]

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Richard LOQUEVILLE (?-1418)

(01) Puisque je suis amoureux [01'52"]

Pierre FONTAINE (c1380-c1450)

(02) J’ayme bien celui [02'14"]

Guillaume DUFAY (1397-1474)

(03) Vasilissa ergo gaude [02'53"]

Richard LOQUEVILLE

(04) Je vous pri [02'23"]

Guillaume DUFAY

(05) Resvelliés vous [05'35"]

Hugo DE LANTINS (fl 1420-1430)

(06) Mirar non posso [01'54"]

Guillaume DUFAY

(07) Vergene bella [03'44"]

(08) O gemma lux [04'47']

Richard LOQUEVILLE

(09) Qui ne veroit que vos doulx yeux [02'22"]

Hugo DE LANTINS

(10) Celsa sublimatur [01'49"]

Guillaume DUFAY

(11) Hé compaignons [03'20"]

(12) Apostolo glorioso [03'44"]

(13) Par droit je puis bien complaindre et gemir [03'08"]

Richard LOQUEVILLE

(14) Quant compaignons s’en vont juer [00'54"]

Jean FRANCHOIS (fl c1415-1430)

(15) Ave virgo lux Maria [03'49"]

Jean HAUCOURT (fl c1390-after 1416)

(16) Je demande ma bienvenue [01'50"]

Hugo DE LANTINS

(17) Plaindre m'estuet [04'48"]

Richard LOQUEVILLE

(18) Pour mesdisans [02'30"]

Guillaume DUFAY

(19) Rite maiorem [04'36"]

(20) O tres piteulx [04'33"]

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Théotime Langlois de Swarte

Tuesday, 7 October 2025

Leclair & Vivaldi: Violin concertos - Théotime Langlois de Swarte

Jean-Marie LECLAIR

Antonio VIVALDI

Violin concertos

Théotime Langlois de Swarte, violin

Les Ombres

recorded: May 18, 2024, Basilika St. Emmeram, Regensburg

[Tage alter Musik Regensburg 2024]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

source: DeutschlandRadio Kultur (stream)

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Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)

(01) Sinfonia in C (RV 111a) [06'02']

Concerto for violin, strings and bc in b minor (RV 384) [09'43"]

(02) allegro [03'40"]

(03) largo [03'16"]

(04) allegro [02'47"]

Jean-Marie LECLAIR (1697-1764)

(05) Overture Scylla et Glaucus [03'29"]

Concerto for violin, strings and bcin a minor, op. 7,5 [13'59"]

(06) vivace [05'09"]

(07) largo - adagio [04'12"]

(08) allegro assai [04'38"]

Antonio VIVALDI

(09) Sinfonia L'Olimpiade (RV 725) [06'11"]

Concerto for violin, strings and in C 'Per Anna Maria' (RV 179a) [14'19"]

(10) allegro ma poco [04'44"]

(11) largo [04'34"]

(12) allegro [05'00"]

[encore]

Concerto for violin, strings and bc in f minor, op. 8,4 'L'inverno' (RV 297):

(13) largo [01'54"]

Concerto for violin, strings and in g minor, op. 8,2 'L'estate' (RV 315):

(14) presto [02'40"]

John ECCLES (1668-1735)

The Mad Lover:

(15) slow air [04'15"]

links:

scores Vivaldi

scores Leclair

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Sunday, 5 October 2025

Graupner: Cantatas for tenor & bass - Georg Poplutz & Dominik Wörner

Christoph GRAUPNER

(1683 - 1760)

Cantatas for tenor & bass

Georg Poplutz, tenor

Dominik Wörner, bass

Kirchheimer BachConsort

DIR.: FLORIAN HEYERICK

recorded: August 16 & 17, 2025, Protestantische Kirche, Kirchheim an der Weinstraße

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne)

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(01) Die Andacht fragt nach dir (GWV 1111/42),

cantata for Epiphany [15'42"]

(02) Ach wo find' ich meine Liebe (GWV 1112/14),

cantata for the 1st Sunday after Epiphany [09'46"]

(03) Wenn Not und Angst am größten ist (GWV 1114/14),

cantata for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany [09'30"]

(04) Gottes Wille meint es gut (GWV 1114/22),

cantata for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany [11'08"]

(05) Du gehst, o Jesu, willig (GWV 1119/14),

cantata for Sunday Estomihi [09'23"]

(06) Warum willst du unser so gar vergessen (GWV 1134/21),

cantata for the 4th Sunday after Easter [13'20"]

Picture: first page of Ach, wo find' ich meine Liebe

links:

scores

Georg Poplutz

Dominik Wörner

Kirchheimer BachConsort

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Concerto for pianoforte No. 1 - score

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Friday, 3 October 2025

Tchaikovsky: Piano concerto No 1 & Symphony No. 6 - Bruce Liu & Jérémie Rhorer

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY

(1840 - 1893)

Piano concerto No. 1 - Symphony No. 6

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Bruce Liu, piano

DIR.: JÉRÉMIE RHORER

recorded: June 28, 2024, Kurhaus, Wiesbaden

[Rheingau Musik Festival 2024]

modern instruments, period style

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne) (stream)

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Concerto for pianoforte No. 1 in b flat minor, op. 23 [34'50"]

(01) allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - allegro con spirito [20'33"]

(02) andantino semplice - prestissimo [07'16"]

(03) allegro con fuoco [07'01"]

Symphony No. 6 in b minor, op. 74 'Pathétique' [46'50"]

(04) adagio - allegro ma non troppo [19'25"]

(05) allegro con grazia [07'41"]

(06) allegro molto vivace [08'19"]

(07) adagio lamentoso [11'24"]

links:

Symphony No. 6 - score

Bruce Liu

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

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Thursday, 2 October 2025

Gaffurius & Pipelare: Masses - Huelgas Ensemble (Paul Van Nevel)

Franchinus GAFFURIUS

Matthaeus PIPELARE

Masses

Huelgas Ensemble

DIR.: PAUL VAN NEVEL

recorded: Sept 5, 2025, Cathedral, Utrecht

[Festival Early Music Utrecht 2025]

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL) (stream)

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Franchinus GAFFURIUS (1451-1522)

Missa O clara luce a 4 [31'02"]

(01) Kyrie [02'52"]

(02) Gloria [05'20"]

(03) Credo [07'35"]

(04) Sanctus - Benedictus [06'46"]

(05) Agnus Dei [08'29"]

Matthaeus PIPELARE (c1450-c1515)

Missa Fors seulement a 5 [32'22"]

(06) Kyrie [04'16"]

(07) Gloria [05'27"]

(08) Credo [07'14"]

(09) Sanctus - Benedictus [08'14"]

(10) Agnus Dei [07'12"]

Picture: Woodcut of Gaffurius among twelve students in

De Harmonia musicorum instrumentorum (1518)

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Tuesday, 30 September 2025

F Couperin: Sonades en trio - L'Achéron

François COUPERIN

(1668 - 1733)

Sonades en trio

L'Achéron

DIR.: FRANÇOIS JOUBERT-CAILLET

recorded: Sept 13, 2025, Université de Liège (Salle Académique)

[Nuits de Septembre 2025]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: RTBF (Brussels) (stream)

included: booklet [pdf]

Jean Bregnac, Olivier Riehl, transverse flute

Alice Julien-Lafferière, Birgit Gooris, violin

François Joubert-Caillet, viola da gamba

Simon Wadell, theorbo, guitar

Violaine Cochard, harpsichord

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(01) La Pucelle [06'00"]

(02) La Superbe [07'17"]

(03) La Convalescente [09'12"]

(04) L'Astrée [08'47"]

(05) La Visionnaire [07'45"]

(06) La Sultanne [08'29"]

(07) La Steinquerque [08'03"]

[encore]

Nouveau Concert no. 13 in G:

(08) chaconne [03'49"]

N.B. The enclosed booklet belongs to a CD recording by a different ensemble

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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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