Classical Music In Concert

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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Johann Christoph Bach - scores

Thursday, 28 August 2025

Bach family: Motets - Ensemble Polyharmonique

Bach family

Motets

Ensemble Polyharmonique

DIR.: ALEXANDER SCHNEIDER

recorded: July 17, 2025, Church of Our Lady and Slavic Saints, Prague

[26th Summer Festivities of Early Music]

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne) (stream)

Magdalene Harer, Joowon Chung, soprano

Alexander Schneider, alto

Johannes Gaubitz, Christopher Renz, tenor

Matthias Lutze, bass

Martin Jantzen, violone

Tineke Steenbrink, organ

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Johann Michael BACH (1648-1694)

(01) Sei, lieber Tag, willkommen [03'36"]

Heinrich BACH (1615-1692)

(02) Kyrie [04'42"]

Johann Christoph BACH (1642-1703)

(03) Der Gerechte, ob er gleich zu zeitlich stirbt [04'51"]

Johann Michael BACH

(04) Unser Leben währet siebenzig Jahr [02'46"]

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

(05) Duetto III in G (BWV 804) [03'14"]

(06) Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit (BWV 371) [03'58"]

Johann Michael BACH

(07) Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe [03'38"]

Johann Christoph BACH

(08) Es ist nun aus mit meinem Leben [07'21"]

Johann Ludwig BACH (1677-1731)

(09) Unsere Trübsal, die zeitlich und leicht ist (JLB 33) [04'28"]

Johann Sebastian BACH

(10) Duetto IV in a minor (BWV 805) [03'22']

(11) Jesu, meine Freude (BWV 227) [20'22"]

[encore]

Heinrich SCHÜTZ (1585-1672)

(12) Selig sind die Toten (SWV 391) [04'28"]

Picture: Johann Christoph Bach

links:

Heinrich Bach

Johann Ludwig Bach - score

Johann Michael Bach - score

scores JS Bach

Ensemble Polyharmonique

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Tuesday, 26 August 2025

Beethoven & Schubert: Songs - Georg Nigl, Olga Pashchenko

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

Franz Peter SCHUBERT

Songs

Georg Nigl, baritone

Olga Pashchenko, fortepiano

recorded: July 20, 2025, Stiftskirche, Ossiach

[Carinthischer Sommer 2025]

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

source: ORF (Vienna) (stream)

fortepiano: Conrad Graf

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Franz Peter SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

(01) Der Wanderer an den Mond (D 870) [02'34"]

(02) Am Fenster (D 878) [04'31"]

(03) Sehnsucht (D 879) [02'43"]

(04) Wiegenlied (D 867) [05'41"]

(05) Bei Dir allein! (D 866,2) [02'14"]

(06) Irdisches Glück (D 866,4) [05'20"]

(07) Im Freien (D 880) [06'21"]

(08) Widerspruch (D 865) [03'18"]

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

(09) An die ferne Geliebte, op. 98 [15'15"]

Franz Peter SCHUBERT

(10) Der Winterabend (D 938) [08'36"]

(11) An die Musik (D 547) [02'49"]

Picture: Johann Gabriel Seidl, whose poems Schubert set to music (here 01-08)

links:

Der Wanderer an den Mond (D 870)

Der Winterabend (D 938)

An die Musik (D 547)

scores

lyrics

An die ferne Geliebte, op. 98 - score

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Christian Andreas Schulze

Sunday, 24 August 2025

The Düben Collection - Dominik Wörner & Kirchheimer DübenConsort

The Düben Collection

Kirchheimer DübenConsort

Dominik Wörner, bass

DIR.: JÖRG-ANDREAS BÖTTICHER

recorded: August 25, 2024, Protestantische Kirche, Kirchheim an der Weinstraße

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: SWR2 (Stuttgart)

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Sebastian KNÜPFER (1633-1676)

(01) Quemadmodum desiderat cervus [05'28"]

anon

(02) Sonata à 4 in F [05'07"]

Julius Johann WEILAND (1625/30-1663)

(03) Jesu, dulcis memoria [04'29"]

Johann Caspar HORN (1636-1722)

(04) Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein reines Herz [04'26"]

Bonifazio GRAZIANI (1604-1664)

(05) Dedit abyssus [05'00"]

Christian Andreas SCHULZE (c1655-1699)

(06) Wie der Hirsch schreiet [11'43"]

Julius Johann WEILAND

(07) Sonata à 3 in e minor [05'14"]

Giovanni Antonio RIGATTI (1613-1648)

(08) Jubilate gaudete [04'54"]

Christoph BERNHARD (1628-1692)

(09) Suite in d minor [08'50"]

Crato BÜTNER (1616-1679)

(10) Heut' triumphieret Gottes Sohn [05'40"]

Moritz EDELMANN (?-1680)

(11) Lieber Herr Gott, wecke uns auf [03'11"]

Wolfgang Carl BRIEGEL (1626-1712)

(12) Wie der Hirsch schreiet [07'20"]

Johann Caspar KERLL (1627-1639)

(13) Canzone à 3 [05'31"]

Johann ROSENMÜLLER (1619-1684)

(14) Stürmet all ihr Winde [05'11"]

Picture: German Church in Stockholm, where Gustaf Düben was organist

links:

Düben Collection

Sebastian Knüpfer

Julius Johann Weiland

Johann Caspar Horn

Bonifazio Graziani

Giovanni Antonio Rigatti

Christoph Bernhard

Crato Bütner

Wolfgang Carl Briegel

Johann Caspar Kerll

Johann Rosenmüller

Dominik Wörner

Kirchheimer DübenConsort

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Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne

Friday, 22 August 2025

Handel: Birthday Ode for Queen Anne & Coronation Anthems - Hans-Christoph Rademann

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Birthday Ode for Queen Anne

Coronation Anthems

Yeree Suh, soprano

Alex Potter, alto

Tobias Berndt, bass

JSB Ensemble

Gaechinger Cantorey

DIR.: HANS-CHRISTOPH RADEMANN

recorded: March 23, 2025, Liederhalle, Stuttgart

[Musikfest Stuttgart 2025]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: SWR2 (Stuttgart) (stream)

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(01) Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne (HWV 74) [25'08"]

Coronation Anthems (HWV 258-261)

(02) The King shall rejoice (HWV 260) [10'40"]

(03) Zadok the Priest (HWV 258) [05'30"]

(04) Let thy hand be strengthened (HWV 259) [08'15"]

(05) My heart is inditing (HWV 261) /

Messiah (HWV 56) (Amen) [15'55"]

Picture: George II, for whose coronation Handel composed his Coronation Anthems

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Choeur de l'Opéra Grand Avignon

Thursday, 21 August 2025

Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles - Marc Minkowski

Georges BIZET

(1838 - 1875)

Les pêcheurs de perles

opera in 3 acts (Paris, 18630

libretto: Eugène Cormon & Michel Carré

Elsa Benoit, soprano (Leïla)

Pene Pati, tenor (Nadir)

Florian Sempey, baritone (Zurga)

Edwin Crossley-Mercer, bass (Nourabad)

Choeur de l'Opéra Grand Avignon

Les Musiciens du Louvre

DIR.: MARC MINKOWSKI

recorded: July 19, 2025, Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence

[Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2025]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL) (stream)

libretto (F/E) included [pdf]

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(01) act 1 [48'24"]

(02) act 2 [32'33"]

(03) act 3 [29'31"]

links:

Les pêcheurs de perles

Edwin Crossley-Mercer

Les Musiciens du Louvre

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Tuesday, 19 August 2025

Obrecht: Missa Maria zart - Cappella Pratensis

Jacob OBRECHT

(1457/58 - 1505)

Missa Maria zart

Cappella Pratensis

DIR.: TIM BRAITHWAITE

recorded: June 26, 2025, St Elisabeth Church, Stary Sącz

[Festival Omnia Beneficia 2025]

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

source: Dwójka (Warsaw) (stream)

Tim Braithwaite, Andrew Hallock, superius

Lior Leibovici, Korneel Van Neste, altus

Peter de Laurentiis, Julian Podger, tenor

Jonty Coy, Grantley McDonald, bassus

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anon

(01) Maria zart [01'49"]

Jacob OBRECHT

Missa Maria zart a 4:

(02) Kyrie [06'03"]

(03) Gloria [13'39"]

(04) Credo [13'10"]

plainchant

(05) Praefatio [02'29"]

Jacob OBRECHT

Missa Maria zart a 4:

(06) Sanctus - Benedictus [13'00"]

(07) Agnus Dei [08'55"]

anon

(08) Maria zart [01'43"]

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Francesco Bartolomeo Conti

Sunday, 17 August 2025

Sacred music in Vienna - György Vashegyi

Sacred music in Vienna

Fux, Werner & Conti

Katalin Szutrély, soprano

Ágnes Kovács, soprano

Bernadett Nagy, contralto

Zoltán Megyesi, tenor

Zoltán Melkovics, bass

Purcell Choir

Orfeo Orchestra

DIR.: GYÖRGY VASHEGYI

recorded: June 27, 2025, Cathedral, Vác

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: Bartók Rádio (Budapest)

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Johann Joseph FUX (1660-1741)

(01) Te Deum (K 271) [14'28"]

Gregor Joseph WERNER (1693-1766)

Missa Divini Amoris [31'17"]

(02) Kyrie [04'18"]

(03) Gloria [09'41"]

(04) Credo [09'01"]

(05) Sanctus [02'36"]

(06) Benedictus [02'23"]

(07) Agnus Dei [03'19"]

Francesco Bartolomeo CONTI (1681-1732)

David:

(08) sinfonia [04'09"]

Missa Sancti Petri et Pauli [51'29"]

(01) Kyrie [08'40"]

(02) Gloria [24'07"]

(03) Credo [18'41']

Picture: emperor Charles VI, employer of Conti

(Johann Gottfried Auerbach, c1730s)

links:

Johann Joseph Fux - score

Gregor Joseph Werner

Purcell Choir & Orfeo Orchestra

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Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor

Friday, 15 August 2025

Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann - Marc Minkowski

Jacques OFFENBACH

(1819 - 1880)

Les contes d'Hoffmann

opéra fantastique in 5 acts (Paris, 1881)

libretto: Jules Barbier (after E.T.A. Hoffmann)

Kathryn Lewek, soprano (Antonia, Giuletta, Olympia, Stella)

Géraldine Chauvet, mezzo-soprano (La Voix)

Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano (La Muse, Nicklausse)

Benjamin Bernheim, tenor (Hoffmann)

Paco Garcia, tenor (Nathanaël)

Michael Laurenz, tenor (Spalanzani)

Yevheniy Kapitula, baritone (Wilhelm)

Philippe-Nicolas Martin, baritone (Hermann, Peter Schlemil)

Marc Mauillon, baritone

(Andrès, Cochenille, Franz, Pitichinaccio)

Christian Van Horn, bass-baritone

(Capitaine Dapertutto, Coppélius, Docteur Miracle, Lindorf)

Jérôme Varnier, bass (Crespel, Maître Luther)

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor

Wiener Philharmoniker

DIR.: MARC MINKOWSKI

recorded: August 13, 2024, Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg

modern instruments, period style

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne) (stream)

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(01) act 1 [35'13"]

(02) act 2 [40'07"]

(03) act 3 [51'07"]

(04) act 4 [34'15"]

(05) act 5 [15'18"]

Picture: scenes from the Paris premiere

links:

Jacques Offenbach

Les contes d'Hoffmann

Production at Salzburg

Philippe-Nicolas Martin

Marc Mauillon

Christian Van Horn

Jérôme Varnier

Wiener Philharmoniker

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Giovanni Benedetto Platti

Thursday, 14 August 2025

A musical evening at Wiesentheid Castle - Julia Doyle, Clara Blessing et al

A musical evening at Wiesentheid Castle

Julia Doyle, soprano

Michael Schmidt-Casdorff, transverse flute

Clara Blessing, oboe

Mayumi Hirasaki, violin

Kristin von der Goltz, cello

Rebecca Mertens, bassoon

Sebastian Küchler-Blessing, harpsichord

recorded: June 15, 2025, Residenz (Kaisersaal), Würzburg

[Mozartfest Würzburg 2025]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: BR Klassik (Munich) (stream)

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Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)

(01) Quartet in d minor (TWV 43,d3) [07'27"]

(also attributed to Handel: Concerto à 4 in d minor, HWV deest)

George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)

(02) Süßer Blumen Ambraflocken (HWV 204) [07'17"]

Giovanni Benedetto PLATTI (1697-1763)

(03) Sonata in c minor (I,100) [08'20"]

George Frideric HANDEL

(04) Das zitternde Glänzen der spielenden Wellen (HWV 203) [05'40"]

Giovanni Benedetto PLATTI

(05) Trio in G [10'10"]

(06) Sonata in G [11'27"]

George Frideric HANDEL

(07) Flammende Rose, Zierde der Erden (HWV 210) [05'52"]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN

(08) Fantasia in d minor (TWV 40,7) (dolce) [01'39"]

Giovanni Benedetto PLATTI

(09) Sonata II in d minor (WD 698.2) (allegro; adagio) [03'44"]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN

(10) Fantasia in D (TWV 40,17) (allegro) [01'53']

George Frideric HANDEL

(11) Meine Seele hört im Sehen (HWV 207) [05'48"]

Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)

(12) Concerto in g minor (RV 107) [09'06"]

[encore]

Johann Valentin RATHGEBER (1682 - 1750)

(13) Amor vincit omnia [01'33"]

Picture: Wiesentheid Castle

links:

Handel, German Arias - scores

Julia Doyle

Michael Schmidt-Casdorff

Clara Blessing

Mayumi Hirasaki

Kristin von der Goltz

Rebecca Mertens

Sebastian Küchler-Blessing

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FJ Haydn, L'isola disabitata - score

Tuesday, 12 August 2025

The classical horn & bassoon - Kammerakademie Potsdam (Sergio Azzolini)

The classical horn & bassoon

Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

Kammerakademie Potsdam

DIR.: SERGIO AZZOLINI, bassoon

recorded: May 21, 2005, Nikolaisaal, Potsdam

modern instruments, period style

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

source: RBB (Berlin) (stream)

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Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)

(01) Overture L'isola disabitata (H Ia,13) [07'40"]

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

Concerto for bassoon and orchestra in B flat (KV 191) [16'49"]

(02) allegro [06'32"]

(03) andante ma adagio [05'57"]

(04) rondo. tempo di minuetto [04'20"]

Concerto for horn and orchestra in E flat (KV 447) [14'47"]

(05) allegro [07'04"]

(06) romance. larghetto [03'58"]

(07) allegro [03'44"]

Johann Michael HAYDN (1737-1806)

Symphony in B flat (P 52 / MH 133) [15'00"]

(08) allegro molto [06'36"]

(09) adagio ma non troppo [05'24"]

(10) minuetto - trio [02'59"]

François DEVIENNE (1759-1803)

Sinfonia concertante No. 1 for horn, bassoon and orchestra in F [18'54"]

(11) allegro [11'18"]

(12) adagio [03'26"]

(13) rondo [04'09"]

Picture: François Devienne

links:

Mozart, Bassoon concerto

Mozart, Horn concerto KV 447

scores Mozart

JM Haydn, Symphony in B flat

François Devienne

Radovan Vlatkovic

Sergio Azzolini

Kammerakademie Potsdam

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Sunday, 10 August 2025

Galuppi: Didone abbandonata - Ulises Illán

Baldassare GALUPPI

(1706 - 1785)

Didone abbandonata

opera in 3 acts (version Madrid, 1752)

libretto: Pietro Metastasio

Carlotta Colombo, soprano (Araspe)

Federico Fiorio, soprano (Enea)

Alexandra Tarniceru, soprano (Selene)

Natalie Pérez, mezzo-soprano (Didone)

Filippo Mineccia, alto (Osmida)

Joshua Sanders, tenor (Iarbas, Nettuno)

Nereydas

DIR.: ULISES ILLÁN

recorded: June 28, 2025, Nikolaisaal, Potsdam

[Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci 2025]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: RTBF (Brussels) (stream)

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(01) act 1; act 2 (part 1) [1.29'50"]

(02) act 2 (part 2); act 3 [1.16'06"]

Picture: Dido and Aeneas (Italian school, 18th century)

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