Classical Music In Concert

Liszt: Lieder von Schubert - scores

Tuesday, 29 July 2025

Schubert, Liszt & Chopin - Ragna Schirmer [Blüthner, 1856]

Schubert, Liszt & Chopin

Piano works

Ragna Schirmer, fortepiano

[Blüthner, 1856]

recorded: July 1, 2025, Musikverein (chamber music hall), Graz

[Styriarte 2025]

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

source: ORF1 (Vienna) (stream)

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Franz Peter SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

(01) Impromptu in c minor, op. 90,1 (D 899,1) [10'52"]

Franz Peter SCHUBERT, arr Franz LISZT (1811-1886)

Lieder von Schubert (S 558/LW A42):

(02) Auf dem Wasser zu singen [05'41"]

(03) Meeresstille [02'56"]

(04) Ständchen [05'55"]

Franz Peter SCHUBERT

(05) Impromptu in f minor, op. 142,1 (D 935,1) [12'18"]

(06) Impromptu in f minor, op. 142,4 (D 935,4) [07'40"]

Frédéric CHOPIN

(07) Impromptu in A flat, op. 29 (CT 43) [04'03"]

(08) Fantaisie-Impromptu in c sharp minor, op. 66 (CT 46) [05'53"]

Franz Peter SCHUBERT, arr Franz LISZT

Lieder von Schubert (S 558/LW A42):

(09) Gretchen am Spinnrade [04'20"]

(10) Ave Maria [08'18"]

(11) Erlkönig [06'09"]

[encore]

Frédéric CHOPIN

(12) Etude in c sharp minor, op. 10,4 (CT 17) [02'26"]

Picture: Blüthner, 1856

links:

Schubert, Impromptus - scores

Chopin, Impromptu op. 29 - score

Chopin, Fantaisie-Impromptu - score

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Buxtehude: lyrics BuxWV 62

Sunday, 27 July 2025

Bach, Bruhns & Buxtehude: Cantatas & organ works - Hildebrandt Consort

Bach, Bruhns & Buxtehude

Cantatas & organ works

Hildebrandt Consort

DIR.: WOUTER DEKONINCK, organ

recorded: July 3, 2025, Sint-Michiel Vredeskerk, Leuven (Contius Festival 2025)

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: Klara (B) (stream)

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Dieterich BUXTEHUDE (1637-1707)

(01) Prelude in C (BuxWV 137) [05'38"]

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

(02) Der Herr denket an uns (BWV 196) [12'17"]

Dieterich BUXTEHUDE

(03) Jesu, meines Lebens Leben (BuxWV 62) [07'08"]

(04) Prelude in G (BuxWV 149) [08'18"]

Nicolaus BRUHNS (1665-1697)

(05) Hemmt eure Tränenfluth [15'44"]

Johann Sebastian BACH

(06) Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 4) [21'17"]

Picture: Organ after Heinrich Andreas Contius at the Sint-Michiel Vredeskerk, Leuven

links:

organ

Heinrich Andreas Contius

Nicolaus Bruhns - score

Buxtehude, scores

JS Bach, Cantata BWV 196

JS Bach, Cantata BWV 4

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Friday, 25 July 2025

Vivaldi: Concertos - Accademia Bizantina (Ottavio Dantone)

Antonio VIVALDI

(1678 - 1741)

Concertos

Accademia Bizantina

DIR.: OTTAVIO DANTONE

recorded: June 4, 2025, Tyska kyrkan, Stockholm

[Stockholm Early Music Festival 2025]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: Klara (B) (stream)

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(01) Concerto for strings and bc in B flat (RV 167) [05'50"]

(02) Concerto for two violins, strings and bc in a minor, op. 3,8 (RV 522) [10'17"]

(03) Sinfonia for strings and bc in G (RV 149) [06'32"]

(04) Concerto for viola d'amore, strings and bc in d minor (RV 394) [11'30"]

(05) Concerto for violin, strings and bc in e minor (RV 273) [13'42']

(06) Concerto for strings and bc in F (RV 138) [05'45"]

(07) Concerto for viola d'amore, strings and bc in a minor (RV 397) [08'50"]

(08) Concerto for two violins, strings and bc in A, op. 3,5 (RV 519) [07'35"]

[encore]

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

(09) presto [03'00"]

Picture: viola d'amore (18th century)

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Joyful Company of Singers

Thursday, 24 July 2025

Haydn: Il ritorno di Tobia - Roger Norrington

In memoriam

Roger Norrington

(1934 - 2025)

Franz Joseph HAYDN

(1732 - 1809)

Il ritorno di Tobia

oratorio in 2 parts (H XXI,1) (Vienna, 1775)

libretto: Giovanni Gastone Boccherini

Lucy Crowe, soprano (Sara)

Rachel Nicholls, soprano (Raffaelle)

Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano (Anna)

Andrew Kennedy, tenor (Tobia)

Christopher Maltman, baritone (Tobit)

Joyful Company of Singers

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

DIR.: ROGER NORRINGTON

recorded: Feb 10, 2009, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

source: BBC Radio 3

Thanks to the first uploader

included: CD booklet with lyrics & translation

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(01) Part 1 [72'55"]

(02) Part 2 [64'11"]

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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

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N.B. As a tribute to Roger Norrington, I have re-uploaded these three concerts:

- Farewell concert with Haydn (Gateshead, Nov 18, 2021)

- Beethoven, Chopin, Berlioz (Brussels, August 30, 2013)

- Haydn, Die Jahreszeiten (Zurich, July 4, 2012)

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Tuesday, 22 July 2025

The Company of Heaven - The Cardinall's Musick

The Company of Heaven -

Music for female saints

The Cardinall's Musick

DIR.: ANDREW CARWOOD

recorded: Jan 30, 2019, Wigmore Hall, London

lossless (flac)

source: BBC Radio 3 (stream)

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Francisco GUERRERO: Missa Congratulamini mihi/

plainchant: Propers for the Feast of St Mary Magdalene (July 22)

Thomas CRECQUILLON (c1505/15-1557)

(01) Congratulamini mihi omnes a 5 [07'24"]

plainchant

(02) [introitus] Me expectaverunt peccatores [01'45"]

Francisco GUERRERO (1528-1599)

Missa Congratulamini mihi a 5:

(03) Kyrie [04'27"]

(04) Gloria [05'55"]

plainchant

(05) [gradual] Alleluia. Diffusa est gratia [02'26"]

Francisco GUERRERO

Missa Congratulamini mihi a 5

(06) Credo [08'54"]

plainchant

(07) [offertory] Filiae regum [01'41"]

Francisco GUERRERO

Missa Congratulamini mihi a 5:

(08) Sanctus - Benedictus [05'31"]

plainchant

(09) [communion[ Feci iudicium [01'13"]

Francisco GUERRERO

Missa Congratulamini mihi a 5:

(10) Agnus Dei [05'02"]

plainchant

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

Female saints: Barbara, Cecilia, Lucy & Mary

Peter PHILIPS (1560/61-1628)

(12) Caecilia virgo a 8 [05'30"]

Philippe VERDELOT (1480/85-1530/32?)

(13) Salve Barbara dignissima a 4 [04'51"]

Adrian WILLAERT (c1490-1562)

(14) In tua patientia a 4 [03'26"]

Francisco GUERRERO

(15) Surge propera a 6 [05'56"]

Luca MARENZIO (1553/54-1599)

(16) Cantantibus organis a 4 [02'29"]

Daniel TORQUET (?-?)

(17) Cantantibus organis a 8 [02'41"]

William BYRD (c1540-1623)

(18) Salve Regina a 5 [07'01"]

Michael PRAETORIUS (c1571-1621)

(19) Regina caeli jubila a 3 [01'45"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA (c1525-1594)

(20) Magnificat 1. toni a 8 [05'44"]

[encore]

Hieronymus PRAETORIUS (1560-1629)

(21) Joseph, lieber Joseph mein a 8 [02'51"]

Picture: Mary Magdalene (Bernardino Luini, c1480-c1532)

links:

Hieronymus Praetorius

The Cardinall's Musick

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La Capella Ducale & Musica Fiata

Sunday, 20 July 2025

JPh Krieger: Sacred works - La Capella Ducale & Musica Fiata (Roland Wilson)

Johann Philipp KRIEGER

(1649 - 1725)

Sacred works

La Capella Ducale

Musica Fiata

DIR.: ROLAND WILSON

recorded: May 11, 2025, Schutzengelkirche, Eichstätt

[Musikfest Eichstätt 2025]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: BR Klassik (Munich) (stream)

included: programme festival (D) with lyrics [pdf]

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(01) Preise, Jerusalem, den Herren [09'38"]

(02) Liebster Jesu, willst du scheiden [09'55"]

(03) Sag mir, Schönster, wo soll ich dich finden [14'32"]

(04) Cantate Domino canticum novum [09'04"]

(05) Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott [10'06"]

(06) Die Welt kann den Geist der Wahrheit nicht empfangen [09'04"]

(07) Ecce quomodo moritur justus [12'17"]

(08) Magnificat [08'01"]

Picture: Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, under whom Krieger was promoted to Kapellmeister, and with whom the composer moved to Weißenfels

links:

Johann Philipp Krieger

scores

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Haydn, Symphony No. 52 - score

Thursday, 17 July 2025

CPE Bach, Haydn & Mozart: Symphonies & concerto - Jane Gower & Concerto Copenhagen

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH,

Franz Joseph HAYDN

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

Symphonies & concerto

Concerto Copenhagen

Jane Gower, bassoon

DIR.: LARS ULRIK MORTENSEN

recorded: June 4, 2025, Residenz, Würzburg

[Mozartfest Würzburg 2025]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL) (stream)

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Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)

Symphony in c minor (H I,52) [23'21"]

(01) allegro assai con brio [06'52"]

(02) andante [07'51"]

(03) menuetto - trio. allegretto [03'01"]

(04) finale. presto [05'37"]

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

Concerto for bassoon and orchestra in B flat (KV 191 / 186e) [17'18"]

(05) allegro [07'21"]

(06) andante ma adagio [05'40"]

(07) rondo. tempo di minuetto [04'18"]

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714-1788)

(08) Symphony in D (Wq 183,1 / H 663) [11'19"]

(allegro di molto; largo; presto)

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

Symphony in A (KV 201 / 186a) [24'46"]

(09) allegro moderato [10'11"]

(10) andante [06'42"]

(11) menuetto. allegretto - trio [03'00"]

(12) allegro con spirito [04'53"]

links:

Mozart, Bassoon concerto - score

Mozart, Symphony KV 201 - score

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Beethoven, Quartet op. 130

Tuesday, 15 July 2025

Beethoven & Brahms - Chiaroscuro Quartet, Cédric Tiberghien

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

Johannes BRAHMS

Chamber music

Chiaroscuro Quartet

Cédric Tiberghien, fortepiano

[Bechstein, 1899]

recorded: July 10, 2025, Wigmore Hall, London

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

source: YouTube

Alina Ibragimova violin

Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux violin

Emilie Hörnlund viola

Claire Thirion cello

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Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

Quartet for two violins, viola and cello in B flat op. 130 &

Grosse Fuge in B flat, op. 133 [47'00"]

(01) adagio ma non troppo - allegro [13'39"]

(02) presto [02'04"]

(03) andante con moto, ma non troppo [06'49"]

(04) alla danza tedesca. allegro assai [03'06"]

(05) cavatina. adagio molto espressivo [05'56"]

(06) Grosse Fuge [15'26"]

Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)

Quintet for pianoforte, two violins, viola and cello in f minor, op. 34 [40'21"]

(07) allegro non troppo [14'51"]

(08) andante, un poco adagio [07'55"]

(09) scherzo. allegro [07'09"]

(10) finale. poco sostenuto - allegro non troppo [10'26"]

Picture: Handwritten score of Grosse Fuge, arranged for pianoforte à 4 mains

links:

Beethoven, Grosse Fuge op. 133

scores Beethoven

Brahms, Quintet op. 34 - score

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Die römische Unruhe, oder Die edelmütige Octavia

Sunday, 13 July 2025

Keiser: Die römische Unruhe, oder Die edelmütige Octavia - Wolfgang Katschner

Reinhard KEISER

(1674 - 1739)

Die römische Unruhe, oder Die edelmütige Octavia

opera in 3 acts (Hamburg, 1705)

libretto: Berthold Feind

Frieda Jolande Barck, soprano (Livia)

Johanna Kaldewei, soprano (Octavia)

Danae Kontora, soprano (Ormoena)

Maria Ladurner, soprano (Clelia)

Georg A. Bochow, alto (Tiridates)

Gwilym Bowen, tenor (Piso)

Christopher B. Fischer, tenor (Lepidus)

Johannes Gaubitz, tenor (Fabius)

Tomáš Král, baritone (Nero)

Christian Miebach, baritone (Davus)

Magnus Piontek, bass (Seneca)

lautten compagney Berlin

DIR.: WOLFGANG KATSCHNER

recorded: June 7, 2025, Goethe-Theater, Bad Lauchstädt

[Händelfestspiele Halle 2025]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

source: Deutschlandradio Kultur (stream)

included: interview Wolfgang Katschner (D)

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(01) [Part 1] [81'27"]

(02) [Part 2] [27'09"]

(03) [Part 3] [67'22"]

N.B. It was not indicated whether the three 'parts' (separated by breaks)

correspond to the three acts.

links:

Reinhard Keiser

Christopher B. Fischer

lautten compagney Berlin

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Friday, 11 July 2025

Haydn: Symphonies 71, 74 & 75 - Kammerorchester Basel (Giovanni Antonini)

Franz Joseph HAYDN

(1732 - 1809)

Symphonies 71, 74 & 75

Kammerorchester Basel

DIR.: GIOVANNI ANTONINI

recorded: June 11, 2025, Musikverein, Vienna

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

source: ORF1 (Vienna) (stream)

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Symphony in B flat (H I,71) [28'18"]

(01) adagio - allegro con brio [08'50"]

(02) adagio [08'38"]

(03) menuet - trio [03'01"]

(04) finale. vivace [07'48"]

Symphony in E flat (H I,74) [22'10"]

(05) vivace assai [09'14"]

(06) adagio cantabile [05'23"]

(07) menuet. allegretto - trio [02'24"]

(08) finale. allegro assai [05'09"]

Symphony in D (H I,75) [20'30"]

(09) grave - presto [07'45"]

(10) poco adagio [06'25"]

(11) menuet. allegretto - trio [02'53"]

(12) finale. vivace [03'27"]

links:

Kammerorchester Basel

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Mendelssohn, String symphonies

Thursday, 10 July 2025

Mendelssohn: Symphonies & Octet for strings - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY

(1809 - 1847)

Symphonies & Octet for strings

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

DIR.: BERNHARD FORCK

recorded: May 10, 2025, Residenz (Spiegelsaal), Eichstätt

Musikfest Eichstätt 2025]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: BR Klassik (Munich) (stream)

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Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY

(01) Symphony for strings No. 13 in c minor (MWV N 14) [07'39"]

Franz Peter SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

(02) Five German dances with coda & trios (D 90) [14'22"]

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY

(03) Symphony for strings No. 10 in b minor (MWV N 10) [10'05"]

Octet for four violins, two violas and two cellos in E flat, op. 20 (MWV R 20) [31'33"]

(04) allegro moderato ma con fuoco [13'55"]

(05) andante [06'08"]

(06) scherzo. allegro leggierissimo [04'58"]

(07) presto [06'31"]

links:

Mendelssohn, Octet

scores Mendelssohn

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

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Tuesday, 8 July 2025

Palestrina 500 a capella - Tenebrae Choir (Nigel Short)

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

(1525 - 1594)

Palestrina 500 a capella

Tenebrae Choir

DIR.: NIGEL SHORT

recorded: June 7, 2025, Dominikanerkirche St. Blasius, Regensburg

[Tage alter Musik Regensburg 2025]

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: BR Klassik (stream)

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Orlandus LASSUS (1532-1594)

(01) Musica Dei donum optime a 6 [04'06"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA (1525-1594)

(02) Viri Galilaei a 6 [05'37"]

Missa Viri Galilaei a 6 [30'05"]

(03) Kyrie [04'12"]

(04) Gloria [05'29"]

(05) Credo [09'01"]

(06) Sanctus [03'57"]

(07) Benedictus [02'53"]

(08) Agnus Dei [04'33"]

(09) Sicut cervus a 4 [06'57"]

Felice ANERIO (c1560-1614)

(10) Ad te levavi a 8 [04'12"]

(11) Christus factus a 4 [02'32"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

(11) Stabat mater a 8 [09'46"]

[encore]

Thomas TALLIS (1505-1585)

(12) If ye love me a 4 [02'30"]

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Sunday, 6 July 2025

Weckmann and the Hamburg Collegium Musicum - Urgent Music

Matthias Weckmann

and the Hamburg Collegium Musicum

Urgent Music

DIR.: VERONIKA SKUPLIK

recorded: June 30, 2024, St. Elisabeth's Church, Stary Sącz

[Omnia Beneficia Festival 2024]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

source: Dwójka (PL) (stream)

included: programme notes (E) [txt]

Anna Schall, cornett

Veronika Skuplik, violin

Simen Van Mechelen, sackbut

Adrian Rovatkay, dulcian

Marcin Świątkiewicz, organ

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Matthias WECKMANN (1616?-1674)

(01) Toccata in a minor [04'44"]

(02) Sonata I [04'47"]

(03) Sonata III in G [05'10"]

(04) Canzona in C 02'30"]

(05) Sonata II in D [05'13"]

(06) Sonata IV in a minor [04'58"]

Johann Jacob FROBERGER (1616-1667)

(07) Toccata in d minor (FbWV 102) [05'30"]

Johann Michael NICOLAI (1629-1685)

(08) Sonata in C [05'37"]

Matthias WECKMANN

(09) Sonata VII in D [04'34"]

Andreas OSWALD (1634-1665)

(10) Sonata in D [09'02"]

Matthias WECKMANN

(11) Sonata IX in d minor [06'48"]

Picture: Hamburg, Sankt Jacobi, where Weckmann was organist

(Heinrich Volckmeir, 1675)

links:

Matthias Weckmann

Johann Jacob Froberger

Johann Michael Nicolai

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Friday, 4 July 2025

CPE Bach: String symphonies - The Violin Consort

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH

(1714 - 1788)

Symphonies for strings

(Wq 182 / H 657-662)

The Violin Consort

recorded: June 30, 2023, IMO Galeria, Stary Sącz

[Festival Omnia Beneficia 2023]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC

source: YouTube

Zbigniew Pilch, Mikołaj Zgółka, violin

Piotr Chrupek, viola

Bartosz Kokosza, cello

Marta Niedźwiecka, harpsichord

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(01) Symphony in G (Wq 182,1 / H 657) [11'49"]

(02) Symphony in B flat (Wq 182,2 / H 658) [12'07"]

(03) Symphony in C (Wq 182,3 / H 659) [11'00"]

(04) Symphony in A (Wq 182,4 / H 660) [12'42"]

(05) Symphony in b minor (Wq 182,5 / H 661) [10'59"]

(06) Symphony in E (Wq 182,6 / H 662) [09'47"]

Picture: Gottfried van Swieten, to whom these symphonies are dedicated

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Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro

Thursday, 3 July 2025

Adieu Florens - Sophia Faltas, Emma-Lisa Roux & Anna Danilevskaia

Adieu Florens

Songs by Flemish & Italian composers

of the late 15th and early 16th centuries

Sophia Faltas, mezzo-soprano

Emma-Lisa Roux, soprano, lute

Anna Danilevskaia, viola d'arco

recorded: May 10, 2025, Church of the Community of Moravian Brethren, Zeist (NL)

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL) (stream)

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Bartolomeo TROMBONCINO (1470-after 1534)

(01) Vale diva, vale in pace [03'44"]

Marchetto CARA (c1465-1525)

(02) Deh non più mo' [01'38"]

Johannes GHISELIN (fl 1491-1507)

(03) Weet ghy wat mynder jonghen herten deert [02'17"]

Johannes JAPART (fl c1478-1481) (attr)

(04) Jay biens nouri [03'15"]

Vincenzo CAPIROLA (1474-after 1548)

(05) Ricercar VIII [01'43"]

anon

(06) Lagrime a voi sospiri [02'56"]

Johannes JAPART

(07) T'meiskin was jonck [02'22"]

Loyset COMPÈRE (C1445-1518)

(08) Dittes moy toutes voz pensees [05'26"]

Marchetto CARA

(09) Oimè il cor, oimè la testa [02'28"]

GUGLIELMO EBREO DA PESARO (c1420-after 1484) /

Alexander AGRICOLA (1445/46-1506)

(10) Falla con misuras / In mijnen sin [07'30"]

Pietrequin BONNEL (fl late 15th C)

(11) Adieu florens me jolie [02'57"]

Michele PESENTI (c1470-1528) / anon

(12) Che faralla che diralla / Uscirallo o resterallo [04'13"]

Marchetto CARA

(13) O mia cieca, e dura sorte [03'27"]

BARTOLOMEO DEGLI ORGANI (1474-1539)

(14) Un dia lieto già mai [03'16"]

anon

(15) Mijn morken gaf mij een jong wijf [01'45"]

Bartolomeo TROMBONCINO

(16) Zephyro Spira [03'39"]

[encore]

Bartolomeo TROMBONCINO

(17) Ostinato voi seguire [02'46"]

links:

Bartolomeo Tromboncino

Alexander Agricola

Michele Pesenti

Bartolomeo degli Organi

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