Classical Music In Concert

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

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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)

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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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