Classical Music In Concert

"Newly discovered organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach"

Thursday, 20 November 2025

JS Bach: Ciaconas BWV 1178 & 1179 - Ton Koopman

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Ciaconas BWV 1078 & 1079

Ton Koopman, organ

recorded: Nov 17, 2025, Thomaskirche, Leipzig

flac

original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC

The first performance of two organ works which were discovered in the 1990s,

and after thorough research could be attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach.

They date from his time in Arnstadt (1703-1707).

The presentation is available at YouTube.

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(01) Ciacona in d minor (BWV 1178) [06'38"]

(02) Ciacona in g minor (BWV 1179) [04'03"]

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"Emilie Mayer’s Stunning Symphonies"

Tuesday, 18 November 2025

Mayer: Overtures & symphonies - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Emilie MAYER

(1812 - 1883)

Overtures & symphonies

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

DIR.: BERNHARD FORCK

recorded: Oct 24, 2025, Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

source: Deutschlandfunk Kultur (stream)

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(01) Overture in d minor [08'27"]

Symphony No. 1 in c minor [32'57"]

(02) adagio - allegro energico [09'57"]

(03) adagio [07'05"]

(04) allegro vivace [06'38"]

(05) finale. adagio - allegro [09'18"]

(06) Overture in C [10'16"]

Symphony No. 2 in e minor [33'48"]

(07) un poco adagio - allegro assai [14'01"]

(08) scherzo [06'37"]

(09) un poco adagio cantabile [05'55"]

(10) finale. allegro vivace [07'15"]

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Emilie Mayer

scores

project

"Emilie Mayer's Faust Overture and Symphony No. 1 in C"

"Composer Emilie Mayer: Was She the Female Beethoven?"

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

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La Capella Ducale & Musica Fiata

Sunday, 16 November 2025

Monteverdi: Messa per Santa Maria Salute - Roland Wilson

Claudio MONTEVERDI

(1567 - 1643)

Messa per Santa Maria Salute

La Capella Ducale

Musica Fiata

DIR.: ROLAND WILSON

recorded: June 22, 2025, Basilika St. Ursula, Cologne

[Romanischer Sommer 2025]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne) (stream)

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(01) Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius [04'46"]

(02) Kyrie a 4 da capella [02'47"]

(03) Gloria a 4 da capella [12'19"]

(04) Jubilet tota civitas à voce sola in dialogo [04'37"]

(05) Credo à 8 voci concertato (ed. Roland Wilson) [16'37"]

(06) Ab aeterno ordinata sum voce sola in basso [06'45"]

(07) Sanctus - Benedictus [04'10"]

(08) Salve regina - Audi coelum con dentro un ecco,

voce sola risposta d‘ecco e due violini [09'09"]

(09) Agnus Dei da capella [03'13"]

(10) Pianto della Madonna à voce sola [07'38"]

(11) Laetaniae della Beata Vergine à due cori [08'50"]

Picture: Venice supplicating the Virgin Mary to intercede with Christ

for the Cessation of the Plague, 1630–31 (Domenico Robusti)

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Beethoven, Piano concerto No. 1 - score

Friday, 14 November 2025

Beethoven & Tchaikovsky: Concerto & symphony - Piotr Anderszewski & John Eliot Gardiner

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY

Piano concerto & symphony

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Académie d'Orchestre

Piotr Anderszewski, piano

DIR.: JOHN ELIOT GARDINER

recorded: July 16, 2024, Le Corum - Opéra Berlioz, Montpellier

[Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier 2024]

modern instruments, period style

lossless (flac)

source: WDR3 (Cologne) (stream)

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Carl Maria VON WEBER (1786-1826)

(01) Overture Oberon [09'55"]

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

Concerto for pianoforte No. 1 in C, op. 15 [34'02"]

(02) allegro con brio [14'40"]

(03) largo [10'16"]

(04) rondo. allegro scherzando [09'06"]

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)

Symphony No. 2 in c minor, op. 17 [35'06"]

(05) andante sostenuto - allegro vivo [11'08"]

(06) andantino marziale, quasi moderato [07'08"]

(07) scherzo. allegro molto vivace - trio [05'08"]

(08) finale. moderato assai – allegro vivo – presto [11'42"]

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Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 2 - score

Piotr Anderszewski

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

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Handel, Concerti a due cori - score

Thursday, 13 November 2025

Handel, Vivaldi & Telemann - Zefiro Baroque Orchestra (Alfredo Bernardini)

George Frideric HANDEL,

Antonio VIVALDI

Georg Philipp TELEMANN

Concertos & overture

Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

DIR.: ALFREDO BERNARDINI

recorded: July 2, 2025, Helmut List Halle, Graz

[Styriarte 2025]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

source: ORF (Vienna) (podcast)

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George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)

(01) Concerto a due cori in F (HWV 333) [16'15"]

Antonio VIVALDI (1674-1741)

(02) Concerto 'per la S.S. Assunzione di Maria Vergine' a due cori

for violin, strings and bc in D (RV 582) [12'28"]

[Mayumi Hirasaki, violin]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)

(03) Overture in F 'Alster' (TWV 55,F11) [30'07"]

[encore]

George Frideric HANDEL

Water Music (HWV 348-350):

(04) bourrée [01'32"]

Picture: Alster in Hamburg, 18th century

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Vivaldi, Concerto RV 582 - score

Telemann, Overture in F - score

Zefiro Baroque Orchestra

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Tuesday, 11 November 2025

Mendelssohn & LIszt: Piano works - Claire Chevallier

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY

Franz LISZT

Piano works

Claire Chevallier, fortepiano

[Érard, 1842]

recorded: July 31, 2003, Concertgebouw, Bruges

[Festival van Vlaanderen - Brugge 2003]

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

source: Klara (Brussels) (stream)

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Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)

(01) Lied ohne Worte in a minor, op. 38,5 (MWV U 137) [03'12"]

(agitato)

(02) Lied ohne Worte in A flat, op. 38,6 (MWV U 119) [03'27"]

(andante con moto)

(03) Prelude and fugue in e minor, op. 35,1 (MWV U 116/66) [09'07"]

(allegro con fuoco; andante espressivo)

(04) Lied ohne Worte in b minor, op. 67,5 (MWV U 184) [02'46"]

(moderato)

(05) Lied ohne Worte in C, op. 67,4 (MWV U 182) [02'25"]

(presto)

Franz LISZT (1811-1886)

Années de pèlerinage: Première année - Suisse (S 160):

(06) Chapelle de Guillaume Tell (S 160,1) [06'25"]

(07) Au lac de Wallenstadt (S 160,2) [03'34"]

(08) Pastorale (S 160,3) [01'36"]

(09) Au bord d'une source (S 160,4) [04'12"]

(10) Vallée d'Obermann (S 160,6) [14'38"]

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Sunday, 9 November 2025

Handel: Flavio - Benjamin Bayl

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Flavio, re' de Longobardi

opera in 3 acts (London, 1723)

libretto: Nicola Francesco Haym

Julia Lezhneva, soprano (Emilia)

Sonja Runje, contralto (Teodata)

Rémy Brès-Feuillet, alto (Flavio)

Max Emanuel Cenčić, alto (Guido)

Yuriy Mynenko, alto (Vitige)

Stefan Sbonnik, tenor (Ugone)

Zachary Wilson, bass (Lotario)

Concerto Köln

DIR.: BENJAMIN BAYL

recorded: November 8, 2025, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (stream)

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programme [pdf]

libretto (IT/E) [pdf]

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(01) act 1 [49'18"]

(02) act 2 (pt 1) [24'35"]

(03) act 2 (pt 2) [25'29"]

(04) act 3 [40'42"]

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Telemann, Overture Don Quichotte

Friday, 7 November 2025

Europe dances - European Union Baroque Orchestra (Enrico Onofri)

Europe dances

European Union Baroque Orchestra

DIR.: ENRICO ONOFRI

recorded: Sept 5, 2025, Lockschuppen, Chemnitz

[Silbermann Tage 2025]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: RTBF (Brussels) (stream)

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Henry PURCELL (1659-1695)

(01) The Fairy Queen (Z 629):

suite [09'19"]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)

(02) Overture in G 'Burlesque de Quichotte' (TWV 55,G10) [15'01"]

Charles AVISON (1709-1770)

(03) Concerto grosso No. 5 in d minor [09'50"]

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU (1683-1764)

(04) Les Indes galantes:

suite [15'58"]

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

(05) Overture in D (BWV 1068) [16'52"]

[encore]

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU

Les Boréades:

(06) Entrée des Muses, des Zéphirs, des Saisons, des Heures et des Arts [04'43"]

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Charles Avison

Purcell, The Fairy Queen

Rameau, Les Indes galantes

JS Bach, Overtures

European Union Baroque Orchestra

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Thursday, 6 November 2025

Michael Haydn & Salieri: Requiems - Howard Williams

Johann Michael HAYDN

Antonio SALIERI

Requiems in c minor

Katalin Szutrély, soprano

Corinna Scheurle, contralto

István Horváth, tenor

Konstantin Fedotov, bass

Collegium Vocale 1704

Orfeo Orchestra

DIR.: HOWARD WILLIAMS

recorded: Nov 1, 2025, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: Bartók Rádio (Budapest) (stream)

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Johann Michael HAYDN (1737-1806)

(01-08) Requiem in c minor (MH 155) [36'35"]

Antonio SALIERI (1750-1825)

(09-15) Requiem in c minor [37'21"]

Picture: Johann Michael Haydn

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Johann Michael Haydn

Haydn, Requiem - score

Antonio Salieri - score

Collegium Vocale 1704

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Tuesday, 4 November 2025

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo - La Fonte Musica (Michele Pasotti)

Claudio MONTEVERDI

(1567 - 1643)

L'Orfeo

favola in musica in a prologue and 5 acts (Mantua, 1607)

libretto: Alessandro Striggio

La Fonte Musica

DIR.: MICHELE PASOTTI

recorded: August 31, 2025, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

[Festival Early Music Utrecht 2025]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (stream)

libretto with English translation included [pdf]

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Characters:

Yetzabel Arias Fernandez, soprano (La Speranza)

Francesca Cassinari, soprano (Proserpina)

Alena Dantcheva, soprano (La Messaggera)

Cristina Fanelli, soprano (Ninfa)

Monica Piccinini, soprano (La Musica)

Anna Piroli, soprano (Euridice)

Massimo Altieri, tenor (Pastore 1, Eco)

Jacob Lawrence, tenor (Pastore 3, Spirito 3))

Massimo Lombardi, tenor (Spirito 1)

Andres Montilla, tenor (Pastore 2)

Riccardo Pisani, tenor (Apollo)

Roberto Rilievi, tenor (Spirito 2)

Mauro Borgioni, baritone (Orfeo)

Matteo Bellotto, bass (Pastore 4)

Guglielmo Buonsanti, bass (Spirito 4)

Alessandro Ravasio, bass (Plutone)

Salvo Vitale, bass (Caronte)

(01) prologue [07'42"]

(02) acts 1 & 2 [40'42"]

(03) act 3 [25'13"]

(04) act 4 [16'06"]

(05) act 5 [16'01"]

Picture: Orpheus and Eurydice (Marcantonio Raimondi, c1480-1543)

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Media vita in morte sumus

Sunday, 2 November 2025

Media vita in morte sumus - Graindelavoix (Björn Schmelzer)

Media vita in morte sumus

Graindelavoix

DIR.: BJÖRN SCHMELZER

recorded: Jan 25, 2025, Konzerthaus, Vienna

[Resonanzen 2025]

mp 3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

source: ORF (Vienna) (stream)

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Media vita in morte sumus:

Nicolas GOMBERT (c1495-c1560)

(01) a 6 [06'25"]

Ludwig SENFL (c1486-1542/43)

(02) a 5 [06'19"]

Pierre DE MANCHICOURT (c1510-1564)

(03) a 4 [05'06"]

John SHEPPARD (c1515-1558)

(04) a 6 [11'05"]

Gregor LANGE (c1540-1587)

(05) a 5 [03'36"]

Orlandus LASSUS (1532-1594)

(06) a 6 [05'46"]

Jacobus DE KERLE (1531/32-1591)

(07) a 6 [05'48"]

José GAY (?-1587)

(08) a 6 [05'21"]

Peter PHILIPS (1560/61-1628)

(09) a 5 [03'14"]

Jacobus HANDL-GALLUS (1550-1591)

(10) a 8 [02'37"]

Nicolas GOMBERT

Missa Media vita:

(11) Agnus Dei a 5-6 [08'47"]

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Nicolas Gombert

Ludwig Senfl

Pierre de Manchicourt

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Wrocław Baroque Orchestra

Saturday, 1 November 2025

A Scarlatti: San Casimiro - Jarosław Thiel

All Saints' Day

Alessandro SCARLATTI

(1660 - 1725)

San Casimiro, Rè di Polonia

oratorio in two parts (Florence, 1705)

libretto: anonymous

Aldona Bartnik, soprano (Castità)

Marzena Michałowska, soprano (Amor Profano)

Raffaella Milanesi, soprano (Regio Fasto)

Wanda Franek, contralto (Umilità)

Karol Kozłowski, tenor (San Casimiro)

Dawid Biwo, bass [chorus]

Wrocław Baroque Orchestra

DIR.: JAROSŁAW THIEL

recorded: July 15, 2018, St Elizabeth Church, Stary Sącz

period instruments

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source: DeutschlandRadio Kultur

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(01) Prima parte [32'54"]

(02) Secunda parte [29'54"]

Picture: Saint Casimir (Daniel Schultz, 1615-1683)

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