Tuesday, 20 January 2026

Music for Queen Anne - Spiritato (Elizabeth Kenny)

 


Music to her Majestie - 

Odes for the last Stuart


Vocal ensemble

Spiritato


DIR: ELIZABETH KENNY


recorded: Sept 10, 2023, St Giles' Cripplegate, London


period instruments

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Henry PURCELL (1659=1695)

(01) From hardy climes and dangerous toils of war (Z 325) [17'28"]

Ode for the marriage of Prince George of Denmark and Princess Anne (1683)


John ECCLES (c1668-1735)

(02) Inspire us genius of the day [25'49"]

Ode for the Queen's Birthday (1703)


George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)

(03) Eternal source of light divine (HWV 74) [25'01"]

Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne (1713)


Picture: Queen Anne (Willem Wissing, 1687)


links: 

Queen Anne

Henry Purcell, Ode (notes & lyrics) - score

John Eccles - Ode - score - lyrics

George Frideric Handel, Ode - score

Spiritato


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Sunday, 18 January 2026

Music from 17th-century Hamburg - Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble (Manfred Cordes)

 


Music from 17th-century Hamburg


Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble


DIR: MANFRED CORDES


recorded: Oct 19, 2025, Örgryte nya kyrka, Gothenburg

[Gothenburg International Organ Festival 2025]


period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)


programme with lyrics included [pdf]


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Hieronymus PRAETORIUS (1560-1629)

(01) Exultate iusti a 16 [04'41"]


Jacob PRAETORIUS (1586-1651)

(02) Forti animo esto a 8 [04'35"]


Johann SCHOP (1590-1667)

(03) Nun lob mein Seel den Herren a 8 & a 13 [11'04"]


Dietrich BECKER (1623-1679)

(04) Sonata à 3 [05'48"]


Matthias WECKMANN (1617-1674)

(05) Es erhub sich ein Streit a 14 [07'07"]


Christoph BERNHARD (1628-1692)

(06) Wohl dem, der den Herren fürchtet a 7 [06'22"]

(07) Jauchzet dem Herren a 4 [05'36"]

(08) Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener a 14 [11'55"]


Thomas SELLE (1599-1663)

(09) Vivit Hamburgum a 6 [02'09"]

(10) Lobet den Herrn in seinem Heiligtum a 14 [14'54"]


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Hieronymus Praetorius

Jacob Praetorius II

Johann Schop

Dietrich Becker

Matthias Weckmann

Christoph Bernhard

Thomas Selle

Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble


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Friday, 16 January 2026

Classical wind trios - Quodlibet Winds

 


Classical wind trios


Quodlibet Winds


recorded: Jan 8, 2026, St Malachy's Church – The Actors' Chapel, New York


period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)


Kelsey Burnham, transverse flute

Elise Bonhivert, clarinet

Aaron Goler, bassoon


programme with liner-notes included [pdf]


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Georg Friedrich FUCHS (1752-1821)

Trio No. 2 in C [10'21"]

(01) allegro [05'18"]

(02) rondo allegro [05'03"]


André-Frédéric ELER (1764-1821)

Trio No. 3 in d minor [13'20"]

(03) adagio - allegro non troppo [07'45"]

(04) tempo di menuetto [05'35"]


Kaspar KUMMER (1795-1870)

Trio in d minor, op. 32 [17'32"]

(05) allegro [07'39"]

(06) andante grazioso [03'24"]

(07) rondo. allegro [06'29"]


links: 

Georg Friedrich Fuchs - parts

André-Frédéric Eler

Kaspar Kummer - score

Quodlibet Winds


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Thursday, 15 January 2026

Josquin Desprez: Missa Ave maris stella - Cappella Pratensis

 


JOSQUIN DESPREZ

(c1450/55 - 1521)


Missa Ave maris stella


Cappella Pratensis


DIR: STRATTON BULL


recorded: August 26, 2020, AMUZ, Antwerp

[Laus Polyphoniae 2020]


Concert without audience


lossless (flac)


Programme with lyrics included [pdf]


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(01) [hymn] Ave maris stella [06'42"]


plainchant

(02) [introitus] Rorate celi [02'36"]


JOSQUIN DESPREZ

Missa Ave maris stella a 4: 

(03) Kyrie [02'43"]

(04) Gloria [04'53"]


plainchant

(05) [gradual] Tollite portas [04'38"]

(06) [alleluia] Ave Maria gratia plena [02'36"]


JOSQUIN DESPREZ

Missa Ave maris stella a 4: 

(07) Credo [07'13"]


plainchant

(08) [offertorio] Ave Maria gratia plena [02'08"]


JOSQUIN DESPREZ (attr)

(09) [motet] Mittit ad virginem a 4 [07'34"]


plainchant

(10) [preface] Per omnia secula seculorum [02'27"]


JOSQUIN DESPREZ

Missa Ave maris stella a 4: 

(11) Sanctus - Benedictus [07'14"]


plainchant

(12) Pater noster [01'20"]


JOSQUIN DESPREZ

Missa Ave maris stella a 4: 

(13) Agnus Dei [04'07"]


plainchant

(14) [communion] Ecce virgo concipiet [00'55"]


JOSQUIN DESPREZ

(15) [motet] Missus est Gabriel angelus a 4 [03'03"]


links: 

Ave maris stella

Missa Ave maris stella

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Cappella Pratensis


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Tuesday, 13 January 2026

Cavalli: La Calisto - Sébastien Daucé

 


Francesco CAVALLI

(1602 - 1676)


La Calisto

drama per musica in a prologue and 3 acts (Venice, 1651)

libretto: Giovanni Faustini


Anna Bonitatibus, soprano (Giunone, L'Eternità)

Lauranne Oliva, soprano (Calisto), soprano

Giuseppina Bridelli, mezzo-soprano (Diana)

Paul-Antoine Bénos Djian, alto (Endimione)

Théo Imart, alto (Furia, Il Destino, Satirino)

David Portillo, tenor (Furia, La Natura, Pane)

Zachary Wilder, tenor (Linfe)

Dominic Sedgwick, baritone (Mercurio)

José Coca Loza, bass (Furia; Silvano)

Alex Rosen, bass (Giove)


Ensemble Correspondances


DIR: SÉBASTIEN DAUCÉ


recorded: July 10, 2025, Théâtre de l'Archevêché, Aix-en-Provence

[Festival international d'art lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence 2025]


period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: Catalunya Música (podcast)


libretto included [pdf]


N.B. In the performance the interval was halfway the second act. 

I have restored the original three-act structure.


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(01) prologue & act 1 [67'19"]

(02) act 2 [50'28"]

(03) act 3 [47'01"]


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Francesco Cavalli

La Calisto

Anna Bonitatibus

Lauranne Oliva

Giuseppina Bridelli

Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian

Théo Imart

David Portillo

Zachary Wilder

Dominic Sedgwick

José Coca Loza

Alex Rosen

Ensemble Correspondances


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Sunday, 11 January 2026

Mayer: Overture & symphonies - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

 


Emilie MAYER

(1812 - 1883)


Overture & symphonies


Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin


DIR: BERNHARD FORCK


recorded: Nov 1, 2025, Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin


period instruments

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(01) 'Faust' Overture op. 46 [10'17"]


Symphony no. 6 in E [35'40"]

(02) adagio – allegro con spirito [13'13"]

(03) marcia funebre. andante maestoso [08'29"]

(04) scherzo [06'58"]

(05) finale. allegro [07'00"]


Symphony no 7 in f minor [34'06"]

(06) allegro agitato [11'48"]

(07) adagio [08'35"]

(08) scherzo. allegro vivace [06'47"]

(09) finale. allegro vivace [06'56"]


links: 

Emilie Mayer

'Faust' Overture - score

Symphony No. 7

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin


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Friday, 9 January 2026

CPE Bach: 24 Pièces Charactéristiques - Tom Beghin

 


Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH

(1714 - 1788)


24 Pièces Charactéristiques

(Wq 117,17-40)


Tom Beghin, clavichord

[Joris Potvlieghe]

Jan Van Elsacker, tenor*


recorded: Dec 17, 2003, Studio Toots, Brussels


mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)


programme notes included [jpg]


N.B. In order to enjoy the characteristic sound of the clavichord, 

it is recommendable to keep the volume low and listen with headphones.


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(01) La Gause in F (Wq 117,37 / H 82) [01'24"]


(02) La Pott in C (Wq 117,18 / H 80) [01'24"]


(03) La Borchward in G (Wq 117,17 / H 79) [01'25"]


(04) La Boehmer in D (Wq 117,26 / H 81) [03'15"]


(05) La Philippine in A (Wq 117,34 / H 96) [01'59"]


(06) La Gabriel in C (Wq 117,35 / H 97) [01'35"]


(07) La Caroline in a minor (Wq 117,39 / H 98) [02'38"]


(08) La Prinzette in F (Wq 117,21 / H 91) [01'11"]


(09) L'Aly Rupalich in C (Wq 117,27 / H 95) [02'59"]


(10) La Gleim in a minor (Wq 117,19 / H 89) [03'29"]


(11) La Stahl in d minor (Wq 117,25 / H 94) [02'53"]


(12) La Bergius in B flat (Wq 117,20 / H 90) [01'40"]


(13) La Buchholtz in d minor (Wq 117,24 / H 93) [01'51"]


(14) L'Herrmann in g minor (Wq 117,23 / H 92) [02'03"]


(15) La Capricieuse in e minor (Wq 117,33 / H 113) [01'09"]


(16) La Complaisante in B flat (Wq 117,28 / H 109) [02'35"]


(17) Les Langueurs tendres (La memoire raisonnée) 

in c minor (Wq 117,30 / H 110) [01'34"]


(18) La Journalière in c minor (Wq 117,32 / H 112) [01'23"]


(19) L'Irrésoluë in G (Wq 117,31 / H 111) [01'44"]


(20) La Louise in D (Wq 117,36 / H 114) [02'39"]


(21) La Xénophon - La Sybille in C sharp (Wq 117,29 / H 123) [04'53"]

(22) La Sophie in B flat (Wq 117,40 / H 125)* [05'43"]


(23) L'Ernestine in D (Wq 117,38 / H 124)* [02'06"]


(24) L'Auguste in F (Wq 117,22 / H 122) [02'34"]


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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Tom Beghin


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Thursday, 8 January 2026

Dancing with Terpsichore - Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra (Skip Sempé)

 


Dancing with Terpsichore


Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra


DIR: SKIP SEMPÉ


recorded: Sept 3, 2025, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

[Festival Early Music Utrecht 2025]


period instruments

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Detailed programme in txt-file


(101-109) Ballo I [21'44"]

John Dowland, William Brade, Anthony Holborne, Michael Praetorius


(201-211) Ballo II [26'41"]

John Dowland, Michael Praetorius, Anthony Holborne, William Brade


(301-309) Ballo III [20'27"]

John Dowland, Michael Praetorius, William Brade, Samuel Scheidt, anon


(401-412) Ballo IV [27'10"]

John Dowland, William Brade, Michael Praetorius, William Brade, John Bennet, 

Moritz of Hesse-Kassel, Anthony Holborne


[encore]

William BRADE (1560-1630)

(501) Canzone [03'51"]


Picture: Ball at the time of Henry III of France (Hieronymus Francken, c. 1580)


links:

John Dowland

William Brade

Anthony Holborne

Michael Praetorius

Samuel Scheidt

John Bennet

Moritz, landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Capriccio Stravagante


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Tuesday, 6 January 2026

Foggia: Vespers at Epiphany - Abendmusiken Basel

 


Francesco FOGGIA

(1603 - 1688)


Vespers at Epiphany


Abendmusiken Basel


DIR: JÖRG-ANDREAS BÖTTICHER


recorded: Jan 8, 2023, Predigerkirche, Basel


period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)


booklet concert (D) with lyrics included [pdf]


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[improvisation]

(01) Toccata [01'22"]


plainchant

(02) Deus in adiutorium [01'12"]


Francesco FOGGIA

(03) Dixit Dominus [07'50"]


plainchant

(04) Magi videntes stellam [01'56"]


Francesco FOGGIA

(05) Laetentur caeli [05'53"]

(06) Beatus vir [10'58"]


plainchant

(07) Ecce advenit [03'13"]


Francesco FOGGIA

(08) Archangele Michael [01'58"]


plainchant

(09) Omnes de Saba venient [03'26"]


Francesco FOGGIA

(10) Laudate pueri [08'33"]

(11) Alma redemptoris mater [04'36"]

(12) Magnificat [10'12"]


Picture: Adoration of the Magi (Gentile da Fabriano, 1423)


links: 

Francesco Foggia

Abendmusiken Basel


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Sunday, 4 January 2026

Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ - Paul McCreesh

 


Hector BERLIOZ

(1803 - 1869)


L'enfance du Christ

oratorio in 3 parts, op. 25 (Paris, 1854)

libretto: Hector Berlioz


Frances Gregory (La vierge Marie), mezzo-soprano

Thomas Walker (Le Récitant), tenor

Paweł Zdebski (Centurion), tenor

Neal Davies (Hérode), bass-baritone

Ashley Riches (Joseph), bass-baritone

Florian Störtz (Le père de famille), bass-baritone

Michał Pytlewski (Polydorus), bass


NFM Choir

Wrocław Philharmonic


DIR: PAUL McCREESH


recorded: Dec 20, 2024, National Forum of Music, Wrocław


modern instruments, period style

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libretto (F/E) included [pdf]


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(01) Part 1 [42'40"]

(02) Part 2 [15'45"]

(03) Part 3 [39'53"]


Picture: Flight of the Holy Family into Egypt (Edward Long, 1883)


links: 

L'enfance du Christ

score

Frances Gregory

Thomas Walker

Paweł Zdebski

Neal Davies

Ashley Riches

Florian Störtz

NFM Choir

Wrocław Philharmonic


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Thursday, 1 January 2026

Bach: Mass in b minor - Vox Luminis & Freiburger Barockorchester

 


Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)


Mass in b minor (BWV 232)


Vox Luminis

Freiburger Barockorchester


DIR: LIONEL MEUNIER


recorded: Sept 20, 2025, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam


period instruments

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(01) Kyrie [17'25"]

(02) Gloria [32'53"]

(03) Symbolum Nycenum [28'54"]

(04) Sanctus - Osanna - Benedictus [14'24"]

(05) Agnus Dei - Dona nobis pacem [09'42"]


links: 

Mass in b minor

score

Vox Luminis

Freiburger Barockorchester


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