Classical Music In Concert

Sunday, 31 May 2026

Pasquini: Santa Agnese - Domen Marinčič

Bernardo PASQUINI

(1637 - 1710)

Santa Agnese

oratorio a 5 voci in two parts (Rome, 1677)

libretto: Benedetto Pamphili

Nikolina Hrkać, soprano (Santa Agnese)

Stefanie True, soprano (Madre)

Terry Wey, alto (Flavio)

Jacob Lawrence, tenor (Aspasio)

Sergio Foresti, bass (Perfetto)

Festival Baroque Orchestra

DIR: DOMEN MARINČIČ

recorded: August 11, 2025, St Peter's Church, Radovljica

[Radovljica Festival 2025]

period instruments

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(01) Prima parte [47'24"]

(02) Seconda parte [52'51"]

Picture: Saint Agnes by Domenichino (c. 1620)

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Beethoven, Overture op. 43

Friday, 29 May 2026

Beethoven & Witt - Chen Reiss & Christoph Altstaedt

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

& Friedrich WITT

Arias & orchestral works

Academy of Ancient Music

Chen Reiss, soprano

DIR.: CHRISTOPH ALTSTAEDT

recorded: March 4, 2020, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps mp2)

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Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

(01) Overture Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, op. 43 [05'32"]

Cantata on the Accession of Emperor Leopold II, WoO 88:

[Kantate auf die Erhebung Leopolds II. zur Kaiserwürde]

(02) Fließe Wonnezahren, fließe [11'11"]

Friedrich WITT (1770-1836)

Symphony No. 4 in E flat [28'50"]

(03) adagio sostenuto - allegro vivace [09'01"]

(04) adagio ma un poco andante [06'18"]

(05) menuetto. allegro - trio [05'24"]

(06) finale. allegro molto [08'07"]

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

(07) Ah! Perfido, op. 65 [13'33"]

Symphony No. 4 in B flat, op. 60 [33'42"]

(08) adagio - allegro vivace [11'29"]

(09) adagio [09'28"]

(10) scherzo - trio. allegro vivace [05'27"]

(11) allegro ma non troppo [07'18"]

[encore]

(12) Soll ein Schuh nicht drücken (WoO 91,2) [05'03"]

links:

Beethoven, Cantata WoO 88

Beethoven, Ah! Perfido

Beethoven, Symphony No. 4

Beethoven, scores

Friedrich Witt - parts

Chen Reiss

Academy of Ancient Music

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Michael Christian Festing - score

Thursday, 28 May 2026

London Underground - Concerto Copenhagen (Lars Ulrik Mortensen)

"London Underground"

Concerto Copenhagen

Pernille Petersen, recorder

Fredrik From, violin

DIR: LARS ULRIK MORTENSEN,

harpsichord

recorded: Nov 8, 2025, Diamanten, Copenhagen

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps)

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George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)

(01) Concerto grosso in d minor, op. 6,10 (HWV 328) [15'17"]

William BABELL (c1690-1723)

(02) Prelude in e minor - Concerto for sixth flute in e minor, op. 3,3 [12'38"]

Charles AVISON (1709-1770)

(03) Concerto grosso in G after Geminiani's sonata op. 1,1 [08'28"]

Michael Christian FESTING (1705-1752)

(04) Concerto in D, op. 3,6 [08'01"]

Arcangelo CORELLI (1653-1713)

(05) Sinfonia to Santa Beatrice d'Este (Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier, c1662-1700) [08'21"]

Andrew PARCHAM (?-1730)

(06) Solo for recorder and bc in G [07'10"]

Richard MUDGE (1718-1763)

(07) Concerto No. 5 in B flat [09'09"]

Picture: Charles Avison

links:

Handel, score

William Babell - scores

Charles Avison

Andrew Parcham - score

Richard Mudge - score

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Tuesday, 26 May 2026

Mozart: Concertos for keyboard KV 466 & 482 - Olga Pashchenko & Il Gardellino

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

(1756-1791)

Concertos for keyboard KV 466 & 482

Olga Pashchenko, fortepiano

Il Gardellino

recorded: April 11, 2026, Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam

period instruments

lossless (flac)

(01) Overture Don Giovanni (KV 527) [06'21"]

Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in d minor (KV 466) [31'27"]

(02) allegro [13'40"]

(03) romance [08'47"]

(04) allegro assai [09'00"]

Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in E flat (KV 482) [33'38"]

(05) allegro [13'08"]

(06) andante [07'57"]

(07) allegro [12'32"]

Picture: first page of the autograph of KV 466

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Sunday, 24 May 2026

Selle: Music for Pentecost - Weser-Renaissance Bremen

Thomas SELLE

(1599-1663)

Veni Sancte Spiritus - Music for Pentecost

Weser-Renaissance Bremen

DIR: MANFRED CORDES

recorded: July 7, 2013, St. Mauritiuskirche, Zörbig

period instruments

lossless (flac)

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(01) Veni Sancte Spiritus [01'58"]

(02) Veni Sancte Spiritus a 12 [05'42"]

Missa super Sei mir gnädig [08'11"]

(03) Kyrie [03'44"]

(04) Gloria [04'26"]

(05) Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist [04'39']

(06) Apparuerunt Apostolis [04'46"]

(07) Dum complerentur [06'19"]

(08) Der Heilig Geist vom Himmel kam [04'16"]

(09) Hodie completi sunt [04'20"]

(10) Sic Deus dilexit mundum [06'17"]

(11) Ascendit Deus in iubilatione [04'19"]

(12) Gen Himmel zu dem Vater mein [04'11"]

(13) Veni Creator Spiritus [01'11"]

(14) Cor mundum crea in me [05'47"]

(15) Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott [10'31"]

(16) Spiritus Domini [08'35"]

Picture: The Descent of the Holy Spirit (Jacques Blanchard, 1634)

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Thomas Selle

Weser-Renaissance Bremen

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Francisco Hernández Palero

Friday, 22 May 2026

Spanish organ music - Andrés Cea Galán

Spanish organ music

Andrés Cea Galán, organ

recording: August 19, 1996, Haga Kyrka, Göteborg

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

Antonio DE CABEZÓN (1510-1566)

(01) Diferencias sobre la Pavana Italiana [03'06"]

(02) Diferencias sobre la Gallarda Milanesa [02'01"]

(03) Tiento de 2° tono [04'53"]

Francisco Hernández PALERO (?-1597)

(04) Veni redemptor quaesumus [02'08"]

(05) Primer Kyrie de Iusquin glosado 8° tono [01'57']

Francisco de PERAZA (1564-1598)

(06) Obra de Peraca [06'13"]

Francisco Correa de ARAUXO (c1576-1654)

(07) Tiento de 4° tono [05'02"]

(08) Tiento de baxón [04'42"]

(09) Tiento de 4° tono a modo de canción [04'32"]

(10) Tiento de tiple [04'54"]

(11) Tiento sobre le Batalla de Morales [07'37"]

Picture: Title page of Obras de música (Cabezón)

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Antonio de Cabezón - scores

Francisco de Peraza

Francisco Correa de Arauxo - scores

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Thursday, 21 May 2026

Palestrina: Missa Illumina oculos meos - Odhecaton

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

(c1525-1594)

Missa Illumina oculos meos & motets

Odhecaton

DIR.: PAOLO DA COL

recorded: March 23, 2025, Église Saint-Théodule, Sion

[Les Riches Heures de Valère 2025]

mp3 (bitrate: 128 kbps)

Andreas DE SILVA (c1475/80-?)

(01) Illumina oculos meos a 6 [11'25"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

Missa Illumina oculos meos a 6:

(02) Kyrie [04'42"]

(03) Gloria [05'47"]

(04) Credo [10'28"]

(05) Vos amici mei a 8 [02'51"]

Missa Illumina oculos meos a 6:

(06) Sanctus - Benedictus [08'23"]

(07) Agnus Dei [05'26"]

(08) Dominus Jesus in qua nocte a 5 [04'32"]

(09) Laudate Dominum a 8 [03'42']

[encore]

(10) Sicut cervus a 4 (1. Pars) [03'27"]

Picture: Illumina oculos meos (offertorio; plainchant)

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Orchestra of the 18th Century

Tuesday, 19 May 2026

A Portrait of Marianne Martines - Elisabeth Hetherington & Orchestra of the 18th Century

A Portrait of Marianne Martines

Elisabeth Hetherington, soprano

Orchestra of the 18th Century

DIR: BENJAMIN PERRY WENZELBERG,

square piano

recorded: May 9, 2026, De Doelen, Rotterdam

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Klassiek (NL)

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Marianne MARTINES ((1744-1812)

Overture (Symphony) in C [09'29"]

(01) allegro con spirito [03'39"]

(02) andante ma non troppo [03'38"]

(03) allegro spiritoso [02'13"]

(04) La Tempesta, cantata for soprano and orchestra [13'32"]

Sonata in G:

(05) andante [03'55"]

Kate MOORE (*1979)

Misericordia:

(06) I. Sonetto [03'31"]

Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)

Symphony in D 'Le matin' (H I,6)

(07) adagio - andante - adagio [05'49"]

Marianne MARTINES

(08) Berenice, ah che fai, cantata for soprano and orchestra [14'04"]

Franz Joseph HAYDN

(09) Overture L'isola disabitata (H Ia,13) [07'55"]

Marianne MARTINES

Sonata in E:

(10) andante [03'59"]

Kate MOORE

Misericordia:

(11) II. Miserere (1) [04'19"]

(12) III. Miserere (2) - IV. Magnificat [09'09"]

Marianne MARTINES

Psalm 151:

(13) A cosi indegni accenti [04'30"]

Picture: Portrait of Marianna Martines by Anton von Maron, c1773?

links:

Marianne Martines

scores

Kate Moore

Elisabeth Hetherington

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FestspielOrchester Göttingen

Sunday, 17 May 2026

Handel: Deidamia - George Petrou

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685-1759)

Deidamia

opera in 3 acts (HWV 42) (London, 1741)

libretto: Paolo Antonio Rolli

Sarah Gilford, soprano (Nerea)

Sophie Junker, soprano (Deidamia)

Bruno de Sá, soprano (Achille)

Nicolò Balducci, alto (Ulisse)

Rory Musgrave, baritone (Fenice)

Petros Magoulas, bass (Licomede)

Members of the Chamber choir of Göttingen University

FestspielOrchester Göttingen

DIR: GEORGE PETROU

recorded: May 15, 2026, Deutsches Theater, Göttingen

[Internationale Händelfestspiele Göttingen 2026]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

included: libretto [pdf]

(01) act 1 [63'26"]

(02) act 2 (1) [34'29"]

(03) act 2 (2) [27'20"]

(04) act 3 [44'06"]

Picture: Representation of Deidamia on a 16th-century bowl

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Friday, 15 May 2026

Weber: Der Freischütz - Antonello Manacorda

Carl Maria VON WEBER

(1786-1826)

Der Freischütz

opera in 3 acts, op. 77 (Berlin, 1821)

libretto: Friedrich Kind

Nikola Hillebrand, soprano (Ännchen)

Golda Schultz, soprano (Agathe)

Charles Castronovo, tenor (Max)

Levente Páll, baritone (Ottokar)

Kyle Ketelsen, bass-baritone (Kaspar, Samiel)

Milan Siljanov, bass-baritone (Kilian)

Jongmin Park, bass (Eremit, Kuno)

Johanna Wokalek, reciter

RIAS Kammerchor Berlin

Kammerakademie Potsdam

DIR: ANTONELLO MANACORDA

recorded: May 5, 2025, Philharmonie, Berlin

modern instruments, period style

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(01) act 1 [37'36"]

(02) act 2 [43'33"]

(03) act 3 [43'40"]

Picture: An 1822 illustration of Der Freischütz depicting the opening scene

with Max and Kilian

links:

Der Freischütz

libretto (D) - translation

RIAS Kammerchor Berlin

Kammerakademie Potsdam

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Prelude and fugue BWV 532

Thursday, 14 May 2026

JS Bach: Ascension Oratorio & cantatas - Gotthold Schwarz

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Ascension oratorio, cantatas & organ works

Marie Luise Werneburg, soprano

Julia Sophie Wagner, soprano

Susanne Krumbiegel, contralto

David Erler, alto

Patrick Grahl, tenor

Wolfram Lattke, tenor

Tobias Hunger, tenor

Tobias Berndt, bass

Gotthold Schwarz, bass

Ullrich Böhme, organ

Michael Schönheit, organ

Male voices of Thomanerchor Leipzig

Sächsisches Barockorchester

DIR: GOTTHOLD SCHWARZ

recorded: May 21, 2020, Thomaskirche, Leipzig

[concert without audience]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate not known)

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(01) Prelude and fugue in D (BWV 532) [11'06"]

(02) Sei Lob und Ehr dem Höchsten Gut (BWV 117) [21'42"]

cantata for an unspecified occasion

(03) Toccata and fugue in d minor 'Dorian' (BWV 538) [12'46"]

(04) Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen 'Ascension Oratorio' (BWV 11) [26'55"]

(05) Fantasia super Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott (BWV 651) [06'15"]

(06) Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir (BWV 29) [22'18"]

cantata for the inauguration of the Leipzig town council, 1731

Picture: The Ascension (James Thornhill, 1675/76–1734)

links:

Cantata BWV 117

Ascension Oratorio

Cantata BWV 29

Prelude and fugue BWV 538

Fantasia BWV 651

scores

Marie Luise Werneburg

Sächsisches Barockorchester

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Tuesday, 12 May 2026

Dufay: Missa Ecce ancilla Domini - Cappella Pratensis

Guillaume DUFAY (1397-1474)

Missa Ecce ancilla Domini

Cappella Pratensis

DIR: TIM BRAITHWAITE

recorded: August 8, 2025, Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Cracow

[Musica Divina 2025]

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC]

programme with lyrics included [pdf]

plainchant

(01) [antiphona] O Adonai [01'43"]

(02) [introitus] Rorate celi [03'23"]

Guillaume DUFAY

Missa Ecce ancilla Domini a 4:

(03) Kyrie [06'15"]

(04) Gloria [05'42"]

plainchant

(05) [graduale I] Tollite portas [03'05"]

(06) [graduale II] Prope est Dominus [02'33"]

(07) [Evangelium] Luke 1, vs 26–38 [05'21"]

Guillaume DUFAY

Missa Ecce ancilla Domini a 4:

(08) Credo [09'17"]

plainchant

(09) [offertorium] Confortamini [01'49"]

(10) [Prefatio] [02'39"]

Guillaume DUFAY

Missa Ecce ancilla Domini a 4:

(11) Sanctus - Benedictus [06'35"]

plainchant

(12) Pater Noster [01'00"]

Guillaume DUFAY

Missa Ecce ancilla Domini a 4:

(13) Agnus Dei [04'38"]

plainchant

(14) [communio] Ecce virgo concipiet [01'12"]

Antoine BUSNOYS (c1430-1492)

(15) [motetus] Regina caeli a 4 (II) [04'26"]

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Sunday, 10 May 2026

A Scarlatti: La Gloria di Primavera - Ignazio Schifani

Alessandro SCARLATTI

(1660 - 1725)

La Gloria di Primavera

serenata a 5 voci in two parts (Naples, 1716)

libretto: Niccolò Giuvo

Jiayu Jin, soprano (Primavera)

Martina Licari, soprano (Estate)

Chiara Brunello, contralto (Autunno)

Luca Cervoni, tenore (Inverno)

Antonino Arcilesi, basso (Giove)

Orchestra Nazionale Barocca dei Conservatori italiani

DIR: IGNAZIO SCHIFANI

recorded: April 29, 2025, Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella (Sala Scarlatti), Naples

period instruments

flac

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included: liner-notes & libretto with translation [pdf]

(01) Parte Prima [56'48"]

(02) Parte Seconda [1.22'17"]

Picture: Spring (The Earthly Paradise) (Nicolas Poussin, 1660-64)

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Friday, 8 May 2026

Organ works & Sacred concertos - Masaaki Suzuki & Michael Schopper

Organ works & Sacred concertos

Masaaki Suzuki, organ

Michael Schopper, bass

recorded: August 6, 2002, Örgryte nya kyrka, Göteborg

flac (original bitrate: 256 kbps)

Dieterich BUXTEHUDE (1637-1707)

(01) Toccata in d minor (BuxWV 155) [07'25"]

Maurizio CAZZATI (1616-1678)

(02) Factum est praelium magnum [06'42"]

Matthias WECKMANN (1616?-1674)

(03) Komm, heiliger Geist (3 verses) [10'17"]

Giacomo CARISSIMI (1605-1674)

(04) O vulnera doloris [05'46"]

Giovanni Antonio ROSSETTI (?-?)

(05) Ad festa fideles [05'04"]

Dieterich BUXTEHUDE

(06) Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (BuxWV 196) [03'27"]

(07) Praeludium in a minor (BuxWV 153) [06'32"]

Giovanni Battista BREVI (C1650-after 1725)

(08) Catenae terrenae [10'19"]

links:

scores Buxtehude

Maurizio Cazzati

Matthias Weckmann

Giacomo Carissimi - score

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Thursday, 7 May 2026

Baroque Trio sonatas - Ensemble Diderot

Baroque Trio sonatas

Ensemble Diderot

recorded: March 30, 2026, Wigmore Hall, London

period instruments

flac

programme included [pdf]

Thanks to the uploader of the video capture

Johannes Pramsohler, violin

Roldán Bernabé, violin

Gulrim Choï, cello

Philippe Grisvard, harpsichord

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

(01) Trio sonata in C (BWV 529) [11'49"]

Jean-Marie LECLAIR (1697-1764)

(02) Trio sonata in d minor, op. 4,3 [15'06"]

Johann Gottlieb GOLDBERG (1727-1756)

(03) Trio sonata in C ('BWV 1037') (also attr to JS Bach) [12'22"]

François COUPERIN (1668-1733)

(04) Trio sonata in d minor 'La Convalescente' [09'56"]

Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)

(05) Trio sonata in G (RV 820) [10'22"]

George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)

(06) Trio sonata in F (HWV 392) [10'08"]

Antonio VIVALDI

(07) Trio sonata in d minor, op. 1,12 'La Follia' (RV 63) [09'37"]

[encore]

Henry PURCELL (1659-1695)

Sonata in three parts No. 6 in C (Z 795):

(08) [no tempo] 03'23"]

links:

Trio sonata

Johann Gottlieb Goldberg

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Freiburger Barockorchester

Tuesday, 5 May 2026

Handel: Tamerlano - René Jacobs

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Tamerlano

dramma per musica in 3 acts (HWV 18) (London, 1724)

libretto: Nicola Francesco Haym (after Agostino Piovene)

Mari Eriksmoen, soprano (Asteria)

Kristina Hammarström, mezzo-soprano (Irene)

Alexander Chance, alto (Andronico)

Christophe Dumaux, alto (Tamerlano)

Thomas Walker, tenor (Bajazet)

Matthias Winckhler, bass (Leone)

Freiburger Barockorchester

DIR: RENÉ JACOBS

recorded: Feb 20, 2026, Staatstheater, Karlsruhe

[Internationale Händelfestspiele Karlsruhe 2026]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: SWR2 (Stuttgart)

included:

- programme (D)

- libretto (IT/E)

(01) act 1 [63'32"]

(02) act 2 [62'16"]

(03) act 3 [70'01"]

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Monteverdi, Missa In illo tempore - score

Sunday, 3 May 2026

Monteverdi: Missa In illo tempore - Cappella Mariana

Claudio MONTEVERDI

(1567 - 1643)

Missa In illo tempore

Cappella Mariana

DIR: VOJTĚCH SEMERÁD

recorded: July 31, 2021, Pfarrkirche St. Severus, Boppard

[RheinVokal 2021]

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

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Nicolas GOMBERT (c1495-c1560)

(01) In illo tempore loquente Jesu a 6 [04'01"]

Claudio MONTEVERDI

Missa In illo tempore a 6 (SV 205):

(02) Kyrie [04'14"]

(03) Gloria [06'17"]

Annibale PERINI (c1560-1596)

(04) Cantate Domino a 7 [04'11"]

Claudio MONTEVERDI

Missa In illo tempore a 6 (SV 205):

(05) Credo [11'38"]

Giovanni Battista STEFANINI (1574-1630)

(06) Beata es Virgo Maria a 7 [02'54"]

Claudio MONTEVERDI

Missa In illo tempore a 6 (SV 205):

(07) Sanctus & Benedictus [04'03"]

Giovanni Battista PINELLO DI GHERARDI (c1544-1587)

(08) Pater noster [03'42"]

Claudio MONTEVERDI

Missa In illo tempore a 6 (SV 205):

(09) Agnus Dei [04'57"]

Gregorio ZUCCHINI (c1540?/c1560?-after 1615)

(10) Gaudium sit tibi semper a 7 [03'44"]

links:

Nicolas Gombert

Annibale Perini

Giovanni Battista Pinello di Gherardi

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