Classical Music In Concert

Sunday, 30 August 2026

Palestrina: Canticum Canticorum - La Grande Chapelle (Albert Recasens)

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

(c1525 - 1594)

Canticum Canticorum

(selection)

La Grande Chapelle

DIR: ALBERT RECASENS

recorded: Dec 6, 2025, Auditorio de San Francisco, Baeza

[Festival de Música Antigua de Úbeda y Baeza 2025]

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

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Motettorum quinque vocibus liber quartus, Roma, 1584:

(01) Osculetur me osculo oris sui [02'36"]

(02) Trahe me post te [02'45"]

(03) Nigra sum sed formosa [02'48"]

(04) Vineam meam on custodivi [02'17"]

(05) Si ignoras te, o pulchra [02'48"]

(06) Fasciculus myrrhae [02'19"]

(07) Tota pulchra es, amica mea [02'24"]

(08) Vulnerasti cor meum [02'36"]

(09) Sicut lilium inter spinas [02'54"]

(10) Vox dilecti mei [02'11"]

(11) Surge, propera amica mea [02'23"]

(12) Surge, amica mea [02'39"]

(13) Dilectus meus mihi [02'25"]

(14) Surgam et circuibo civitatem [02'08"]

(15) Adiuro vos, filiae Ierusalem [02'58"]

(16) Caput eius aurum optimum [02'30"]

(17) Pulchra es amica mea [02'17"]

(18) Quae est ista quae progreditur [02'27"]

(19) Quam pulchra es et Quam decora [02'48"]

(20) Guttur tuum sicut vinum optimum [02'40"]

(21) Veni dilecte mi [03'18"]

links:

Canticum Canticorum

lyrics & translations

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Mozarteumorchester Salzburg

Thursday, 27 August 2026

Mozart - Orchestral works - Alexander Melnikov & Roberto González-Monjas

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

(1756 - 1791)

Orchestral works

Mozarteumorchester Salzburg

Alexander Melnikov, piano

DIR: ROBERTO GONZÁLEZ-MONJAS

recorded: August 9, 2026, Mozarteum, Salzburg

[Salzburger Festspiele 2026]

modern instruments, period style

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

(01) March in C (KV 408,1) [03'27"]

(02) Minuet in C (KV 409) [05'53"]

Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in A (KV 414) [24'06"]

(03) allegro [10'31"]

(04) andante [07'16"]

(05) allegretto [06'19"]

Serenade in c minor 'Nacht Musique' (KV 388) [22'13"]

(06) allegro [07'56"]

(07) andante [03'50"]

(08) menuet - trio [03'49"]

(09) allegro [06'38"]

Symphony in D 'Haffner' (KV 385) [18'42"]

(10) allegro con spirito [05'58"]

(11) andante [05'48"]

(12) menuetto - trio [02'55"]

(13) presto [04'01"]

Picture: Manuscript Serenade KV 388

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Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam

Tuesday, 25 August 2026

Musica Vulcanica - Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam (Harry van der Kamp)

In memoriam

Harry van der Kamp

(1947 - 2026)

Musica Vulcanica

Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam

DIR: HARRY VAN DER KAMP

recorded: June 19, 2004, Passionskirche, Berlin-Kreuzberg

[Nachklang 2004]

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Stefanie Petit-Laurent, soprano

Nele Gramß, soprano

Alexander Schneider, alto

Volker Arndt, tenor

Harry van Berne, tenor

Harry van der Kamp, bass

Alexander Weimann, cembalo cromatico

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Carlo GESUALDO da Venosa (c1561-1613)

(01) Voi volete chiio mora [03'28"]

Michelangelo ROSSI (1601/02-1656)

(02) Voi volete ch'io mora [04'10"]

(03) Toccata VII [04'36"]

Giovanni Maria NANINO (1543/44-1607)

(04) Ero così dicea [02'09"]

(05) Lasso ch'ogni augelletto [01'53"]

(06) Bastava il chiaro viso [01'42"]

(07) Dolorosi martir [03'28"]

Carlo GESUALDO da Venosa

(08) Gagliarda [02'50"]

(09) Occhi del mio cor vita [02'28"]

Ettore de LA MARRA (c1570-1634)

(10) Occhi un tempo mia vita [03'10"]

Scipione LACORCIA (c1585/95-after 1620)

(11) Stravagante pensiero [03'40"]

(12) O miseria d'amanti [03'17"]

(13) Non è questa l'aurora [02'48"]

(14) Corri veloce [05'03"]

Carlo GESUALDO da Venosa

(15) Canzon del principe [04'41"]

Sigismondo D'INDIA (c1582-1629)

(16) Se tu, Silvio crudel (5 parte) [18'08"]

links:

Michelangelo Rossi

Giovanni Maria Nanino

Scipione Lacorcia

Sigismondo d'India

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Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble

Sunday, 23 August 2026

Music from old Lübeck - Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble (Manfred Cordes)

Ein feste Burg - Music from old Lübeck

Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble

DIR: MANFRED CORDES

recorded: May 25, 2026, St. Jakobi-Kirche, Lübeck

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

included:

programme with lyrics [pdf]

interview Manfred Cordes (D)

Gregor ZUBER (17th C)

(01) Suite à 5 in D [06'11"]

Franz TUNDER (1614-1667)

(02) Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott [09'44"]

Thomas BALTZAR (c1631-1663)

(03) A Prelude for the Violin [02'23"]

Franz TUNDER

(04) Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme [05'50"]

Nathanael SCHNITTELBACH (1633-1667)

(05) Suite à 4 in e minor [07'35"]

Petrus HASSE (1575-1640)

(06) Kyrie a 7 [03'57"]

(07) Ach, dass ich hören sollt a 8 [04'08"]

Nicolaus Adam STRUNGK (1640-1700)

(08) Sonata à 6 [03'30"]

Petrus HASSE

(09) Credo à 7 (fragm) [04'15"]

Gregor ZUBER

(10) Suite à 5 in d minor [04'57"]

Franz TUNDER

(11) An Wasserflüssen Babylon [03'45"]

Nicolaus BLEYER (1591-1658)

(12) Paduan und Courant à 4 [03'51"]

Franz TUNDER

(13) Ach Herr, laß deine lieben Engelein [08'12"]

Nicolaus BLEYER

(14) Variations on Est-ce Mars [03'55"]

Franz TUNDER

(15) Nisi Dominus [08'36"]

Picture: Lübeck in the 17th century

links:

Gregor Zuber

Franz Tunder - scores

Thomas Baltzar - score

Nathanael Schnittelbach

Peter Hasse

Nicolaus Adam Strungk

Nicolaus Bleyer

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WA Mozart, Serenade KV 239

Thursday, 20 August 2026

Mozart father & son - L'Encyclopédie (Florent Albrecht)

Leopold & Wolfgang Amadeus

MOZART

Orchestral works

L'Encyclopédie

DIR: FLORENT ALBRECHT,

fortepiano

recorded: Oct 21, 2025, Conservatoire, Geneva

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

(01) Serenade in D (KV 239) 'Serenata notturna' [12'10"]

Edmund ANGERER (1740-1794) or Leopold MOZART (1719-1787)

(02) Symphony in C 'Berchtoldsgaden Musick'/'Toy Symphony'

(LMV VIII,7) [10'00"]

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in C (KV 415) [24'36"]

(03) allegro [09'38"]

(04) andante [07'06"]

(05) allegro assai [07'53"]

Leopold MOZART

(06) Divertimento in F 'Eine musikalische Schlittenfahrt' [12'33"]

[encore]

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

Symphony in C (KV 200):

(07) presto [03'58"]

links:

Leopold Mozart

Edmund Angerer

'Toy Symphony' - score

WA Mozart, Concerto KV 415

WA Mozart, scores

L Mozart, Divertimento in F - score

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Tuesday, 18 August 2026

Scarlatti: Penelope la casta - Wolfgang Katschner

Alessandro SCARLATTI

(1660 - 1725)

Penelope la casta

dramma per musica in 3 acts (1694, Palermo or 1696, Naples)

libretto by Matteo Noris

Dorothee Mields, soprano (Penelope)

Olivia Vermeulen, soprano (Elvida)

Luciana Mancini, mezzo-soprano (Lutezio)

Yosemeh Adjei, alto (Gismondo)

Kobie van Rensburg, tenor (Ulisse)

Florian Götz, baritone (Gildo)

Lautten Compagney Berlin

DIR: WOLFGANG KATSCHNER

recorded: August 5, 2010, Kloster Eberbach (Basilika), Eltville am Rhein

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 231 kbps)

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(01) act 1 [43'35"]

(02) act 2 [41'21"]

(03) act 3 [23'53"]

Picture: Penelope encounters the returned Odysseus posing as a beggar

(from a mural in the Macellum of Pompeii)

links:

Lautten Compagney Berlin

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Francesco Rognoni Taeggio

Sunday, 16 August 2026

Song of Songs - Cantus Thuringia

Song of Songs

Monteverdi, Franck & Schütz

Cantus Thuringia

DIR: CHRISTOPH DITTMAR

recorded: Sept 20, 2025, Palas der Wartburg (Festsaal), Eisenach

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

Eucharius HOFFMANN (?-1588)

(01) Veni in hortum meum [06'19"]

anon

(02) Vulnerasti cor meum [03'08"]

Girolamo FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643)

(03) Partite sopra la Monica [05'43"]

Claudio MONTEVERDI (1567-1643)

(04) O quam pulchra es amica mea (SV 317) [04'51"]

Vespro della Beata Vergine (SV 206):

(05) Pulchra es amica mea [03'43"]

Francesco ROGNONI TAEGGIO (?-1626 or later)

(06) Pulchra es amica mea (Palestrina) [04'11"]

Georg PATERMANN (1580s-after 1628)

(07) Quam pulchrae sunt mammae tuae [05'06"]

Melchior FRANCK (c1579-1639)

(08) Ich schlafe, aber mein Herz wachet a 8 [03'59"]

(09) Fahet uns die Füchse a 6 [02'41"]

(10) O dass ich dich, mein Bruder a 6 [02'39"]

(11) Ich sucht' des Nachts in meinem Bette a 6 [02'32"]

(12) Wohl dem, der ein tugendsam Weib hat a 8 [03'23"]

(13) Steh auf, meine Freundin a 8 [05'22"]

Heinrich SCHÜTZ (1585-1672)

(14) Wohl dem, der ein tugendsam Weib hat (SWV 20) [08'00"]

(15) Stehe auf, meine Freundin (SWV 498) [08'57"]

[encore]

Melchior VULPIUS (c1570-1615)

(16) Hinunter ist der Sonne Schein [02'22"]

Picture: Illumination of Song of Songs, the Rothschild Mahzor,

Florence, Italy, 1492

links:

Eucharius Hoffmann

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Friday, 14 August 2026

Spanish polyphony - The Sixteen (Harry Christophers)

Spanish polyphony

Briggs, MacMillan

The Sixteen

DIR: HARRY CHRISTOPHERS

recorded: July 4, 2026, York Minster

[York Early Music Festival 2026]

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Sebastian DE VIVANCO (c1551-1622)

(01) Christus factus est pro nobis a 12 [04'39"]

Cristóbal de MORALES (c1500-1553)

(02) Emendemus in melius a 5 [05'12"]

Sebastian DE VIVANCO

(03) Assumpta est Maria a 6 [02'03"]

Cristóbal DE MORALES

(04) Gaude et laetare ferrariensis civitas a 6 [06'30"]

Kerensa BRIGGS (*1991)

(05) Lead, kindly light [05'06"]

Sebastian DE VIVANCO

(06) Magnificat 8. toni a 8 [10'19"]

Cristóbal DE MORALES

(07) Jubilate Deo omnis terra a 6 [04'54"]

Sebastian DE VIVANCO

(08) O quam suavis est, Domine a 4 [03'40"]

Cristóbal DE MORALES

(09) Exaltata est sancta Dei genitrix a 6 [06'17"]

(10) Lamentabatur Jacob a 5 [10'07"]

Sebastian DE VIVANCO

(11) Caritas Pater est a 9 [03'49"]

James MACMILLAN (*1959)

(12) Nothing in vain [09'36"]

Picture: Sebastian de Vivanco

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Thursday, 13 August 2026

Vivaldi: Tamerlano (Bajazet) - Thibault Noally

Antonio VIVALDI

(1678 - 1741)

Tamerlano (Bajazet)

opera in 3 acts (Verona, 1735) (RV 703)

libretto: Agostino Piovene

Julia Lezhneva, soprano (Irene)

Rinnat Moriah, soprano (Idaspe)

Eva Zaïcik, mezzo-soprano (Andronico)

Anthea Pichanick, contralto (Asteria)

Cameron Shahbazi, alto (Tamerlano)

Renato Dolcini, bass-baritone (Bajazet)

Les Accents

DIR: THIBAULT NOALLY

recorded: April 2, 2026, Müpa, Budapest

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps

libretto included [pdf]

(01) act 1 [62'46"]

(02) act 2 [50'57"]

(03) act 3 [41'11"]

Picture: Timur (Tamerlano) (1320-1405)

(Facial reconstruction from Timur's skull, by Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov)

links:

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Tuesday, 11 August 2026

Mendelssohn: Choral & organ works - Bach-Verein Köln & Michael Bottenhorn

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY

(1809 - 1847)

Choral & organ works

Choir of Bach-Verein Köln

Michael Bottenhorn, organ

DIR: CHRISTOPH SIEBERT

recorded: June 12, 2026, Basilika St. Maria im Kapitol

[Romanischer Sommer 2026]

lossless (flac)

soli:

Marina Schuchert, soprano

Katharina Georg, contralto

Leonhard Reso, tenor

Fabian Hemmelmann, bass

(01) Kyrie eleison (WoO 23) [01'18"]

(02) Prelude in G, op. 37,2 [04'06"]

(03) Warum toben die Heiden, op. 78,1 [06'53"]

(04) Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe (WoO 26) [03'33"]

(05) Fugue in e minor [04'38"]

(06) Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen, op. 78,3 [07'05"]

Sonata in D, op. 65,5:

(07) allegro maestoso [04'45"]

(08) Heilig, heilig (WoO 27) [01'35"]

(09) Passacaglia in c minor [05'56"]

(10) Mitten wir im Leben sind, op. 23,3 [07'58"]

(11) Zum Abendsegen (Herr, sei gnädig) (WoO 12) [02'45"]

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Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Sunday, 9 August 2026

Ziani: Requiem & Stabat mater - Étienne Meyer

Marc'Antonio ZIANI

(c1653 - 1715)

Requiem & Stabat mater

Capucine Keller, soprano

Dagmar Šašková, soprano

Paulin Bündgen, alto

Vincent Bouchot, tenor

Renaud Delaigue, bass

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Les Traversées Baroques

DIR: ÉTIENNE MEYER

recorded: July 2, 2026, Grand Manège, Namur

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

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Marc'Antonio ZIANI

(01) Lectio secundo pro defunctis [08'10"]

Johann Joseph FUX (1660-1741)

(02) Sonata à 3 (K 342) [04'07"]

Marc'Antonio ZIANI

(03) Missa de Requiem &

Johann Joseph FUX: Dies irae [40'03"]

(04) Stabat mater [15'38"]

[encore]

Marc'Antonio ZIANI

La Morte vinta sul Calvario:

(05) Sorga, e d’entro all’Urna istessa (chorus) [05'36"]

Picture: Emperor Joseph I, for whom Ziani may have written his Requiem

(Frans van Stampart, c1705)

links:

Les Traversées Baroques

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Johann Ernst of Saxe Weimar - parts

Friday, 7 August 2026

Music from baroque Thuringia - amarcord & Thüringer Bach Collegium

Music from baroque Thuringia

amarcord

Rupprecht Johannes Drees, trumpet

Thüringer Bach Collegium

DIR: GERNOT SÜSSMUTH, violin

recorded: August 27, 2023, Palas der Wartburg, Eisenach

period instruments

flac

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JOHANN ERNST, Prince of Saxe-Weimar (1696-1715)

(01) Concerto in e minor, op. 1,3 [06'41"]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)

(02) Sonata for trumpet, strings and bc in D (TWV 44,1) [09'10"]

Johann Georg AHLE (1651-1706)

Die Unstrutische Nachtigall, cantata:

(03) sinfonia [05'21"]

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

(04) Christ lag in Todesbanden, cantata for the first day of Easter (BWV 4) [19'32"]

JOHANN ERNST, Prince of Saxe-Weimar

(05) Concerto in a minor, op. 1,2 [11'19"]

Johann Georg AHLE

(06) Wer gnädig wird beschützet, cantata for the Ratswechsel, Mühlhausen [08'37"]

JOHANN ERNST, Prince of Saxe-Weimar

(07) Concerto in B flat, op. 1,1 [06'46"]

Johann Christoph PEPUSCH (1667-1752),

arr JOHANN ERNST, Prince of Saxe-Weimar

(08) Concerto for trumpet, strings and bc in D [04'02"]

Picture: Red Castle, residence of Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar

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Telemann, score

Johann Georg Ahle

Bach, Cantata BWV 4 - score

Johann Christoph Pepusch

Rupprecht Johannes Drees

amarcord

Thüringer Bach Collegium

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Thursday, 6 August 2026

Mozart: Symphonies & Horn concerto - Johannes Hinterholzer & Maxim Emelyanychev

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

(1756 - 1791)

Symphonies & Horn concerto

Il Pomo d'Oro

Johannes Hinterholzer, horn

DIR: MAXIM EMELYANYCHEV

recorded: July 31, 2026, Concertgebouw, Bruges

[MAFestival 2026]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

Symphony in D (KV 133) [21'44"]

(01) allegro [07'19"]

(02) andante [05'10"]

(03) menuetto - trio [03'46"]

(04) [n.t.] [05'29"]

Concerto for horn and orchestra in E flat (KV 447) [14'28"]

(05) allegro [06'45"]

(06) romance. larghetto [03'51"]

(07) allegro [03'51"]

Symphony in E flat (KV 543) [29'58"]

(08) adagio - allegro [09'46"]

(09) andante con moto [08'03"]

(10) menuetto. allegretto - trio [04'22"]

(11) finale. allegro [07'46"]

links:

Symphony KV 133

Concerto for horn KV 447

Symphony KV 543

scores

Johannes Hinterholzer

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Tuesday, 4 August 2026

Wagner: Rienzi - Nathalie Stutzmann

Richard WAGNER

(1813 - 1883)

Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen

opera in 5 acts (WWV 49) (Dresden, 1842)

libretto: Richard Wagner (after Edward Bulwer-Lytton)

Jennifer Holloway, soprano (Adriano)

Victoria Randem, soprano (Ein Friedensbote)

Gabriela Scherer, soprano (Irene)

Andreas Schager, tenor (Cola Rienzi)

Matthias Stier, tenor (Baroncelli)

Andreas Bauer Kanabas, bass (Steffano Colonna)

Vitalij Kowaljow, bass (Kardinal Raimondo)

Michael Kupfer-Radecky, bass (Cecco del Vecchio)

Michael Nagy, bass (Paolo Orsini)

Choir and Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele

DIR: NATHALIE STUTZMANN

recorded: July 26, 2026, Festspielhaus, Bayreuth

[Bayreuther Festspiele 2026]

modern instruments, period style

lossless (flac)

(01) act 1 [55'18"]

(02) act 2 [57'56"]

(03) act 3 [49'06"]

(04) act 4 [31'18"]

(05) act 5 [22'06"]

Picture: Cola di Rienzo, senator of Rome (1313-1354) (anon, 1646)

links:

Andreas Bauer Kanabas

Vitalij Kowaljow

Michael Kupfer-Radecky

Michael Nagy

Bayreuther Festspiele

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Sunday, 2 August 2026

Handel Week (7): Joshua - Toomas Siitan

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Joshua

oratorio in 3 parts (HWV 64) (London, 1748)

libretto: Thomas Morell

Maria Valdmaa, soprano (Achsah)

Tuuri Dede, contralto (Othniel)

Ryan Adams, tenor (Angel)

Guy Cutting, tenor (Joshua)

Alvar Tiisler, bass (Caleb)

Tumult Ensemble

Haapsalu Festival Baroque Orchestra

DIR: TOOMAS SIITAN

recorded: July 23, 2026, Cathedral, Haapsalu

[Haapsalu Early Music Festival 2026]

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

included: libretto [pdf]

(01) part 1 [52'52"]

(02) part 2 [40'13"]

(03) part 3 [28'19"]

Picture: Joshua and his troops destroying the walls of Jericho (English, 5th century)

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Saturday, 1 August 2026

Handel Week (6): Esther - Solomon's Knot

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Esther (HWV 50b)

oratorio in 3 acts (version London, 1732)

libretto: unknown, with additional text by Samuel Humphreys

Solomon's Knot

DIR: JONATHAN SELLS

recorded: May 24, 2024, Basilika, St. Wendel

period instruments

lossless (flac)

Zoë Brookshaw, soprano (Esther)

Clare Lloyd-Griffiths, soprano (Israelite Boy)

Kate Symonds-Joy, mezzo-soprano (Priest of the Israelites)

Joseph Doody, tenor (Mordecai)

James Hall, tenor (Priest of the Israelites)

Thomas Herford, tenor (1st Israelite)

Xavier Hetherington, tenor (Ahasuerus)

David de Winter, tenor (Habdonah, Officer, 2nd Israelite)

Alex Ashworth, bass (Haman)

Jonathan Sells, bass

included: libretto [pdf]

(01) act 1 [37'20"]

(02) act 2 [28'21"]

(03) act 3 [34'40"]

Picture: Esther and Mordecai (Aert de Gelder, 1685)

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