Wednesday, 1 January 2020

Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine - Netherlands Bach Society/Andrew Parrott






Claudio MONTEVERDI
(1567 - 1643)


Vespro della Beata Vergine
(SV 206)


Netherlands Bach Society

DIR.: ANDREW PARROTT


recorded: Dec 13, 2019, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

period instruments
lossless (flac)
source: NPO 4 (NL) (digital radio)
recorded with harddisc recorder

N.B. The radio website did not specify the order of the pieces and the titles of the plainchant and the instrumental items. Because of that the recording is split into two large parts.


vocal ensemble:

Griet De Geyter, soprano
Isabel Schicketanz, soprano
Victoria Cassano, soprano
Rodrigo Del Pozo, tenor
Kevin Skelton, tenor
Zachary Wilder, tenor
Joao Moreira, tenor
Victor Torres, baritone
Joep van Geffen, bass
Joel Frederiksen, bass


(01) [Part 1] [54'35"]

(02) [Part 2] [42'51"]


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Sunday, 29 December 2019

Handel: Messiah (version 1743) - John Butt






George Frideric HANDEL
(1685 - 1759)


Messiah (HWV 56)
oratorio in three parts (version London, 1743)


Julia Doyle, soprano
Rowan Hellier, contralto
Thomas Walker, tenor
Julian Tovey, bass

Dunedin Consort & Dunedin Consort Singers

DIR.: JOHN BUTT
 

recorded: March 26, 2018, Church of St Catherine of Alexandria, Cracow
[Misteria Paschalia 2018]


period instruments
lossless (flac)
source; NPO4 (NL) (digital radio)
recorded with harddisc recorder


(01) Part 1 [49'58"]

(02) Part 2 [49'23"]

(03) Part 3 [31'29"]


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Tuesday, 24 December 2019

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury






A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols


Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Peter Stevens, organ

DIR.: STEPHEN CLEOBURY


In memoriam Stephen Cleobury
(1948 - 2019)





recorded: 24 December 2007, Chapel of King's College, Cambridge


mp3 - bitrate: 256 kbps
source: BBC Radio 3 (digital radio)


(01)    [Processional hymn] Henry John GAUNTLETT (1805-1876): 
Once in royal David's city [04'26"]

(02)    [Bidding Prayer] [03'51"]

(03)    [Carol] Alan BULLARD (*1947): Glory, alleluia to the Christ Child! [02'22"]

(04)    [First Lesson] Genesis 3 [03'11"]

(05)    [Carol] trad, arr Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958): 
This is the truth sent from above [02'31"]

(06)    [Carol] Boris ORD (1897-1961): Adam lay ybounden [01'12"]

(07)    [Second Lesson] Genesis 22 [01'15"]

(08)    [Carol] anon, arr Stephen CLEOBURY (1948-2019): Šai sveta nakti [02'49"]

(09)    [Carol] trad, arr Robert Lucas DE PEARSALL (1795-1856): In dulci jubilo [03'14"]

(10)    [Third Lesson] Isaiah 9 [01'31"]

(11)    [Carol] Brett DEAN (*1961): Stardust and vaporous light [03'21"]

(12)    [Hymn] trad, arr Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: O little town of Bethlehem [03'51"]

(13)    [Fourth Lesson] Isaiah 11 [01'40"]

(14)    [Carol] Michael PRAETORIUS (1571-1621), arr Jan SANDSTRÖM (*1954): 
Det är en ros utsprungen [04'18"]

(15)    [Carol] Philip LEDGER (1937-2012): A spotless Rose [01'53"]

(16)    [Fifth Lesson] St Luke 1 [02'52"]

(17)    [Carol] trad, arr Edgar PETTMAN (1866-1943): 
The angel Gabriel from heaven came [02'24"]

(18)    [Carol] Arvo PÄRT (*1935): Bogorodiche Dewo [01'01"]

(19)    [Sixth Lesson] St Luke 2 [01'35"]

(20)    [Carol] Edward ELGAR (1857-1934): I sing the birth was born tonight [03'51"]

(21)    [Carol] William MATHIAS (1934-1992): A babe is born all of a may [03'18"]

(22)    [Seventh Lesson] St Luke 2 [01'53"]

(23)    [Carol] John RUTTER (*1945): Dormi, Jesu! [04'22"]

(24)    [Hymn] anon: While shepherds watched their flocks by night [02'50"]

(25)    [Eighth Lesson] St Matthew 2 [02'56"]

(26)    [Carol] Peter CORNELIUS (1824-1874), arr Ivor ATKINS (1869-1953): 
Three kings from Persian lands afar [02'17"]

(27)    [Carol] trad, arr Mack WILBERG (*1955): Ding! Dong! merrily on high [02'39"]

(28)    [Ninth Lesson] St John 1 [02'15"]

(29)    [Hymn] John Francis WADE (1711-1786), arr Stephen CLEOBURY
O come, all ye faithful [04'27"]

(30)    [Collect and Blessing] [0'14"]

(31)    [Hymn] Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847): 
Hark! the herald-angels sing [03'15"]

(32)    [Organ Voluntary] Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750): 
In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) [02'28"]

(33)    [Organ Voluntary] David BRIGGS (*1962): Sortie on 'In dulci jubilo' [05'38"]



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Sunday, 22 December 2019

Charpentier: Sacred music for Advent and Christmas - Christophe Rousset



Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER
(1643 - 1704)


Sacred music for Advent and Christmas



Anders J. Dahlin, haute-contre
Emiliano Gonzales Toro, tenor
Benoît Arnould, baritone

Les Talens Lyriques

DIR.: CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET


recorded: Dec 8, 2015, Artushof, Gdansk
[Festival Actus Humanus 2015]


period instruments
lossless (flac)
source: BBC Radio 3 (digital radio)
recorded with harddisc recorder


(01) Litanies de la vierge (H 84) [09'36"]

(02) Motet pour la vierge (Felix namque es) (H 360) [01'39"]

(03) Antiennes O de l'Avent (H 36 - 43) [11'48"]

(04) Noëls sur les instruments (H 534): [09'21"]
Joseph est bien marié
Or nous dites Marie
Où s'en vont ces gais bergers?

(05) Antiphona in honorem beatae virginis a redemptione captivorum (Beata es Maria) (H 25) [04'15"]

(06) Dialogus inter angelum et pastores (Xenia, xenia pastores) (H 406) [12'31"]

(07) Noëls pour les instruments (H 531) [07'21"]
(O créateur; Laissez paître vos bêtes; Vous qui désirez sans fin)

(08) Magnificat à 3 voix avec simphonie (H 73) [09'29"]


[encore]

(09) Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (H 159) [04'10"]



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Wednesday, 18 December 2019

Debussy: Orchestral works - Les Siècles/Pablo Heras-Casado






Claude DEBUSSY
(1862 - 1918)


Orchestral works


Les Siècles

DIR.: PABLO HERAS-CASADO


recorded: June 22, 2018, Palacio de Carlos V, Granada
[Festival de Granada 2018]


period instruments
lossless (flac)
source: Mezzo TV
recorded with harddisc recorder


(01) Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune [12'11"]

(02) Première Suite d'orchestre [28'45"]


(03) Images:

Iberia [20'42"]


(04) La Mer [25'22"]



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Sunday, 15 December 2019

Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland - Netherlands Bach Society/Jos van Veldhoven






Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland


Zsuzsi Tóth, soprano
Barnabás Hegyi, alto
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Peter Harvey, bass

Netherlands Bach Society

DIR.: JOS VAN VELDHOVEN


recorded: Nov 29, 2013, Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht


period instruments
lossless
source: NPO4 (NL) (digital radio)
recorded with harddisc recorder

programme included [pdf]



anon

 (01) Veni redemptor gentium [00'37"]


Martin LUTHER (1483-1546)

(02) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland [00'34"]


Johann Hermann SCHEIN (1586-1630)

(03) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland [00'35"]


Samuel SCHEIDT (1587-1654)

(04) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland [03'53"]


Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

(05) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 62) [18'58"]

(06) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 61) [16'24"]


Philipp NICOLAI (1556-1608)

(07) Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern [01'00"]


Michael PRAETORIUS (1571-1621)

(08) Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern [01'09"]


Dirck Jansz. SWEELINCK (1591-1652)

(09) Hoe schoon lichtet de Morgenster [01'15"]


Johann Sebastian BACH

Schwingt freudig euch empor (BWV 36)

(10) 1. Teil [14'58"]
(11) 2. Teil [16'28"]



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Wednesday, 11 December 2019

Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict - Emmanuel Krivine






Hector BERLIOZ
(1803 - 1869)


Béatrice et Bénédict
opéra comique in 2 acts


Ailish Tynan, soprano (Héro)
Christine Rice, mezzo-soprano (Béatrice)
Élodie Méchain, contralto (Ursule)
Allan Clayton, tenor (Bénédict)
Edwin Crossley-Mercer, bass-baritone (Claudio)
Jérôme Varnier, bass (Don Pedro)
Michel Trempont, bass (Somarone)
Giovanni Calò (Leonato) [spoken]
David Lefort (Le Messager) [spoken]

Les Eléments
La Chambre Philharmonique

DIR.: EMMANUEL KRIVINE


rec: Feb/March 2010, Paris, Opéra comique


period instruments
lossless
source: Mezzo TV
recorded with harddisc recorder


(01) act 1 [62'38"]

 (02) act 2 [39'15"]



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Sunday, 8 December 2019

Forgotten Christmas Pearls - Holland Baroque






Forgotten Christmas Pearls


Sophie Junker, soprano
Jowoon Chung, soprano
Franz Vitzthum, alto
Jan Van Elsacker, tenor
Dingle Yandell, bass

Holland Baroque


recorded: Dec 19, 2017, TivoliVredenburg (Hertz), Utrecht


period instruments
lossless
source: NPO4 (NL) (digital radio)
recorded with harddisc recorder


Guillaume BOUZIGNAC (c1587-c1643)

(01) Dum silentium [03'17"]


Melchior VULPIUS (c1560/70-1615)

(02) Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ [01'26"]


Hans Leo HASSLER (1564-1612)

(03) Dixit Maria [03'05"]


Giacomo CARISSIMI (1605-1674)

(04) Salve salve puellule [09'12"]


Alessandro SCARLATTI (1660-1725)

Abramo, il tuo sembiante: 

(05) Lagrime amare [03'03"]


Andreas OSWALD (1634-1665)

(06) Sonata Aria variata [05'57"]


Giovanni Francesco ANERIO (1567-1630)* - 
Philipp Friedrich BÖDDECKER (1607-1683)**

(07) Hodie apparuerunt* - 
Natus est Jesus** [09'44"]


Benedictus A SANCTO JOSEPHO (BUNS) (1642-1716)

(08) Sonata I [02'35"]


Johann PACHELBEL (1653-1706)

(09) Partie a 5 in G [05'34"]



Philipp Friedrich BÖDDECKER

(10) Veni Salvator [06'26"]


anon

(11) Die heil'gen drei König' mit ihrigem Stern - 
Es waren mal drei Könige - 
Lustige Hirten [04'22"]


Guillaume BOUZIGNAC

(12) Noé noé [04'28"]


Johann SCHELLE (1648-1701)

(13) Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schar [05'55"]



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Wednesday, 4 December 2019

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Paulus - Hermann Max






Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY

Paulus op. 36
oratorio in 2 parts


Veronika Winter, soprano
Anne Bierwirth, contralto
Markus Schäfer, tenor
Matthias Vieweg, baritone

Harvestuder Kammerchor
Das Kleine Konzert

DIR.: HERMANN MAX


recorded: Sept 29, 2019, Klosterbasilika Knechsteden, Dormagen
[Festival Alte Musik Knechtsteden 2019]


period instruments
lossless (flac)
source: WDR3 (Cologne) (digital radio)
recorded with harddisc recorder


(01) Erster Teil [1.04'16"]

(02) Zweiter Teil [48'31"]



[bonus]

(03) Der 42. Psalm, op. 42 (Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser) [20'42"]

Veronika Winter, soprano
Choir of the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing
Deutscher Jugendkammerchor
Das Kleine Konzert
DIR.: HERMANN MAX

 recorded: Sept 15, 2017, Klosterbasilika Knechtsteden, Dormagen
[Festival Alte Musik Knechtsteden 2017]


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Sunday, 1 December 2019

In principio... - the birth of the New Testament - Cappella Mariana






In principio... - the birth of the New Testament


Cappella Mariana

DIR.: VOJTECH SEMERÁD


recorded: Sept 16, 2017, Kapel Zusters onder de Bogen, Maastricht
[Musica Sacra Maastricht 2017]


lossless (flac)
source: NPO4 (NL) (digital radio)
recorded with harddisc recorder


Orlandus LASSUS (1532-1594)

(01) In principium erat verbum a 6 [09'57"]


John SHEPPARD (c1515-1559)

(02) Verbum caro factum est a 6 [08'39"]


Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA (c1525-1594)

(03) O magnum mysterium a 6 [05'58"]


 Heinrich ISAAC (c1540/55-1517)

(04) Puer natus est a 6 [05'08"]


Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

Missa O magnum mysterium a 5:

(05) Credo [08'21"]


Adrian WILLAERT (1490?-1562)

(06) Mirabile mysterium a 4 [04'07"]


Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA

Missa O magnum mysterium a 5:

(07) Sanctus [06'19"]


William BYRD (1543-1623)

(08) Tribue Domine a 6 [11'46"]



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