Classical Music In Concert

Thursday, 17 August 2023

Beethoven Week (4): Sonatas for pianoforte & violin - Alexander Melnikov & Isabelle Faust

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 - 1827)

Sonatas for pianoforte and violin

Alexander Melnikov, fortepiano

Isabelle Faust, violin

recorded: May 24, 2022, Mozartsaal, Schwetzingen

[Schwetzinger SWR-Festspiele 2022]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: RNE Radio Clásica (digital radio) (stream)

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(01-03) Sonata in a minor, op. 23 [20'46"]

(04-07) Sonata in F, op. 24 'Frühling' [22'07"]

(08-10) Sonata in G, op. 96 [25'44"]

[encore]

Sonata in A, op. 30,1:

(11) adagio molto espressivo [06'43"]

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Wednesday, 16 August 2023

Beethoven Week (3): Symphony No. 3 & Cantata Op. 136 - Jos Van Immerseel

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 - 1827)

Symphony No. 3 & Cantata Op. 136

Andrea Brown, soprano

Clara Sattler, soprano

Vincent Lesage, tenor

Thomas Bauer, baritone

Jugendchor Minipolifonici Trento

Singers of the Musikschule Bruneck

Children's choirs of the music schools of Brunech and Klausen

Orchestra of the Akademie für Alte Musik Bruneck

DIR.: JOS VAN IMMERSEEL

recorded: August 2, 2015, Gustav Mahler Saal, Toblach

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 196 kbps)

source: ORF1 (digital radio) (stream)

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(01-04) Symphony No. 3 in E flat, op. 55 'Eroica' [49'55"]

(05-10) Der glorreiche Augenblick, cantata op. 136 [40'12"]

links:

Akademie für Alte Musik Bruneck

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Tuesday, 15 August 2023

Beethoven Week (2): Piano Concerto No. 3 & Symphony No. 6 - Alexei Lubimov & James Gaffigan

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 - 1827)

Piano Concerto No. 3 & Symphony No. 6

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Alexei Lubimov, fortepiano

DIR.: JAMES GAFFIGAN

recorded: May 25, 2010, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

period instruments

lossless (flac)

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(01-03) Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra No. 3 in c minor, op. 37 [34'42"]

(04-06) Symphony No. 6 in F, op. 68 'Pastoral' [41'17"]

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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

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Monday, 14 August 2023

Beethoven Week (1): Sonatas for pianoforte - Kit Armstrong

Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770 - 1827)

Sonatas for pianoforte

Kit Armstrong, fortepiano

[Michael Rosenberger, c1800]

recording: June 29, 2020, Schloss Herten (D)

flac (original bitrate: 128kbps aac)

source: Deutschlandfunk Kultur (podcast)

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(01-04) Sonata in C, op. 2,3 [23'54"]

(05-07) Sonata in c sharp minor, op. 27,2 'Mondschein' [15'41"]

(08-09) Sonata in F sharp, op. 78 'À Thérèse' [08'16"]

[encores]

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714-1788)

'Württemberg' Sonata in E flat (Wq 49,5 / H 34)

(10) adagio [06'52"]

(11) Freye Fantasie in f sharp minor 'C.P.E. Bachs Empfindungen' (Wq 67 / H 300) [11'23"]

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Sunday, 13 August 2023

Handel: Judas Maccabaeus - Justin Doyle

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Judas Maccabaeus

oratorio in 3 acts (HWV 63) (London, 1747)

libretto: Thomas Morell

Anna Dennis, soprano (Israelite woman)

Helen Charlston, mezzo-soprano (Israelite man)

Benjamin Hulett, tenor (Judas)

Henry Waddington, bass (Eupolemus, Simon)

RIAS Kammerchor Berlin

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

DIR.: JUSTIN DOYLE

recorded: Jan 1, 2023, Philharmonie, Berlin

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: Catalunya Música (digital radio) (podcast)

libretto included [pdf]

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(01) act 1 [49'04"]

(02) act 2 [41'53"]

(03) act 3 [32'20"]

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Judas Maccabaeus

Handel, Judas Maccabaeus

RIAS Kammerchor Berlin

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

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Thursday, 10 August 2023

From Schein to Bach - amarcordplus

From Schein to Bach -

German choral music

amarcordplus

recorded: May 1, 2020, Thomaskirche, Leipzig [performance without audience]

[Deutsches Chorfest 2020]

lossless (flac)

source: Stingray Classica

recorded with harddisc recorder

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Johann Michael BACH (1648-1694)

(01) Sei, lieber Tag, willkommen

Philipp Heinrich ERLEBACH (1657-1714)

(02) Wer bin ich, Herr?

LIEBHOLDT (?-1726)

(03) Habe deine Lust an dem Herren

Johann Hermann SCHEIN (1586-1630)

(04) Da Jakob vollendet hatte

(05) Ist nicht Ephraim mein teurer Sohn?

(06) Nu danket alle Gott

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

(07) Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (BWV 230)

Heinrich SCHÜTZ (1585-1672)

(08) Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt (SWV 393)

(09) Herr, auf dich traue ich (SWV 377)

(10) Viel werden kommen von Morgen und von Abend (SWV 375)

Johann Michael BACH

(11) Unser Leben währet siebnzig Jahr

Johann Christoph BACH (1642-1703)

(12) Der Mensch, vom Weibe geboren

Johann Sebastian BACH

(13) Jesu, meine Freude (BWV 227)

[encore]

Johann Michael BACH

(14) Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt

links:

Johann Hermann Schein - scores

Philipp Heinrich Erlebach

Heinrich Schütz - scores

Liebholdt

Johann Christoph Bach - score

Johann Michael Bach - scores

JS Bach, Motets - scores

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Tuesday, 8 August 2023

Schumann: Genoveva - Aapo Häkkinen

Robert SCHUMANN

(1810 - 1856)

Genoveva op. 81

opera in four acts (Leipzig, 1850)

libretto: Robert Reinick

Carolyn Sampson, soprano (Genoveva)

Marie Seidler, mezzo-soprano (Margaretha)

Marcel Beekman, tenor (Golo)

Johannes Weisser, baritone (Hidulfus)

Yorck Felix Speer, bass (Balthasar)

Cornelius Uhle, bass (Drago)

Arnold Schoenberg Chor

Helsinki Baroque Orchestra

DIR.: AAPO HÄKKINEN

recorded: June 4, 2023, Kulturpalast, Dresden

[Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2023]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: ACC 192 kbps)

source: Deutschlandfunk Kultur (digital radio) (stream)

CD-booklet with summary included (E/D) [pdf]

libretto included [pdf]

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(01) act 1 [40'45"]

(02) act 2 [29'26"]

(03) act 3 [28'32"]

(04) act 4 [33'58"]

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Arnold Schoenberg Chor

Helsinki Baroque Orchestra

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Sunday, 6 August 2023

Music from Old Gdańsk - Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble (Manfred Cordes)

Pax aeterna - Music from Old Gdańsk

Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble

DIR.: MANFRED CORDES

recorded: May 31, 2023, Stiftskirche St. Mauritius, Bassum [studio recording]

period instruments

flac [original bitrate: AAC 193 kbps VBR]

source: Deutschlandfunk Kultur (digital radio) (stream)

programme included [D/E]

N.B. The programme as performed is not entirely identical with what is printed in the pdf's.

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Christoph WERNER (c1619-1650)

(01) Es erhub sich ein Streit a 18 [09'49"]

Johann Balthasar ERBEN (1626-1686)

(02) Domine Jesu Christe a 5 [03'47"]

Kaspar FÖRSTER the Younger (1616-1673)

(03) Sonata à 7 [04'22"]

(04) Ad arma fideles a 3 [04'54"]

anon [Gdańsk Tablature, c1570]

(05) Dulcis memoria et suavis recordatio [03'07"]

Nicolaus ZANGIUS (c1580-1619)

(06) Surrexit Christus a 8 [03'44"]

Crato BÜTNER (1616-1679)

(07) Wo ist dein Stachel nun, o Tod? a 10 [06'19"]

Paul SIEFERT (1586-1666)

(08) Nun preis mein Seel a 7 [05'36"]

Andreas HAKENBERGER (1574-1627)

(09) Spiritus Domini a 12 [02'23"]

Johann WANNING (1537-1603)

(10) Rogate quae ad pacem sunt a 8 [03'40"]

(11) In pace in idipsum a 6 [02'26"]

Daniel JACOBI (1605-1676)

(12) Pax aeterna a 10 [06'11"]

Marcin MIELCZEWSKI (c1600-1651)

(13) Magnificat a 13 [05'13"]

links:

Christoph Werner

Balthasar Erben

Kaspar Förster the Younger

Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble

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Thursday, 3 August 2023

Haydn & Mozart - Isabelle Faust, Antoine Tamestit & John Eliot Gardiner

Franz Joseph HAYDN

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

Symphonies & Sinfonia concertante

English Baroque Soloists

Isabelle Faust, violin

Antoine Tamestit, viola

DIR.: JOHN ELIOT GARDINER

recorded: Jan 14, 2023, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO4 (NL) (digital radio) (stream)

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Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)

(01-04) Symphony in E flat (H I,84) [25'50"]

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

(05-07) Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola and orchestra in E (KV 364) [31'27"]

(08-11) Symphony in C 'Linz' (KV 425) [31'15"]

links:

Haydn, Symphony No. 84 - score

Mozart, Sinfonia concertante - score

Mozart, Symphony KV 425 - score

Isabelle Faust

Antoine Tamestit

download:

Workupload (link March 23, 2025)

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Tuesday, 1 August 2023

Innsbruck, ich muß dich lassen - Cinquecento

"Innsbruck, ich muß dich lassen"

The musical world of the Habsburgs

Cinquecento

recorded: June 29, 2022, Mausoleum, Graz

[Styriarte 2022]

mp3 (bitrate: 192 kbps)

source: ORF (Vienna) (digital radio) (stream)

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Heinrich ISAAC (1450-1517)

(01) Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen a 4 [02'54"]

Costanzo FESTA (1490-1545), arr Ludwig SENFL (c1490-1543)

(02) Quis dabit oculis a 4 [05'21"]

anon

(03) Wohlauf gut Gsell von hinnen a 4 [01'54"]

Heinrich ISAAC

Missa Wohlauf gut Gsell von hinnen a 6:

(04) Kyrie [04'57"]

JOSQUIN DESPREZ (c1440-1521)

(05) Mille regretz a 4 [01'46"]

Nicolas GOMBERT (1495-1560)

(06) Mille regretz a 6 [02'38"]

JOSQUIN DESPREZ

(07) Ave Maria a 4 [05'38"]

Heinrich ISAAC

Missa Wohlauf gut Gsell von hinnen a 6

(08) Credo [09'41"]

Claudin DE SERMISY (c1490-1562)

(09) Allez souspirs, enflammez au froid cueur a 4 [01'22"]

Pierre SANDRIN (c1490-1561)

(10) Doulce memoire a 4 [05'11"]

Heinrich ISAAC

Missa Wohlauf gut Gsell von hinnen 6:

(11) Sanctus & Benedictus [11'25"]

Giovanni Pierluigi DA PALESTRINA (c1525-1594)

Missa 1. toni:

(12) Agnus Dei a 4 - 6 [04'27"]

Cristóbal DE MORALES (c1500-1553)

Missa pro defunctis:

(13) Communio a 5 [02'38"]

Alonso LOBO (1555-1617)

(14) Versa est in luctum a 6 [03'47"]

[encore]

JOSQUIN DESPREZ

(15) Nymphes des bois à 5 (Déploration sur la mort de Jean Ockeghem) [04'05"]

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