Classical Music In Concert

Chopin, Introduction et Polonaise brillante

Tuesday, 1 September 2026

Chopin & Franchomme - Roel Dieltiens & Frank Braley

Frédéric CHOPIN

Auguste FRANCHOMME

Works for cello and pianoforte

Roel Dieltiens, cello

Frank Braley, fortepiano

recorded: August 27, 2026, Witold Lutosławski Studio of Polish Radio, Warsaw

[Festival Chopin and his Europe 2026]

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps AAC)

period instruments

Auguste FRANCHOMME (1808-1884)

(01) Nocturne in d minor, op. 19,3 [05'04"]

(02) Nocturne in c minor, op. 15,1 [05'07"]

(03) Nocturne in e minor, op. 14,1 [05'11"]

Frédéric CHOPIN (1810-1849)

(04) Introduction et Polonaise brillante in C, op. 3 [09'48"]

Auguste FRANCHOMME

(05) Nocturne in A flat, op. 15,3 [05'42"]

(06) Nocturne in E flat, op. 14,3 [06'08"]

(07) Nocturne in D, op. 19,1 [05'02"]

Frédéric CHOPIN

Sonata in g minor, op. 65 [30'10"]

(08) maestoso [15'42"]

(09) scherzo [04'51"]

(10) largo [03'13"]

(11) finale. allegro [06'25"]

[encore]

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)

(12) Albumblatt in e minor, op. 117 [03'35"]

Picture: Auguste Franchomme

links:

Auguste Franchomme - scores

Chopin, Sonata op. 65

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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]

lossless (flac)

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]

lossless (flac)

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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