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29 October 2026

Dietrich Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri [Currende, Erik Van Nevel]



Dieterich Buxtehude (c1637/9-1707)

Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75

Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: I. Ad pedes
Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: II. Ad genua
Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: III. Ad manus
Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: IV. Ad latus
Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: V. Ad pectus
Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: VI. Ad cor
Klaglied, BuxWV 76
Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: VII. Ad faciem

Currende
Erik Van Nevel


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Songs and Opera Arias • Galina Vishnevskaya



Songs and Opera Arias

CD 1

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Sunless
Where art thou, little star
Hopak
Peasant's lullaby
Darling Savishna
The orphan
Eremushka's lullaby
Songs and Dances of Death

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
 Sadko: Lullaby of the Sea Princess
The Tsar's Bride: Marfa's Scene and Aria
The Tsar's Bride: Lyubasha's Aria

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
The Snow Maiden, Op. 12: No. 6, Lel's Song

CD 2

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
In the silence of the night, Op. 40 No. 3
The rose and the nightingale, Op. 2 No. 2
The dying glow of the sunset, Op. 39 No. 2
The heavy clouds disperse, Op. 42 No. 3
More sonorous than the lark's singing, Op. 43 No. 1
Not the wind blowing from the heights, Op. 43 No. 2
The octave, Op. 45 No. 3
The nymph, Op. 56 No. 1

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Was I not a little blade of grass?, Op. 47 No. 7
Do not believe, my friend, Op. 6 No. 1
The fearful minute, Op. 28 No. 6
Sleep, my poor friend, Op. 47 No. 4
In this moonlight, Op. 73 No. 3
Cradle song, Op. 16 No. 1
Why?, Op. 6 No. 5
Mid the din of the ball, Op. 38 No. 3
If only I had known, Op. 47 No. 1
It was in the early spring, Op. 38 No. 2
Again, as before, alone, Op. 73 No. 6

CD 3

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Russian Folksongs, Op. 104

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Seven Romances on Verses by Alexander Blok, Op. 127
Five Satires, Op. 109

Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)
Mstislav Rostropovich (piano, cello, direction)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Ulf Hoelscher (violin), Vasso Devetzi (piano)


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In the Midst of Life [Contrapunctus, Owen Rees]



In the Midst of Life

Music from the Baldwin Partbooks I

William Byrd (c1539/40-1623)
Circumdederunt me

Robert Parsons (c1535-1571/2)
Libera me, Domine

William Byrd (c1539/40-1623)
Audivi vocem de cælo

William Mundy (c1529-1591)
Sive vigilem

Robert Parsons (c1535-1571/2)
Peccantem me quotidie

John Taverner (c1490-1545)
Quemadmodum

Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
Nunc dimittis

Dericke Gerarde (fl c1540–80)
Sive vigilem

Robert Parsons (c1535-1571/2)
Credo quod redemptor meus vivit

John Sheppard (c1515-1558)
Media vita

Contrapunctus
Owen Rees


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28 October 2026

Brahms: Late Piano Works [Paul Lewis]



Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Late Piano Works

Seven Fantasies, Op. 116
Three Intermezzi, Op. 117
Six Pieces, Op. 118
Four Pieces, Op. 119

Paul Lewis (piano)


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Chopin Evocations [Daniil Trifonov]



Chopin Evocations

CD 1

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21¹
Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" by Mozart, Op. 2

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Carnaval, Op. 9: 12. Chopin

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Hommage à Chopin, Op.  73 No. 5

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Nocturne, Op.  33

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Un poco di Chopin, Op. 72 No.  15

CD 2

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Rondo in C major, Op. 73²
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11¹

Frederic Mompou (1893-1987)
Variations on a theme by Chopin

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 "Fantaisie-Impromptu"

Daniil Trifonov (piano)
²Sergei Babayan (piano)
¹Mahler Chamber Orchestra
¹Mikhail Pletnev


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27 October 2026

Bach • Handel [Sabine Devieilhe, Raphaël Pichon]



Bach • Handel

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
“Mein Jesu! was vor Seelenweh” BWV 487: vv. 1 & 3
Cantata "Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal", BWV 146: Sinfonia
Cantata "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut", BWV 199

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Brockes Passion, HWV 48: 40. “Ach Gott, ach Gott! Mein Sohn wird fortgeschleppt” - “Soll mein Kind, mein Leben sterben/Ja, ich sterbe dir zu gut”*
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: 29. “Che sento? O dio!”… - “Se pietà di me non senti”
Brockes Passion, HWV 48: 42. “Hier erstarrt mein Herz und Blut”… - “O Anblick, o entsetzliches Gesicht!”
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: 35.  “Piangerò la sorte mia”
Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a: “Pure del Cielo intelligenze eterne”… - “Tu del Ciel ministro eletto”

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cantata "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen", BWV 51

Sabine Devieilhe (soprano)
*Stéphane Degout (baritone)
Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon


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Virgilio Mazzocchi: Vespro della beata Vergine [Cantus Cölln]



Vespro della beata Vergine

Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597-1646)
Dixit Dominus
Beata Mater
Laudate pueri

Giacomo Carissimi (c1605-1674)
Exsurge cor meum

Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597-1646)
Laetatus sum
Aurge amica mea
Nisi Dominus

Giacomo Carissimi (c1605-1674)
O dulcissimum Mariae nomen

Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597-1646)
Lauda Jerusalem

Giacomo Carissimi (c1605-1674)
Salve Regina

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Canzona a due cori

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/6-1594)
Ave maris stella

Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597-1646)
Vespro della beata Vergine: XIII. Magnificat

Cantus Cölln
Concerto Palatino
Konrad Junghänel


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26 October 2026

Lamentazioni [María Cristina Kiehr, Concerto Soave]



Lamentazioni per la Settimana Santa

Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674)
Incipit Lamentatio Ieremiae Prophetae
Vaù

Michelangelo Rossi (c1601-1656)
Toccata Quarta

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Jod.

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c1525-1594)
Heu mihi Domine, passeggiato per la viola

Anonymous
De Lamentatione Ieremiae Prophetae
Lamed.

Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (c1580-1651)
Toccata Quinta

Anonymous
De Lamentatione Ieremiae Prophetae
Toccata arpeggiata

Giovanni Francesco Marcorelli (c1615-c1675)
Aleph.

Anonymous
Incipit Oratio Ieremiae Prophetae

María Cristina Kiehr (soprano)
Concerto Soave
Jean-Marc Aymes


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Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 [Martha Argerich, Charles Dutoit]



Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21

Martha Argerich (piano)
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit


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