Opis: Zelenka: Missa Dei Patris, Psalms, Capriccio's

"Zelenka was one of Bach's and Telemann's most musically colourful contemporaries." (Gramophone)

Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679--1745) is one of the most enigmatic figures in the history of Baroque music. Very little is known of his early years, where he studied and who taught him. Born in a village to the south of Prague, he later travelled to Dresden where he joined the court of the Elector of Saxony, Friedrich August I. His position at the court was a lowly one, but he nonetheless composed many works there and his output of church music was particularly prolific.

Zelenka was an astonishingly original and forward-looking composer, and his late Masses such as the Missa Dei Patris are a real departure from what we might see as 'typical' Baroque choral music, showing the influence of Italian opera and elements of the emerging style galant. Written for small forces but nevertheless conceived on a large scale, the Missa Dei Patris is full of beautiful melodies and profoundly expressive choral writing, and characterised by a unique blend of melancholy and ecstatic fervour. The second disc in this set includes three of Zelenka's virtuosic and formally innovative Capriccios, and two of the Psalm settings that he composed for Vesper services at the Dresden court.

The works are heard here in definitive performances featuring renowned singers such as René Jacobs, Peter Schreier and Olaf Bär and the Virtuosi Saxoniae -- an ensemble comprising some of the finest musicians from the Dresden Staatskapelle -- under the baton of their founder, Ludwig Güttler.


Other information:
- Recorded between 1986 and 1994 at the Lukaskirche in Dresden.
- The works of Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) are gaining rapidly in public recognition and admiration. His works, especially his later choral compositions, are so startlingly original, personal and full of emotional expression, that he is sometimes called The Bohemian Bach.
- This 2-CD set contains three large-scale sacred works and three Capriccios, instrumental suites of great virtuosity and brilliance.
- Beautiful performances by the early music band Virtuosi Saxoniae conducted by Ludwig Güttler, and famous soloists René Jacobs, Olaf Bär and Peter Schreier.
- Contains booklet notes and sung texts with English translations.

Szczegóły: Zelenka: Missa Dei Patris, Psalms, Capriccio's

Nazwa: Zelenka: Missa Dei Patris, Psalms, Capriccio's
Producent: Brilliant Classics
Kod paskowy: 5028421946917
Języki: angielski
Format: 14.0x12.0cm
Oprawa: Plastikowa
Waga: 0.12 kg
Wykonawca: Virtuosi Saxoniae, Ludwig Guttler
Typ głównego nośnika: AC
Ilość nośników: 2
Opis nośników:

1. Missa Dei Patris CD 1 (CD-Audio)
   1. Kyrie eleison I (chorus) (koncert - utwór 04:06)
   2. Christe eleison (soprano, alto, bass) (koncert - utwór 03:35)
   3. Kyrie eleison II (chorus) (koncert - utwór 01:02)
   4. Gloria in excelsis Deo (chorus) (koncert - utwór 02:59)
   5. Domine Deus (soprano, alto, chorus) (koncert - utwór 01:22)
   6. Domine Fili (alto) (koncert - utwór 05:33)
   7. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris (chorus) (koncert - utwór 01:09)
   8. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus (soprano, tenor, bass) (koncert - utwór 04:48)
   9. Cum Sancto Spiritu (chorus) (koncert - utwór 02:39)
   10. Credo in unum Deum (soprano, alto, chorus) (koncert - utwór 07:30)
   11. Et incarnatus est (chorus) (koncert - utwór 01:54)
   12. Crucifixus (chorus) (koncert - utwór 04:16)
   13. Et resurrexit (soprano, alto, tenor, bass, chorus) (koncert - utwór 05:55)
   14. t vitam venturi saeculi (chorus) (koncert - utwór 04:11)
   15. Sanctus -- Pleni sunt coeli -- Osanna (chorus) (koncert - utwór 01:56)
   16. Benedictus (bass) (koncert - utwór 04:52)
   17. Osanna (chorus) (koncert - utwór 00:58)
   18. Agnus Dei I (alto) (koncert - utwór 06:57)
   19. Agnus Dei II (chorus) (koncert - utwór 00:52)
   20. Dona nobis pacem (chorus) (koncert - utwór 02:44)

2. Psalms, Capriccio's CD 2 (CD-Audio)
   1. I. Allegro (koncert - utwór 03:18)
   2. II. Canarie. Alternativement avec l'Air (koncert - utwór 03:13)
   3. III. Gavotte (koncert - utwór 00:52)
   4. IV. Rondeau (koncert - utwór 01:13)
   5. V. Minuetto -- Trio (koncert - utwór 03:00)
   6. I. Laudate pueri (koncert - utwór 03:10)
   7. II. Qui sicut Dominus (koncert - utwór 03:37)
   8. III. Amen (koncert - utwór 01:53)
   9. I. Allegro (koncert - utwór 04:20)
   10. II. Minuetto I & II (koncert - utwór 03:09)
   11. III. 'Il contento' -- Trio (koncert - utwór 03:46)
   12. IV. 'Il furibondo'. Presto assai (koncert - utwór 01:17)
   13. V. Villanella I & II (koncert - utwór 03:20)
   14. I. Confitebor tibi Domine (koncert - utwór 03:10)
   15. II. Memoriam fecit (koncert - utwór 05:48)
   16. I. Allegro assai (koncert - utwór 05:50)
   17. II. Adagio (koncert - utwór 01:36)
   18. III. Aria I. Allegro assai alternativamente -- Aria II. Andante (koncert - utwór 04:45)
   19. IV. En tempo de canarie (koncert - utwór 02:30)
   20. V. Menuet I -- Menuet II (koncert - utwór 02:30)
   21. VI. Andante (koncert - utwór 01:42)
   22. VII. Paysan I -- Paysan II. Canon in unisono (koncert - utwór 02:11)

Recenzje: Zelenka: Missa Dei Patris, Psalms, Capriccio's