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Offer,Zelenka: Sepolcri

Recorded in Church of Virgin Mary under the Chain, Prague, May 5–7, 2011

Hana Blažíková (soprano), David Erler (alto), Tobias Hunger (tenor) & Tomáš Král (bass)

Collegium Marianum (performed on period instruments), Jana Semerádová

Credit is due to Jana Semeradova for a world-premiere recording, and for the cool professionalism with which he and his choir illuminate the score's structure. What fails to come through is the... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 12th Dec 2011
Catalogue No: SU40682
Label: Supraphon
Series: Music From 18th Century Prague
Length: 65 minutes

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Zelenka: Immisit Dominus pestilentiam, ZWV58

Work length20:13

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Hana Blažiková (vocalist), Tomáš Král (vocalist), David Erler (vocalist), Tobias Hunger (vocalist)
Collegium Marianum
Jana Semerádová

Immisit Dominus pestilentiam (Recitativo accompagnato)

Track length1:46

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Feriam pestilentia (Recitativo)

Track length0:40

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Recordare, Domine (Aria)

Track length3:34

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Sacrificemur Domino (Coro)

Track length1:30

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Orate pro me, lacrimae (Aria)

Track length3:55

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Parcite, boni angeli (Aria)

Track length2:08

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Clamate, guttae sanguinis (Recitativo accompagnato, quasi Duetto)

Track length3:00

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Deus, qui non mortem, sed poenitentiam desideras (Coro)

Track length1:16

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Ut dum tibi devotus existis (Coro)

Track length2:24

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Zelenka: Attendite et videte, ZWV59

Work length23:01

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David Erler (vocalist), Hana Blažiková (vocalist), Tomáš Král (vocalist)
Collegium Marianum
Jana Semerádová

Attendite et videte (Recitativo et Arioso)

Track length4:53

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Adoramus te, Christe (Coro I)

Track length2:21

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Omnes gentes plaudite manibus (Aria)

Track length3:21

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Psallite Deo nostro (Coro)

Track length1:34

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Omnipotens Deus (Recitativo)

Track length0:35

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Deus regit nos (Aria)

Track length2:42

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Dignus est, Domine (Coro)

Track length1:51

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Deo subjecta (Aria)

Track length3:20

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Adoramus te, Christe (Coro II)

Track length2:24

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Zelenka: Deus dux fortissime, ZWV60

Work length22:05

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Hana Blažiková (vocalist), Tomáš Král (vocalist), David Erler (vocalist)
Collegium Marianum
Jana Semerádová

Deus, dux fortissime (Aria)

Track length5:01

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Solare, Christiadum turba (Recitativo)

Track length0:49

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Ave crucis, ave lignum (Aria)

Track length2:34

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Tu nostra es vera. tu gloriae spes (Duetto)

Track length3:19

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Ave crucis, ave lignum (Duetto)

Track length2:35

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In illa die (Recitativo)

Track length0:46

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O salutaris hostia - Quae coeli pandis ostium (Coro)

Track length1:26

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Bella premunt hostilia (Coro)

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Da robur, fer auxilium (Coro)

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Jan Dismas Zelenka, the most distinctive figure of Czech Baroque music, no longer requires any introduction. His Prague works, however, have yet to be paid much attention. And unjustly so. The three sepolcri (cantatas intended for performance on Good Friday at the Holy Sepulchre) represent the earliest music of Zelenka’s that has been preserved, yet they are already truly singular pieces encompassing all the traits of their creator’s remarkable compositional style.

Zelenka created the pieces for Prague’s Klementinum, the oldest Jesuit college in Bohemia, and in a unique manner they serve to document the copious music performances that took place at the Saint Salvator Church, one of the most significant places on the “music map” of Baroque Prague. In 1709, Zelenka conducted at this church the performance of the first sepolcro.

Three centuries later, the cantatas were recorded for the very first time (at the church located at the opposite end of the Charles Bridge) by Collegium Marianum, one of the finest Czech and European Baroque ensembles, together with four outstanding soloists. Another instalment in the successful Music from Eighteenth-Century Prague series, and another chapter of Jan Dismas Zelenka’s remarkable oeuvre presented to the listener. Zelenka’s Easter cantatas come back to life after three centuries.

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June 2012

Credit is due to Jana Semeradova for a world-premiere recording, and for the cool professionalism with which he and his choir illuminate the score's structure. What fails to come through is the verve with which the composer appealed to his Jesuit constituents...The artistry of Zelenka, rather than the performers, is what makes this disc a worthwhile acquisition.

April 2012

Though the more consistent balance of later works is yet to be achieved, his many admirers will surely be delighted at the opportunity to acquaint themselves with this younger but clearly recognisable and lovable version of their hero. Collecgium Marianum introduce us to him in performances that are skilful, stylish and attractive to the ear...A beautiful, warming Baroque discovery.

15th December 2011

They are the earliest pieces by Zelenka to have survived...The long, achingly expressive melodic lines that are so characteristic of Zelenka's later instrumental writing can be heard in the vocal writing here, along with his fondness for constructing elaborate fugues, and for coming up with totally unexpected dramatic twists. They are fascinating rediscoveries.

13th January 2012

The tone, unsurprisingly, is restrained, yet there is an underlying sprightliness and restless invention, well captured by the Prague forces.

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