Sacred Music of Jan Dismas Zelenka

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Release Date: 6th Mar 2003
Catalogue No: CDA67350
Label: Hyperion
Length: 73 minutes

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Zelenka: Litaniae de Venerabili Sacramento, ZWV 147

Work length20:50

$12.10

$16.50

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor), Michael George (bass (vocal)), Robin Blaze (countertenor)
Choir of The King's Consort, King's Consort
Robert King
Recorded: 2002-03-09
Recording Venue: Air Studios

I. Kyrie I

Track length1:12

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$1.50

II. Kyrie II

Track length1:53

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III. Pater de caelis

Track length3:43

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IV. Praecelsum et admirabile

Track length2:12

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V. Panis omnipotentia

Track length2:16

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VI. Spiritualis dulcedo

Track length0:52

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VII. Propitius esto

Track length1:17

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VIII. Ab indigna corporis

Track length2:05

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IX. Peccatores, te rogamus

Track length2:38

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X. Fili Dei, te rogamus

Track length0:36

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XI. Agnus Dei

Track length2:06

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Zelenka: Regina caeli laetare, ZWV 134

Work length3:51

$1.10

$1.50

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Rebecca Outram (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor)
King's Consort
Robert King
Recorded: 2002-03-09
Recording Venue: Air Studios

Zelenka: Salve Regina, mater misericordiae, ZWV 135

Work length18:58

$5.50

$7.50

Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
King's Consort
Robert King
Recorded: 2002-03-09
Recording Venue: Air Studios

I. Salve Regina, mater misericordiae

Track length5:25

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II. Ad te clamamus

Track length3:16

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III. Eia ergo advocata

Track length4:05

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IV. Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui

Track length1:11

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V. Ostende, o clemens

Track length5:01

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Zelenka: Officium defunctorum, ZWV 47

Work length30:06

$4.40

$6.00

Peter Harvey (bass (vocal)), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor), Robin Blaze (countertenor)
Choir of The King's Consort, King's Consort
Robert King
Recorded: 2002-03-09
Recording Venue: Air Studios

Nocturno I: Lectio 1

Track length6:47

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Nocturno I: Lectio 2

Track length5:14

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Nocturno I: Lectio 3

Track length4:59

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Invitatorium: Antiphona et Psalmus "Regem cui omnia vivunt"

Track length13:06

$1.10

$1.50

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Continuing their acclaimed series of 'Bach's Contemporaries', The King's Consort and Robert King turn their attention to the astonishing sacred music of the remarkable Bohemian composer Jan Dismas Zelenka. Colourful, complex, ornate, idiosyncratic, old-fashioned yet simultaneously forward-looking, Zelenka's music never ceases to amaze. This recording presents wonderfully varied and individual works. Two are substantial choral pieces: the Litaniae de Venerabili Sacramento shows Zelenka's more conventional, old-fashioned style of writing, yet the splendidly individual Invitatorium 'Regem, cui omnia vivunt' gives a powerful impression of Zelenkas choral style in a unique fusion of modern, dramatic gestures of harmony, dynamics and scoring. Also part of the same Officium defunctorum were the three Lessons, which Zelenka scored for chamber forces. Here, instrumental colour in all its variety is to the fore, with the desolate texts enhanced by rare orchestral sounds including the soprano chalumeau, recorders and even muted oboes. Quirky in its orchestration too is the setting for soprano of Salve regina in A minor where Zelenka's accompaniment is shared by concertante flute, oboe, violin and a larger ensemble in a substantial solo motet, gloriously sung by Carolyn Sampson. The final work too is a delight, with the vocal scoring of Regina caeli laetare reserved for three upper voices who sing in true 'close harmony'.

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