Zelenka – Missa Purificationis Beatae Virginis Mariae, Litaniae – Ensemble Inegal

Jan Dismas Zelenka
Missa Purificationis Beatae Virginis Mariae
Litaniae Lauretanae 'Consolatrix afflictorum'

Gabriela Eibenová - soprano
Hana Blažíková- soprano
Petra Noskaiová - contralto
Jaroslav Březina - tenor
Tomáš Král - bass
Ensemble Inégal [on period instruments]
Adam Viktora - conductor

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Zelenka, Tuma – 'Music from the Einghtenn-Century Prague' – Collegium 1704

František Ignác Antonín Tůma  (1704-1774):
Stabat Mater in G minor
Johann Georg Orschler (1698-1767/70)
Sonata in F major for 2 Violins & b. c
Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745):
Sub tuum praesidium in G minor
Sanctus & Agnus Dei in D minor
Sub tuum praesidium in C minor
Sanctus et Agnus Dei in G minor
Sub tuum praesidium in D minor

Collegium Vocale 1704
Collegium 1704 [on period instruments]
Václav Luks - conductor

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Zelenka – Sacred Music – Robert King - "Bach's Contemporaries", vol 4

Bach's Contemporaries (Vol.4)

Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745):
Litaniae De Venerabili Sacramento, Z 147
Regina Caeli Laetare, Z 134
Salve Regina, Z 135
Officium Defunctorum, Z 47

Carolyn Sampson  - soprano
Rebecca Outram - soprano
Robin Blaze - countertenor
James Gilchrist - tenor
Michael George - bass
Peter Harvey - bass
The King's Consort [on period instruments]
Robert King - conductor

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Zelenka – Orchestral works – Václav Luks

remembering Jan Dismas Zelenka on the anniversary o his death

(16 October 1679 – 23 December 1745)

Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745):
Ouverture a 7 concertanti in F major
Sonata No.3 in B flat major *
Concerto a 8 concertanti in G major
Hipocondrie a 7 concertanti in A major
Symphonie a 8 concertanti in A major

Elsa Frank - oboe *
David Plantier - violin *
Eckhard Lenzing - bassoon *
Václav Luks - harpsichord *
Collegium 1704 [on period instruments]
Václav Luks - conductor

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Zelenka – Responsoria pro hebdomada sancta – Václav Luks

remembering Jan Dismas Zelenka on his birthday

(16 October 1679 – 23 December 1745)

Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745):
Responsoria pro hebdomada sancta

Collegium Vocale 1704
Collegium 1704 [on period instruments]
Václav Luks - conductor

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Zelenka – Officium defunctorum, Requiem – Václav Luks

Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) - Music for the funeral rites of Augustus the Strong:
Officium defunctorum ZWV 47
Requiem in D major ZWV 46

Hana Blažíková - soprano
Markéta Cukrová - contralto
Sébastian Monti - tenor
Tomáš Král - bass
Marián Krejčík - bass
Collegium Vocale 1704
Collegium 1704 [on period instruments]
Václav Luks - conductor

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Zelenka – Requiem, Miserere in C minor – Roman Válek

Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745):
Requiem in D minor, ZWV 48 *
Miserere in C minor, Psalm 50, ZWV 57 +

Helena Pellarová - soprano *
Magdalena Kožená - contralto *
Ladislav Richter - tenor *
Michal Pospíšil - bass *
Anna Hlavenková - soprano +
Czech Chamber Choir
Ensemble Baroque 1994 [on period instruments]
Roman Válek - conductor

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Zelenka – Missa Nativitatis Domini, Magnificat – Stryncl

Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745):
Magnificat in C major ZWV 107
O magnum mysterium - Motetto per la Nativitate ZWV 171
Missa Nativitatis Domino in D major ZWV 8
Chvalte Boha silného - Motet (Ps 105) ZWV 165

Barbora Sojková - soprano
Markéta Cukrová - alto
Tomáš Král - bass
Musica Florea
Marek Štryncl - conductor

[other volumes of the 'Music from Eightenn-Century Prague set]

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Various Composers - Concertos for Corno da caccia - Güttler

Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745):
Capriccio for 2 Corni da caccia, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and B.C. No.5 in G major
Johann Valentin Rathgeber (1682-1750):
Concerto for Corno da caccia, Strings and B.C. in C major op.6 n.19
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741):
Concerto for 2 Corni da caccia, Strings and B.C. in F major RV 539
Johann Friederich Fasch (1688-1758):
Concerto for 2 Corni da caccia, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and B.C. in D major
Johannes Matthias Sperger (1750-1812):
Concerto for Corno da caccia and Orchestra in D major

Ludwig Güttler - corno da caccia
Virtuosi Saxoniae

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Zelenka - Cantatas for Holy Sepulchre - Semerádová

Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) - Cantatas for Holy Sepulchre:
Immisit Dominus pestilentiam, ZWV 58
Attendite et videte, ZWV 59
Deus dux fortissime, ZWV 60

Hana Blažiková - soprano
David Erler - alto
Tobias Hunger - tenor
Tomáš Král - baritone
Collegium Marianum [on period instruments]
Jana Semerádová - direction

[other volumes of the 'Music from Eightenn-Century Prague set]

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Prager Virtuosen (vol.4) - Krommer, Zelenka

František Vincenc Kramář (Franz Krommer) (1759-1831):
Symphony in D major, op.40
Harmonie (Wind Octet) in E flat major, op.79
Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in F major, op.52


Jan Lukáš Zelenka (Jan Dismas Zelenka or Johann Dismas Zelenka) (1679-1745):
Ipocondria in A major
Italian Concert Aria: "Non si trova, non si da"
Italian Concert Aria: "Non so se piuvi rivedro"
Italian Concert Aria: "Se ha per guida la constanza"
Italian Concert Aria: "E voi siete daltri"
Italian Concert Aria: "Son da piu venti legno percosso"


Zdena Kloubova - soprano
Marta Benackova - contralto
Ivan Kusnjer - bass
Jan Kolar - oboe
Giovanni Oktett
Il Virtuosi di Praga
Oldřich Vlček - conductor


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Rorate Coeli - Music for Advent and Christmas in Baroque Prague - Semeredová

"(...) At the time of Baroque, more present than today was the accent on Kenosis and Christ's mother, stemming from the ancient Roman tradition (at the time the entire Advent has a markedly Marian nature). In the Czech lands there was the tradition of Advent matin songs accompanying morning votive masses in honour of the Virgin Mary, and often sung in the national language. The introductory verse of the Introit of this mass reads "rorate coeli desuper" - "drop down dew, ye heavens from above". That is also the title of this recording in whose first part compositions focused on the Virgin Mary prevail. The perceptive listener will certainly not fail to hear the arrival of Christmas in the programme.(...)"
[Václav Kapsa in the booklet]

works by:
Václav Karel Holan Rovenský (1644-1718) 
Antonín Reichenauer (ca. 1694-1730) 
Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) 
Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688–1758) 
Antonio Caldara (c. 1670-1736) 

Collegium Marianum [on period instruments]
Jana Semerádová - direction 

[other volumes of the 'Music from Eightenn-Century Prague set]

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Zelenka - Requiem in C-Moll - Dähler

"Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) - a Bohemian Catholic contemporary of Bach - did not arouse the interest of musicians and musicologists until the last twenty years, and so has become, at least in the recent past, a phenomenon by means of first editions, recordings and musicological research. In the libraries of Prague, and particularly in the archives of Dresden, a former capital of arts, one can find music of great individuality and importance, music which differs radically from all the usual Baroque mediocrity. Even Bach himself, who in 1736 received the additional title of a Saxon court composer, is said to have esteemed the work of his colleague Zelenka. (...)"

[Georg-Albrecht Eckle in the booklet]

Jan Dismas Zelenka (16791-1745): Requiem in C minor

Brigitte Fournier - soprano
Brigitte Balleys - contralto
Kenzo Ishii - tenor
Niklaus Tüller- bass
Berner Kammerchor
Berner Kammerorchester
Jörg Ewald Dähler - conductor

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