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2 of 51 tracks have a preview · 30 works · 104:09

1 Organ prelude in the style of Zelenka 2:28
2 Deus in adjutorium Chant :51
3 Antiphon: Domine quinque talenta (i) Psalm 100 :32
Dixit Dominus, ZWV66Jan Dismas Zelenka 5 movements16:07
1. 4 Dixit Dominus 2:11
2. 5 Virgam virtutis 7:24
3. 6 Judicabit 1:20
4. 7 De torrente 2:58
5. 8 Sicut erat 2:14
9 Antiphon: Domine quinque talenta (ii) Psalm 100 :37
10 Antiphon: Euge serve bone (i) Psalm 111 :21
11 Confitebor, ZWV73 Jan Dismas Zelenka 5:10
12 Antiphon: Euge serve bone (ii) Psalm 111 :28
13 Antiphon: Fidelis servus et prudens Psalm 112 :22
Beatus vir, ZWV75Jan Dismas Zelenka 4 movements10:41
1. 14 Beatus vir 6:02
2. 15 Peccator 1:39
3. 16 Gloria Patri 1:06
4. 17 Amen 1:54
18 Organ fugue in the style of Zelenka 2:02
19 Antiphon: Beatus ille servus (i) Psalm 113 :34
20 Laudate pueri, ZWV82 Jan Dismas Zelenka 6:43
21 Antiphon: Beatus ille servus (ii) Psalm 113 :39
22 Antiphon: Serve bone et fidelis (i) Psalm 117 :16
23 Laudate Dominum, ZWV87 Jan Dismas Zelenka 3:49
24 Antiphon: Serve bone et fidelis (ii) Psalm 117 :22
25 Chapter Beatus vir Chant :36
26 Hymn Iste Confessor Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 3:52
27 Versicle Amavit eum Chant :24
28 Antiphon: Hic vir, despiciens mundum (i) :30
Magnificat in D, ZWV108Jan Dismas Zelenka 3 movements10:50
1. 29 Magnificat 4:37
2. 30 Suscepit Israel 3:30
3. 31 Amen 2:43
32 Antiphon: Hic vir, despiciens mundum (ii) :36
33 Collect Deus qui Indiarum Chant 1:03
34 Benedicamus Domino :35
35 Fidelium animae :36
Litaniae Xaverianae, ZWV155Jan Dismas Zelenka 13 movements30:40
1. 36 Kyrie eleison 4:22
2. 37 Sancte Francisce 3:11
3. 38 Firmamentum Orientis Ecclesiae 1:25
4. 39 Fidelis imitator 2:52
5. 40 Salus aegrotantum :38
6. 41 Fugator daemonum 2:40
7. 42 Gloria Societatis Jesu :38
8. 43 Pauperrime Xaveri 2:51
9. 44 Sancte Francisce Xaveri 5:02
10. 45 In quo uno omnium Sanctorum 1:54
11. 46 Agnus Dei (i) 2:15
12. 47 Agnus Dei (ii) 2:15
13. 48 Christe audi nos: Kyrie :37
49 Alma redemptoris Mater, ZWV124 Jan Dismas Zelenka 1:57
50 Marian prayer Angelus Domini Chant :12
51 Divinum auxilium Chant :16

Of Zelenka’s liturgical works, one nineteenth-century commentator wrote: “Everything is combined here to make the master equal to the greatest contemporaries and to seriously challenge us to his revival.”

This recording presents First Vespers and Litanies for the Feast of St Francis Xavier as they might have been heard at the Dresden Catholic court church around 1730. The Schola Cantorum and the Schola Cantorum Baroque Players perform the Litaniae Xaverianae, five psalms, the Magnificat in D and the Alma Redemptoris Mater, framed by Gregorian antiphons, the hymn Iste Confessor, and organ preludes improvised in Zelenka’s style.

A substantial programme for listeners drawn to Baroque sacred music.

Reviews

Overall, these Australian artists carry off this ambitious project well. The choir is disciplined ... all the soloists have attractive voices and sing in historically informed style ... the period instrument orchestra is quite polished. ★★★

— Christopher Price, Goldberg Magazine

Jan Dismas Zelenka is an extraordinary composer, extremely passionate, and well worth listening to - as witness this Australian recording on the Move label ... We're in the company here of some wonderful Australian singers and ... Baroque performers as well ... I think you'll be having a nice time listening to this ...

— Charles Southwood, ABC Classic FM

This very praiseworthy Australian recording, beautifully recorded and packaged, is deserving of the attention of all lovers of fine baroque church music.

— Bill Hoffmann, Canberra Times

Historical instruments give added depth ... inspiration for modern day singers.

— Chris Copas, The Star

this performance makes a good impact: the soloists are fine and the organ does not dominate though it is used to give strength at the beginning

— David Nelson, JDZelenka.net

Artists

Schola Cantorum of Melbourne

choir

Schola Cantorum of Melbourne has established a reputation for presenting sacred music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque together with Gregorian chant in historical and innovative contexts.

Schola Cantorum Baroque Players

ensemble

Gary Ekkel

conductor

Gary Ekkel is a leading Australian interpreter of choral and Early Music.

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

composer

Palestrina's sacred polyphony balances proportion and serenity with crystalline text. His masses and motets move in smooth, carefully controlled lines where dissonance yields to consonance and every voice serves the liturgy.

Jan Dismas Zelenka

composer

Jan Dismas Zelenka wrote Baroque sacred music of striking harmonic inventiveness and contrapuntal mastery: masses, litanies, psalms and Marian antiphons whose passion still startles in performance.

Digital booklet

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Performers

Schola Cantorum of Melbourne · choir · tracks 2–17, 19–51
Schola Cantorum Baroque Players · ensemble · tracks 4–8, 11, 14–17, 20, 23, 29–31, 36–47 and 49
Gary Ekkel · conductor
John O'Donnell · organ · tracks 1 and 18

Details

List price: $25.00 AUD
Total playing time: 104 minutes 9 seconds
Release date: 2000
Categories: Choral, Early music
Genres: Choral & Sacred, Baroque
Catalogue: MCD 156
EAN: 9314574015621

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