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Zelenka: Requiem in C Minor, Miserere in C Minor, Lamentatio Pro Die Veneris Sancto
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Fiori Musicali Choir and Orchestra
Requiem in C Minor, Miserere in C Minor, Lamentatio Pro Die Veneris Sancto
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Label: Metronome Recordings Ltd
Catalogue No: METCD 1082
Discs: 1
Requiem in C Minor, Miserere in C Minor, Lamentatio Pro Die Veneris Sancto
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Label: Metronome Recordings Ltd
Catalogue No: METCD 1082
Discs: 1
Zelenka, a contemporary of Bach and Handel, spent the larger part of his life at court in Dresden where he held a post as double bass player in the highly admired Court Chapel Orchestra. During his lifetime other musicians including Bach, Telemann, and in particular the glittering Hasse (who took all the top musical jobs in Dresden), all gained a recognition that Zelenka never quite achieved.
Zelenka’s music is highly individual. Often on a grand scale, it is sometimes delicately poignant, at other times passionate, and from time to time imbued with the quirky folk rhythms of his native Bohemia.
Fiori Musicali has long been an advocate of Zelenka’s music and of Bohemian music in general. They gave the British premiere of the Requiem in C minor in 1999 and have recorded his Sinfonia in A minor on their earlier release for Metronome.
Zelenka’s music is highly individual. Often on a grand scale, it is sometimes delicately poignant, at other times passionate, and from time to time imbued with the quirky folk rhythms of his native Bohemia.
Fiori Musicali has long been an advocate of Zelenka’s music and of Bohemian music in general. They gave the British premiere of the Requiem in C minor in 1999 and have recorded his Sinfonia in A minor on their earlier release for Metronome.
"The general atmosphere of contemplative elegance suits the shapely string-writing and sweetly sung solo by Grace Davidson in “Tuba mirum”. The choir display admirably clear diction and precise unity in phrasing with the instruments. The opening and closing movements of the Miserere in C minor (1738) have impassioned pulsing orchestral writing (including prominent oboes) and dramatically charged choral tension that combine to compelling effect."
(David Vickers for Gramophone)
(David Vickers for Gramophone)