The Penitents at the Tomb of the Redeemer. Oratorio (I Penitenti al sepolcro del redentore. Oratorio)

Da vivo tronco aperto. Aria (Da vivo tronco aperto)


  • Recorded: 22nd December 1994
  • Record Place: The St. Francis of Assisi Church in the Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia, Prague
  • First Release: 1995
  • (P) 1995 SUPRAPHON a.s.
  • Genre: Vocal - Religious

Artists

  • music by: Jan Dismas Zelenka
  • conductor: Robert Hugo
  • contralto: Magdalena Kožená
  • musical group: Capella regia musicalis
  • original lyrics by: Stefano Benedetto Pallavicini

Album

Capella regia musicalis, Robert Hugo

Zelenka: I Penitenti al Sepolcro del Redentore

Catalogue Number: SU 3785-2
Published: 23rd February 2004
First release: SUPRAPHON, 1995
Genre: Vocal - Religious
Format: 1 CD
The foremost representative of Bohemian/Czech music of the high Baroque era, Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679 - 1745), was the first Czech composer of oratorios. For the feast of Good Friday in 1736, his Dresden employer commissioned from Zelenka a new composition. However, it eventually failed to be performed on its destined occasion - most likely as it did not present the usual setting of
the text of one of the Gospels, but rather, of a highly exalted lyrical poem centered around the meaning of Christ's sacrifice. This departure from the canonized Biblical treatment does not in the least diminish the work's musical virtues, which are indeed enormous. Here, the Cappella regia musicalis, an ensemble specializing in early music, under the artistic directionof Robert Hugo, and featuring Magdalena Kožená as Mary Magdalene, constituted a team that guaranteed an exquisite outcome of this Zelenka project. The digital recording was made in the Church of St Francis, at Prague's Convent of Saint Agnes.

Magdalena Kožená excells in a Zelenka oratorio.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
The Penitents at the Tomb of the Redeemer. Oratorio (I Penitenti al sepolcro del redentore. Oratorio)
1. Introduction (Introduzione) 07:46
2. Squarcia le chiome. Aria (Squarcia le chiome. Aria) 09:52
3. Tramontata e la stella - Oi me, quasi nel campo. Recitative (Tramontata e la stella - Oi me, quasi nel campo. Recitativo) 02:18
4. Del mio amor, divini aguardi. Aria (Del mio amor, divini aguardi) 09:17
5. Qual la dispersa greggia. Recitative (Qual la dispersa greggia. Recitativo) 01:09
6. Lingua perfida. Aria (Lingua perfida.) 05:54
7. Per la traccia del sangue. Recitative (Per la traccia del sangue. Recitativo) 00:54
8. Da vivo tronco aperto. Aria (Da vivo tronco aperto) 10:43
9. Questa che fu possente - A tanto lutto in faccia. Recitative with instruments, Aria (Questa che fu possente - A tanto lutto in faccia. Recitativo con stromenti, Aria) 11:21
10. Tributo aceto piu - Al divin nostro amante - Qual io soleva un tempo. Recitative (Tributo aceto piu - Al divin nostro amante - Qual io soleva un tempo. Recitativo) 02:12
11. Miserere mio Dio (Miserere mio Dio) 06:15