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UPCOMING PROJECT 2013–2014 |
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Josef MYSLIVEČEK – L'Olimpiade |
 L'Olimpiade (1778)
opera seria in three acts on libretto by Pietro Metastasio
Premiere: 30 April 2013, National Theatre in Prague (Estate Theater)
The opera was first performed at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples on 4 November 1778, the name day of king Charles III of Spain, the former ruler of the Kingdom of Naples whose birthday and name day were still celebrated with operatic productions under the rule of his son Ferdinand. It is unquesti-onably one of the finest settings of this Metastasian libretto ever produced. Contemporary music criticism praised in particular the composer's setting of the aria "Se cerca, se dice" as sung by Luigi Marchesi, a close friend and professional collaborator of the composer.
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Opera projects which have been performed by the Collegium 1704 orchestra between years 2007–2011
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Josef HAYDN & Jiří Antonín BENDA – Ariane à Naxos |
 Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Symphonie Le Matin
Cantate Ariane à Naxos for soprano & orchestra
Jiří Antonín Benda (1722–1795)
Ariane à Naxos (1775) melodrama on text by Johann Christian Brandes
Louise Moaty – Adriana
Benjamin Lazar – Theseus
Alexandra Rübner – Oreada
Louise Moaty & Benjamin Lazar – stage directors
Collegium 1704, Václav Luks – conductor
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Christoph Willibald GLUCK – Le Cinesi |
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 Christoph Willibald Gluck
(1714–1787)
Le Cinesi
opéra buffa on libreto by Pietro Metastasio
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Symphony Le Midi
Performed in Baroque Theatre Český Krumlov in 2008.
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Georg Friedrich HÄNDEL – Rinaldo |
 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759)
Rinaldo HWV 7
opera seria in 3 acts on libretto by Giacomo Rossi after Aron Hill
story after Liberated Jerusalem by Torquato Tasso
Premiere: 4th April 2009, National Theatre in Prague
Other performances: Opera Royal de Versailles, January 2011
Collegium 1704 orchestra
Václav Luks conductor
Louise Moaty stage director
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Claudio MONTEVERDI – Orfeo |
 Claudio Monteverdi
(1567–1643)
L’Orfeo
favola in musica SV 318
libretto: Alessandro Striggio
L'Orfeo, favola in musica is one of the earliest operas ever (L'Orfeo is regarded to be the the oldest opera which has been wholly preserved). In this opera, Monteverdi created whole new genre of dramma per musica.
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Antonio VIVALDI – Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria |
 Claudio Monteverdi
(1567–1643)
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland), SV 325
dramma in musica in a prologue and three acts
libretto: Giacomo Badoaro after a story of Homer's Odyssey
premiere: Teatro SS Giovanni e Paolo à Venise, 1640
After his long journey home from the Trojan Wars Ulisse, king of Ithaca, finally returns to his kingdom where he finds that a trio of villainous suitors have seized the realm and are importuning his faithful queen, Penelope. With the assistance of the gods, his son Telemaco and a staunch friend Eumete, Ulisse vanquishes the suitors and recovers his kingdom.
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Antonio VIVALDI – L'incoronazione di Poppea |
 Claudio Monteverdi
(1567–1643)
L'incoronazione di Poppea
opera in three acts
libretto: Gian Francesco Busenello after Tacitus
premiere: 1642
Collegium 1704
Soloists
Václav Luks – conductor
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Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART – Der Schauspieldirektor |
 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756–1791)
Der Schauspieldirektor KV486
(The Impresario, 1786)
libretto: Johann Gottlieb Stephanie
Comic Singspiel Der Schauspieldirektor was commissioned by Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II and premiered on February 7, 1786 at the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna.
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Antonio VIVALDI – Orlando furioso |
 Antonio Vivaldi
(1678–1741)
Orlando furioso RV 728
Dramma per musica in three acts
Libretto: Grazio Braccioli based on the poem by Ludovico Ariosto
Premiere: Teatro San Angelo de Venise en 1727
The opera is set on an island at an unspecified time. The story line combines several plot lines from Ariosto: the exploits of the hero Orlando are detailed, as well as the tale of the sorceress Alcina.
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Antonio VIVALDI – Teuzzone |
 Antonio Vivaldi
(1678–1741)
Teuzzone, RV 736
Pasticcio opera in 3 acts
Libretto: Apostolo Zeno
Premiere: Teatro Arciducale, 1718, Mantoue
Collegium 1704
Václav Luks – conductor
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Antonio VIVALDI – Griselda |
 Antonio Vivaldi
(1678–1741)
Griselda RV 718
dramma per musica in three acts
The libretto by Carlo Goldoni is adaptation of the text by Apostolo Zeno
based on the story of Boccacio's Décaméron.
Premiere: Teatro San Samuele de Venise, 1735
Collegium 1704
Václav Luks – conductor
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Raffaella Milanesi // Mozart's Journey to Prague |
Josef Mysliveček (1737–1781)
Opera ouverture from Ezio (München 1777)
Scene “Chi per pieta mi dice/Deh, parlate” from Abraham and Isaac oratorium
W. A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Ballet music from Idomeneo KV 367 (München 1781)
Concert aria „Misera, dove son!“ KV 369 (München 1781)
Symphony No. 38 in D major KV 504 „Prager“ (1786)
“Bella mia fiamma, addio“ KV 528 (dedicated to Josefina Dušková in Prague, 1787)
Raffaella Milanesi – soprano
Collegium 1704, Václav Luks – conductor
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Czech Masters in Germany: J. D. ZELENKA & J. A. BENDA |
 Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745)
Ouverture en Fa majeur
Confitebor tibi Domine c moll ZWV 71, psaume 110
Jiří Antonín Benda (1722–1795)
Concerto en fa mineur pour clavecin et cordes
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Lamentatio pro die jovis sancto I
Tomáš Král – baritone
Collegium 1704, Václav Luks
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Eternal source of light divine – Georg Friedrich HÄNDEL, Henry PURCELL |
Eternal source of light divine
Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Anthem "Hear my prayer, O Lord" Z 15
Anthem "Remember not, O Lord, our offences" Z 50
Anthem "The Lord is my light" Z 55
Georg Friedrich Händel – Dixit Dominus HWV 23
(or Henry Purcell – Te Deum in D Z 232)
Georg Friedrich Händel
Eternal source of light divine HWV 74, Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne (1713/14)
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Il Pianto di Maria
Jan Dismas Zelenka – Responsoria pro hebdomada sancta ZWV 55
G. Fr. Händel / G. B. Ferrandini – Il Pianto di Maria „Giunta l´ora fatal“
Antonio Lotti – Crucifixus á 8
Georg Friedrich Händel – Concerto grosso No. 5 op. 3 in d Minor
Jan Dismas Zelenka – Motet « Barbara dira effera » ZWV 164
Jan Dismas Zelenka – Miserere in c Minor ZWV 57
Collegium 1704
Collegium Vocale 1704
Václav Luks – conductor
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Orpheus Britannicus: Henry PURCELL et al. |
 Works by Henry Purcell and his contemporaries
from the Orpheus Britannicus collection (London, 1698)
Collegium 1704
Markéta Cukrová – alto
Helena Zemanová – violin
Jana Chytilová – violin
Hana Fleková – viola da gamba
Jan Krejča – teorbe
Pablo Kornfeld – harpsichord, organ
Václav Luks – conductor
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Raffaella Milanesi // Il Viaggio: HÄNDEL's Journey Through Europe in the Footsteps of Opera |
HAMBURG – ITALIEN – LONDON
Almira – Agrippina – Rinaldo – Ariodante – Giulio Cesare – Croesus – La Follia
Georg Friedrich Händel – Reinhard Keiser – Arcangelo Corelli – Francesco Geminiani
Raffaella Milanesi – soprano
Collegium 1704
Václav Luks – conductor
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Les Elemens: Jean-Féry REBEL, Jan Dismas ZELENKA, Georg Friedrich HÄNDEL |
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Raffaella Milanesi & Václav Luks
Les Elemens
Jean-Féry Rebel – Les Élémens
Jan Dismas Zelenka – In exitu Israel ZWV 83
Georg Friedrich Händel – Cantate Tra le Fiamme HWV 170
Georg Friedrich Händel – Cantata Donna, che in ciel di tanta luce splendi HWV 233
Raffaella Milanesi – soprano
Collegium Vocale 1704, Collegium 1704
Václav Luks – conductor
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Johann Sebastian BACH – Cantatas and motets |
 Motet BWV 225 „Singet dem Herrn ein neuse Lied“
Motet BWV 229 „Komm, Jesu komm“
Cantata BWV 33 „Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ“
Cantata BWV 103 „Ihr werdet alle heulen“
Motet BWV 227 „Jesu meine Freude“
Collegium Vocale 1704 & soli
Collegium 1704
Václav Luks – conductor
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Johann Sebastian BACH – Mass in B Minor |
 Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685–1750)
Mass in B minor BWV 232
The Mass in B minor BWV 232 (Missa solemnis toni Si minoris) is a musical setting of the complete Latin Mass which Bach composed for the Dresden court between years 1724–1749. The Mass was most probably never performed in totality during Bach's lifetime, and the work largely disappeared in the 18th century. Several performances in the early 19th century, however, sparked a revival both of the piece and the larger rediscovery of Bach's music. Today, it is widely hailed as a monumental work of the late Baroque and is frequently performed.
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Raffaella Milanesi // Mozart – Bella mia fiamma, addio! |
 Arias by W. A. Mozart for soprano and orchestra
Misera, dove son! KV 369
Se ardire, e speranza KV 82
Per pietà, bell' idol mio KV 78
Bella mia fiamma, addio KV 528 etc.
Programme is available in versions for both large and small orchestra
Raffaella Milanesi – soprano
Collegium 1704
Václav Luks – conductor
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 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Komm, Jesu komm BWV 229
Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227
Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
Quatre Motets – Pour Le Temps de Noël
O Magnum Mysterium – Quem vidistis pastores dicite
Videntes stellam – Hodie Christus natus est
Johann Sebastian Bach
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV 225
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Raffaella Milanesi // Händel – Italian Cantatas |
 Georg Friedrich Händel
Italian Cantatas
Ah! crudel, nel pianto mio HWV 78
Tra le fiamme HWV 170
Concerti grossi op. 3
Concerti grossi op. 3
Raffaella Milanesi – soprano
Collegium 1704
Václav Luks – conductor
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 Jan Dismas Zelenka
(1679–1745)
Responsoria pro hebdomada sancta ZWV 55
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685–1750)
Motet pour choeur BWV 229 „Komm, Jesu komm!“
Johann Sebastian Bach
Motet pour choeur BWV 227
„Jesu, meine Freude“
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Johann Sebastian BACH – Oster Oratorium |
 Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685 – 1750)
Oster Oratorium BWV 249
Magnificat in D, BWV 243
Collegium 1704
Collegium Vocale 1704
Soloists SATB
Václav Luks – conductor
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Johann Sebastian BACH – Saint John Passion |
 Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685–1750)
Saint John Passion
BWV 245
Collegium 1704
Collegium Vocale 1704
Soloists
Václav Luks – conductor
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Crucifixus: Antonio LOTTI, Georg Friedrich HÄNDEL, Jan Dismas ZELENKA, Antonio VIVALDI |
 Georg Friedrich Händel – Concerto No. 5 op. 3 ré mineur
Jan Dismas Zelenka – Responsoria pro hebdomada sancta ZWV 55 I
Antonio Lotti – Crucifixus á 8
Jan Dismas Zelenka – Responsoria pro hebdomada sancta ZWV 55 II
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto XI d moll RV 565 (de L´Estro armonico)
Jan Dismas Zelenka – Responsoria pro hebdomada sancta ZWV 55 III
Jan Dismas Zelenka – Miserere en ut mineur ZWV 57
Premiére: Festival de Sablé, 24. 8. 2011, Méslay du Maine
Collegium 1704, Collegium Vocale 1704
Václav Luks – artistic director, conductor
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František Xaver RICHTER & Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART |
 F. X. Richter – Sinfonia No. 1 in D major
W. A. Mozart – Aria „Misera, dove son? Ah! non sò io, che parlo“ KV 369
F. X. Richter – Concert for flute and orchestra in E minor
W. A. Mozart – Aria „Cara, se le mie pene“ KV deest
F.X. Richter – Sinfonia No. 3 in C major
W. A. Mozart – „Exultate, jubilate“ KV 165
Jana Semerádová – traverso
Rafaella Milanesi – soprano
Collegium 1704
Václav Luks – conductor, harpsichord & organ
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Martina Janková // Johann Sebastian BACH – Cantatas for soprano and orchestra |
 Sacred and secular cantatas for soprano and orchestra by Johann Sebastian Bach
"Vereinigte Zwietracht der wechselnden Saite", BWV 207
Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202
"Unser Mund Est voll Lachens", BWV 110
Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51
Ich habe genug, BWV 82
Tönet ihr Pauken, erschallet Trompeten, BWV 214
Martina Janková – soprano
Collegium 1704
Václav Luks – conductor
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Summer Nights: MENDELSSOHN, BERLIOZ |
 Works for mezzosoprano
and chamber orchestra by
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
and Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz: Les Nuits d' Eté (Summer Nights)
Soli – mezzosoprano
Collegium 1704
Václav Luks – conductor
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Johann Sebastian BACH – Saint Matthew Passion |
 Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685–1750)
Saint Matthew Passion
BWV 244 (1727)
Collegium 1704
Collegium Vocale 1704
Soloists
Václav Luks – conductor
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Johann Sebastian BACH – The Sacred Cantatas |
 Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685–1750)
Cantata „Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis“ BWV 21
Ouverture č. 3 D dur BWV 1068
Cantata „Der Himmel lacht, die Erde jubilieret“ BWV 31
Collegium 1704
Collegium Vocale 1704
Václav Luks – conductor
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Bejun Mehta & Collegium 1704 |
 The American countertenor Bejun Mehta within his very specific falsetto tenor category is one of the world’s top singers. His enormous talent and musicality also astonished Leonard Bernstein himself back at the time when Mr. Mehta was a child. He is a wonderful interpreter of Baroque music in particular, with Georg Friedrich Handel’s oeuvre being pivotal for his vocal register. Bejun Mehta will be performing selected Handel works at his first-ever concert in Prague.
There are arias from Amadigi di Gaula, Riccardo Primo, Agrippina, Giulio Cesare, Radamisto and Orlando, and instrumental music from Rinaldo, Joseph, Atalanta, Athalia, Solomon and Comcerto grosso Op. 3, Nr. 5 d minor on the programme.
Premiére: 24 April 2011, National Theatre in Prague
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Jan Dismas ZELENKA – Responsoria & Miserere |
Responsoria & Miserere
Georg Philipp Telemann – Ouvertura
Jan Dismas Zelenka – Responsoria pro hebdomada sancta ZWV 55
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto per 2 Violini in a Minor from "L´Estro Armonico"
Jan Dismas Zelenka – Miserere in c Minor ZWV 57
Collegium Vocale 1704
Collegium 1704
Václav Luks – conductor
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Johann Sebastian BACH – Magnificat in D major, Jan Dismas ZELENKA – Te Deum |
 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Magnificat en Ré majeur BWV 243
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Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745)
Te Deum ZWV 146
Collegium 1704
Collegium Vocale 1704
Václav Luks – conductor
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Jan Dismas ZELENKA – Vocal and Chamber Works |
 Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745)
Responsorio Omnes amici mei
Caligaverunt oculi mei
Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (1690–1758)
Sonata in c per Violino, Oboe e Basso
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Ave Regina coelorum ZWV 138
Salve Regina ZWV 136
Sonata no. 3 en Si bémol majeur pour violon, hautbois, basson, et b.c.
Responsorio In monte Oliveti
Responsorio Sepulto Domino
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Magdalena Kožená & Collegium 1704 // HÄNDEL & VIVALDI |
 Arias from works by Georg Friedrich Händel and Antonio Vivaldi
Magdalena Kožená – mezzo-soprano
Hans Martin Rux – clarina
Xenie Löffler – oboe
Jana Semerádová – flute
Collegium 1704
Václav Luks – conductor
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Antonio CALDARA – Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo |
Antonio Caldara
(1670–1736)
Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo
oratorio sepolcro, ca. 1700
Collegium 1704
Collegium Vocale 1704
Soloists
Václav Luks – conductor
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Adriana Kučerová & Collegium 1704 // J. Mysliveček – Ch. W. Gluck – J. A. Benda |
 Josef Mysliveček (1737-1781)
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
Jiří Antonín Benda (1713-1752)
Famous opera premiéres in Prague
and Jiri Anotnin Benda
as a master of German music drama
Adriana Kučerová – soprano
Collegium 1704
Václav Luks – conductor
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Georg Friedrich HÄNDEL – La resurrezione |
 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759)
La Resurrezione HWV 47
oratorio (1708)
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La resurrezione (HWV 47) is a sacred oratorio by George Frideric Handel, set to a libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece (1652–1728). It was first performed on the Easter Sunday of 1708 at Rome. The work details the events between – and during – Good Friday and Easter Sunday.
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Gemma Bertagnolli – soprano & Delphine Galou – alto // HÄNDEL & ZELENKA |
Georg Friedrich Händel
Cantata « Ah ! Crudel o pianto mio » HWV 78 for soprano solo
Concerto grosso Op. 3 No. 5 in D minor
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Motet « Barbara dira effera » ZWV 164
Ouverture « Hypocondrie » á 7 concertanti
Psalm « Laetatus sum » ZWV 90 for soprano, alto and orchestra
Gemma Bertagnolli – soprano
Delphine Galou – alto
Collegium 1704, Václav Luks – conductor
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Georg Friedrich HÄNDEL – Messiah |
 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759)
Messiah HWV 56
oratorio
Messiah (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed by George Frideric Händel,
and is one of the most popular works in the Western choral literature.
Collegium 1704
Collegium Vocale 1704
Soloists
Václav Luks – conductor
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Georg Friedrich Händel – Jephta HWV 70 |
 Georg Friedrich Händel
(1685–1759)
Jephta HWV 70 (1752)
Oratorio
Collegium 1704
Collegium Vocale 1704
Soloists
Václav Luks – conductor
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Georg Friedrich HÄNDEL – Il Trionfo del Tempo e Desinganno / oratorio |
 Georg Friedrich Händel
Il Trionfo del Tempo e Desinganno (1708)
oratorio
Soloists
Disinganno – alto
Piacere – soprano
Belezza – soprano
Tempo – tenor
Collegium 1704
Václav Luks – conductor
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Joseph HAYDN – Creation Oratorio |
 Collegium 1704 & Dresdner Kammerchor
Joseph Haydn
Die Schöpfung Oratorium (Creation) Hob. XXI:2
Gabriel – soprano / Simona Saturova
Uriel – tenor / Eric Stoklossa
Raphaël – bass / Tobias Berndt
Adam – bass / NN
Collegium 1704
Dresdner Kammerchor
Václav Luks – conductor
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Claudio MONTEVERDI – Vespro della Beata Vergine |
 Claudio Monteverdi
Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610)
"Vespro della Beata Vergine da concerto, composta sopra canti fermi" (1610) are often regarded as the greatest Monteverdi's work ever. The Vespers is monumental in scale, and requires a choir large enough and skillful enough to cover up to 10 vocal parts in some movements and split into separate choirs in others while accompanying seven different soloists during the course of the piece.
Collegium 1704
Collegium Vocale 1704
Václav Luks – conductor
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Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART — Requiem in d K 626 |
 The Requiem Mass in D minor (K. 626) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was composed in Vienna in 1791 and left unfinished at the composer's death. A completion by Franz Xaver Süssmayr was delivered to Count Franz von Walsegg, who had anonymously commissioned the piece for a requiem Mass to commemorate the February 14 anniversary of his wife's death.
It is one of the most enigmatic pieces of music ever composed, mostly because of the myths and controversies surrounding it, especially around how much of the piece was completed by Mozart before his death. The autograph manuscript shows the finished and orchestrated introit in Mozart's hand, as well as detailed sketches of the Kyrie and the sequence Dies irae as far as the first nine bars of "Lacrimosa", and the vocal parts of the offertory. It cannot be shown to what extent Süssmayr may have depended on now lost "scraps of paper" for the remainder; he later claimed the Sanctus and Agnus as his own.
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