Händel's Messiah is unquestionably one of the most famous works of the worldwide oratorio literature, and over the centuries it has become a part of England’s cultural identity. On the occasion of the fourth performance of Messiah within the season 2017/2018 of Collegium 1704 held in the Rudolfinum in Prague, the ensemble decided to provide the very first complete CD live recording of this composition.
Václav Luks | dirigent conductor
Giulia Semenzato | soprano
Benno Schachtner | countertenor
Krystian Adam | tenor
Krešimir Stražanac | bass
Collegium 1704
Helena Zemanová concert master
Iveta Schwarz, Markéta Knittlová, Jan Hádek, Luca Giardini violin I
Ivan Iliev, Simona Tydlitátová, Martina Kuncl Štillerová, Veronika Manová,
Daniel Deuter violin II
Ildiko Ludwig, Tim Willis, František Kuncl, Ivo Anýž viola
Libor Mašek, Hana Fleková, Helena Matyášová violoncello
Ondřej Štajnochr, Attila Szilágyi double bass
Pablo Kornfeld organ
Joan Boronat Sanz harpsichord
Jan Krejča theorba
Katharina Andres, Petra Ambrosi oboe
Györgyi Farkas, Stefan Pantzier bassoon
Hans-Martin Rux, Almut Rux / Aline Théry clarina
Daniel Schäbe timpani
Collegium Vocale 1704
Jenny Högström, Helena Hozová, Kamila Zbořilová, Marta Paklar,
Petra Havránková soprano
Kamila Mazalová, Aneta Petrasová, Marta Fadljevičová, Daniela Čermáková,
Jan Mikušek alto
Václav Čížek, Čeněk Svoboda, Krzysztof Mroziński, Pavel Valenta, Hasan El-Dunia tenor
Tomáš Šelc, Michał Dembiński, Georg Finger, Martin Vacula, Dominik Kujawa bass
For the special generous support, we thank the CD patrons:
Hugo Mensdorff-Pouilly
František Vyskočil
Marie Veronika & Libor Winklerovi
Our sincere thanks go to all of you who supported the recording! Thanks to:
David Adameček, Hildegard & Willi Amort, Ing. Václav Bartoš, Ota Batelka, Beng Choo Lim, Giuseppina Bonardi, René Burggraaf & Renzo Snippe-Burggraaf, Milena Česeneková, Bernhard Deflorian, Robert Doyle, Jiří Fencl, Anna J. Ficner, Václav Filip, Štěpán Filipec, Jakub Hadraba, Jochem Hagel, Winfried Heyne-Böhme, Guillaume L'Hôpital, Jiří Hrstka, Ondřej Jareš, Piotr Jaworski, Alexander Kadavý, Jiří Kameníček, Dr. Arch. Christian Kapeller, Marie & Aleš Kocverovi, Dorit & Johannes Koderisch, Eva Kohutová, František Kopca, Helmut Krause, Barbora & Michal Krejčí, Kateřina Kroužecká, Monika Kubertová, Jan Kučera, Daniel Kunz, Martin Lošek, Zorka Martínková, Fumiyo Miura, Gudrun Nützenadel, Joanna Poloková, Christien Poppes, Jana Ryšlinková, David Stejskal, Eva & Petr Svobodovi, Tomáš Šelc, David Šilar, Katka & Martin Šmolíkovi, Věra Štěpánková, Miklos Tallian, Mariusz Trojanowski, Università Ca' Foscari, Václav Vrána, Martina Výrková, Anna M. & Ulrich Wobus, Daniel Zaleski, Přemek Žák
CD manufactured in Austria
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