tracks

Symphonia - Allegro Assai
Prolusio
Chorus. Allegro (Fortitudo Mea)
Aria. Allegro (Haec Coeli)
Recitativo (Hem! Quoe Ista?)
Aria. Andante (En! Pietatis Adamas)
Recitativo (Dura Certamina)
Aria. Allegro (Huc Palmas Deferte)
Recitativo (Haec Summa Gloriae)
Aria. Allegro
Actus I
Aria. Allegro (I. Phoebe, Umbras Pelle)
Recitativo (En, Fidei Aemula)
Aria. Andante (Huc, Virtutes, Festinate)
Chorus. Allegro (Eja, De Figmentis)
Recitativo (En! Pietati Comes)
Aria (Jam Calle Secundo)
Ritornello. Piu Andante
Recitativo (Nunquid Non Messis Tritici Est?)
Aria (Meto Culmos, Lego Spicas)
Actus II
Recitativo (Quicunque Glorificaverit Me)
Aria. Allegro (Angelicae Mentes)
Chorus Angelorum (En, Prompti Ad Mandata)
Aria. Adagio (Ave, Deus Recondite)
Recitativo (Proh! Quae Aeris Inclementia)
Aria. Andante (Veni, Auster, Lux Perennis)
Recitativo (Per Me Reges Regnant)
Aria. Allegro Assai (Exurge, Providentia!)
Recitativo (Corona Gloriae In Manu Domini)
Aria. Andante (Huc, Coeli Principes)
Actus III
Aria. Allegro (Reviresce, Effloresce, Pacis Olea)
Recitativo (Aptate Tympana)
Aria And Chorus (Vive, Regna, Ferdinande)
Aria. Allegro (Nova Gaudia, Nova Jubila)
Aria. Allegro (En, Duplo Sole Czechia)
Epilogus
Recitativo (Eja! Votivi Omnia Secundent Plausus!)
Aria. Allegro (Exsurge, Martis Gloria)
Chorus. Vivace (Vos Oriens Adoret)

notes

Melodrama de Sancto Wenceslao, ZWV 175: Sub olea pacis et palma virtutis conspicua orbi regia Bohemiae corona [Under the olive tree of peace and palm tree of virtue the crown of Bohemia splendidly shines before the whole world] (1723, text by Matthaeus Zill).
Total time: 95'14.
CD1 contains a facsimile in PDF format of the original printed libretto from 1723 in Latin & German.
Recorded in Rothmayer Hall at Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic, on 15-19 July 2000.
World premiere recording.
Slimline double-CD jewel case with separate 56-page booklet, both housed in O-card.

credits

Bass Vocals – Aleš Procházka
Choir – Boni Pueri
Chorus Master – Pavel Horák
Composed By – Jan Dismas Zelenka
Conductor – Eric Baude-Delhommais, Marek Štryncl, Peter Zajíček
Countertenor Vocals – Markus Forster,
Ensemble – Ensemble Philidor, Musica Aeterna, Musica Florea
Soprano Vocals – Anna Hlavenková, Noémi Kiss
Tenor Vocals – Adam Zdunikowski, Jaroslav Březina

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