Zelenka - Lamentations [c18] (Hyperion) [MP3] [twistle]
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Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Dismas_Zelenka
A simple setting for a small chamber group and solo voice. The different voices take turns to sing the six sections, which are made up of alternating passages of recitative and arioso. The texts themselves are the readings prescribed for the Thursday, Friday and Saturday office of Matins during Holy Week (full texts and translation available on the Hyperion site).
These are not meant to be showy or particularly pleasing to the ear; they are meditative lessons from the most solemn period of the Christian liturgical calendar.
For other examples of Lamentation settings that convey the mood of the season, consider those by Tallis (probably the most famous), White (polyphony; considered the most bleak by contemporary critics), Couperin (simple, repetitive countertenor solo/duet arias). Good recordings of these three are available on the Naxos (Oxford Camerata), Gimell (Tallis Scholars) and Hyperion (King/Caudle/Chance) labels respectively.
MP3 ~160K VBR
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Zelenka - Lamentations ZWV53 (Hyperion Helios)
Chandos Baroque Players
Chance (countertenor) / Ainsley (tenor) / George (bass)
1. Zelenka - Lamentations 1=1 - 01 Incipit lamentatio 4:48
2. Zelenka - Lamentations 1=1 - 02 Omnes amici eius 4:47
3. Zelenka - Lamentations 1=1 - 03 He. Facti sunt hostes eius 2:04
4. Zelenka - Lamentations 1=1 - 04 Jerusalem, Jerusalem 3:36
5. Zelenka - Lamentations 1=2 - 01 Waw. Et egressus est 1:26
6. Zelenka - Lamentations 1=2 - 02 Zayin. Recordata est 1:48
7. Zelenka - Lamentations 1=2 - 03 Ipsa autem gemens 3:43
8. Zelenka - Lamentations 1=2 - 04 Jerusalem, Jerusalem 1:20
9. Zelenka - Lamentations 2=1 - 01 Heth. Cogitavis Dominus 4:11
10. Zelenka - Lamentations 2=1 - 02 Teth. Defixae sunt 1:13
11. Zelenka - Lamentations 2=1 - 03 Yod 2:49
12. Zelenka - Lamentations 2=1 - 04 Sederunt in terra 2:14
13. Zelenka - Lamentations 2=1 - 05 Jerusalem, Jerusalem 2:58
14. Zelenka - Lamentations 2=2 - 01 Lamed 1:32
15. Zelenka - Lamentations 2=2 - 02 Matribus suis dixerunt 1:47
16. Zelenka - Lamentations 2=2 - 03 Samek. Plauserunt super te 3:37
17. Zelenka - Lamentations 2=2 - 04 Jerusalem, Jerusalem 3:24
18. Zelenka - Lamentations 3=1 - 01 Heth 1:57
19. Zelenka - Lamentations 3=1 - 02 Misericordiae Domini 2:16
20. Zelenka - Lamentations 3=1 - 03 Teth. Bonus est Dominus 3:17
21. Zelenka - Lamentations 3=1 - 04 Yod. Sedebit solitarius 4:07
22. Zelenka - Lamentations 3=1 - 05 Jerusalem, Jerusalem 2:43
23. Zelenka - Lamentations 3=2 - 01 Aleph 2:05
24. Zelenka - Lamentations 3=2 - 02 Quomodo obscuratum 1:59
25. Zelenka - Lamentations 3=2 - 03 Daleth 1:22
26. Zelenka - Lamentations 3=2 - 04 Adhaesit lingua lactentis 2:00
27. Zelenka - Lamentations 3=2 - 05 Jerusalem, Jerusalem 3:46
Tracks: 17
Total Time: 72:49
Streamed preview extracts and purchase information may be found at : http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/al.asp?al=CDH55106
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