Episode 2
Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745): 2/5. Donald Macleod on how Zelenka had the chance to impress the Dresden court with a musical drama bigger than anything he had previously done.
With Donald Macleod. A royal wedding gives Zelenka the perfect chance to impress the Dresden court with a musical drama bigger than anything he's previously attempted. But it's in another area that he soon begins to specialise: as a composer of requiem masses, including a stunning work written for the obsequies of his own father in 1724.
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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Symphonia (from Sub Olea Pacis et Palma)
Performer: Musica Florea Performer: Musica Aeterna Performer: Ensemble Philidor Performer: Marek Štrynel (conductor)
- SUPRAPHON SU3520-2 232.
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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Sub Olea Pacis et Palma – Act 3
Performer: Markus Forster (counter-tenor) Performer: Jaroslav Březina (tenor) Performer: Aleš Procházka (bass) Performer: Noémi Kiss (soprano) Performer: Musica Florea Performer: Musica Aeterna Performer: Ensemble Philidor Performer: Marek Štrynel (conductor)
- SUPRAPHON SU3520-2 232.
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Jan Dismas Zelenka
De Profundis (ZWV 50)
Performer: Il Fondamento Performer: Paul Dombrecht (director)
- PASSACAILLE 9528.
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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Concerto a8 (ZWV 186)
Performer: Freiburg Baroque Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz (director)
- SWR Radio recording.
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- Tue 19 Jan 201012:00BBC Radio 3
- Tue 19 Jan 201022:00BBC Radio 3
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