Episode 4
Donald Macleod charts a definitive year in Zelenka's life, when the transfer of power to a new Elector saw him seize the opportunity to petition for promotion.
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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Invitatorium (from Officium Defunctorum ZWV 47)
Performer: Robyn Blaze (counter-tenor) Performer: The King’s Consort Performer: Robert King (conductor)
- HYPERION CDA 67350.
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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Kyrie (Missa Purificationis Beatae Virginis Mariae ZWV 16)
Performer: Ensemble Inégal Performer: Gabriela Eibenová (soprano) Performer: Hana Blažíková (soprano) Performer: Adam Viktora (conductor)
- NIBIRU 0147-2211.
- 1 to 3.
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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Povera Fede
Performer: Claron McFadden (soprano) Performer: Freiburg Baroque Performer: Gottfried von der Golz (director)
- EBU concert recording.
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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Jesum Tradidit Impius
Performer: Ensemble Vocal de Nantes Performer: Le Concert Saint-Martin
- ADES 204312.
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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Gesù al Calvario (excerpt)
Performer: Larissa Malikowa (soprano, Maria Maddalena) Performer: Lena Susanne Norin (alto, Maria Cleofe) Performer: Das Kleine Konzert Performer: Hermann Max (director)
- CAPRICCIO 10887/88.
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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Invitatorium (from Officium Defunctorum ZWV 47)
Performer: Robyn Blaze (counter-tenor) Performer: The King’s Consort Performer: Robert King (conductor)
- HYPERION CDA 67350.
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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Kyrie (Missa Purificationis Beatae Virginis Mariae ZWV 16)
Performer: Ensemble Inégal Performer: Gabriela Eibenová (soprano) Performer: Hana Blažíková (soprano) Performer: Adam Viktora (conductor)
- NIBIRU 0147-2211.
- 1 to 3.
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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Povera Fede
Performer: Claron McFadden (soprano) Performer: Freiburg Baroque Performer: Gottfried von der Golz (director)
- EBU concert recording.
![]()
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Jesum Tradidit Impius
Performer: Ensemble Vocal de Nantes Performer: Le Concert Saint-Martin
- ADES 204312.
![]()
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Gesù al Calvario (excerpt)
Performer: Larissa Malikowa (soprano, Maria Maddalena) Performer: Lena Susanne Norin (alto, Maria Cleofe) Performer: Das Kleine Konzert Performer: Hermann Max (director)
- CAPRICCIO 10887/88.
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- Thu 21 Jan 201012:00BBC Radio 3
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