ZELENKA Sacred Music Requiem in C minor (first UK recording) Miserere in C minor Lamentatio Pro Die Veneris Sancto Fiori Musicali Choir & Orchestra Grace Davidson soprano James Bowman countertenor Benjamin Hulett tenor Simon Whiteley bass with members of His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts Penelope Rapson director Price £15 each, including postage and packaging back to all recordings...

The music of Jan Dismas Zelenka, one of the most fascinating and significant figures of the baroque, is undergoing a revival. Fiori Musicali have been active in bringing this rather eccentric Bohemian Catholic composer to wider attention. Now they present the first UK recording of Zelenka's Requiem in C minor, a tour de force for choir, soloists, strings and sagbutts, and still the subject of debate about its attribution. Also on this disc is one of the penitential Lamentations of Jeremiah, sung here by James Bowman, and the Miserere in C minor, another choral masterpiece.

Requiem in C minor ZWV 45 (first UK recording)
1 Requiem I [2.25]
2 Te decet [2.02]
3 Requiem II [2.23]
4 Kyrie eleison I [2.03]
5 Christe eleison [1.39]
6 Kyrie eleison II [2.05]
7 Dies irae [1.49]
8 Quantus tremor [1.42]
9 Tuba mirum [2.48]
10 Mors stupebit [2.16]
11 Liber scriptus [3.24]
12 Lacrimosa [3.13]
13 Sanctus - Pleni sunt coeli - Osanna I [2.02]
14 Benedictus [1.01]
15 Osanna II [1.01]
16 Agnus Dei [3.33]
17 Lux aeterna [0.57]
18 Cum sanctis tuis [1.20]

Miserere in C minor ZWV 57
19 Miserere I [2.55]
20 Miserere II [5.16]
21 Gloria Patri I [4.07]
22 Gloria Patri II [0.54]
23 Sicut erat [1.19]
24 Miserere III [2.05]

Lamentatio Pro Die Veneris Sancto ZWV 53, Lamentatio 3:2
25 [Andante] [2.26]
26 Recitative [1.54]
27 Un poco andante [1.29]
28 Recitative [1.42
29 Andante [4.23]

Total running time 66.16