Zelenka - Requiem in C-Moll - Dähler

"Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) - a Bohemian Catholic contemporary of Bach - did not arouse the interest of musicians and musicologists until the last twenty years, and so has become, at least in the recent past, a phenomenon by means of first editions, recordings and musicological research. In the libraries of Prague, and particularly in the archives of Dresden, a former capital of arts, one can find music of great individuality and importance, music which differs radically from all the usual Baroque mediocrity. Even Bach himself, who in 1736 received the additional title of a Saxon court composer, is said to have esteemed the work of his colleague Zelenka. (...)"

[Georg-Albrecht Eckle in the booklet]

Jan Dismas Zelenka (16791-1745): Requiem in C minor

Brigitte Fournier - soprano
Brigitte Balleys - contralto
Kenzo Ishii - tenor
Niklaus Tüller- bass
Berner Kammerchor
Berner Kammerorchester
Jörg Ewald Dähler - conductor

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