Zelenka, Jan Dismas (1679-1745)
Lamentationes Jeremiae ZWV 203
Lamentation 2, Easter Eve (#6),
Soprano, tenor, obbl violin, oboe and bassoon, continuo.
Three arias (two recits) (D-Dl Mus. 2358-D4)
Carus Verlag 40.762/60
CD Chandos baroque, Helios CDH55106, tracks 23-27
http://www.amazon.com/Lamentations-Jeremiah-Zelenka/dp/B000063TSW/ref=pd_sim_m_2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJLRIgEm8bk&feature=related
Attendite et videte ZWV 59
Aria “Deus regit nos”,
Bass, obbl violin, viola and bassoon, continuo
(D-Dl Mus. 2358-D-77)
Gesù al Calvario ZWV 62
#13 Aria “S’una sol lagrima”
Alto, 2 oboes, bassoni, strings, continuo
# 18 Duetto “Santo amor, che tanto pene”
Soprano, alto, chalumeau, violini unis, fagotti con sord., continuo
# 20 Aria “Che fiero martire”
Soprano, chalumeau, flauti e oboi, 2 fagotti, strings, continuo
Score: Prisca-Verlag Vaduz/Liechtenstein 1980 (Ed. H-J Irmen), pp 106-135,182-199, 208-242.
In this edition the role of Gesù is set for bass; in the original it is set for alto
CD Capriccio 10887/88 Hermann Max, CD 1 track 13, CD 2 tracks 4, 6.
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP9EcTkDMhU&feature=relmfu
Motet: Barbara dira effera ! ZWV 164,
Alto, fagotto concertante, strings
(D-Dl Mus. 2358-E-36)
Manuscript score, prepared 1986 from the original source, reproduced
here with the generous permission of Janice Stockigt, Melbourne and
the Sächsische Landes-Staats-und-Universitätsbibliothek, Dresden.
(Note that in the .pdf file the fagotto part is the fourth line from the bottom throughout)
CD: Ensemble Inégal, Prague Baroque Soloists, Viktora, Nibiru 01542231, tracks 17-19
YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyVvi0g2K8Q
Motet: Qui nihil sortis ZWV 211,
Soprano, alto, oboe concertante, fagotto concertante,
strings, continuo (D-Dl Mus. 2358-E-37).
The original score of this work is heavily damaged. I am grateful to Vaughan McAlley
for preparation of a draft score, presented here with permission from the
Sächsische Landes-Staats-und-Universitätsbibliothek, Dresden.
Sollicitus Fossor ZWV 209,
Alto solo, violoncello concertante, fagotto concertante, oboes, strings, continuo.
This previously anonymous work is now attributed to Zelenka
(D-Dl Mus. 2358-E-38)
Il serpente di bronzo ZWV 61,
Aria "Vicina morte con fiero sguardo", soprano, 2 oboes, continuo (fagotto*)
Sächsische Landes-Staats-und-Universitätsbibliothek, Dresden, D-Dl 2358-D-74, pp 76-81.
CD Ensemble Inégal, Viktora, Nibiru 0146-2211, track 9.
YouTube (+29.40 min):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4hpDxMeJSo
Litaniae de Venerabili Sacramento ZWV 147,
Duet "Panis omnipotentia"
Tenor, bass, 2 oboes, strings, continuo (fagotto*)
Sächsische Landes-Staats-und-Universitätsbibliothek, Dresden, D-Dlb D-55.
CD: Hyperion CDA67350, King's Consort, track 5
YouTube (+9.0 min):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBYDC2E8BRk
Requiem ZWV 46, Offertorium “Ne cadent in obscuram” “Do not fall into darkness”
Tenor, 2 fagotti, strings, continuo
Autograph score, Sächsische Landes-Staats-und-Universitätsbibliothek, Dresden,
Mus. 2358-D-81.3, bars 22-39.
CD: Accent ACC 24244, Luks, Collegium 1704, CD 2, track 15
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AITAap8mBqU (+23 min)
Modern transcriptions of unpublished works, in score, may be available for study through
Das Erbe Deutscher Musik,Tübingen. Catalog 2009 pp 72-75.
erbe.deutscher.musik@t-online.de
http://www.erbedeutschermusik.de/edm-e-al.htm
Zelenka website: http://www.jdzelenka.net/
Zelenka Werkverzeichnis: http://www.wissensdrang.com/zwv.htm
General Reference:
Janice B Stockigt, Jan Dismas Zelenka; A Bohemian musician at the court of Dresden.
Oxford University Press, 2000