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Zelenka: Gesu al Calvario | 
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| Creators: Jan Dismas Zelenka, Hermann Max, Das Kleine Konzert, Ingrid Schmithusen
Label: Capriccio
Category: Music
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 416718
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.9
UPC: 018111088725
EAN: 4006408108870
ASIN: B00005AV34
Release Date: April 24, 2001
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Introduzione | | • | "O figlie di Sionne" | | • | "Misera Madre" | | • | "Fiero dolor" | | • | "Se in te fosse" | | • | "Madre! Figlio!" | | • | "Ah! se tu costi" | | • | "Tanto amor che ti giova" | | • | "A che riserbano i cieli" | | • | "Ed io, Signor" | | • | "Si la morte" | | • | "Smanie di dolci affetti" | | • | "S'una sol lagrima" | | • | "Si crocifigga il Nazareno" |
Disc 2
| • | "Spasimi del cor mio" | | • | "Se ingrato e ribelle" | | • | "Alzate pur il gran trofeo" | | • | "Santo amor, che tanto peni" | | • | "Vinto da tanto amor" | | • | "Che fiero martire" | | • | "Ma di tragica scena" | | • | "Questo e il monte salutare" |
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| Customer Reviews:
a voice teacher and early music fan March 28, 2006
George Peabody (Carlisle,Pa. USA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
CORDIER KEEPS THIS ALL TOGETHER WITH HIS EXCELLENT PORTRAYAL OF JESUS.
Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) is one of the most significant discoveries of the 18th century. His instrumental music has been made accessible through excellent recordings, although the major part of his creative output, his church music, is still only available on CD in the form of excerpts. For liturgical use he composed 22 masses, a Requiem, and a "Melodrama de St Wenzeslo". In addition to these he created three big Italian oratorios on sacred subjects, and a number of cantatas, two of which were intended for Holy Week; 'Gesu al Calvario' being one of these.
The action in 'Gesu al Calvario' is concentrated on one single scene:the Holy Mother, Mary Magdalene, Maria Cleofa, and St.John are waiting on the Mount of Calvary for Jesus after he has been sentenced to death. The event is reflected in the words of the active persons and the shouts of the daughters of Zion, the crowd, and the host of believers. The words mainly express the human relationships of the Passion: the riveting complaints of a mother who has to watch her child being tortured to death, the touching helplessness of the on-lookers searching for some meaning in an event that is beyond human understanding. This emotional symbolism in Zelenka is not just of peripheral significance but is used for defining the structure and creating the form. In this way, Zelenka speaks an enlightened, individual musical language from which a deep, religious commitment can be discerned.
I'm having a great deal of difficulty accepting Matthew Westphal's assessment of this recording. The problems with these discs lies not with the composer (Zelenka) but with the poor performance on the part of the vocal soloists, particularly Kai Wessel, who has a really low-grade countertenor voice. At the beginning when he sings his first aria :"Se in te fosse" his mediocrity is blatantly obvious upon the entrance of David Cordier, who is an excellent countertenor and immediately follows him. The female voices distract rather than entertain; they are just not into the emotional content of this oratorio! And to further annoy the listener the accompanying booklet has no English translation. I really hope someone else takes the time to record this; someone like Cleobury or Gardiner.
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