Jan Hádek, Hipocondria Ensemble – Brixi: Magnificat.Music from Eighteenth-Century Prague (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Jan Hádek, Hipocondria Ensemble – Brixi: Magnificat.Music from Eighteenth-Century Prague (2021)
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In the first third of the 18th-century, Prague was a major music centre, with Italian operas and concertos, French suites, Italian and German oratorios being performed in the city, and the local churches striving to acquire the latest and most virtuosic compositions. Šimon Brixi was one of the most distinguished composers who drew inspiration from this thriving culture, while creating highly inventive music of his own. He mainly wrote liturgical pieces, yet few of them have survived.

Brixi gained great acclaim for his musicae navales for the popular Saint John of Nepomuk Festivities in May on the river Vltava. Although he did not publish his scores, Brixi was a renowned composer and his music was frequently performed. Copies of his works were possessed by, among others, Jan Dismas Zelenka. Brixi mastered all the styles and techniques of his time, ranging from rigorous counterpoint to elements of the nascent Galant style.

The works are arranged on the album in a one-day liturgical arch, with the morning mass followed by litanies and the canticle Magnificat from vespers, which owing to its style and high technical requirements may bring to mind Zelenka’s music. Made up of superlative soloists, Hipocondria Ensemble bring back to life Šimon Brixi’s overlooked works. Their recording of the Magnificat is the first made on historical instruments.

Tracklist:

1-01. Hana Blažíková – Missa ex D: No. 1, Kyrie (03:27)
1-02. Hana Blažíková – Missa ex D: No. 2, Gloria in excelsis Deo (01:43)
1-03. Hana Blažíková – Missa ex D: No. 3, Laudamus te (01:17)
1-04. Hana Blažíková – Missa ex D: No. 4, Gratias agimus tibi (01:38)
1-05. Hana Blažíková – Missa ex D: No. 5, Domine Deus (01:41)
1-06. Hana Blažíková – Missa ex D: No. 6, Qui tollis peccata mundi (02:09)
1-07. Hana Blažíková – Missa ex D: No. 7, Quoniam tu solus sanctus (01:02)
1-08. Hana Blažíková – Missa ex D: No. 8, Cum Sancto Spiritu (01:27)
1-09. Hana Blažíková – Missa ex D: No. 9, Credo in unum Deum (02:23)
1-10. Hana Blažíková – Missa ex D: No. 10, Crucifixus (01:51)
1-11. Hana Blažíková – Missa ex D: No. 11, Et resurrexit (01:22)
1-12. Hana Blažíková – Missa ex D: No. 12, Et in Spiritum (04:10)
1-13. Hana Blažíková – Missa ex D: No. 13, Sanctus (01:33)
1-14. Hana Blažíková – Missa ex D: No. 14, Osanna in excelsis (01:01)
1-15. Hana Blažíková – Missa ex D: No. 15, Benedictus (00:49)
1-16. Hana Blažíková – Missa ex D: No. 16, Osanna in excelsis (01:03)
1-17. Hana Blažíková – Missa ex D: No. 17, Agnus Dei (04:00)
1-18. Hana Blažíková – Arietta de gloriosissima resurrectione Domini nostri Jesu Christi (04:32)
1-19. Hana Blažíková – Litaniae de venerabili sacramento: No. 1, Kyrie (02:11)
1-20. Hana Blažíková – Litaniae de venerabili sacramento: No. 2, Hostia immaculata (02:51)
1-21. Hana Blažíková – Litaniae de venerabili sacramento: No. 3, Fons vivus (00:49)
1-22. Hana Blažíková – Litaniae de venerabili sacramento: No. 4, Praecelsum venerabile (02:30)
1-23. Hana Blažíková – Litaniae de venerabili sacramento: No. 5, Sacrata pax (00:37)
1-24. Hana Blažíková – Litaniae de venerabili sacramento: No. 6, Oblatum holocaustum (01:25)
1-25. Hana Blažíková – Litaniae de venerabili sacramento: No. 7, Cruentum sacrificium (01:16)
1-26. Hana Blažíková – Litaniae de venerabili sacramento: No. 8, Altare seraphinorum (01:45)
1-27. Hana Blažíková – Litaniae de venerabili sacramento: No. 9, Agnus Dei (02:51)
1-28. Hana Blažíková – Alma Redemptoris Mater (05:21)
1-29. Hana Blažíková – Domine ad adjuvandum me festina (03:29)
1-30. Hana Blažíková – Magnificat: No. 1, Magnificat anima mea (02:15)
1-31. Hana Blažíková – Magnificat: No. 2, Quia respexit (01:27)
1-32. Hana Blažíková – Magnificat: No. 3, Ecce enim ex hoc (00:44)
1-33. Hana Blažíková – Magnificat: No. 4, Quia fecit mihi magna (02:12)
1-34. Hana Blažíková – Magnificat: No. 5, Et misericordia (01:05)
1-35. Hana Blažíková – Magnificat: No. 6, Fecit potentiam (01:56)
1-36. Hana Blažíková – Magnificat: No. 7, Deposuit potentes (01:21)
1-37. Hana Blažíková – Magnificat: No. 8, Esurientes implevit bonis (00:34)
1-38. Hana Blažíková – Magnificat: No. 9, Sicut locutus est (02:29)
1-39. Hana Blažíková – Magnificat: No. 10, Gloria Patri (02:39)

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