Händel, Pergolesi, Porpora, Vinci

David Cizner boy soprano
Hipocondria ensemble – Jan Hádek: violin, Petra Ščevková: violin, František Kuncl: viola, Ondřej Michal: cello, Tadeáš Messany: double bass, Petra Ambrosi: oboe, Inge Marg: oboe, Jana Švadlenková: natural horn, Hana Suková: natural horn, Jan Krejča: theorbo, Filip Dvořák: harpsichord

Ensemble Inégal, Prague Baroque Soloists
conductor: Adam Viktora

Soprano: Gabriela Eibenová (solo), Barbora Sojková
Alto: Lester Lardenoye (solo), Marta Fadljevičová
Tenor: Jaromír Březina (solo), Hasan El Dunia
Bass: Tomáš Král (solo), Jaromír Nosek

1st violin: Helena Zemanová, Simona Tydlitátová, Jan Hádek, 2nd violin: Dagmar Valentová, Lýdie Cillerová, Magdalena Malá, cello: Hana Fleková, viola da gamba: Petr Wagner, double-bass: Ondřej Štajnochr, organ: Jan Doležel, bassoon: Kryštof Lada, theorbo: Jan Krejčaoboe: Petra Myšková, clarino: Christoph Dräger, Karel Mňuk

The recording was made on autentic instrument. Pitch A = 415 Hz Valotti

The Sonatas and Partitas
Thomas Zehetmair: Baroque violin

Marian Motets and Instrumental Music from the Archbishop‘s Archives in Kroměříž

Capella Ornamentata, Richard Šeda

Anima mea dilecta, Sonata 1 - 3, Threnodia hujus temporis, Parthia amabilis, Arietta cordialis
La Gambetta - on period instruments
World premiere recording

Hollan's hymnal CAPELLA REGIA MUSICALIS (1693/94) is unique in the world, for several important reasons. Its relatively large format (A4) was rarely used anywhere. It was so big that it required a music stand. It was not, however, meant only to remain standing in the church as a counterpart to the liturgical books on the altar; it was intended for use in processions, schools, at table in peoples' homes, and at the bedside (for morning, evening, and wedding songs). Some of the songs seem to have come running in from a small grove, park, garden, or field-path, or, conversely, running back to them. It contains songs for a small Bohemian Ordinary, next to evensongs, songs for the congregation, solo 'arias' for professionals - the acolytes. Some of the songs allow the accompanying organist to 'shine'; others have been furnished much less modestly with parts not just for the organ but for many other instruments as well. No other nation in the world can boast such an accomplishment.

Hunting Songs of Baroque Bohemia
on period instruments