Artist: Various Artist
Title: Dvorak: Complete Sacred Choral Music
Year Of Release: 2018
Label: Brilliant Classics
Genre: Classical
Total Time: 06:35:42

Tracklist
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01. Requiem in B-Flat Minor, Op. 89, Pt. 1: I. Introitus. Requiem aeternam -Kyrie
02. Requiem in B-Flat Minor, Op. 89, Pt. 1: II. Graduale. Requiem aeternam
03. Requiem in B-Flat Minor, Op. 89, Pt. 1: III. Dies irae
04. Requiem in B-Flat Minor, Op. 89, Pt. 1: IV. Tuba mirum
05. Requiem in B-Flat Minor, Op. 89, Pt. 1: V. Quid sum miser
06. Requiem in B-Flat Minor, Op. 89, Pt. 1: VI. Recordare, Jesu pie
07. Requiem in B-Flat Minor, Op. 89, Pt. 1: VII. Confutatis maledictis
08. Requiem In B-Flat Minor, Op. 89, Pt. 1: VIII. Lacrimosa
09. Requiem in B-Flat Minor, Op. 89, Pt. 2: I. Domine Jesu Christe
10. Requiem in B-Flat Minor, Op. 89, Pt. 2: II. Hostias
11. Requiem in B-Flat Minor, Op. 89, Pt. 2: III. Sanctus
12. Requiem in B-Flat Minor, Op. 89, Pt. 2: IV. Pie Jesu
13. Requiem in B-Flat Minor, Op. 89, Pt. 2: V. Agnus dei
14. Stabat mater, Op. 58: I. Stabat mater dolorosa
15. Stabat mater, Op. 58: II. Quis est homo?
16. Stabat mater, Op. 58: III. Eia, mater
17. Stabat mater, Op. 58: IV. Fac ut ardeat cor meum
18. Stabat mater, Op. 58: V. Tui nati vulnerate
19. Stabat mater, Op. 58: VI. Fac me tecum flere
20. Stabat mater, Op. 58: VII. Virgo virginum praeclara
21. Stabat Mater, Op. 58: VIII. Fa Cut Portem Christi Mortem
22. Stabat mater, Op. 58: IX. Inflammatus et accensus
23. Stabat mater, Op. 58: X. Quando corpus morietur
24. Psalm 149 in C Major, Op. 79
25. Mass in D Major, Op. 86: I. Kyrie. Andante con moto
26. Mass in D Major, Op. 86: II. Gloria. Allegro vivo
27. Mass in D Major, Op. 86: III. Credo. Allegro moderato
28. Mass in D Major, Op. 86: IV. Sanctus. Allegro maestoso
29. Mass in D Major, Op. 86: V. Benedictus. Lento
30. Mass in D Major, Op. 86: VI. Agnus dei. Andante
31. Te deum, Op. 103: I. Te deum laudamus. Allegro moderato, maestoso
32. Te deum, Op. 103: II. Tu rex gloriae, Christe. Lento maestosoq
33. Te deum, Op. 103: III. Aeterna fac cum sanctis. Vivace
34. Te deum, Op. 103: IV. Benedicamus patrem. Lento
35. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 1: I. Introduction and Chorus Tmy vrátily se v skrýše skal a les?
36. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 1: II. Recitativo vesno smavá, Vesno snivá
37. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 1: III. Chorus KV?ty, jimiž Vesna vábí
38. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 1: IV. Chorus svaté jitro jest
39. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 1: V. Chorus t?íhlav, který pat?í trojí tvá?í
40. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 1: VI. Recitativo mé srdce chví se tlukem bou?ným dnes
41. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 1: II. Chorus Slyš naše písn? horoucí a vroucí
42. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 1: VIII. Aria Od D?Tství Ku Oltá?I Mne Vodil Svatý Cit
43. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 1: IX. Chorus vždy bozi s námi jsou, kam bludný krok se šine
44. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 1: X. Aria sem rychle vesny KV?t, at' sochu ov?n?íme
45. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 1: XI. Chorus ký v pozadí to hluk?
46. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 1: XII. Aria and chorus do prach s vámi! Jeden jest b?h!
47. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 1: XIII. Chorus Kdo Onen Muž, Jejž Nestih's Nebe Blesk?
48. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 1: IX. Recitativo and Aria ó dovol, abych zlíbat sm?la tvých nohou prach
49. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 1: X. Recitativo vstup v nitro své, mým bytem není zem?
50. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 1: XI. Chorus co bude nyní?
51. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 1: XII. Chorus vše lame se a bortí v chaos tmavý
52. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 2: I. Introduction, Recitativo and Aria Ó, v jaké šeré lesní stíny
53. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 2: II. Duet ted' ptám se t?. co najít chceš?
54. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 2: III. Aria já neklamal se, bud' vítána, dcero!
55. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 2: IV. Recitativo dík, ot?e, já se neklamala
56. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 2: V. Aria nuž tedy v?z a pojmi v srdce svoje
57. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 2: VI. Recitativo ó dop?ej, at' se poko?e dál cvi?ím
58. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 2: VII. Terzetto tam Krist?v k?íž!
59. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 2: VIII. Terzetto And Chorus Vesele Hvozdem, Vesele Polem
60. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 2: IX. Tenor and Chorus ó, jaký obraz oku mému se v stínu lesním otvírá!
61. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 2: X. Recitativo já, bludné duše sv?tlu vracím
62. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 2: XI. Chorus ó, neklamu se, chápu juž
63. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 2: XII. Recitativo ach, ona, po níž srdce moje prahne
64. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 2: XIII. Aria Ó, Cestu Ukaž Mi, Jak Jí Mám Dobýt
65. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 2: XIV. Chorus ó vizte, kníže náš vrhá se na kolena
66. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 2: XV. Recitativo ó, kterak mohu zvednout k tob? zraku
67. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 2: XVI. Chorus ó b?da, nechce slyšet jeho lkání!
68. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 2: XVII. Recitativo Jak Z Krázného Snu Náhle Procitlý
69. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 2: XVIII. Quartet And Chorus Já Hledala Jsem Zá?I Toho Jitra
70. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 3: I. Introduction and Chorus hospodine, pomiluj ny!
71. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 3: II. Recitativo and Chorus nuž p?istupte, mnou ví?e vyu?ení
72. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 3: III. Duet ó, nech juž skanout nad našimi ?ely
73. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 3: IV. Recitativo u cóile stojím snahy své a tužby
74. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 3: V. Chorus nuž poklekn?te p?ed biskupem oba
75. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 3: VI. Bass and Chorus duchu svatý, sestup v nachum
76. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 3: VII. Chorus ó zn?te, písn?, zn?te k nebes báni
77. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 3: VIII. Alto And Chorus Panno, Matko Stvo?Itele
78. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 3: IX. Alto, Bass and Chorus ó zn?te, písne, zn?te k nebes báni
79. Saint Ludmilla, Op. 71, Pt. 3: X. Soloists and Chorus hospodine, pomiluj ny!

Unrivalled in the catalogue, this box brings together all the works in a genre for which Dvořák has been undervalued. The composer was himself a lifelong Catholic, a man of uncomplicated faith and not prey to spiritual torments in the manner of his contemporary Bruckner.

Dvořák wrote religious music throughout his career, though his first substantial contribution was the Stabat mater of 1876-7. This large-scale setting burns with a restrained pathos likely intensified during the period of composition by the deaths of his children. One of the most personal of all his major works, the Stabat mater sets the tone for the equally large-scale St Ludmila oratorio of 1886 and the Requiem of 1890: not for Dvořák the hellfire and damnation so vividly evoked by Berlioz and Verdi in their settings of the text: sorrow andconsolation are the Requiem’s key-signatures, just as devout belief infuses the Czech legend of St Ludmila.

The Mass in D was originally composed in 1887 with organ accompaniment, but the carefully integrated nature of his setting is in the spirit of the late Masses by Haydn and Schubert, as he recognised by orchestrating it a few years later. His final sacred work is the elementally exuberant Te Deum of 1892, which looks back in spirit to his robust and festive setting of Psalm 149.

The recordings in this box are all modern, made during the last 20 years by ensembles in Cologne, Navarra, Warsaw and Washington, and masterminded by noted choral conductors including Gerd Albrecht (St Ludmila), Robert Shafer (Stabat mater, Psalm 149) and Antoni Wit (Requiem, Mass in D, Te Deum). An extended essay on Dvořák’s sacred output is printed within the booklet, and sung texts are available at www.brilliantclassics.com.

The complete Sacred Choral music by the most popular Czech composer, Antonin Dvořák, counting among the greatest Romantic Sacred music of the 19th century.

Contains the Requiem, Stabat Mater, the Mass, Te Deum and the seldom heard oratorio Svata Ludmila (Saint Ludmilla).

Performers include the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra with Antoni Wit, and the WDR Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marc Albrecht.