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
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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.
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
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.
Manuscripts of these Zelenka works are held at that library (D-Dl)
As yet, there are no published editions of ZWV 59, 164, 211;
Modern transcriptions, in score, may be available for study
through Das Erbe Deutscher Musik,Tübingen
erbe.deutscher.musik@t-online.de
http://www.erbedeutschermusik.de/edm-e-al.htm
Catalog 2009 pp 72-75.
General Reference:
Janice B Stockigt, Jan Dismas Zelenka; A Bohemian musician at the court of Dresden.
Oxford University Press, 2000