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Zelenka: Sacred Music Reviews
Zelenka: Sacred Music Reviews
| 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful  a voice teacher and early music fan, By This review is from: Zelenka: Sacred Music (Audio CD) COLORFUL,COMPLEX,ORNATE, OLD-FASHIONED BUT LOOKING FORWARD, JAN DISMAS ZELENKA'S MUSIC NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE AND ENTERTAIN!Jan Dismas Zelenka(1679-1745) was the most important Bohemian composer before Gluck. He wrote no operas and few instrumental works, but a great body of sacred music for the Catholic court at Dresden plus a few choice secular works. Only recently have his works come to light, but they show that he was an important and uniquely gifted composer, with a superb ear for melody, exceptional contrapuntal skills, and a sparing but effective penchant for surprising harmonious twists and unusual turns of phrase. While his music, on the surface, may appear somewhat like Bach, it actually takes its own path into less traditional and less profound musical territory. After all, there is only one J.S.Bach! This recording presents four representative sacred works by Zelenka from the period of about 1727-1733 which Friedrich Rochlitz (a Leipzig... Read more |
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