Charles University II

Music of Charles University, vol. 2
Ars Cameralis - Lukas Matousek
Studio Matous MK 0005

Contents:

    Nicolaus:
  1. Unde gaudent angeli - Eia - Nostra (instr.)

    2. Anon.:
  2. Primo tempore
  3. Ave coronata - Alma parens - Ave coronata
  4. Concrepet infanti ( Verbum caro)
  5. Prima declinatio
  6. Pangat odas pariter (instr.)
  7. Angelica Christi turma
  8. Octaviano imperatore - Clamet canet
  9. Salve Maria regia
  10. Gaude Dei genitrix - Gaude virgo mater - Gaude virgo
  11. Ex lingwis multiphariis (instr.)
  12. O Ihesu vivens hostia - Ave caro Christi
  13. Fortis eccis leo ille
  14. Solis previa
  15. Dorothee festo

    16. Johannes:
  16. Jesus Christus nostra salus

    17. Anon.:
  17. Palmiger a vernulis
  18. Imperatrix virgo gloriosa
  19. Sanctissima mitissima
  20. Stirps regalis (Salve mundi - Gloriose Domini)
  21. Modulisemus omnes

    22. Petrus Wilhelmi de Grudencz:
  22. Preconia etroclita
  23. Prefulcitam expolitam
  24. Pneuma eucharistiarium - Veni vere - Dator eia
  25. Pax eterna templo - Jacob - Terribilis (instr.)
  26. Plaude euge theotocus
  27. Probitate eminentem - Ploditando exarare

    28. Anon.:
  28. Gaude Maria, virgo infuisti
  29. Mandragore dedrunt
  30. Sicut cedrus exaltata sum (instr.)
  31. Flosculum amenitatis
  32. Pulcherima rosa
  33. Omnis nunc microscosmus - Omnis mundus iocundetur

    34. Johannes Touront:
  34. O preclare Jesu care

    35. Andreas:
  35. Ave pura tu puella
  36. Pane Boze, bud' pri nás

Playing time: 61' 49"

Performers:
Ars Cameralis [Zuzana Matouskova (mezzosoprano), Hanus Barton (portative organ), Milan Langer (portative organ, cembalino, small harpsichord), Lukáas Matousek (recorder, gemshorn, shawm, crumhorns, doucaine, gothic harp, micanon), Jirí Richter (fiddle)], Milada Cechalová (soprano), Richard Sporka (countertenor), Jan Stetka (countertenor), Stanislav Predota (tenor), Michal Propíl;sil (baritone), Zdenka Pelikánová (rebec, fiddle), Karel Klement (recorder, shawm), Miloslav Klement (gemshorn, reedcap shawm) - Lukáas Matousek, dir.

Recording site and date:
Church of the Czech Brethren, Prague, Czech Republic [11/1992]

There is a first volume:

Music of Charles University, Volume 1
Ars Cameralis - Lukas Matousek
Studio Matous 0003

For those interested in early Czech music, the following references may be useful:

The Oldest Czech Monody (aka Musique ancienne tchèque)
Soloists; Musica Antiqua, Vienna, René Clemencic, dir.; Prague Madrigal Singers, Miroslav Venhoda, dir.; Czech Singers' Chorus, Josel Veselka, dir.; Kühn Children's Chorus, Markéta künova, dir.
Supraphon SUA 19 453 or SUA ST 59 453 [LP]
The Oldest Czech Polyphony Pt. I
Prague Madrigal Singers, Miroslav Venhoda, dir.
Supraphon SUF 29 094 or MAB 22 [LP-25cm]
The Oldest Czech Polyphony Pt. II
Soloists; Musica Antiqua, Vienna, René Clemencic, dir.; Prague Madrigal Singers, Miroslav Venhoda, dir.; Czech philarmonic chorus, Josel Veselka, dir.
Supraphon SUA 19 564 or SUA ST 59 564 [LP]
Medieval Music at the Prague Royal Court
Prague Madrigal Singers - Miroslav Venhoda, dir.
Supraphon SUA ST 50 598 [LP]
Musik am Kaiserhof zu Prag (in France: Musique à la cour de Prague)
Pro Musica Antiqua, Praha
Schwann/Musica Sacra AMS/VMS 1011 (or in France: Charlin CL-39) [LP]
Musica in Bohemia in tempore Caroli IV
Symposium Musicum & Prague Madrigal Singers - Miroslav Venhoda, dir.
Supraphon 11-2213-2211 [CD]
Czech medieval sacred chant
Kubistova, Polasek, Matuszek (dir.)
Deutsche Harmonia mundi (BMG) 74 321 54 766-2
Slavic Holiday: Legends from Ancient Czechoslovakia and Poland
The Rose Ensemble
Rose 00003 [CD]
Kdo chce býti veselý
Musica Rustica
Vars VA 0051 [CD]
Musicae Bohemicae Anthologia, Vol. I
(XIth century to early XVIIth century)
Various performers
Musica Bohemicae Anthologia, Volume I [78rpm x10, 30cm]

Reviewed in:
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Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):

Comments:
This second volume is devoted strictly to Czech composers.

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Pierre F. Roberge