When musician and musicologist Pavel Klikar founded his new ensemble, the Musica Antiqua Praha, in 1982, it was truly a revelation and a breath of fresh air in the stale atmosphere - not only in terms of music performance - of the country conserved by a totalitarian regime. Klikar would look for, study, and reconstruct period instruments, create an archive of scores, and convey the magic of Baroque tuning systems to musicians. Previously unknown music of the Italian Early Baroque began to be performed in churches - played on period instruments and sung with purity, humility, and lightness, without any impasto layers of quasi-Romantic emotionality. The ensemble was inspired by encounters with important music figures, such as Reinhard Goebel, Christopher Hogwood, Peter Holman, and Andrew Parrott. Klikar managed to fascinate and win for his vision extraordinary singers and musicians, who would later found their own ensembles and become established among the best in the world of early music. The MAP recorded five albums for Supraphon with repertoire ranging from the Italian Early Baroque (Grandi, Legrenzi) to the unique treasures preserved at the KromerÃz Archbishop's Archive to sweet and poetic Christmas songs from Czech Baroque hymn books. Although the ensemble no longer exists, there is something timeless in it's recordings that does not allow us to think of them as "archival." What still captivates the listener today and offers an ethereal experience is their humility, grace, deep contemplation, and breathtaking purity. Musica Antiqua Praha - the unique and eternal mysticism of Baroque music
Tracklist:
- Sonata a 3 (con tromba)
- Sonata seconda a 5
- Laudate Dominum omnes gentes I.
- Sonata con duobus violinis
- Laudate Dominum omnes gentes II.
- Sonata a 3
- Beatus vir
- Sonata a 4
- Laudate pueri
- Baletti a 4
- Magnificat
- Ciaccona a 3 Chori
- Sinfonia seconda a 2
- In te Domine speravi
- Sonata prima a 2
- Ego flos campi
- Canzon quinta a 2
- Canzon "La Guaralda" alla Bastarda a 2
- Gaude Maria virgo
- Sinfonia IXX. a 4
- Jesu care
- Canzon quarta a 2
- Vulnerasti cor meum
- Capriccio a 4
- Desidero te millies
- Sonata detta la Viena in dialogo
- Sinfonia La Martinenga
- Ecce panis
- Osculetur me for Alto solo, violin I, II, viola da gamba, chitarrone and organ
- Sonata prima a 2 for violin I, II, viola da gmaba and harpsichord
- Venite filii for cornetto, violin, viola da gamba, chittarone and organ
- O intemerata a 2 for Canto, Alto, chitarrone and organ
- Deus misereatur nostri for violin I, II, III, viola da gamba and organ
- Caecilia for Canto I, II, Basso, chitarrone and organ
- Canzon a 5 "La Zorzi" for violin I, II, viola, viola da gamba I, II, chitarrone and organ
- O dulce nomen Jesus for Tenor solo, chitarrone and organ
- Sinfonia a 4 for violin I, II, III, viola da gamba, violone, chitarrone and organ
- Salvum me fac Domine a 2 for Canto I, II, chitarrone and organ
- Bone Jesu for Tenor I, II, violin, I, II, viola da gamba, chitarrone and organ
- Sonata terza a 2 for violin I, II, viola da gamba and harpsichord
- Veni Sancte Spiritus for Alto solo, violin I, II, viola da gamba, chitarrone and organ
- O quam speciosa for Canto solo, violin I, II, viola da gamba, violene, chitarrone and organ
- Sonata "La squarzona" for violin I, II, III, IV, viola da gamba, violone, chitarrone and harpsichord
- O dilectissime Jesu for Canto, violin I, II, cello, chitarrone and organ
- Sonata "La Cremona" for violin I, II, III, IV, viola da gamba, violone, chitarrone and organ
- Hodie colletantur for Canto I, II, chitarrone and organ
- O vos qui inter for Basso, violin I, II, cello, chitarrone and organ
- Sonata a 5 "La Marinona" for violin I, II, viola, viola da gamba I, II, chitarrone and organ
- Non susurate for Canto, violin I, II, viola da gamba, chitarrone and organ
- Sonata a 3 "La Rosetta" for violin I, II, viola da gamba and harpsichord
- Humili voce for Canto I, II, Basso, chitarrone and organ
- Sonata prima a 5 for violin I, II, III, IV, cello, chitarrone and organ
- Omnes gentes for Canto, violin I, II, viola da gamba, violone, chitarrone and organ
- Vánocnà magnét a strelec (Christmas Magnet and Archer)
- Vánocnà rosicka (Christmas morning dew)
- Sonata a 4 in D major
- Usni, usni, ctné poupátko (Fall asleep, fall asleep, venerable Rosebud)
- K JezÃskovi, miláckovi (To little Jesus, beloved)
- Sonatella quinta a 5
- Vánocnà KolÃbka (Christmas cradle)
- Paduan a 5
- Spanilé z archy holubicky (Delightful doves of the Ark)
- Kdyz veskeren svet byl popsán (When the whole world was described)
- Sonata a 4 in G major
- Poslys, ó Krest'ane (Listen, O Christian)
- Vánocnà roztomilost (Christmas delight)
- Sonatella quarta a 5
- ZavÃtej k nám, dÃte milé (Visit us, o lovely child)
UPC: 099925433826
Label: Supraphon
Release Date: 6.14.24
Format: CD
