Violin 1 (solos: SATB - choir: SATB - 0.2.0.1. - 0.0.0.0. - str - bc)

SKU: BR.OB-5565-15

Urtext. Composed by Jan Dismas Zelenka. Edited by Paul und Wolfgang Horn. Stapled. Orchester-Bibliothek (Orchestral Library). Mass; Baroque. Part. 28 pages. Duration 50'. Breitkopf and Haertel #OB 5565-15. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.OB-5565-15).

ISBN 9790004342718. 10 x 12.5 inches.

Jan Dismas Zelenka's Missa Dei Filii is the second of three transmitted Missae ultimae, but consists, like other short masses of the 18th century, solely of a Kyrie and Gloria. Nevertheless, it is an extensive work, and the lengthy, multipartite Gloria is considered as the most impressive Gloria setting that Zelenka created in his over 20 masses. What remains to be answered is whether Zelenka had originally planned a complete mass composition.The full score and the piano vocal score are based on volume 100 of the Denkmaler edition Das Erbe deutscher Musik, in which the gaps in the musical text found in the autograph towards the end of the Gloria were cautiously supplemented. Zelenka's artistic personality, his biography and his compositional style are utterly distinctive. His style is highly experimental. Was Zelenka really one of the greatest composers of the 18th century, or only one of the most interesting? I think that he still has several surprises for us. (Schweizerische Musikzeitung)Zelenka's Masses - fine specimens of Baroque choral literature, some parts of which are set even more colorfully than in the corresponding compositions by Bach. (Die Welt).

Violin 2 (solos: SATB - choir: SATB - 0.2.0.1. - 0.0.0.0. - str - bc)

SKU: BR.OB-5556-16

Urtext. Composed by Jan Dismas Zelenka. Edited by Reinhold Kubik. Choir; stapled. Orchester-Bibliothek (Orchestral Library). Mass; Baroque. Part. 44 pages. Duration 70'. Breitkopf and Haertel #OB 5556-16. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.OB-5556-16).

ISBN 9790004342862. 10 x 12.5 inches.

The Missa Dei Patris ZWV 19 was composed in 1740 and ranks among the later works of the Bohemian composer Jan Dismas Zelenka. It opens an incompletely transmitted cycle of six masses which the composer himself designated as Missae ultimae.The musical text of the present conductor's score is based on that of Volume 93 of the Denkmaler edition Das Erbe deutscher Musik. The new piano vocal score has been edited by the reputable expert Andreas Kohs. Zelenka's artistic personality, his biography and his compositional style are utterly distinctive. His style is highly experimental. Was Zelenka really one of the greatest composers of the 18th century, or only one of the most interesting? I think that he still has several surprises for us. (Schweizerische Musikzeitung)Zelenka's Masses - fine specimens of Baroque choral literature, some parts of which are set even more colorfully than in the corresponding compositions by Bach. (Die Welt).

Chorus (with soloists) and orchestra (solos: SATB - choir: SATB - 0.2.0.1. - 0.0.0.0. - str - bc)

SKU: BR.PB-5578

Urtext. Composed by Jan Dismas Zelenka. Edited by Wolfgang Horn. Choir; Softcover. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library). Mass; Baroque. Full score. 188 pages. Duration 60'. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 5578. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-5578).

ISBN 9790004213889. 10 x 12.5 inches.

The Missa Omnium Sanctorum ZWV 21 is Zelenka's last mass setting. It contains three extended arias (one each for soprano, alto and tenor), concertante choruses and unusually expressive choral fugues. Especially powerful in effect is the through-composed Credo in this mass, with a ritornello that is one of Zelenka's most beautiful inspirations. The score and parts material of this new edition are based on the corresponding volume of the Das Erbe deutscher Musik series, from which Breitkopf & Hartel also took over both its informative preface as well as the critical report.Zelenka's artistic personality, his biography and his compositional style are utterly distinctive. His style is highly experimental. Was Zelenka really one of the greatest composers of the 18th century, or only one of the most interesting? I think that he still has several surprises for us. (Schweizerische Musikzeitung)Zelenka's Masses - fine specimens of Baroque choral literature, some parts of which are set even more colorfully than in the corresponding compositions by Bach. (Die Welt).