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Tuma: Vesperae

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Details

Composer
Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma
Artist
Romana Kruzikova, Zuzana Badarova, Lucie Karafiatova, Matus Simko, Jiri Miroslav Prochazka, Czech En
Format
CD
Label
Supraphon
Released
Feb 28, 2025
Catalog #
SU4352-2
UPC
099925435226

About

Tuma was a renowned mid-18th-century Vienna musical figure. He was primarily lauded for his sacred works, written either in the strict polyphonic stile antico or in the more modern figural style. The current album, a new instalment in Czech Ensemble Baroque's series of Tuma recordings, focuses on specific types of liturgical pieces from the composer's later creative period. The lustre of the vespers and litanies (Vesperae de confessore, Litaniae Reginae martyrum), designated for performance on major feast days, is enhanced by natural trumpets and timpani. The album includes one of Tuma's eight surviving settings of the famous medieval sequence Stabat Mater. Furthermore, the composer wrote a great many instrumental pieces in which he applied elements of the modern galant style, while also embracing techniques characteristic of Italian and French music. The grandiose and lavishly instrumented Ouverture in C contrasts starkly with the more modest Sinfonia in d, based on the Neapolitan opera sinfonia, and the Partita in g, which, just like Stabat Mater, have survived within a music collection in Vienna. The pieces Tuma wrote during his late creative phase provide ample proof of his compositional mastery and ability to blend the old and new stylistic trends, with the result being remarkable sacred and instrumental music. With the exception of Stabat Mater, Czech Ensemble Baroque present all the works featured on this album in modern-day premiere. Tuma's meridian sacred and instrumental pieces - more gems in modern-day premiere

Tracklist 27 tracks

  1. 1 I. Ouverture - Fuga - Adagio - Fuga da capo 05:36
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Ouverture - Fuga - Adagio - Fuga da capo
    Duration
    05:36
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  2. 2 II. Menuet - Trio (Polonese) - Menuet da capo 03:30
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Menuet - Trio (Polonese) - Menuet da capo
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  3. 3 Dixit Dominus 01:45
    Track
    3
    Title
    Dixit Dominus
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Performer
    Zuzana Badárová, Lucie Netušilová Karafiátová, Matúš Šimko, Jiři Miroslav Procházka
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Choir, Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  4. 4 Confitebor tibi Domine 02:09
    Track
    4
    Title
    Confitebor tibi Domine
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Performer
    Zuzana Badárová, Lucie Netušilová Karafiátová, Matúš Šimko, Jiři Miroslav Procházka
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Choir, Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  5. 5 Beatus vir 02:50
    Track
    5
    Title
    Beatus vir
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Performer
    Zuzana Badárová, Lucie Netušilová Karafiátová, Matúš Šimko, Jiři Miroslav Procházka
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Choir, Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  6. 6 Laudate pueri 01:39
    Track
    6
    Title
    Laudate pueri
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Performer
    Zuzana Badárová, Lucie Netušilová Karafiátová, Matúš Šimko, Jiři Miroslav Procházka
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Choir, Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  7. 7 Laudate Dominum 01:28
    Track
    7
    Title
    Laudate Dominum
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Performer
    Matúš Šimko
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Choir, Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  8. 8 Magnificat 02:14
    Track
    8
    Title
    Magnificat
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Performer
    Zuzana Badárová, Lucie Netušilová Karafiátová, Matúš Šimko, Jiři Miroslav Procházka
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Choir, Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  9. 9 I. Largo 02:00
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Largo
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  10. 10 II. Allegretto 03:00
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  11. 11 III. Andante 01:20
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  12. 12 IV. Moderato 02:56
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Moderato
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  13. 13 Stabat Mater 02:32
    Track
    13
    Title
    Stabat Mater
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Performer
    Matúš Šimko, Jiři Miroslav Procházka
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Choir, Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  14. 14 O quam tristis 01:22
    Track
    14
    Title
    O quam tristis
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Choir, Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  15. 15 Quis est homo 01:54
    Track
    15
    Title
    Quis est homo
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Performer
    Romana Kružíková, Lucie Netušilová Karafiátová, Matúš Šimko
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Choir, Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  16. 16 Sancta Mater 01:15
    Track
    16
    Title
    Sancta Mater
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Choir, Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  17. 17 Fac me tecum 03:10
    Track
    17
    Title
    Fac me tecum
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Performer
    Lucie Netušilová Karafiátová, Matúš Šimko
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Choir, Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  18. 18 Fac me plagis 03:00
    Track
    18
    Title
    Fac me plagis
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Performer
    Romana Kružíková, Lucie Netušilová Karafiátová, Matúš Šimko, Jiři Miroslav Procházka
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Choir, Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  19. 19 I. Grave – Allegro – Grave 03:51
    Track
    19
    Title
    I. Grave – Allegro – Grave
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  20. 20 II. Allegro 00:59
    Track
    20
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  21. 21 III. Menuet 01:13
    Track
    21
    Title
    III. Menuet
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  22. 22 IV. Allegro 02:27
    Track
    22
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  23. 23 Kyrie eleison 02:19
    Track
    23
    Title
    Kyrie eleison
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Performer
    Romana Kružíková, Lucie Netušilová Karafiátová, Matúš Šimko, Jiři Miroslav Procházka
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Choir, Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  24. 24 Sancta Maria 02:55
    Track
    24
    Title
    Sancta Maria
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Performer
    Romana Kružíková, Lucie Netušilová Karafiátová, Matúš Šimko
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Choir, Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  25. 25 Speculum iustitiæ 02:11
    Track
    25
    Title
    Speculum iustitiæ
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Performer
    Romana Kružíková, Lucie Netušilová Karafiátová, Matúš Šimko, Jiři Miroslav Procházka
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Choir, Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  26. 26 Salus infirmorum 01:59
    Track
    26
    Title
    Salus infirmorum
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Choir, Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  27. 27 Agnus Dei 01:13
    Track
    27
    Title
    Agnus Dei
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    František Ignác Antonín Tůma
    Performer
    Romana Kružíková
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Choir, Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek