CAESAR VIVE! PRAGUE 1609 - MUSIC FOR EMPEROR RUDOLF II / Fraternitas Litteratorum

1. Incipite Domino 00:02:04

2. Missa basim Caesar vive! 00:05:37

I. Kyrie 00:02:32

II. Gloria 00:03:05

3. Peccantem me quotidie 00:01:53

4. Missa basim Caesar vive! 00:05:49

I. Credo 00:05:49

5. O quam suavis est 00:02:02

6. Missa basim Caesar vive! 00:05:36

I. Sanctus 00:02:20

II. Agnus Dei 00:03:16

7. Tiento 00:00:50

8. Maria zart von edler Art 00:01:05

9. Maria Kron, die Engel schon 00:02:15

10. Maria klar, du bist fur wahr 00:02:09

11. Maria ein Reis 00:02:20

12. Toccata 00:01:45

13. Romulus hirta lupae 00:01:36

14. Sol, fax clara poli 00:01:16

15. Ex patre Myrrha 00:01:44

16. Christe eleison 00:01:09

17. Ancor che co'l partire 00:03:28

18. Cor mio non mi lasciar 00:04:43

19. Ricercar 00:01:05

20. Wiewol sich vil 00:02:08

21. Nun sih ich mich 00:03:11

Celebration Mass in Honor of His Imperial Grace / Rosetum Marianum / The Alchemical Cabinet / The Emperor's Chambers and Gardens

Philippe de Monte, Carl Luython, Tomas de Santa Maria, Krystof Harant of Polzice and Bezdruzice, Franz Sales, Michael Maier, Jacob Regnart, Cipriano de Rore, Alessandro Orologio et al.

Fraternitas Litteratorum, Artistic Director Stanislav Predota, conducted by Martin Horyna

One of the most significant eras of Czech musical history took place during the reign of Emperor Rudolf II (1552-1612) at Prague Castle. Rudolf inherited an outstanding court ensemble for which the most celebrated European composers of the day wrote

music. This new recording features two personalities in particular: Philippe de Monte, the emperor's longtime musical director, and Carl Luython, an organist one generation younger and composer of the seven-voice mass Caesar Vive! The Fraternitas

Litteratorum ensemble, which specializes in performing the vocal polyphony of the 15th and 16th centuries, has here created a picture of the musical life of Rudolf's chambers and gardens, including the liturgical and sacred works of his time.

This album was recorded with the generous support of the city of Brandys nad Labem - Stara Boleslav in the chapel of the castle at Brandys nad Labem.

(Martin Horyna for Supraphon 2007)