LAUDATE PUERI DOMINUM - MUSIC OF PIARISTS IN BAROQUE BOHEMIA / Capella Regia / R.Hugo

1. J.C.F.Fischer (1656-1746) - Litaniae BMV 6:45

Antonin Maschat (1692-1747) - Jubilate apparenti Domino 12:39

2. Jubilate apparenti Domino 3:02

3. Tu clara lux 5:01

4. Salvator mundi I. 1:57

5. Salvator mundi II. 2:36

6. J.C.F.Fischer - Praeludium in C (Ariadne musica) 0:45

Vojtech Pelican (Pelikán) (1637?-1700) - Missa Sancti Adalberti 23:52

7. Kyrie 5:26

8. Gloria 5:34

9. Credo 6:55

10. Sanctus 2:19

11. Agnus Dei 3:27

12. Wolfgang (Jan) Offner (1720-1759) - Alma redemptoris mater 2:12

13. Antiphona Cum esset Rex - gergorian 0:30

14. Johann Ferdinand Richter (1687-1737) - Dixit Dominus (Žalm 109) 7:48

15. Antiphona Leva eius - gregorian 0:22

16. Johann Ferdinand Richter - Laudate Pueri Dominum (Žalm 112) 6:18

17. Antiphona Beata Dei genitrix (Magnificat) - gregorian 0:43

Johann Ferdinand Richter (1687-1737) - Magnificat 11:32

18. Magnificat 1:07

19. Quia respexit 1:49

20. Quia fecit mihi magna 1:02

21. Fecit potentiam 3:09

22. Deposuit 1:40

23. Esurientes 2:09

24. Gloria Patri 0:36

Hana Blažíková soprano, Petra Noskaiová mezzo-soprano, Hasan El Dunia tenor, Ondřej Šmíd tenor, Vojtěch Šafařík bass, Ivo Michl bass, Boy's Choir Pueri Gaudentes

Capella Regia Musicalis, Robert Hugo conductor

Choosing the psalm verse Laudate Pueri Dominum as the title for this album did not come about by chance. These words (Praise the Lord, ye boys) very aptly characterise the activity and mission of the Piarist Order, which in the 17th and 18th centuries took care of boys from humble backgrounds in the Czech lands. The Piarists meticulously attended to liturgical music and the boys had participation in music included in their "job description". By inviting the Pueri Gaudentes boys' choir to make the recording, we aim to familiarise today's listener with the sound and timbre characteristic of the music produced by the Piarists in this period. Robert Hugo, a specialist in Baroque Music, prepared for the album a repertoire which, according to the preserved inventory, was performed in the 17th century at the chapel of the Piarist Gymnasium in Slany, where - some 350 years after the College was founded (1658) - this unique recording also originated. Capella Regia and outstanding young soloists present to us the majority of the pieces in a modern-day premiere. It seems that we owe a great deal to Czech Baroque composers (case in point being J. C. F. Fischer and J. F. Richter). Let this energy-charged album be one of our repayments.

(Supraphon 2008)