VIVALDI A. DIXIT DOMINUS, MAGNIFICAT, LAUDATE PUERI, SALVE REGINA / Ensemble Inégal

Antonio Vivaldi - Dixit Dominus RV 595 23:03

1. Dixit Dominus 2:00

2. Donec ponam inimicos tuos 2:24

3. Virgam virtutis tuae 2:05

4. Tecum principium 1:59

5. Juravit Dominus 1:24

6. Dominus a dextris tuis 1:36

7. Judicabit in nationibus 1:45

8. Implebit ruinas 1:17

9. De torrente in via bibet 3:01

10. Gloria Patri 2:06

11. Sicut erat in principio 0:51

12. Et in saecula saeculorum, amen 2:43

Antonio Vivaldi - Laudate Pueri Dominum RV 600 21:24

13. Laudate pueri Dominum 1:51

14. Sit nomen Domini 2:46

15. A solis ortu usque ad occasum 1:46

16. Excelsus super omnes gentes 2:46

17. Quis sicut Dominus 2:14

18. Suscitans a terra inopem 1:19

19. Ut collocet eum 1:45

20. Gloria Patri 3:39

21. Laudate pueri Dominum, Sicut erat in principio 1:36

22. Amen 1:38

Antonio Vivaldi - Magnificat RV 610b Czech version 13:10 (World Premiere Recording)

23. Magnificat 0:57

24. Et exultavit 2:01

25. Et misericordia 3:18

26. Fecit potentiam 1:14

27. Esurientes 1:51

28. Suscepit Israel 0:44

29. Sicut locutus est 1:18

30. Gloria Patri 1:55

Antonio Vivaldi - Salve Regina RV 617 8:37

31. Salve Regina 2:36

32. Ad te clamamus 1:51

33. Eia ergo, advocata nostra 1:30

34. Et Jesum benedictum 2:38

Total time 66:33

Ensemble Inégal, Prague Baroque Soloists

Gabriela Eibenová - soprano, Hana Blažíková - soprano, Marta Fadljevičová - soprano, Lester Lardenoye - alto, Jaroslav Březina - tenor, Tomáš Král - bass

Helena Zemanová - violin solo 31,33,34

Helena Zemanová, Jan Hádek, Markéta Knittlová, Elen Machová, Petra Ščevková, Lenka Torgersen, Simona Tydlitátová violin, Lýdie Cillerová, Michal Dušek viola, Petr Wagner viola da gamba, Marek Štryncl, Hana Fleková cello, Ondřej Štajnochr double bass, Jan Doležel organ, Kryštof Lada bassoon, Jan Krejča teorbo, Jaroslav Rouček clarino

Choir: soprano - Hana Blažíková, Ivana Krejčiříková, Stanislava Mihalcová, Barbora Sojková; alto - Lester Lardenoye, Marta Fadljevičová, Pavla Štěpničková; tenor - Jaroslav Březina, Tomáš Lajtkep, Stanislav Mistr; bass - Tomáš Král, Jaromír Nosek, Michal Krůšek

conductor Adam Viktora

Ever since its foundation in the year 2000, Ensemble Inégal has been developing as a unique performing body with a wide range of interpretation, from Renaissance music to Romanticism. Apart from referring to the group´s variability of instrumentation, the word Inégal - meaning unequal - also reflects its versatility of style and repertoire, its resourcefulness, and its unconventional approach to ways of interpretation. It prides itself in its refined choice of members, from the best performers in the Czech Republic and abroad. Today, Ensemble Inégal ranks among the very best musical ensembles; it has captured the attention of music lovers worldwide and has won enthusiastic acclaim from critics all over Europe and in the United States. Ensemble Inégal appears frequently at renowned music festivals in the Czech Republic (Prague Spring, FOK Prague, Concertus Moraviae, among others) and abroad (e.g. Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Spain, and Croatia) while also pursuing its successful recording activities. The group concentrates on discovering and resurrecting outstanding works. In what is a major contribution to the world of music, Ensemble Inégal is especially renowned for its first-class world recording premieres of works by the Czech baroque composer Jan Dismas Zelenka.

The ensemble Prague Baroque Soloists was founded in Prague in 2008 as an association of outstanding Czech and foreign interpreters and renowned soloists in the field of period music. It aims at unconventional and in every way true-to-style peak-level performances of European baroque music. At their concerts the Prague Baroque Soloists perform as a chamber-size, vocal-instrumental ensemble. In their concert and recording activities, they often work in conjunction with Ensemble Inégal. Together, they have already made two world-premiere recordings of music by Antonio Vivaldi and Jan Josef Ignác Brentner. The Prague Baroque Soloists are led by their art director, conductor and organist Adam Viktora.

(Nibiru Records 2009)