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Compact Disc CDH55106

£6.99

Recorded on 18 19 20 April 1990
Recording Engineer
NICHOLAS PARKER
Recording Producer
NICHOLAS PARKER
Production Assistant
ADRIAN HUNTER
Design
TERRY SHANNON
Executive Producers
CECILE KELLY
EDWARD PERRY
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, 2002

Duration: 73'01
DDD
Front illustration: The Lamentation by Petrus Christus (died c1472)

JAN DISMAS ZELENKA (1679-1745)

The Lamentations of Jeremiah

MICHAEL CHANCE countertenor
JOHN MARK AINSLEY tenor
MICHAEL GEORGE bass

THE CHANDOS BAROQUE PLAYERS

RACHEL BECKETT, CATHERINE LATHAM recorders
VALERIE DARKE, LORRAINE WOOD oboes
ANDREW WATTS bassoon
MAYA HOMBERGER, RACHEL ISSERLIS violins
ANNETTE ISSERLIS viola
DAVID WATKIN, PAL BANDA cellos
JUDITH EVANS double bass
MALCOLM PROUD organ

Contents:

    THE LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH

    LAMENTATIONS FOR MAUNDY THURSDAY [24’32]

  1. Lamentation I [15’17]
  2. Lamentation II [9’15]

    LAMENTATIONS FOR GOOD FRIDAY [22’52]

  3. Lamentation I [10’17]
  4. Lamentation II [12’35]

    LAMENTATIONS FOR EASTER EVE [25’37]

  5. Lamentation I [14’23]
  6. Lamentation II [11’14]
Sleeve Notes

'This is a real gem' (International Record Review)

'Quite simply, it's the most consistently beautiful sung version of the work I know, with exemplary instrumental contributions. If you don't have it already make sure you don't miss it this time round' (Early Music Review)

'Performances which are not only exemplary but compelling' (Organists' Review)

'Ces lamentations ... méritent assurément le meilleur traitement interprétatif, ce qui es le cas ici' (Télérama, France)

'Unusual music ... a rewarding release' (Gramophone)

'Stylish and deeply moving' (CDReview)

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