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Track(s) taken from CDA66426

Lamentationes pro die Veneris Sancto 'Lamentations for Easter Eve'

composer
Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745)
author of text
Bible
Lamentations

The Chandos Baroque Players
Recording details: April 1990
Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Nicholas Parker
Engineered by Nicholas Parker
Release date: March 1991
Total duration: 25 minutes 32 seconds

Cover artwork: The Lamentation by Petrus Christus (dc1472)
 

Reviews

‘Unusual music … a rewarding release’ (Gramophone)

‘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)

‘This is a real gem’ (International Record Review)

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

‘Stylish and deeply moving’ (CDReview)

«Ces lamentations … méritent assurément le meilleur traitement interprétatif, ce qui es le cas ici» (Telerama)

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