Frantisek Tuma (Motets, Dixit Dominus, Sinfonia) Andreas Scholl, Czech Ensemble Baroque & Roman Válek

• Frantisek Tuma (1704 - 1774): Motetto de S. Joanne Baptista:
• 1 Tuma: Motetto de S. Joanne Baptista: I. Coro. Audite insulæ 01:23
• 2 Tuma: Motetto de S. Joanne Baptista: II. Aria. Non fuit vasti spatium 02:17
• 3 Tuma: Motetto de S. Joanne Baptista: III. Coro. Alleluia 01:05
• Motettum de tempore:
• 4 Tuma: Motettum de tempore: I. Recitativo. Vilescit mihi mundus 01:06
• 5 Tuma: Motettum de tempore: II. Aria. O ter beatum cor 07:11
• 6 Tuma: Motettum de tempore: III. Recitativo. Inter tanta pericla 01:11
• 7 Tuma: Motettum de tempore: IV. Aria da capo. O vera sincera 04:50
• Sinfonia a quattro:
• 8 Tuma: Sinfonia a quattro: I. Allegro assai 02:01
• 9 Tuma: Sinfonia a quattro: II. Andante 02:04
• 10 Tuma: Sinfonia a quattro: III. Allegro 01:21
• Motetto per ogni Tempo:
• 11 Tuma: Motetto per ogni Tempo: I. Recitativo. Bonum est confiteri Domino 00:45
• 12 Tuma: Motetto per ogni Tempo: II. Aria. Quam magnificata 08:24
• 13 Tuma: Motetto per ogni Tempo: III. Recitativo. Quia delectasti me 00:28
• 14 Tuma: Motetto per ogni Tempo: IV. Aria. Amen 01:45
• Dixit Dominus:
• 15 Tuma: Dixit Dominus: I. Dixit Dominus 01:44
• 16 Tuma: Dixit Dominus: II. Tecum principium 03:05
• 17 Tuma: Dixit Dominus: III. Juravit Dominus 03:05
• 18 Tuma: Dixit Dominus: IV. De torrente in via bibet 02:44
• 19 Tuma: Dixit Dominus: V. Gloria 01:56
• Total Runtime 48:25

Info for Frantisek Tuma (Motets, Dixit Dominus, Sinfonia)

Andreas Scholl returns to his repertoire of choice,introducing us to the splendid works of Frantisek Tůma - a little-known Bohemian composer whowas a prominent musical figure in the 18th century.

Together with the Czech Baroque Ensemble andtheir conductor Roman Válek, specialists in thisrepertoire, the counter-tenor here performs severalof his emblematic motets and cantatas.

In this atmosphere of the twilight of the Baroque,Andreas Scholl’s voice attains its fullness,embracing Tůma’s splendid invention and intensityof expression - a marvellous musical encounterthat reaches its apex in the splendid arias of theMotettum de tempore, the Motetto per ogni Tempoor in the austere but absolute beauty of the chorusJuravit Dominus.

Andreas Scholl, counter-tenor
Czech Ensemble Baroque
Roman Valek, direction

Andreas Scholl
Born in Germany, Andreas Scholl's early musical training was with the Kiedricher Chorbuben choir. He later studied under Richard Levitt and René Jacobs at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. He has won numerous awards and prizes, including the prestigious ECHO Award for his composition for Deutsche Grammophon's audio-book of Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes and The Nightingale.

Andreas has released a series of extraordinary solo recordings: the most recent being Wanderer – a disc of German Lied in partnership with pianist Tamar Halperin. Other notable releases include Bach cantatas with kammerorchesterbasel; O Solitude – an all-Purcell album with Accademia Bizantina, which won the 2012 BBC Music Magazine award; Arias for Senesino, Heroes – a disc of arias by Handel, Mozart, Hasse and Gluck; Robert Dowland's A Musicall Banquet; Vivaldi Motets with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra; and Arcadia – a collection of rare and unpublished cantatas by composers from Rome’s Arcadian Circle. All of these recordings are released on Decca.

Andreas’ recorded work also includes Handel’s Solomon and Saul with Paul McCreesh for Deutsche Gramophon, and for Harmonia Mundi, Vivaldi Stabat Mater; Caldara's Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo; and Crystal Tears – lute and consort songs by John Dowland. Andreas’ DVD releases include productions of Giulio Cesare (for both Decca and Harmonia Mundi), Rodelinda (Warner) and Partenope (Decca).

Operatic roles include the title role in Giulio Cesare at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and the 2012 Salzburger Festspiele (opposite Cecilia Bartoli) and Bertarido (Rodelinda) at Glyndebourne Festival Opera and the Metropolitan Opera (opposite Renée Fleming). His concert performances have included appearances with Berliner Philharmoniker, New York Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Dresdner Philharmonie, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Freiburger Barockorchester, the Academy of Ancient Music and at the 2005 Last Night of the Proms – the first counter-tenor ever to have been invited.

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