Antonin Dvorak – Sacred Works & Cantatas (E.Urbanova, B.Blachut, B.Fassbaender, D.Jedlicka, D.Drobkova, I.Moravec, Bambini di Praga, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Czech PO, Prague SO, Belohlavek, Kosler, Neumann, Sawallisch, Smetacek) [8 CDs] (2015) FLAC

CD 1 – 01:19:47

Stabat Mater. Oratorio For Soloists, Chorus And Orchestra, Op. 58 (B 71, 1877) –
01. Stabat Mater dolorosa. Andante con moto – [19:02]
02. Quis est homo, qui non fleret. Andante sostenuto – [09:51]
03. Eja, Mater, fons amoris. Andante con moto – [06:38]
04. Fac, ut ardeat cor meum. Largo – [08:41]
05. Tui Nati vulnerati. Andante con moto, quasi allegretto – [04:43]
06. Fac me vere tecum flere. Andante con moto – [05:39]
07. Virgo virginum praeclara. Largo – [06:23]
08. Fac, ut portem Christi mortem. Larghetto – [05:27]
09. Inflammatus et accensus. Andante maestoso – [05:47]
10. Quando corpus morietur. Andante con moto – [07:36]

CD 2 – 01:12:34

Te Deum For Soloists, Chorus And Orchestra, Op. 103 (B 176, 1892) –
01. Te Deum laudamus. Allegro moderato, maestoso – [05:48]
02. Tu Rex gloriae. Lento maestoso – [04:44]
03. Aeterna fac cum sanctis. Vivace – [02:46]
04. Dignare Domine, die ista. Lento – [05:52]
Исполнители
Mass in D major, Op. 86 (B 175, 1892) –
05. Kyrie. Andante con moto – [05:18]
06. Gloria. Allegro vivo – [08:08]
07. Credo. Allegro moderato – [12:45]
08. Sanctus. Allegro maestoso (att.) – [02:05]
09. Benedictus. Lento – [06:15]
10. Agnus Dei. Andante – [04:49]

Biblical Songs For Solo Voice And Orchestra, Op. 99 (B 189, 1895) –
11. No. 1, Darkness and Thunderclouds Are Round About Him. Andantino – [02:34]
12. No. 2, Lord My Shield, My Refuge and Hope Art Thou. Andante – [02:15]
13. No. 3, Hear, Oh Hear My Prayer, Lord My God. Andante – [03:27]
14. No. 4, Oh, My Shepherd Is the Lord. Andante – [02:50]
15. No. 5, Songs of Gladness Will I Sing Thee. Risoluto maestoso – [02:58]

CD 3 – 01:17:35

Requiem For Solo Voices, Chorus And Orchestra, Op. 89 (B 165, 1890) –
01. Requiem aeternam – [10:58]
02. Graduale – [04:59]
03. Dies irae /att./ – [02:19]
04. Tuba mirum – [09:20]
05. Quid sum miser – [06:39]
06. Recordare Jesu Pie – [07:44]
07. Confutatis maledictis – [04:35]
08. Lacrimosa – [07:08]
09. Offertorium – [12:41]
10. Hostias – [11:12]

CD 4 – 00:50:30

01. Sanctus – [06:15]
02. Pie Jesu – [05:28]
03. Agnus Dei – [11:06]
Исполнители
Psalm 149 For Chorus And Orchestra, Op. 79 (B 154, 1887) –
04. Psalmus 149 [08:57]

The Heirs Of The White Mountain. Hymn From The Poem By Vítězslav Hálek For Chorus And Orchestra, Op. 30 (B 134, 1884) –
05. The Heirs of the White Mountain – [18:44]

CD 5 – 01:05:05

Saint Ludmila. Oratorio For Soli, Chorus And Orchestra, Op. 71 (B 144, 1886) –
Part I –
01. – Introduzione e coro – Introduction and Chorus of Heathen Priests: The Dusk Departs to Gloomy Caves and Forests – [09:35]
02. Coro – Chorus of People: Blossoms, with Which Spring Allures Us – [05:11]
03. Coro – Chorus of Priests and People: Holy Dawn and Holy Night – [03:24]
04. Coro – Chorus: Triglaw, Thou with Three-fold Countenance – [04:14]
05. Recitativo – Soprano solo – Ludmila: My Heart Is Beating Wildly – [02:35]
06. Coro – Chorus: Hear when We Sing Our Psalm with Burning Passion – [02:28]
07. Aria – Soprano solo – Ludmila: When Young It Was the Altar I Ever Held most Dear – [04:15]
08. Coro – Chorus: The Gods are Close at Hand, Wher´er We Stray and Falter – [02:58]
09. Tenore solo – A Husbandman: Festoon with Flowers Gay the Statue of Great Vesna – [01:39]
10. Coro – Chorus: What Causes All That Noise? – [03:17]
11. Aria – Basso solo e coro – Ivan and Chorus: Now Kiss the Dust, All! One God There Is! – [04:56]
12. Coro – Chorus: What Man Is This Whom Lightning Will not Fell? – [03:41]
13. Aria – Soprano solo – Ludmila: I Beg Thee, on Thy Dusty Feet My Lips I Would Lay – [07:24]
14. Recitativo – Basso solo – Ivan: Upon This Earth Thy Search Would Be a Vain Quest – [01:24]
15. Coro – Chorus: What Will Befall Us? – [03:07]
16. Coro – Chorus: Now Everything Is Crumbling, All Is Chaos – [04:57]

CD 6 – 01:11:48

Part II –
01. Introduzione, recitativo ed aria – Contralto solo – Introduction and Svatava: Oh, in the Fearful Forest Shadows – [08:39]
02. Duetto – Soprano ed contralto solo – Ludmila and Svatava: Pray Tell Me Now, What Do You Seek – [04:24]
03. Aria – Basso solo – Ivan: No Error Made I, I Welcome You, Daughter! – [03:25]
04. Recitativo – Soprano solo – Ludmila: Thanks, Father! I Felt Sure, I Was Right – [00:42]
05. Aria – Basso solo – Ivan: First You Should Learn, Know Deep Down in Your Being – [02:00]
06. Terzetto – Soprano, contralto e basso solo e coro – Ludmila, Svatava, Ivan and the Attendants of Bořivoj: Gaily We Pass through Field and through Forest – [01:50]
07. Tenore solo e coro – Bořivoj and Chorus: Oh, What a Sight There in the Shadows, and One That Causes Me to Fear! – [04:18]
08. Recitativo – Basso solo – Ivan: I Lead the Lost Souls out of Darkness – [00:52]
09. Coro – Chorus: I Think, the Truth I Now Infer – [02:32]
10. Recitativo – Tenore e basso solo – Bořivoj and Ivan: Ah, It Is She for Whom My Heart Is Yearning – [02:35]
11. Aria -Tenore solo – Bořivoj: Oh, Show To Me the Way That I Must Win Her – [03:44]
12. Coro – Chorus: Oh, Look There, See Our Prince, Upon His Knees – [00:52]
13. Recitativo – Soprano solo – Ludmila: How Is It Possible to Raise My Eyelids – [01:26]
14. Recitativo tenore e basso solo – Bořivoj and Ivan: I Rudely Awake from a Perfect Dream – [02:58]
15. Quartetto e coro – Ludmila, Svatava, Bořivoj, Ivan and Chorus: For This New Shining Dawn I Am Now Searching – [04:38]
Part III
16. Introduzione e coro – Introduction and Chorus: Mighty Lord, Have Mercy on Us! – [04:07]
17. Recitativo – Tenore e basso solo – Ivan and Bořivoj: Come Forward All to Whom I´ve Taught the New Creed – [01:38]
18. Duetto – Soprano e tenore solo – Ludmila and Bořivoj: Anoint Our Foreheads with the Holy Water – [03:13]
19. Recitativo – Soprano e basso solo – Ludmila and Ivan: Here on the Threshold of My Aspirations – [02:35]
20. Coro – Chorus: So Both of You Will Kneel Before Methodius – [01:15]
21. Introduzione intrumentale – instrumental introduction – [00:46]
22. Contralto solo e coro – Svatava and Chorus: Virgin Mother of Our Saviour – [02:41]
23. Contralto e basso solo e coro – Svatava, Ivan and Chorus: Now Let the Heavens Echo with Our Anthem – [03:45]
24. Soli e coro – Soloists and Chorus: Mighty Lord, Have Mercy on Us! – [06:53]

CD 7 – 01:18:28

The Spectre ´s Bride. Dramatic Cantata to the Words by Karel Jaromír Erben for Soloists, Mixed Chorus and Large Orchestra, Op. 69 1884) –
01. Introduzione – [04:15]
02. Coro: The Clock Had Chimed Eleven Hours – [06:20]
03. Soprano solo: Woeful Am I! Where Is My Father? – [07:49]
04. Tenore e basso solo e coro: The Picture Moved upon the Wall – [01:41]
05. Duetto. Soprano e tenore solo: Ho, I Have Come, Dear, for Your Sake! – [04:11]
06. Basso solo e coro: This Was the Hour of Deepest Night – [01:03]
07. Basso solo e coro: Whit Bounds and Leaps, He Led the Way – [02:53]
08. Duetto. Tenore e soprano solo: Fine night and clear in times like this – [04:06]
09. Basso solo e coro: Seizing Her Books He threw Them Far – [01:34]
10. Basso solo e coro: Whit Bounds and Leaps He Led the Way – [03:15]
11. Duetto. Soprano e tenore solo: Fine Night and Clear; at Such a Time – [04:30]
12. Basso solo e coro: Their Path Led over Lowland Now – [04:43]
13. Duetto. Soprano e tenore solo: Fine Night and Clear: at Such a Time – [05:04]
14. Basso solo e coro: There on a Broad and Open Plain – [01:28]
15. Recitativo. Soprano e tenore solo e coro: Ho My Sweet Lassie, Here We Are! – [04:00]
16. Basso solo e coro: One Leap and He Had Cleared the Wall – [05:09]
17. Basso solo e coro: The Door Resounded: Bang, Bang, bang! – [04:19]
18. Soprano solo: Hail Virgin Mary, Stand by Me – [05:20]
19. Basso solo e coro: But Hark! a Sound from Close at Hand – [06:48]

CD 8 – 00:41:21

Ave Maris Stella, Op. 19a (B 95a, 1879) –
01. Ave maris stella – [03:27]O Sanctissima, Op. 19a (B 95b, 1879) –
02. O sanctissima – [02:57]Ave Maria, Op. 19b (B 68, 1877) –
03. Ave Maria – [03:03]Hymnus Ad Laudes In Festo Sanctissimaee Trinitatis, for Contralto and Organ, Sine Op. (B 82, 1878) –
04. Hymnus ad laudes in festo Sanctissimae Trinitatis – [02:45]
Исполнители
Biblical Songs = Biblické Písně, Op. 99 (B 185, 1894) –
05. No. 1, Darkness and Thunderclouds Are Round About Him. Andantino – [02:35]
06. No. 2, Lord My Shield, My Refuge and Hope Art Thou. Andante – [02:19]
07. No. 3, Hear, Oh Hear My Prayer, Lord My God. Andante – [03:21]
08. No. 4, Oh, My Shepherd Is the Lord. Andante – [03:24]
09. No. 5, Songs of Gladness Will I Sing Thee. Risoluto maestoso – [02:48]
10. No. 6, Hear, Oh Lord, My Bitter Cry. Andante – [03:32]
11. No. 7, By the Shore of the River Babylon. Andante – [03:29]
12. No. 8, Oh, Lord, Have Mercy and Turn Thou Thy Face to Me. Andante – [03:18]
13. No. 9, My Eyes Will I to the Hills Lift Up. Andante con moto – [02:30]
14. No. 10, Oh, Sing unto the Lord a Joyful Song. Allegro moderato – [01:53]