MUSIC FROM 18th CENTURY PRAGUE SERIES

This autumn, two new titles within the MUSIC FROM EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PRAGUE series have been released. The second album offers an opulent Baroque music feast, featuring pieces by František Jiránek, dubbed the „Czech Vivaldi“, as presented by the internationally renowned Collegium Marianum, headed by Jana Semerádová, and noted guests: the phenomenal Italian bassoonist Sergio Azzolini and the outstanding German oboist Xenia Löffler (SU 4208–2).

FRANTIŠEK JIRÁNEK / CONCERTOS
The Baroque composer František Jiránek (1698–1778), nicknamed the “Czech Vivaldi”, served as a violinist of Václav Morzin’s court orchestra. Having only discovered his music a few years ago, researchers are now identifying his works, as the authorship of some of them is still unclear, with some sources ascribing them to Jiránek and others to Vivaldi, his teacher in Venice. Jiránek’s music has also enjoyed growing interest on the part of musicians. Besides Jana Semerádová’s Co­llegium Marianum, its champions include the brilliant Italian bassoonist Sergio Azzolini and the superlative German oboist Xenia Löffler. All the ambiguities as to its origin and a few specific requirements (for instance, employment of the viola d’amour, a scarcely used instrument, in the Triple Concerto in A major) notwithstanding, the CD features vivid, ebullient and virtuoso music, pieces previously unrecorded and performed in a top-notch way.

Recorded by: Sergio Azzolini – bassoon, Xenia Löffler – oboe, Jana Semerádová – flauto traverso, Lenka Torgersen – violin, Vojtěch Semerád – viola d'amour, Collegium Marianum, artistic director: Jana Semerádová

For further details please visit:
www.collegiummarianum.cz