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The third Album of Vocal ensemble Gregoriana — the second one of its series In illo tempore. It is called according to the liturgical season which it illustrates — Tempus nativitatis (Christmas season). The aim of the series In illo tempore is to revive the old Slovak musical manuscripts dated before 1600.
directed by Jan Mikušek & Marek Klein
Slovakian (from Kosice) vocal ensemble Gregoriana comes with theirs second CD, this time led by Czech conductor Jan Mikušek. Nova (new), in the form of sacred choral works by contemporary authors, is here by the Vetera (old) in the form of Gregorian chant. Of Slovak authors are represented by Martin Bako, Mirko Krajči, Víťazoslav cubic Matthew Simko and Peter Zagar, other countries represented Libor Dřevikovský and Zdeněk Lukáš (Czech Republic), Fabio Fresi (Italy), Rihards Dubra and Renate Stivrina (Latvia), Vytautas Miškinis (Lithuania), Javier Busto (Spain) and Imant Raminsh (Canada).
Jaroslav Tůma plays authentic keyboard version of Haydn's composition (1787) on the Paul McNulty fortepiano.
SACD
Pavel Zlámal – band leader, clarinet, tenor & baritone saxophone Václav Pálka – drums Juraj Valenčík – doublebass Martin Konvička – grand piano, fender rhodes Jaroslav Šťastný (Peter Graham) – hammond organ
Mikuláš Koska – french horn Jozef Zimka – trumpet Šimon Pavlík – trombone Jana Zmeškalová – bassoon Dalibor Vinklář – tuba Edgar Mojdl – flutes, pipes, ocarina
featuring guest: Petr Rybíz Toman – lyrics, vocal
Michal Nejtek: piano, keyboards Pavel Hrubý: soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax Jaromír Honzák: double bass Daniel Šoltis: drums, percussions
Dorota Bárová: cello, Tomáš Reindl: percussion, Pavel Hrubý: bass clarinet
