CD 1 Philipp Jacob Rittler (c. 1639–1690)
CD 2 Thomas Antonio Albertini (1660–1736)
Societas Incognitorum, Eduard Tomaštík

CD 3 Václav Matyáš Gurecký (1705–1743)
CD 4 Josef Antonín Gurecký (1709–1769)
Musica Florea, Marek Štryncl

CD 5 Anton Neumann (c. 1720–1776)
CD 6 Josef Puschmann (1738–1794)
Musica Figuralis, Marek Čermák

Hasse, Leo, Lotti, Pergolesi, Vinci, Vivaldi

Ivana Bilej Brouková: soprano, Markéta Cukrová: mezzo-soprano
Hipocondria Ensemble directed by Jan Hádek

The choir of St Vitus’s Cathedral was also regularly performed Italian music. That was not unusual, after all, since Italy set the tone practically throughout the eighteenth century. Italian music, or at least compositions in the Italian style, form part of almost all the Bohemian music archives of this period. What is remarkable, however, is the great number and particularly selection of compositions that have been preserved at St Vitus’s...

"Songs of the Night and Loneliness"
Yo en prizion tu en las flores, Una matica de ruda, Casada con un viejo, Morenica, Hija mia mi querida, Noches noches, Puncha puncha, Lasko ma, Triste esta el Rey David, Entre las huertas paseando, Esta noche, Yo me n'amori d'un aire, Nani nani, Durmite

Jana Lewitová - vocals, percussion, Vladimír Merta - guitars, lute, flute, vocals, percussion, Aleš Rypan - Baroque oboe, Radovan Vašina - cornetto, Michal Kostiuk - clarinet, Jan Krejča - theorbo, Petr Hejný - viola da gamba, Jaroslav Kořán - percussion, Pavel Plánka - percussion

Avrix mi galanica, A la nana a la buba, Aire de mujer, El rey de Francia, Adio querida, Al paar por Casablanca, Irme quiero, El rey que muncho madruga, Ven querida, La serena, Partos trocados, Durme durme, Paxaro d'hermozura, Noches noches, Un lunes por la manana, Ya viene el cativo, Esta montana, Quendo el rey Nimrod

Jana Lewitová - mezzosoprano, Rudolf Měřinský - Renaissance lutes, Hana Fleková - viola da gamba, Ingeborg Žádná - viola da gamba, Pavel Plánka - percussion