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Zielenski - Opera Omnia Vol 4: Offertoria Et Communiones Totius Anni (1611) / Kirkby, Gałoński, Collegium Zieleňski

Zeilenski / Bialko / Ferfoglia / Frederiksen
Release Date: 11/22/2011 
Label:  Dux Records   Catalog #: 0819  
Composer:  Mikolaj Zielenski
Performer:  Emma Kirkby,  Andrzej Bialko
Conductor:  Stanislaw Galonski
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Capella Cracoviensis
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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Miko?aj Ziele?ski (?-?, flourished 1600s) is one of the first important Polish composers whose work foreshadows the early Baroque. All that has survived of his music are two 1611 liturgical cycles of beautiful polychoral works, known as the Offertoria et Communes totius anni. The volumes comprise 131 vocal, organ and three instrumental fantasias by Ziele?ski dedicated to the Archbishop of Gniezno. Remarkable for its time, in the polychoral works Ziele?ski does not rely on a cantus firmi or a plainsong melody but rather Polish songs of the period. This release, volume 4 in a series, features the vocal artistry of Emma Kirby.

Miko?aj Ziele?ski (?-?, flourished 1600s) is one of the first important Polish composers whose work foreshadows the early Baroque. All that has survived of his music are two 1611 liturgical cycles of beautiful polychoral works, known as the Offertoria et Communes totius anni. The volumes comprise 131 vocal, organ and three instrumental fantasias by Ziele?ski dedicated to the Archbishop of Gniezno. Remarkable for its time, in the polychoral works Ziele?ski does not rely on a cantus firmi or a plainsong melody but rather Polish songs of the period. This release, volume 4 in a series, features the vocal artistry of Emma Kirby.

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Works on This Recording

1. Offertoria et Communiones Totius Anni 1611 by Mikolaj Zielenski
Performer:  Emma Kirkby (Soprano), Andrzej Bialko (Organ)
Conductor:  Stanislaw Galonski
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Capella Cracoviensis
Period: Baroque 

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