United Continuo Ensemble & Thomas C. Boysen - Caldara: Motetti a due e tre voci, Op. 4 (2017)

A printed version of the Motets for 2 or 3 voices Op. 4 was published in Bologna in 1715. Although Caldara was at this time still in the services of Marquis Ruspoli, he dedicated this collection to Cardinal Ottoboni who had gained a wide-ranging reputation as a patron of music during the previous decades. Caldara was appointed as imperial assistant music director in Vienna in 1716. As the favourite composer of Charles VI, Caldara was entrusted with the regular production of music for representative events at the imperial court for the remainder of his life. The motets enjoyed widespread popularity including at the Dresden court which possessed a complete manuscript containing added handwritten annotations in the five vocal parts, still preserved today. This copy was evidently used by the church composer Jan Dismas Zelenka, although it was not among his personal possessions. The organ compositions featured on this recording originated in the Netherlands and North Germany, but are still regarded as an element of a pan-European tradition displaying significant details of Italian style.

TARCKLIST
01. Toccata vel praeludium in D Minor - Johannes Hämmerle
02. Motetti a due e tre voci, Op. 4: Caro mea vere est cibus - Ingeborg Dalheim
03. Motetti a due e tre voci, Op. 4: Laboravi in gemitu meo - Franz Vitzthum
04. Motetti a due e tre voci, Op. 4: Respice in me, Domine - Ingeborg Dalheim
05. Auf meinen lieben Gott - Johannes Hämmerle
06. Motetti a due e tre voci, Op. 4: Miserere mei, Domine - Ingeborg Dalheim
07. Motetti a due e tre voci, Op. 4: Benedictus Deus - Anna Kellnhofer
08. Motetti a due e tre voci, Op. 4: Exaudi, Domine, vocem meam - Ingeborg Dalheim
09. Toccata Secundi toni, SwWV 292 - Johannes Hämmerle
10. Motetti a due e tre voci, Op. 4: Ad Dominum com tribularer - Ingeborg Dalheim
11. Motetti a due e tre voci, Op. 4: Transeunte Domino - Franz Vitzthum
12. Motetti a due e tre voci, Op. 4: Transfige, dulcissime Jesu - Franz Vitzthum
13. Motetti a due e tre voci, Op. 4: Peccavi super numerum - Franz Vitzthum
14. Psalm 116, SwWV 313, "Ik heb den Heer lief" - Johannes Hämmerle
15. Motetti a due e tre voci, Op. 4: Ego sum panis vivus - Anna Kellnhofer
16. Motetti a due e tre voci, Op. 4: O sacrum convivium - Ingeborg Dalheim