VA - Krček: Vocal Music (2018)

Czech composer Jaroslav Krcek is not only a composer and instrumentalist, but also a conductor and a great connoisseur of folk music, especially vocal genres. This new recording featuring vocal and instrumental works by the middle-generation composer features a composition of The Lord’s Prayer from the Aramaic as well as other spiritual works. Jaroslav Krcek, born in 1939, studied composition with Miloslav Kabelac and conducting with Bohumir Liska at the Prague Conservatory of Music. After he graduated in 1962, he became a music editor for the recording company Suraphon, and also worked for Pizen Radio and Prague Radio. For more than two decades he has conducted the renowned ensemble Musica Bohemia, which has delighted many audiences at European music festivals. Musica Bohemia is heard on this release, as well.

Tracklist:
1 Aramejský Otcenáš 00:08:37 Slowakisches Kammerorchester Iuventus Paedagogica Prague Musica Bohemica Czech Children's Choir Jitro Jakubu, Karel Gentlemen Singers
2 Mass No. 10: I. Kyrie 00:06:17 Slowakisches Kammerorchester Iuventus Paedagogica Prague Musica Bohemica Czech Children's Choir Jitro Jakubu, Karel Gentlemen Singers
3 Mass No. 10: II. Gloria 00:03:12 Slowakisches Kammerorchester Iuventus Paedagogica Prague Musica Bohemica Czech Children's Choir Jitro Jakubu, Karel Gentlemen Singers
4 Mass No. 10: III. Credo 00:04:25 Slowakisches Kammerorchester Iuventus Paedagogica Prague Havrankova, Petra Musica Bohemica Czech Children's Choir Jitro Gentlemen Singers
5 Mass No. 10: IV. Sanctus - Benedictus 00:02:34 Slowakisches Kammerorchester Iuventus Paedagogica Prague Havrankova, Petra Musica Bohemica Czech Children's Choir Jitro Jakubu, Karel Gentlemen Singers
6 Mass No. 10: V. Agnus Dei 00:02:37 Slowakisches Kammerorchester Iuventus Paedagogica Prague Musica Bohemica Czech Children's Choir Jitro Gentlemen Singers
7 Ne tempori credideris: I. Ne loquaris ad gratiam 00:02:35 Slowakisches Kammerorchester Iuventus Paedagogica Prague Musica Bohemica Czech Children's Choir Jitro Gentlemen Singers
8 Ne tempori credideris: II. Si fortuna iuvat 00:02:21 Slowakisches Kammerorchester Iuventus Paedagogica Prague Musica Bohemica Czech Children's Choir Jitro Gentlemen Singers
9 Ne tempori credideris: III. Quod prudentis 00:03:47 Slowakisches Kammerorchester Iuventus Paedagogica Prague Musica Bohemica Vernerova, Ludmila Vraspir, Lubomir Czech Children's Choir Jitro Gentlemen Singers Pištecká, Lenka Havránek, Zdenek
10 Ne tempori credideris: IV. Sive sunt incerta cunct 00:04:28 Slowakisches Kammerorchester Iuventus Paedagogica Prague Musica Bohemica Czech Children's Choir Jitro Gentlemen Singers
11 O, lux mundi: I. O, lux mundi 00:08:51 Slowakisches Kammerorchester Iuventus Paedagogica Prague Musica Bohemica Vraspir, Lubomir Czech Children's Choir Jitro Gentlemen Singers
12 O, lux mundi: II. Domine, si ex nobis 00:02:36 Slowakisches Kammerorchester Iuventus Paedagogica Prague Musica Bohemica Vraspir, Lubomir Czech Children's Choir Jitro Gentlemen Singers
13 O, lux mundi: III. O, lux invisibilius 00:05:56 Slowakisches Kammerorchester Iuventus Paedagogica Prague Musica Bohemica Vraspir, Lubomir Czech Children's Choir Jitro Gentlemen Singers