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Reviewer: J.
F. Weber First the package, not the most lavish we have seen but very nicely done. The double fold opens to reveal a pocket opening to the center, containing a 50-page booklet and a CD in a paper sleeve. Unlike many packages, the contents cannot accidentally slip out, nor are they at all difficult to retrieve. The program centers around Karl IV, the Holy Roman Emperor who chose Prague as his capital in 1355. The anonymous contents include a lot of Gregorian chant, mostly late compositions, as might be expected of Eben; some secular pieces, and a single motet by Machaut, Dame je sui cilz, most recently recorded by the Orlando Consort (Fanfare 38:6) in their ongoing series of his works. The program is divided into six segments, focusing on Karl IV’s connection to France, the relics of the lance and nails of Christ, the university that he founded in Prague, poetry at the court, the liturgy of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, and a group of saints of particular interest. Karl’s predecessor Charlemagne had just been canonized a century earlier (by an antipope, to be sure); Wenceslaus (Vaclav, for those who have ever been to Prague) was a duke of Bohemia, and Sigismund was a king of Burgundy who was killed by the Franks. Karl IV named his two sons after the last two saints. The forms include cantio, antiphon, responsory, sequence, and a variety of late Medieval chants. Eben
always has a well-constructed program of offbeat repertoire from the Middle
Ages. This is done as well as always. The singing is stylish. | |
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