Kozeluch: Cantata for the Coronation of Leopold II, "Hail to the Monarch"
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LEOPOLD KOŽELUCH
Kozeluch: Cantata for the Coronation of Leopold II, "Hail to the Monarch"
Kristýna Vylíčilová (soprano), Tomáš Kořínek, Josef Moravec (tenors), Filip Dvořá k (harpsichord) Martinů Voices & Prague Symphony, Marek Štilec
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 10 May 2018
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The coronation of Leopold II in Prague in 1791 came at a difficult time for European monarchs, although Leopold himself enjoyed a reputation as an enlightened ruler. Two musical works were commissioned for the occasion: Mozart's opera La clemenza di Tito and Koželuch's cantata Heil dem Monarchen. The cantata, by turns celebratory, serene and darkly dramatic, was well received and enhanced Koželuch's reputation in royal circles. It almost certainly played a part in his appointment in 1792 to the court of Leopold's son and successor, the last Holy Roman Emperor Franz II.
Tracks:
Even when He is Silent
Flight Song
O Sacrum Convivium
Child of Song
The gift I'll leave you
Dormi, Jesu
Making or Breaking
Cradle Hymn
The Lamb
Pie Jesu
Infinity
There We Shall Rest
