I just recevied this email about Missa 1724. I normally do not engage in promotion, but I thought you might be interested in receiving an update about this project and in listening to a sample:
"Dear Collegium 1704 friends,
One of our most exciting projects at Collegium 1704 this autumn is a unique new CD recording featuring an ʻimaginary massʼ by the Bohemian Baroque composer Jan Dismas Zelenka.
Around the year 1724 the composer produced a number of individual mass-ordinary settings that, in juxtaposition, display a strong unity of expression and share a common instrumentation rather rare for Zelenka, one featuring the sound of trombones. The ʻimaginary massʼ reconstituted from these individual movements and given the project title Missa 1724 provides a glimpse into a hitherto unknown area of the composer’s work and is now to be released in a world premiere recording.
As overall costs for this exceptional recording project are to be in the region of 45 000 EUR, our CD now needs public support if it is to find its way onto the shelves.
And this is where you can help! Why not come and join us, combining your love of fine music with the artistry of Collegium 1704, who have been bringing the very unique oeuvre of this composer to listeners the world over since 2005?! Every contribution will help us reach that final goal together.
You can find out more about the recording by watching this video clip of Václav Luks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?…b199-84b143a19f-119965059
And a sample of music from the CD is available here on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?…b199-84b143a19f-119965059
Thank you for contributing!
http://www.igg.me/at/c1704 (EUR)
http://www.hithit.com/c1704 (CZK)"[/I]