Jan Dismas Zelenka is considered one of the most significant baroque
composers, yet his music had been largely forgotten after his death and was
only rediscovered 150 years later by the composer Bedřich Smetana. Today,
each new discovery of Zelenka’s previously unknown works is a sensation
of its kind. His Easter Mass, or Missa Paschalis, composed in 1726, saw its
modern-day premiere just a few years ago, when it was performed by
Prague’s Ensemble Inégal.