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A German Passion - 17th C. Music for the Time of Lent and Easter
Naxos

A German Passion - 17th C. Music for the Time of Lent and Easter

$19.99

Details

Composer
Johann Michael Bach, Dieterich Becker, Dieterich Buxtehude, Gregorian Chant, Johann Christoph Demant
Artist
Margaretha Consort
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Nov 10, 2023
Catalog #
8551484
UPC
730099148436

About

The Hanseatic wealth of North Germany in the 17th century is reflected in its magnificent cathedrals, and the enormous grandeur of its church music was composed to fill the rich acoustics of these spaces. This programme presents a wide range of Easter music that displays the wealth of inventiveness in this period, enhancing the texts and finding different colors and surprising effects through improvisation and adaptation of the manuscripts. This early music is brought vividly to life by the acclaimed Margaretha Consort.

REVIEW:

This recording offers an excellent overview of the kind of Lutheran Church music one would have heard in the major cities and noble courts of northern Germany in the 17th Century. Jacob Handl’s ‘Ecce, Quomodo Moritur Iustus’ stands out as the only Latin motet on the program. Otherwise, it consists of German sacred concertos of varying dimensions. For instance, ‘Jesu Meines Lebens Leben’ by Dietrich Buxtehude sounds like a polychoral concerto, and Schütz’s ‘O Süsser, O Freundlicher’ sounds more like a sacred cantata, scored for solo tenor and continuo. Some pieces sound as though they replicate the timbre of a church congregation performing a strophic chorale melody to Sietze De Fries’s improvised organ part. Between the choral works, De Fries offers further improvisations, for example on the chorale melody ‘Jesu, Meine Freude’.

I am very taken with this recording, both for the selections and for the quality of the performances. Most of these works exhibit hallmarks of the stile moderno and indulge in the expressive properties of chromaticism and unusual harmonic juxtapositions. The notes are in English, but one will have to look elsewhere for the texts.

-- American Record Guide

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 Jesu, meines Lebens Leben, BuxWv 62 (1st version) 07:07
    Track
    1
    Title
    Jesu, meines Lebens Leben, BuxWv 62 (1st version)
    Duration
    07:07
    Composer
    Dieterich Buxtehude
    Performer
    Sietze De Vries
    Ensemble
    Margaretha Consort
    Conductor
    Marit Broekroelofs
  2. 2 Weissagung des Leidens und Sterbens Jesu Christi 11:01
    Track
    2
    Title
    Weissagung des Leidens und Sterbens Jesu Christi
    Duration
    11:01
    Composer
    Christoph Demantius
    Performer
    Sietze De Vries
    Ensemble
    Margaretha Consort
    Conductor
    Marit Broekroelofs
  3. 3 Kleine geistliche Concerte, Part I, Op. 8: No. 4. O süßer, o freundlicher Herr Jesu Christ, SWV 285 04:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    Kleine geistliche Concerte, Part I, Op. 8: No. 4. O süßer, o freundlicher Herr Jesu Christ, SWV 285
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Heinrich Schütz
    Ensemble
    Margaretha Consort
    Conductor
    Marit Broekroelofs
  4. 4 O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden 07:10
    Track
    4
    Title
    O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden
    Duration
    07:10
    Composer
    Hans Leo Hassler
    Performer
    Sietze De Vries
    Ensemble
    Margaretha Consort
    Conductor
    Marit Broekroelofs
  5. 5 Ecce quomodo moritur iustus 02:42
    Track
    5
    Title
    Ecce quomodo moritur iustus
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Jacobus Handl
    Ensemble
    Margaretha Consort
    Conductor
    Marit Broekroelofs
  6. 6 Jesu, meine Freude: Sinfonia 00:57
    Track
    6
    Title
    Jesu, meine Freude: Sinfonia
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    Dietrich Becker
    Ensemble
    Margaretha Consort
    Conductor
    Marit Broekroelofs
  7. 7 Jesu, meine Freude (organ improvisations) 02:13
    Track
    7
    Title
    Jesu, meine Freude (organ improvisations)
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Sietze De Vries
    Performer
    Sietze De Vries
  8. 8 Halt, was du hast 04:38
    Track
    8
    Title
    Halt, was du hast
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Johann Michael Bach
    Performer
    Sietze De Vries
    Ensemble
    Margaretha Consort
    Conductor
    Marit Broekroelofs
  9. 9 Ach, Jesus stirbt 05:02
    Track
    9
    Title
    Ach, Jesus stirbt
    Duration
    05:02
    Composer
    Andreas Hammerschmidt
    Ensemble
    Margaretha Consort
    Conductor
    Marit Broekroelofs
  10. 10 Weine nicht, es hat überwunden 11:06
    Track
    10
    Title
    Weine nicht, es hat überwunden
    Duration
    11:06
    Composer
    Matthias Weckmann
    Ensemble
    Margaretha Consort
    Conductor
    Marit Broekroelofs
  11. 11 Victimae paschali laudes 01:46
    Track
    11
    Title
    Victimae paschali laudes
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Margaretha Consort
    Conductor
    Marit Broekroelofs
  12. 12 Victimae paschali laudes, WV 68 01:31
    Track
    12
    Title
    Victimae paschali laudes, WV 68
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Heinrich Scheidemann
    Ensemble
    Margaretha Consort
    Conductor
    Marit Broekroelofs
  13. 13 Christ lag in Todesbanden, WV 3: Versus 1: Pedaliter 02:49
    Track
    13
    Title
    Christ lag in Todesbanden, WV 3: Versus 1: Pedaliter
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Heinrich Scheidemann
    Performer
    Sietze De Vries
  14. 14 Christ lag in Todesbanden 01:46
    Track
    14
    Title
    Christ lag in Todesbanden
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Hans Leo Hassler
    Performer
    Sietze De Vries
    Ensemble
    Margaretha Consort
    Conductor
    Marit Broekroelofs
  15. 15 Cantiones sacrae: No. 22. Christ lag in Todesbanden, SSWV 22 04:38
    Track
    15
    Title
    Cantiones sacrae: No. 22. Christ lag in Todesbanden, SSWV 22
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Samuel Scheidt
    Performer
    Sietze De Vries
    Ensemble
    Margaretha Consort
    Conductor
    Marit Broekroelofs
  16. 16 Buxtehude: Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn, BuxWV 43: Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn - Crüger: Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn 06:18
    Track
    16
    Title
    Buxtehude: Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn, BuxWV 43: Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn - Crüger: Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn
    Duration
    06:18
    Composer
    Dieterich Buxtehude, Johannes Crüger
    Performer
    Sietze De Vries
    Ensemble
    Margaretha Consort
    Conductor
    Marit Broekroelofs