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Bruhns: Cantatas and Organ Works, Vol.1 / Suzuki, Yale Institute of Sacred Music
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Bruhns: Cantatas and Organ Works, Vol.1 / Suzuki, Yale Institute of Sacred Music

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Composer
Nicolaus Bruhns
Artist
Yale Institute Of Sacred Music, Masaaki Suzuki
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Feb 04, 2022
Catalog #
BIS-2271
UPC
7318599922713

About

When he died, Nicolaus Bruhns was just 31 years old, and only twelve of his vocal works and five organ compositions have survived. On the strength of these, he is nevertheless considered one of the most prominent North German composers of the generation between Buxtehude and Bach.

Buxtehude was in fact Bruhns's teacher, and thought so highly of him that he recommended him for a position in Copenhagen. There he worked as a violin virtuoso and composer until 1689, when he returned to Northern Germany to become organist in the main church of Husum. It was here that most if not all of the extant works were performed. According to Bach's obituary, Bruhns was one of the composers that he took ‘as a model’, and he is therefore naturally of interest to Bach specialist Masaaki Suzuki.

On this first of two discs made in collaboration with the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Suzuki directs – from the organ – a group of singers and musicians, in six of the vocal works: so-called ‘sacred concertos’ scored for 1-3 soloists and various combinations of strings with basso continuo. Suzuki’s performances of two organ pieces by Bruhns – the larger of the two preludes in E minor, and the fantasia on the chorale Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland – appear here as well.

REVIEWS:

These performances by famed Bach conductor Masaaki Suzuki were recorded in 2016 and 2017 at Yale University in the U.S. but not released until 2022. Bruhns is closer to Buxtehude (and there's even the flavor of Heinrich Schütz) in these chamber cantatas than he is to Bach. Suzuki directs these pieces from the organ and gets wonderful results from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music choir; if it originally had an American sound, Suzuki smooths it out. His soloists are not quite the equal of those he assembled in Japan, but they are idiomatic and fully equal to the music, perhaps consistent with what the composer would have heard. A wonderful Baroque release commended to anyone with the slightest interest in Bach and his world.

-- AllMusic.com

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 De profundis clamavi 13:50
    Track
    1
    Title
    De profundis clamavi
    Duration
    13:50
    Composer
    Nicolaus Bruhns
    Performer
    Paul Max Tipton
    Ensemble
    Yale Institute of Sacred Music
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  2. 2 Jauchzet dem Herren alle Welt 07:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    Jauchzet dem Herren alle Welt
    Duration
    07:26
    Composer
    Nicolaus Bruhns
    Performer
    James Taylor
    Ensemble
    Yale Institute of Sacred Music
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  3. 3 Geht zu seinen Toren 05:52
    Track
    3
    Title
    Geht zu seinen Toren
    Duration
    05:52
    Composer
    Nicolaus Bruhns
    Performer
    James Taylor
    Ensemble
    Yale Institute of Sacred Music
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  4. 4 Praeludium in E Minor, "The Great" 08:05
    Track
    4
    Title
    Praeludium in E Minor, "The Great"
    Duration
    08:05
    Composer
    Nicolaus Bruhns
    Performer
    Masaaki Suzuki
  5. 5 Mein Herz ist bereit 10:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    Mein Herz ist bereit
    Duration
    10:10
    Composer
    Nicolaus Bruhns
    Performer
    Paul Max Tipton
    Ensemble
    Yale Institute of Sacred Music
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  6. 6 Alleluja - Paratum cor meum 05:31
    Track
    6
    Title
    Alleluja - Paratum cor meum
    Duration
    05:31
    Composer
    Nicolaus Bruhns
    Performer
    Dann Coakwell, James Taylor, Paul Max Tipton
    Ensemble
    Yale Institute of Sacred Music
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  7. 7 Confitebor tibi in populis Domine 04:50
    Track
    7
    Title
    Confitebor tibi in populis Domine
    Duration
    04:50
    Composer
    Nicolaus Bruhns
    Performer
    Dann Coakwell, James Taylor, Paul Max Tipton
    Ensemble
    Yale Institute of Sacred Music
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  8. 8 Exaltare super cœlos Deus 02:07
    Track
    8
    Title
    Exaltare super cœlos Deus
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Nicolaus Bruhns
    Performer
    Dann Coakwell, James Taylor, Paul Max Tipton
    Ensemble
    Yale Institute of Sacred Music
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  9. 9 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland 10:15
    Track
    9
    Title
    Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
    Duration
    10:15
    Composer
    Nicolaus Bruhns
    Performer
    Masaaki Suzuki
  10. 10 Der Herr hat seinen Stuhl im Himmel bereitet 07:31
    Track
    10
    Title
    Der Herr hat seinen Stuhl im Himmel bereitet
    Duration
    07:31
    Composer
    Nicolaus Bruhns
    Performer
    Paul Max Tipton
    Ensemble
    Yale Institute of Sacred Music
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  11. 11 Erstanden ist der heilige Christ 03:43
    Track
    11
    Title
    Erstanden ist der heilige Christ
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Nicolaus Bruhns
    Performer
    Dann Coakwell, James Taylor
    Ensemble
    Yale Institute of Sacred Music
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  12. 12 Und wär er nicht erstanden 03:40
    Track
    12
    Title
    Und wär er nicht erstanden
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Nicolaus Bruhns
    Performer
    Dann Coakwell, James Taylor
    Ensemble
    Yale Institute of Sacred Music
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  13. 13 Und seit dass er erstanden ist 01:36
    Track
    13
    Title
    Und seit dass er erstanden ist
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Nicolaus Bruhns
    Performer
    Dann Coakwell, James Taylor
    Ensemble
    Yale Institute of Sacred Music
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki