Johannes-Passion

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Label
CPO
Release Date
May 16, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Christoph Demantius
    • PERFORMER
      Ensemble Polyharmonique, Alexander Schneider
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 16, 2025
    • UPC
      761203558322
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555583-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Fest- und Zeit-Andachten: No. 8. Ach Jesus Stirbt

      Composer: Andreas Hammerschmidt

      Ensemble: Ensemble Polyharmonique

      Conductor: Alexander Schneider

    2. Part I: Fürwahr er trug unsere Krankheit

      Composer: Christoph Demantius

      Ensemble: Ensemble Polyharmonique

      Conductor: Alexander Schneider

    3. Part II: Da er gestraft und gemartert ward

      Composer: Christoph Demantius

      Ensemble: Ensemble Polyharmonique

      Conductor: Alexander Schneider

    4. Part III: Wenn er sein Leben zum Schuldopfer gegeben hat

      Composer: Christoph Demantius

      Ensemble: Ensemble Polyharmonique

      Conductor: Alexander Schneider

    5. Dialogi, Part I: Ich leide billig nach meinem verdienten Lohn - Wahrlich heute wirst du mit mir im Paradies sein

      Composer: Andreas Hammerschmidt

      Ensemble: Ensemble Polyharmonique

      Conductor: Alexander Schneider

    6. Musicalischer Andachten, Part I: Psalm 51, "Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott"

      Composer: Andreas Hammerschmidt

      Ensemble: Ensemble Polyharmonique

      Conductor: Alexander Schneider

    7. Fest- und Zeit-Andachten: No. 10. Unser Herr Jesus Christ

      Composer: Andreas Hammerschmidt

      Ensemble: Ensemble Polyharmonique

      Conductor: Alexander Schneider

    8. Opus novum, geistlicher lateinisch und teudscher Concerten und Psalmen: Meine Seele ist betrübt

      Composer: Daniel Selich

      Ensemble: Ensemble Polyharmonique

      Conductor: Alexander Schneider

    9. Deutsche Passion, nach dem Evangelisten: Höret das Leiden - Jesu ging über den Bach Kidron

      Composer: Christoph Demantius

      Ensemble: Ensemble Polyharmonique

      Conductor: Alexander Schneider

    10. Kleine geistliche Concerte, Part I, Op. 8, SWV 282-305: No. 14. O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn, SWV 295

      Composer: Heinrich Schütz

      Ensemble: Ensemble Polyharmonique

      Conductor: Alexander Schneider

    11. Deutsche Passion, nach dem Evangelisten: Da führeten sie Jesum gebunden

      Composer: Christoph Demantius

      Ensemble: Ensemble Polyharmonique

      Conductor: Alexander Schneider

    12. Geistlicher Concerten, Part IV: Herzlich tut mich verlangen, SSWV 338

      Composer: Samuel Scheidt

      Ensemble: Ensemble Polyharmonique

      Conductor: Alexander Schneider

    13. Deutsche Passion, nach dem Evangelisten: Pilatus überantwortete Jesum

      Composer: Christoph Demantius

      Ensemble: Ensemble Polyharmonique

      Conductor: Alexander Schneider

    14. Opella nova: O Lamm Gottes unschuldig

      Composer: Johann Hermann Schein

      Ensemble: Ensemble Polyharmonique

      Conductor: Alexander Schneider

    15. Fest- und Zeit-Andachten: No. 31. Herzlich lieb hab ich dich

      Composer: Andreas Hammerschmidt

      Ensemble: Ensemble Polyharmonique

      Conductor: Alexander Schneider


Christoph Demantius has largely been forgotten, likely because so little is known about his life. Born in late 1567 in Reichenberg, Bohemia, he studied in Wittenberg and served as cantor in Zittau before taking the same position at Freiberg Cathedral in 1604, where he remained until his death. Beyond these sparse details, his biography offers little more. His body of work, however, is anything but modest. Among his compositions, the�Johannes-Passion�of 1631 stands as a monumental achievement - a pinnacle of early Baroque Passion settings. In this work, a six-voice ensemble narrates the Passion story "collectively", employing intricate vocal counterpoint and an unparalleled expressive intensity. Ensemble director Alexander Schneider has included music by Andreas Hammerschmidt, Heinrich Schutz, Johann Hermann Schein, and other contemporaries to enrich the program. The result offers a vivid reconstruction of how a Good Friday service in central Germany might have sounded - assuming, of course, that an ensemble as skilled as Polyharmonique was performing.