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Ruppe: Christmas Cantata - Easter Cantata / Wentz, Ensemble Bouzignac
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Ruppe: Christmas Cantata - Easter Cantata / Wentz, Ensemble Bouzignac

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Composer
RUPPE, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH
Artist
Musica Ad Rhenum, Wentz
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Oct 16, 2020
Catalog #
BRI96108
UPC
5028421961088

About

The German-born Christian Friedrich Ruppe (1753-1826) made his career in the Dutch city of Leiden, where he had originally arrived in 1773 as a student of mathematics and literature. In 1784 he married Christina Chalon (1748-1808), the daughter of the lead violinist the of the Nederlands Theater in Amsterdam. In 1890 he was appointed as music director of the city’s renowned and ancient university, and from 1802 he taught theory of music there, having in 1788 become organist of the city’s principal Lutheran Church. In 1796 an orphanage choir was founded in Leiden on Ruppe’s initiative, consisting of girls and boys from the Holy Spirit or Poor Orphanage and Children's Home near the church. During the following church year he then composed a pair of cantatas on anonymous Dutch texts, designed for the orphanage choir. Despite their musical richness and evident beauties, the scores remained in the archives of the orphanage, only to be rediscovered in 1987. Two centuries after their first performance, they received the recordings reissued here by an accomplished team of experienced Dutch early-music performers. While comparing the cantatas to the music written by Handel for the Foundling Hospital would not flatter Ruppe, his music nonetheless exhibits many charms of its own: unfailingly graceful phrasing, for one, fresh melodic charm and sympathetic writing for voices. There appears to be a clear Haydnesque imprint to both works, but operatic models are more evident in the sinfonia that opens the Christmas Cantata as well as the style of the dramatic recitatives which move along each development of the familiar story. The work concludes with a trumpet-and-drum chorus in the style of oratorios such as Messiah and The Creation, rising to the grand harmonization of an Easter chorale designed for singing by the choir and entire congregation.

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 Psalm 98 02:55
    Track
    1
    Title
    Psalm 98
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Christian Friedrich Ruppe
    Performer
    Francine van der Heyden, Karin van der Poel, Otto Bouwknegt, Mitchell Sandler
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Bouzignac Utrecht, Musica ad Rhenum
    Conductor
    Jed Wentz
  2. 2 Adagio 04:37
    Track
    2
    Title
    Adagio
    Duration
    04:37
    Composer
    Christian Friedrich Ruppe
    Performer
    Francine van der Heyden, Karin van der Poel, Otto Bouwknegt, Mitchell Sandler
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Bouzignac Utrecht, Musica ad Rhenum
    Conductor
    Jed Wentz
  3. 3 Cantate: andante maestoso 03:42
    Track
    3
    Title
    Cantate: andante maestoso
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Christian Friedrich Ruppe
    Performer
    Francine van der Heyden, Karin van der Poel, Otto Bouwknegt, Mitchell Sandler
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Bouzignac Utrecht, Musica ad Rhenum
    Conductor
    Jed Wentz
  4. 4 Aria: Larghetto con espressione 02:59
    Track
    4
    Title
    Aria: Larghetto con espressione
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Christian Friedrich Ruppe
    Performer
    Francine van der Heyden, Karin van der Poel, Otto Bouwknegt, Mitchell Sandler
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Bouzignac Utrecht, Musica ad Rhenum
    Conductor
    Jed Wentz
  5. 5 Coro: Larghetto 00:38
    Track
    5
    Title
    Coro: Larghetto
    Duration
    00:38
    Composer
    Christian Friedrich Ruppe
    Performer
    Francine van der Heyden, Karin van der Poel, Otto Bouwknegt, Mitchell Sandler
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Bouzignac Utrecht, Musica ad Rhenum
    Conductor
    Jed Wentz
  6. 6 Recitativo 01:56
    Track
    6
    Title
    Recitativo
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Christian Friedrich Ruppe
    Performer
    Francine van der Heyden, Karin van der Poel, Otto Bouwknegt, Mitchell Sandler
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Bouzignac Utrecht, Musica ad Rhenum
    Conductor
    Jed Wentz
  7. 7 Duetto 03:04
    Track
    7
    Title
    Duetto
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Christian Friedrich Ruppe
    Performer
    Francine van der Heyden, Karin van der Poel, Otto Bouwknegt, Mitchell Sandler
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Bouzignac Utrecht, Musica ad Rhenum
    Conductor
    Jed Wentz
  8. 8 Recitativo 00:35
    Track
    8
    Title
    Recitativo
    Duration
    00:35
    Composer
    Christian Friedrich Ruppe
    Performer
    Francine van der Heyden, Karin van der Poel, Otto Bouwknegt, Mitchell Sandler
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Bouzignac Utrecht, Musica ad Rhenum
    Conductor
    Jed Wentz
  9. 9 Coro 01:53
    Track
    9
    Title
    Coro
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Christian Friedrich Ruppe
    Performer
    Francine van der Heyden, Karin van der Poel, Otto Bouwknegt, Mitchell Sandler
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Bouzignac Utrecht, Musica ad Rhenum
    Conductor
    Jed Wentz
  10. 10 De lofzang der engelen 04:36
    Track
    10
    Title
    De lofzang der engelen
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Christian Friedrich Ruppe
    Performer
    Francine van der Heyden, Karin van der Poel, Otto Bouwknegt, Mitchell Sandler
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Bouzignac Utrecht, Musica ad Rhenum
    Conductor
    Jed Wentz
  11. 11 Coro finale: Maestoso 03:34
    Track
    11
    Title
    Coro finale: Maestoso
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Christian Friedrich Ruppe
    Performer
    Francine van der Heyden, Karin van der Poel, Otto Bouwknegt, Mitchell Sandler
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Bouzignac Utrecht, Musica ad Rhenum
    Conductor
    Jed Wentz
  12. 12 Psalm 118:11, 13, 14 02:42
    Track
    12
    Title
    Psalm 118:11, 13, 14
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Christian Friedrich Ruppe
    Performer
    Francine van der Heyden, Karin van der Poel, Otto Bouwknegt, Mitchell Sandler
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Bouzignac Utrecht, Musica ad Rhenum
    Conductor
    Jed Wentz
  13. 13 Jezus verreezen 04:07
    Track
    13
    Title
    Jezus verreezen
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Christian Friedrich Ruppe
    Performer
    Francine van der Heyden, Karin van der Poel, Otto Bouwknegt, Mitchell Sandler
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Bouzignac Utrecht, Musica ad Rhenum
    Conductor
    Jed Wentz
  14. 14 Psalm 118:12 03:34
    Track
    14
    Title
    Psalm 118:12
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Christian Friedrich Ruppe
    Performer
    Francine van der Heyden, Karin van der Poel, Otto Bouwknegt, Mitchell Sandler
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Bouzignac Utrecht, Musica ad Rhenum
    Conductor
    Jed Wentz
  15. 15 Paaschlied 06:07
    Track
    15
    Title
    Paaschlied
    Duration
    06:07
    Composer
    Christian Friedrich Ruppe
    Performer
    Francine van der Heyden, Karin van der Poel, Otto Bouwknegt, Mitchell Sandler
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Bouzignac Utrecht, Musica ad Rhenum
    Conductor
    Jed Wentz
  16. 16 Jezus opstanding 02:31
    Track
    16
    Title
    Jezus opstanding
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Christian Friedrich Ruppe
    Performer
    Francine van der Heyden, Karin van der Poel, Otto Bouwknegt, Mitchell Sandler
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Bouzignac Utrecht, Musica ad Rhenum
    Conductor
    Jed Wentz
  17. 17 Psalm 101:1-3 02:52
    Track
    17
    Title
    Psalm 101:1-3
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Christian Friedrich Ruppe
    Performer
    Francine van der Heyden, Karin van der Poel, Otto Bouwknegt, Mitchell Sandler
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Bouzignac Utrecht, Musica ad Rhenum
    Conductor
    Jed Wentz