Schütz: Musikalische Exequien / The Sixteen

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Label
Coro
Release Date
March 1, 2006
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SCHUTZ, HEINRICH
    • PERFORMER
      Musikalische Exequien
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 01, 2006
    • UPC
      828021603624
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      COR16036
    • LABEL
      Coro
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Meine Seele erhebt den Herren, SWV 494, "Teutsch Magnificat", "Deutsches Magnificat"

      Composer: Heinrich Schütz

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    2. Herr, nun lassest du deinen Diener, SWV 432

      Composer: Heinrich Schütz

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    3. Symphoniarum sacrarum secunda pars, Op. 10: Herr, nun lassest du deinen Diener, SWV 352a

      Composer: Heinrich Schütz

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    4. Herr, nun lassest du deinen Diener, SWV 433

      Composer: Heinrich Schütz

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    5. Symphoniarum sacrarum tertia pars, Op. 12: Vater unser, der du bist im Himmel, SWV 411

      Composer: Heinrich Schütz

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    6. Nacket bin ich vom Mutterleibe kommen, SWV 279, "Concert … in Form einer teutschen Missa"

      Composer: Heinrich Schütz

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    7. Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe, SWV 280, "Motet"

      Composer: Heinrich Schütz

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    8. Herr nun lassest du deinen Diener/Selig sind die Toten, SWV 281, "Canticum B. Simeonis"

      Composer: Heinrich Schütz

      Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention

      Conductor: Harry Christophers


The sombre colours of Schütz’s moving funeral music are finely brought out in this collection, which also includes several varied smaller settings of standard liturgical texts. The resonant acoustic enhances the inventiveness of the writing.
Performance: 5 (out of 5); Sound: 5 (out of 5)

-- George Hall, BBC Music Magazine