Sweelinck: Psalms

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Brilliant Classics
Release Date
March 21, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
    • PERFORMER
      Nederlands Kamerkoor
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 21, 2025
    • UPC
      5028421969282
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI96928
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Psalm 150, "Or soit loué l'Eternel", SwWV 150

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Peter Phillips

    2. Psalm 33, "Resveillez vous, chascun fidele", SwWV 33

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Peter Phillips

    3. Psalm 53, SwWV 53, "Le fol malin en son coeur dit et croit"

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Peter Phillips

    4. Hodie Christus natus est, SwWV 163

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Peter Phillips

    5. Te Deum laudamus

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Peter Phillips

    6. Psalm 148, "Vous tous les habitans des cieux", SwWV 148

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Ton Koopman

    7. Ab Oriente venerunt Magi

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Ton Koopman

    8. Pere de nous, qui es la haut es cieux, "Oraison Dominicale" (Lord's Prayer)

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Ton Koopman

    9. De profundis clamavi ad te Domine

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Ton Koopman

    10. Psalm 98, SwWV 98, "Chantez a Dieu nouveau cantique"

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: William Christie

    11. Gaude et laetare, Jerusalem

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: William Christie

    12. Ecce prandium meum paravi

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: William Christie

    13. Psalm 122, SwWV 122, "Gefreut Has Sich Mein Herz und Muth"

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Jan Boeke

    14. Psalm 42, SwWV 42, "Ainsi qu'on oit le cerf bruire"

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Jan Boeke

    15. Vide homo, quae pro te patior a 5

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Jan Boeke

    16. Psalm 43, SwWV 43, "Revenge moy, pren la querelle"

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Jan Boeke

    17. Non omnis qui dicit mihi Domine a 5

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Jan Boeke

    18. In te Domine speravi a 5

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe

    19. Qui vult venire post me a 5

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe

    20. Beati pauperes spiritu

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe

    21. Psalm 108, SwWV 108, "Mon coeur est dispos, o mon Dieu"

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe

    22. Psalm 23, SwWV 23, "Mon Dieu me paist sous sa puissance haute"

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe

    23. Psalm 137, SwWV 137, "Estans assis aux rives aquatiques"

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe

    24. Cantate Domino canticum novum a 5

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Peter Phillips

    25. Psalm 110, "Le Toutpuissant à mon Seigneur et maistre", SwWV 110

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Peter Phillips

    26. Regina coeli laetare a 5

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Peter Phillips

    27. Psalm 99, SwWV 99, "Or est maintenant"

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Peter Phillips

    28. Diligam te Domine, fortitudo mea, SwWV 155

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Paul van Nevel

    29. Psalm 109, SwWV 109, "O Dieu, mon honneur et ma gloire"

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Paul van Nevel

    30. Tanto tempore vobiscum sum a 5

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Paul van Nevel

    31. Psalm 77, "A Dieu ma voix j'ay haussee"

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Paul van Nevel

    32. Che giova posseder cittadi e regni

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Paul van Nevel

    33. Yeux, qui guidez mon ame en l'amoureux voyage

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Paul van Nevel

    34. Dolcissimo ben mio, speme di questo core

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Paul van Nevel

    35. O Domine Jesu Christe, pastor bone

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Paul van Nevel

    36. Psalm 144, "Loué soit Dieu, ma force en tous alarmes", SwWV 144

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Paul van Nevel

    37. Timor Domini principium sapientiae

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Paul van Nevel

    38. Mein junges Leben hat ein End

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Paul van Nevel

    39. Qual vive Salamandra in fiamma ardente

      Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Paul van Nevel


Although Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) is now best known for his keyboard music, it was his vocal works that were published during his lifetime. Perhaps his greatest achievement ass a composer was the polyphonic settings for between four and eight voices of all 153 psalms based on the French metrical Psalter of Clement Marot and Theodore de Beze. Published in four volumes between 1604 and 1621, this huge work is one of the great monuments of Protestant sacred polyphony. This 3CD selection from the psalms makes an ideal introduction to them, being performed by a professional Dutch choir, experts in early music and in Renaissance Dutch style in particular, and directed by a number of illustrious names including Paul van Nevel, Philippe Herreweghe, William Christie, Ton Koopman and Peter Philips. The Netherlands Chamber Choir were pioneers in their field, at a time when choirs were behind the pace of instrumental ensembles in terms of taking on a modern understanding of how to perform this repertoire, with smaller forces, tight intonation, pure tone and dynamic thrust of phrase. The selection illustrates the variety and ingenuity to be found in Sweelinck's vocal output as a whole. There is robust, Venetian-style polyphony; elegantly fluid counterpoint; and straightforward, hymn-like simplicity of gesture. Sweelinck shapes and manipulates his original psalm melodies with an imaginative freedom worthy of Bach in his chorale settings. Like Bach, he is a master word-painter, whether evoking concepts of life and death or down-to-earth images of flora and fauna. Recorded in the late 80s at churches in Amsterdam and Haarlem, these performance attracted critical praise when first released, for the 'first-class' vocal ensemble and engineering. This reissue includes full annotations on Sweelinck and the psalm settings included. - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was a highly influential Dutch composer, organist, and teacher of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. Among his most notable works are his settings of the Psalms, which show his mastery in both vocal and instrumental music. Sweelinck's Psalms are based on the Genevan Psalter, a collection of psalm settings originally developed by the Protestant reformers, particularly for congregational singing in Reformed churches. - Sweelinck's versions of the Psalms elevate these simple melodies with intricate polyphonic settings, blending Renaissance counterpoint with early Baroque elements. His innovative use of harmony, counterpoint, and expressive text setting reflects his ability to bridge the two eras of music. The Psalms are notable for their emotional depth and variety, capturing the moods of the texts - ranging from joy and praise to lamentation and supplication. - These recordings of a selection from the in total 150 Psalms were made in the 1980s and 1990s, by the famous Netherlands Chamber Choir, conducted by the most notable Early Music conductors of the time: William Christie, Ton Koopman, Peter Phillips, Jan Boeke, Philippe Herreweghe and Paul van Nevel. The choir is supported by a rich instrumental ensemble. - Truly legendary recordings of timeless Choral treasures from the Netherlands! Originally issued by NM Classics.