Himmelsmusik (Casebound Deluxe)

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[Jaroussky and Scheen] are well-matched, and the results are wonderfully rich and unexpectedly sensual…Instrumental numbers have all the group’s signature lightness of touch and depth of colour,... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2018 More…

Release Date: 5th Oct 2018
Catalogue No: 9029563400
Label: Erato
Length: 75 minutes

Grammy Awards

62nd Awards (2019)

Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

Theile: Der Sionitin Wiegenlied: Nun, ich singe! Gott, ich knie

Work length7:21

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Dingle Yandell (bass), Jesús Rodil (tenor), Céline Scheen (soprano), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar

Bach, J C'ph: Bach, JC: Lamento: Ach, dass ich Wassers g'nug hätte

Work length7:01

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Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar

Bütner: Ich suchte des Nachts in meinem Bette

Work length5:42

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Céline Scheen (soprano)
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar

Theile: Gott, hilf mir

Work length6:09

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Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar

Ritter, C: O amantissime sponse

Work length10:24

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Céline Scheen (soprano)
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar

anon.: Chiaccona a 4 in C Major

Work length4:29

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L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar

Schütz: Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, SWV 366

Work length5:43

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Dingle Yandell (bass), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Céline Scheen (soprano)
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar

Erlebach: Kommt, ihr Stunden, macht mich frei

Work length8:21

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Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar

Tunder: Aria. Ein kleines Kindelein

Work length2:48

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Céline Scheen (soprano)
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar

Ahle, J R: Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden

Work length5:32

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Céline Scheen (soprano), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar

Bertali: Sonata a 6 in E minor

Work length5:16

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L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar

Schütz: Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott, SWV447

Work length4:11

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Céline Scheen (soprano)
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar

Bach, J S: Komm, süsser Tod, komm, sel'ge Ruh, BWV 478

Work length2:28

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Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar

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Himmelsmusik (‘heavenly music’), a programme of sacred songs and cantatas by German composers of the 17th century, presents a striking contrast with the previous Erato album from Christina Pluhar and her ensemble L’Arpeggiata: Händel Goes Wild.

Himmelsmusik sees Pluhar taking a more sober and traditionally scholarly approach. She and L’Arpeggiata are joined by star countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and the distinguished Belgian soprano Céline Scheen in a programme that includes the celebrated lamento ‘Ach, dass ich Wassers gnug hätte’ by Johann Christoph Bach (born over 40 years before his relative Johann Sebastian), Heinrich Schütz’s ‘Erbarm Dich mein, o Herre Gott’ and prompts discovery of works by such lesser-known figures as Johann Theile, Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, Christian Ritter and Franz Tunder. An instrumental piece by the Verona-born Antonio Bertali highlights the influence of Italian music on German composers of the time.

In an interview with the Bremen-based newspaper Weser-Kurier, Christina Pluhar provided some insights into the balance she strikes in her music-making with L’Arpeggiata.

“A way of escaping any categorisation as a specialist in improvisation is to undertake projects in which I play pure Baroque music. I always try to reinvent myself, to create something from my innermost being … I can be quite satisfied with music as it was originally written, and we will play this music without making excursions into other fields … But it is also always exciting to look at this music through the eyes of musicians who come from a different musical genre, since it opens up new perspectives and gives rise to a kind of new music. That can only work when you are well acquainted with the original music and its style, and have great respect for it … There are pieces that lend themselves to being developed into something new, and there are others that must simply be presented in all their purity and beauty – works which must be left as they are. Sensitivity is everything.”

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November 2018

[Jaroussky and Scheen] are well-matched, and the results are wonderfully rich and unexpectedly sensual…Instrumental numbers have all the group’s signature lightness of touch and depth of colour, and the improvisatory freedom and sway of an anonymous Chiaccona is vintage L’Arpeggiata.

Himmelsmusik (Casebound Deluxe)

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