Schütz: Musikalische Exequien, SWV 279-281 (Op. 7)

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The sound is bright and compact…and the resulting interpretation has a welcome directness and clarity. It is, as they say, easy on the ear. — Gramophone Magazine, October 2015

Release Date: 18th Sep 2015
Catalogue No: ACC24299
Label: Accent
Length: 50 minutes

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Schütz: Psalmen Davids, Op. 2

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La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken
Recorded: 23-25 October 2014
Recording Venue: Predikherenkerk, Leuven, Belgium

Aus der Tiefe, SWV 25

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Schütz: Das ist je gewißlich wahr, SWV 277

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La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken
Recorded: 23-25 October 2014
Recording Venue: Predikherenkerk, Leuven, Belgium

Schütz: Symphoniae Sacrae II

Work length5:06

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Marie Kuijken (soprano), Stephan Scherpe (tenor)
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken
Recorded: 23-25 October 2014
Recording Venue: Predikherenkerk, Leuven, Belgium

Symphoniarum sacrarum secunda pars, Op. 10, SWV 341-367: Was betrubst du dich, SWV 353

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Excerpt, Schütz: Geistliche Chormusik 1648, SWV 369-397 (Op. 11)

Work length3:16

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La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken
Recorded: 23-25 October 2014
Recording Venue: Predikherenkerk, Leuven, Belgium

Geistliche Chormusik, Op. 11, SWV 369-397: Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herren sterben, SWV 391

Track length3:16

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Symphoniarum sacrarum II, Op. 10

Work length5:15

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Daniel Schreiber (tenor)
Recorded: 23-25 October 2014
Recording Venue: Predikherenkerk, Leuven, Belgium

Symphoniarum sacrarum secunda pars, Op. 10, SWV 341-367: Zweierlei bitte ich, Herr, SWV 360

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Schütz: Musikalische Exequien, SWV 279-281 (Op. 7)

Work length28:44

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La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken
Recorded: 23-25 October 2014
Recording Venue: Predikherenkerk, Leuven, Belgium

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

Track length21:57

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

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Herr nun lassest du deinen Diener, SWV 281, "Canticum B. Simeonis"

Track length3:48

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Heinrich Schütz composed the Musikalische Exequien SWV 279-281 for the funeral of his patron Prince Heinrich Posthumus Reuß 1635/1636. Of the three parts, which were to be performed during three different sections of the funeral service the first part, in the form of a sacred concerto for choir and soloists, is based on the numerous biblical passages which, in accordance with the instructions given by the deceased were to be recited at the coffin, which the deceased himself had designed during his lifetime. This part is followed by a motet for double choir based on the text of a sermon ("Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe"), and at the conclusion of the hymn of praise to Simeon ("Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener in Frieden fahren"), a choir apart from the main choir intones "Selig sind die Toten" from heaven, so to speak. With this composition, written as a commission, Schütz created one of the most artistic and heartfelt works of mourning ever written in the history of music.

For his recording, Sigiswald Kuijken decided on a soloistic rendering of the individual parts, thus attaining greater transparency. In the middle parts, Kuijken uses high tenors – no altus or countertenors – who possess the specific ability to sing the middle parts over the entire tessitura clearly and with good balance, contributing great richness to the overall sound.

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October 2015

The sound is bright and compact…and the resulting interpretation has a welcome directness and clarity. It is, as they say, easy on the ear.

Schütz: Musikalische Exequien, SWV 279-281 (Op. 7)

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