Heinrich Schütz: Symphoniae Sacrae

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Release Date: 24th Aug 2009
Catalogue No: 93953
Label: Brilliant Classics
Series: Musica Sacra
Length: 66 minutes

Schütz: Symphoniae Sacrae III (selection)

Work length18:56

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Cappella Augustana
Matteo Messori

Benedicam Dominum in omni tempore, SWV 267

Track length3:40

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Fili mi, Absalon, SWV 269

Track length6:16

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Veni, dilecte mi, SWV 274

Track length6:10

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Jubilate Deo in chordis, SWV 276

Track length2:50

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Schütz: Symphoniae Sacrae II

Work length47:13

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Cappella Augustana
Matteo Messori

Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, SWV 366

Track length8:11

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Herr, unser Herrscher, SWV 343

Track length5:14

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Meine Seele erhebt den Herren, SWV 344

Track length8:26

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Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr, SWV 348

Track length5:13

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Es steh Gott auf, SWV 356

Track length6:12

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Herr, nun lassest du deinen Diener, SWV 352

Track length3:49

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Lobet den Herrn in seinem Heiligtum, SWV 350

Track length4:22

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Freuet euch des Herren, SWV 367

Track length5:46

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Recording made in 2003.

Capella Augustana is recording the complete works of Schütz for Brilliant Classics, which will consist of 30 CDs.

Comprehensive booklet essay and sung texts.

Heinrich Schütz lived a long and successful life, and studied with some of the greatest masters of the time, including Monteverdi and Giovanni Gabrieli. He is generally considered to be the greatest German composer of the early Baroque. Travelling between positions in Copenhagen, Kassel and Dresden, his life was hit by personal tragedies – he outlived his wife and all his children, and the Thirty Years War severely disrupted his employment. This CD contains selections from two of his three sets of Symphoniae Sacrae. The first set, composed in 1629, uses Latin texts, whilst the second and third sets are set to German texts. Schütz’s genius lay in his ability to set words to music. The rhythmic strength of his music lies in his ability to capture the nuances of the words, and this skill enabled him to make a major contribution to Luther’s aim of establishing the vernacular as the literary and liturgical language of the Protestant religion. A similar move had been made in England with the adoption of English rather than Latin in sacred music with the introduction of The Book of Common Prayer in the mid-16th century.

Heinrich Schütz: Symphoniae Sacrae

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