Heinrich Schütz: Die sieben Worte; Auferstehung Historie; Johann Sebastiani: Matthäus Passion

Heinrich Schutz (Composer), Johann Sebastiani (Composer), Samuel Ebart (Composer), David Funck (Composer), Andreas Scharmann (Composer), Philippe Pierlot (Conductor), Steve Dugardin (Performer), Michel van Goethem (Performer), Vincent Gregoire (Performer), Ricercar Consort (Orchestra), Agnès Mellon (Performer), Monika Mauch (Performer), Anne Mertens (Performer), Greta de Reyghere (Performer), Paul Agnew (Performer), Stephan van Dijck (Performer), Marius van Altena (Performer), Mark Padmore (Performer), Hervé Lamy (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Steve Dugardin, Michel van Goethem, Vincent Gregoire, Agnès Mellon, Monika Mauch, et al.
• Orchestra: Ricercar Consort
• Conductor: Philippe Pierlot
• Composer: Heinrich Schutz, Johann Sebastiani, Samuel Ebart, David Funck, Andreas Scharmann
• Audio CD (April 14, 2009)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ricercar
• ASIN: B001OBVACG
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #434,093 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Recordings made in 1995 & 1998. Schütz never ceases to surprise us with the great variety of musical styles he employs. The Sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz and the Historia der Aufferstehung Jesu Christi are conceived in very different ways, as much in the way that the accompaniments to the recitatives are constructed as in the theatricality with which the characters are imbued; the human aspect of the Sieben Worte is contrasted with the more abstract image of the characters in the Historia. Of Johann Sebastiani, however, we know practically nothing. His Matthäus Passion seems nonetheless to be heavily influenced by Schütz, with an additional, typically Lutheran touch given by the chorales that punctuate the various scenes of the Gospel narration.