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composer
Schütz, Heinrich
title
Schütz: Cantiones sacrae
performers
Magnificat
catalogue number
CKD 607
description
Cantiones sacrae is the long-awaited follow up to Magnificat’s critically acclaimed 25th anniversary recording, Scattered Ashes. • The Cantiones sacrae is an unusual work that stands quite apart from Schütz’s other published sacred music in both scale and style. • The collection comprises forty Latin motets for four voices, plus a figured bass for continuo accompaniment (realized on this recording by lute, violone and organ), which was added later by the composer. • The perfectly crafted works are composed in a learned, contrapuntal style rich in dissonance and range of expression. • Schütz cleverly mirrors the intensely intimate nature of the texts using a musical language that looks to inward expression rather than to external effect. • Schütz takes every opportunity to exploit vocal timbre and technique in the service of word-painting, with the virtuosic vocal lines ranging from a conservative imitative style to the most avant-garde, chromatic style of the Italian madrigal. • Magnificat’s performance of the Opus 4 motets reveals Schütz to be a composer with an imagination of extraordinary variety.
format
CD x 2
label
Linn
release date
5/6/19
EAN / barcode
0691062060721
PLN 119.00
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