Musica Fiata, Roland Wilson, La Capella Ducale – Schütz: Weihnachtshistorie & Magnificat (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:06:26 minutes | 674 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
The ‘Christmas History’ is one of the best-known works by Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672), probably the most important composer in Germany before Johann Sebastian Bach. This new recording with Musica Fiata and La Capella Ducale under the direction of Roland Wilson features the last, rarely heard version, which was discovered in the Berlin Singakademie and contains significant revisions and new compositions that Schütz made shortly before his death in order to improve the emotional depth and musical sophistication of the work, which was first performed in 1660 and published in revised form in 1664.
The recording emphasises Schütz’s masterful use of instruments to portray different characters and emotions, such as the urgent recorders for the shepherds or the solemn trombones for the high priests. The newly added and reconstructed sections have been carefully integrated to create a performance that comes very close to Schütz’s original sound ideal.
In addition to the ‘Weihnachtshistorie’, the album, which will be released on 25 October by deutsche harmonia mundi/Sony Music, contains other important works by Schütz, such as the magnificent ‘Magnificat’ and motets from his collection ‘Geistliche Chormusik’ from 1648. These works, recorded with exceptional detail and emotional intensity, demonstrate Schütz’s ability to express complex human emotions musically and also to reflect the horrors of the Thirty Years’ War.
Tracklist:
1-01. Musica Fiata – Weihnachtshistorie, SWV 435: I. Eingang (01:25)
1-02. Musica Fiata – Weihnachtshistorie, SWV 435: II. Es begab sich aber zu derselbigen Zeit (03:08)
1-03. Musica Fiata – Weihnachtshistorie, SWV 435: III. Intermedium 1 – Der Engel (02:47)
1-04. Musica Fiata – Weihnachtshistorie, SWV 435: IV. Und alsbald war da bei dem Engel (00:18)
1-05. Musica Fiata – Weihnachtshistorie, SWV 435: V. Intermedium 2 – Die Menge der Engel (02:23)
1-06. Musica Fiata – Weihnachtshistorie, SWV 435: VI. Und da die Engel von ihnen (00:17)
1-07. Musica Fiata – Weihnachtshistorie, SWV 435: VII. Intermedium 3 – Die Hirten (01:27)
1-08. Musica Fiata – Weihnachtshistorie, SWV 435: VIII. Und sie kamen eilend (02:59)
1-09. Musica Fiata – Weihnachtshistorie, SWV 435: IX. Intermedium 4 – Die Weisen (02:07)
1-10. Musica Fiata – Weihnachtshistorie, SWV 435: X. Da das der König Herodes hörte (00:40)
1-11. Musica Fiata – Weihnachtshistorie, SWV 435: XI. Intermedium 5 – Die Hohepriester (02:52)
1-12. Musica Fiata – Weihnachtshistorie, SWV 435: XII. Da berief Herodes die Weisen (00:32)
1-13. Musica Fiata – Weihnachtshistorie, SWV 435: XIII. Intermedium 6 – Herodes (01:58)
1-14. Musica Fiata – Weihnachtshistorie, SWV 435: XIV. Als sie nun den König gehöret hatten (02:21)
1-15. Musica Fiata – Weihnachtshistorie, SWV 435: XV. Intermedium 7 – Der Engel (02:15)
1-16. Musica Fiata – Weihnachtshistorie, SWV 435: XVI. Und er stund auf und nahm das Kindlein (03:34)
1-17. Musica Fiata – Weihnachtshistorie, SWV 435: XVII. Intermedium 8 – Der Engel (01:56)
1-18. Musica Fiata – Weihnachtshistorie, SWV 435: XVIII. Und er stund auf und nahm das Kindlein (01:57)
1-19. Musica Fiata – Weihnachtshistorie, SWV 435: XIX. Beschluss der Geburt unseres Herrn und Seligmachers Jesu Christi (02:22)
1-20. Musica Fiata – Sei gegrüsset, Maria, SWV 333 (05:27)
1-21. Musica Fiata – Magnificat, SWV 468 (11:04)
1-22. Musica Fiata – Sehet an den Feigenbaum, SWV 394 (04:12)
1-23. Musica Fiata – Der Engel sprach zu den Hirten, SWV 395 (03:02)
1-24. Musica Fiata – Auf dem Gebirge hat man ein Geschrei, SWV 396 (05:12)
