Composer: Heinrich Schütz, Giovanni Gabrieli
Performer: Cappella Murensis, Les Cornets Noirs
Conductor: Johannes Strobl
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Audite
Catalogue: AUDITE92652
Release: 2012
Size: 328 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Schütz: Psalms of David, SWV 22-47 (Op. 2)
01. Warum toben die Heiden, SWV 23, “Psalm 2”
Gabrieli: 3 Sacrae Symphoniaea
02. Canzon primi toni a 8
Schütz: Symphoniarum sacrarum III, Op. 12, SWV 398-419 (text by Bible – New Testament)
03. No. 18. Saul, Saul, was verfolgst du mich, SWV 415
Gabrieli: Sacrae symphoniae (1597)
04. Canzon quarti toni a 15
Schütz: Symphoniarum sacrarum III, Op. 12, SWV 398-419
05. No. 20. Komm, heiliger Geist, SWV 417
Gabrieli: Sonate e Canzoni
06. Canzon VIII a 8
Schütz: Psalms of David, SWV 22-47 (Op. 2)
07. Ich danke dem Herrn, SWV 34, “Psalm 111”
Gabrieli: Sonate e Canzoni
08. Sonata XVIII a 14
Schütz: Symphoniarum sacrarum III, Op. 12, SWV 398-419 (text by Bible – New Testament)
09. No. 14. Vater unser, der du bist im Himmel, SWV 411
Schütz: Sacrae symphoniae (1597)
10. Canzon in echo duodecimi toni a 10
Schütz: Psalms of David, SWV 22-47 (Op. 2)
11. Zion spricht, der Herr hat mich verlassen, SWV 46
Schütz: Sacrae symphoniae (1597)
12. Canzon septimi toni a 8
Schütz: Psalms of David, SWV 22-47 (Op. 2)
13. Alleluja, lobet den Herren, SWV 38, “Psalm 150”
The young Heinrich Schütz’s four-year sojourn with Giovanni Gabrieli proved to be one of the most fruitful educational journeys to Italy undertaken by a German musician. Following his return, Schütz presented his ‘Psalms of David’ in 1619: an impressive result of his encounter with the Italian musical style. These ‘German Psalms in the Italian Manner’ are consistently based on the polychoral style with which Schütz had become acquainted in the Venetian tradition of cori spezzati. As first organist of St Mark’s, Venice, Gabrieli included in his compositions the architecture of this ecclesiastical building in a unique way, placing the singers and instrumentalists, who were divided into as many as four choirs, in facing galleries, thus achieving remarkable sonic and spatial effects.
On this recording the Cappella Murensis and the ensemble Les Cornets Noirs make use of the four galleries in the Abbey Church at Muri where the abbots and master builders designed the octagonal nave of specifically for polyphonic effect. In the works for two, three and four choirs, voices and instruments blend with a total of four continuo organs, producing a unique sound. The inclusion of the two large historic Bossart organs (Epistle and Gospel) as continuo instruments creates an additional dynamic palette.
With magnificent Sonatas and Canzonas by Giovanni Gabrieli, Les Cornets Noirs, led by the cornettists Gebhard David and Bork-Frithjof Smith, are showcased as one of the leading European ensembles in early baroque music.