Composer: Dietrich Buxtehude, Xavier Dayer
Performer: Gli Angeli Genève
Orchestra: Contrechamps
Conductor: Stephan MacLeod
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Aparté
Catalogue: AP355
Release: 2024
Size: 1.5 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad pedes
01. Sonata
02. Tutti. “Ecce super montes pedes evangelizantis” (I)
03. Aria. “Salve, mundi salutare salve”
04. Tutti. “Ecce super montes pedes evangelizantis” (II)
05. Tutti. “Salve, mundi salutare salve”
Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad genua
06. Sonata in tremulo
07. Tutti. “Ad ubera portabimini” (I)
08. Aria. “Salve, Jesu, rex sanctorum”
09. Tutti. “Ad ubera portabimini” (II)
Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad manus
10. Sonata
11. Tutti. “Quid sunt plagæ istæ in medio manuum tuarum?” (I)
12. Aria. “Salve Jesu, pastor bone”
13. Tutti. “Quid sunt plagæ istæ in medio manuum tuarum?” (II)
Dayer: Afin que le lion féroce ne l’attaque pas
14. “ici, les montagnes..”
15. “lève-toi…”
16. “la lune si haute…”
17. “les îles se perdent…”
18. “tu sais / tu luis…”
19. “si les mondes…”
20. “comme un enfant…”
21. “si tu me fuis…”
Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad latus
22. Sonata
23. Tutti. “Surge, amica mea, speciosa mea, et veni” (I)
24. Aria. “Salve, latus salvatoris”
25. Tutti. “Surge, amica mea, speciosa mea, et veni” (II)
Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad pectus
26. Sonata
27. Trio. “Sicut modo geniti infantes rationabiles” (I)
28. Aria. “Salve, salus mea, deus”
29. Trio. “Sicut modo geniti infantes rationabiles” (II)
Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad cor
30. Sonata
31. Trio. “Vulnerasti cor meum, soror mea, sponsa” (I)
32. Aria. “Summi regis cor, aveto”
33. Trio. “Vulnerasti cor meum, soror mea, sponsa” (II)
Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad faciem
34. Sonata in tremulo
35. Tutti. “Illustra faciem tuam super servum tuum”
36. Aria. “Salve, caput cruentatum”
37. Tutti. “Cum me jubes emigrare”
Around 1680, Dieterich Buxtehude composed Membra Jesu Nostri, a cycle of seven cantatas combining mystical medieval poetry and lyrical excerpts from the Old Testament to venerate the wounds of Christ. In 2021, Swiss composer Xavier Dayer echoes this with Afin que le lion féroce ne l’attaque pas. He joins the five singers and ten instrumentalists of Membra Jesu Nostri with a modern wind quintet, questioning in his own words the protective force of the artistic and contemplative gesture, in the interweaving of sonorities between ancient and modern instruments and human voices.