Composer: Augustin Pfleger
Performer: Natalie Pérez, Gunhild Alsvik, Samuel Boden, Victor Sordo Vicente, Håvard Stensvold
Orchestra: Orkester Nord
Conductor: Martin Wåhlberg
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Aparté
Catalogue: AP249
Release: 2021
Size: 1.26 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. The Annunciation: Jetzt gehet an die neue Zeit
02. The Canaanite Woman: Ach Herr, du Sohn Davids, erbarme
03. Miraculous healings: Der Herr ist gross von Wundertat
04. The Road to Emmaus: Merket, wie der Herr uns liebet
05. The Passion: Ach, dass ich Wassers genug hätte
06. Jesus appears to the Eleven: O Freude und dennoch Leid
Pfleger is unquestionably one of the most fascinating baroque masters of Northern Europe of the seventeenth-century. Embodiying the transition between Schütz and the heritage of Monteverdi on one side, and the music of Buxtehude and later Bach on the other, Pfleger’s music testifies to the musical culture of Northern Europe. Orkester Nord here proposes for the first time a full-length programme set up as one coherent dramatic work, connecting Pfleger’s key cantatas in order to form a continuous narrative, as told through the voices of its recurring protagonists. What emerges is the story of the life of Christ. A fascinating soundscape.