Composer: Dietrich Buxtehude
Performer: Purcell Quartet, Emma Kirkby, Peter Harvey, Suzie LeBlanc, Clare Salaman
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Chandos
Catalogue: CHAN0691
Release: 2003
Size: 1.38 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Ich habe Lust abzuscheiden BuxWV 47
01. [Sonata]
02. Ich habe Lust abzuscheiden
03. Spann aus, spann aus, ach frommer Gott
04. Dann was ist doch die schnode Welt
05. Wie einer, welcher auf dem Meer
06. So spann doch aus, ach frommer Gott
Salve, Jesu, Patris gnate unigenite BuxWV94
07. Sonata
08. Salve, Jesu, Patris, gnate, unigenite
09. O vis amoris tui, Jesu, maxima!
10. Cur fasciis te involvis laceris, Jesule
11. Cur alges, qui fulmina dira vibras
12. O suavis, o grandis amor, o fortis amor
13. Jesu, opstupesco, in quem amorem tui colliquesco
Jesu dulcis memoria, BuxWV 56
14. Jesu dulcis memoria
15. Nil canitur suavius
16. Jesu, spes poenitentibus
17. Jesu, dulcedo cordium
18. Nec lingua valet dicere
19. Jesu, rex admirabilis
20. Mane nobiscum, Domine
21. Amor Jesu dulcissimus
22. Jesu dulcis memoria
Mein Herz ist bereit BuxWV 73
23. Sonata
24. Mein Herz ist bereit, Gott, dass ich singe und lobe
25. Wache auf, meine Ehre, wache auf, Psalter und Harfe
26. Herr, ich will dir danken unter den Volkern
27. …denn deine Gute ist so weit der Himmel ist
28. Erhebe dich, Gott, uber den Himmel
29. Fugue in C major, BuxWV174
Cantate Domino BuxWV 12
30. Cantate Domino canticum novum
31. Cantate Domino, et benedicite nomini ejus
32. …in omnium populis mirabilia ejus
33. …quoniam magnus Dominus et laudabilis nimis
34. Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto
Ich halte es dafür BuxWV 48
35. Sonata
36. Ich halte es dafur
37. Was qualet mein Herz
38. Was angstet main Herz
39. Ach war ich bei dir
40. Du gibest mir Ruh
41. Drum lass ich der Welt
42. Herr, wenn ich nur dich hab, BuxWV 38
Jesu, meine Freude BuxWV 60
43. Sonata
44. Jesu, meine Freude
45. Unter deinem Schirmen
46. Trotz dem alten Drachen
47. Weg mit allen Schatzen
48. Gute Nacht, o Wesen
49. Weicht, ihr Trauergeister
Setting various German and Latin texts for solo voices, violins and continuo, these sacred cantatas are typical products of the late 17th century in their pragmatic approach to form.
Here are patchworks such as Jesu dulcis memoria and Salve, Jesu, Patris gnate unigenite; chorale or song variations such as Jesu, meine Freude; and others, like Ich halte es dafür and Ich habe Lustabzuscheiden, which combine the two. CantateDomino is liltingly Italianate, Mein Herz ist bereit is an agile showpiece for solo bass, while Herr, wennich nur dich hab is a set of variations over a ground bass. The Purcell Quartet’s essential string sound has always been sweet, airy and lucid, and it’s interesting to hear how that has been transferred here from the instrumental sphere to the vocal.
To this end the choice of singers is important, and on this occasion they could hardly have picked more shrewdly: Emma Kirkby and Suzie LeBlanc make an excellent pairing, distinguishable from each other in both voice and approach, yet at the same time superbly matched in duet; and Peter Harvey has the friendliest of bass voices, his alert account of Mein Herz ist bereit, set against the thrillingly radiant background of three violins, being one of the disc’s highlights.
An expert recording in an amenable acoustic completes a release of many refined pleasures.