Album Description
From the devastation of Saxony in the Thirty Years War comes this very individual Requiem, first performed at the funeral of the aristocrat Heinrich Posthumus Reuß in 1636. The texts were engraved on his coffin in advance and the Prince, being a keen singer and not wishing to miss his own funeral music, took part in performances of the first part of it during his lifetime.
Along with settings of the Nunc dimittis and Lord's Prayer is the last work Schütz wrote, the celebrated and beautiful Deutsches Magnificat for double choir.
Artists
The Sixteen
The Symphony of Harmony and Invention
Harry Christophers
Track Listing
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
1. Deutsches Magnificat, SWV494
2. Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener, SWV432
3. Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener, SWV352a
4. Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener, SWV433
5. Vater unser, der du bist im Himmel, SWV411
Musikalische Exequien, SWV 279-281
6. Konzert (in Form einer deutschen Begräbniß-Missa)
7. Motette 'Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe'
8. Canticum B. Simeonis 'Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener'
TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 50.51
