A Wedding in Denmark
Donald Macleod follows Heinrich Schütz as he heads to Denmark to supervise the music for a Royal Wedding.
Donald Macleod follows Heinrich Schütz as he heads to Denmark to supervise the music for a Royal Wedding. The Thirty Years War continued to rage on, and Donald surveys the impact this had upon music making at the Dresden Court where Schütz was employed.
Erhöre mich, wenn dich ich rufe, SWV 289
Weser-Renaissance Bremen
Manfred Cordes, driected
O der grossen Wundertaten, SWV 278
RIAS Kammerchor
Capella de la Torre
Katharina Bäuml, director
Musikalische Exequien, SWV 279 (excerpt)
Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, director
Ich werde nicht sterben, SWV 346 (Symphoniarum sacrarum II)
Ich danke dir, Herr, SWV 347 (Symphoniarum sacrarum II)
David de Winter, tenor
Brook Street Band
Die mit Tränen säen, SWV 378 (Geistliche Chormusik)
Herr, auf dich traue ich, SWV 377 (Geistliche Chormusik)
Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, SWV 386 (Geistliche Chormusik)
Collegium Vocale Gent
Philippe Herreweghe, director
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Heinrich Schütz
Erhore mich, wenn ich dich rufe, SWV 289
Ensemble: Weser-Renaissance Bremen. Conductor: Manfred Cordes.- CPO : 999 675-2.
- CPO.
- 8.
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Heinrich Schütz
O der grossen Wundertaten, SWV 278
Ensemble: Capella de la Torre. Singer: Margaret Hunter. Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Director: Katharina Bäuml.- DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI : 19439779232.
- DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.
- 7.
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Heinrich Schütz
Musikalische Exequien, SWV 279-81 (excerpt)
Performer: Masato Suzuki. Ensemble: Vox Luminis. Conductor: Lionel Meunier.- RICERCAR : RIC 311.
- RICERCAR.
- 7.
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Heinrich Schütz
Ich werde nicht sterben, SWV 346
Ensemble: Brook Street Band. Director: David De Winter.- FIRST HAND : FHR-145.
- FIRST HAND.
- 9.
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Heinrich Schütz
Ich danke dir, Herr, von ganzem Herzen, SWV 347
Ensemble: Brook Street Band. Director: David De Winter.- FIRST HAND : FHR-145.
- FIRST HAND.
- 15.
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Heinrich Schütz
Die mit Tränen säen, SWV 378
Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Director: Philippe Herreweghe.- HM : HMC-901534.
- HM.
- 4.
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Heinrich Schütz
Herr, auf dich traue ich, SWV 377
Performer: Collegium Vocale Gent. Singer: Agnès Mellon. Singer: Mark Padmore. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.- HM : HMC-901534.
- HM.
- 1.
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Heinrich Schütz
Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, SWV 386
Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.- Harmonia Mundi HMC901534.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 9.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Cello Concerto in A Minor, RV 422
Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Cappella Gabetta. Conductor: Andrés Gabetta.- Il Progetto Vivaldi 3.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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