Religious music from different centuries. We hear Geistliche Konzerte (an early form of cantata) by Samuel Scheidt, a Magnificat by Hieronymus Praetorius, a madrigal by Luzzasco Luzzaschi and a cantata by Georg Philipp Telemann.
Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)
Three ‘Geistliche Concerte’:
‘Von Himmel hoch, da komm ich her’ 1.
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern’ 2.
Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin’ 3.
Performers: I Sonatori conducted by Knut Schoch, tenor
(CD label: Christophorus no. CHR 77411)
Hieronymus Praetorius (1560-1629)
4. Magnificat quarti toni
Performers: Weser-Renaissance Bremen conducted by Manfred Cordes
(CD label: COP no. 777245-2)
Luzzasco Luzzaschi (c. 1545-1607)
5. From Sacrarum Cantionum, book 1:
– ‘Deus tu scis insipientiam meam’
Performers: Profeti della Quinta conducted by Elam Rotem
(CD label: PanClassics no. PC 10350)
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
6. Cantata: ‘De aber Daniel, gehe hin’ TWV 4:17
Performers: Gerlinde Säman, soprano. Damien Guillon, countertenor. Jan Kobow, tenor. Dominik Wörner, bass. Il Gardellino conducted by Marcel Ponseele
(CD label: Passacaille no. PAS989)
Supplement:
Johann Erasmus Kindermann (1616-1655)
7. From the Musicalische Friedens Seuffter (1642): ‘Die Güte des Herren’
Performers: I Sonatori conducted by Knut Schoch, tenor
(CD label: Christophorus no. CHR 77411)
