Album Summary
Sarah Pendlebury (Soprano)- Richard Savage (Baritone)
- Angus Smith (Chant)
- Timothy Roberts (Regal)
- Paul McCreesh (Violin)
- Robert Horn (Guitar)
- Simon Grant (Bass)
- Charles Daniels (Voice)
- Rodrigo Pozo (Voice)
- Andrew Carwood (Tenor)
- James Johnstone (Virginal)
- Gabrieli Players (Tenor)
- Neal Davies (Bass-Baritone)
- Linda Perillo (Soprano)
- Janet Waterfield (Harpsichord)
- Tom Phillips (Tenor)
- Robert Rice (Baritone)
- Roderick Williams (Bass Baritone)
- Gabrieli Players
- Timothy Roberts (Organ)
- Gabrieli Players (Organ)
- Timothy Roberts (Virginal)
- Kristian Olesen (Organ)
- Stephan Olesen (Boy Soprano)
- Charles Pott (Baritone)
- Robert Harre-Jones (Countertenor)
- Gabrieli Players (Chant)
- Kristian Olesen (Regal)
- Charles Pott (Chant)
- Gabrieli Players (Baritone)
- James Johnstone (Organ)
- Jan Waterfield (Organ)
- Timothy Roberts (Harpsichord)
- Susan Jones (Soprano)
- Andrew Carwood (Tenor)
- Tom Phillips
- Robert Horn
- Jan Waterfield (Harpsichord)
Notes & Reviews:
The centerpiece of this recording is "Weihnachtshistorie," a retelling of the Christmas story from the Gospels. The spectacular recording features a huge range of instrumental colors together with the singers of the Gabrieli Consort, the magnificent baroque organ of Roskilde Cathedral, the cathedral's Boys' Choir and congregational choir.
Notes & Reviews:"As it might have been celebrated at the Court of Dresden c. 1664." The subtitle of this recording is the key: there's no Schütz work called 'Christmas Vespers,' but by combining research in church archives with what is known of service music in Schütz' time, a Vespers service for Christmas can be reconstructed. Paul McCreesh is becoming somewhat of a specialist in such projects.
Christmas Vespers in 17th-century Dresden, where Schütz was the senior Kapellmeister, would have been a musically elaborate culmination to a day already full of celebration and church-going. The eighty minutes of music here, while a substantial portion of the service, aren't actually the complete Vespers service (the sermon is omitted). What is here, however, is a disc chock-full of Christmas Schütz sung in a cathedral. The church acoustic gives the disc a sense of occasion; there are even two congregational hymns included, recorded from a different perspective than the choral portions of the service, giving an even greater sense of this being a recording of a church service rather than a studio recording. The effect of the whole is marvelous--Schütz' music is unparalleled and McCreesh and company give it an immensely successful presentation.
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Works Details
Anonymous : La piva - Performers: Gabrieli Players; Gabrieli Players (Organ); Kristian Olesen (Organ)
- Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
- Studio/Live: Studio
Chant, Gregorian : Deus in adiutorium meum intende, introduction to the Compline - Performers: Gabrieli Players; Charles Pott (Baritone); Gabrieli Players (Chant); Charles Pott (Chant)
- Conductor: Paul McCreesh
- Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort
- Running Time: 1 min. 1 sec.
- Period Time: Medieval
- Form: Choral
- Language: Latin
- Studio/Live: Studio
Schütz, Heinrich : Psalms of David, Op. 2 - Performers: Kristian Olesen (Organ); James Johnstone (Organ); Jan Waterfield (Organ); Timothy Roberts (Harpsichord); Gabrieli Players
- Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players
- Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Language: German
- Studio/Live: Studio
Anonymous : Christum Wir Sollen Loben Schon - Performers: Gabrieli Players (Organ); Kristian Olesen (Organ); Gabrieli Players
- Conductor: Paul McCreesh
- Ensemble: Roskilde Cathedral Choir
- Running Time: 6 min. 51 sec.
- Language: German
- Studio/Live: Studio
Schütz, Heinrich : Die Geburt unsers Herren Jesu Christi, for chorus, instruments & continuo, SWV 435 - Performers: Susan Jones (Soprano); Kristian Olesen (Organ); Andrew Carwood (Tenor); Tom Phillips; Robert Horn; Jan Waterfield (Harpsichord); Gabrieli Players; Sarah Pendlebury (Soprano); Richard Savage (Baritone); Angus Smith (Chant); Timothy Roberts (Regal); Charles Pott (Baritone); Paul McCreesh (Violin); Robert Horn (Guitar); Simon Grant (Bass); Charles Daniels (Voice); Rodrigo Pozo (Voice); Andrew Carwood (Tenor); James Johnstone (Virginal); Gabrieli Players (Tenor); Neal Davies (Bass-Baritone); Linda Perillo (Soprano); Janet Waterfield (Harpsichord); Tom Phillips (Tenor); Robert Rice (Baritone); Roderick Williams (Bass Baritone); Timothy Roberts (Organ)
- Conductor: Paul McCreesh
- Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players
- Running Time: 32 min. 25 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Language: German
- Studio/Live: Studio
Schütz, Heinrich : Magnificat anima mea, SWV 468 :: Magni - Performers: Timothy Roberts (Virginal); James Johnstone (Organ); Tom Phillips; Stephan Olesen (Boy Soprano); Robert Harre-Jones (Countertenor); Rodrigo Pozo (Voice); Charles Pott (Baritone); Robert Horn; Kristian Olesen (Organ); Andrew Carwood (Tenor); Angus Smith (Chant); Richard Savage (Baritone); Jan Waterfield (Harpsichord); Kristian Olesen (Regal); Neal Davies (Bass-Baritone); Timothy Roberts (Organ); Simon Grant (Bass); Gabrieli Players
- Conductor: Paul McCreesh
- Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players
- Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: by 1665
- Language: Latin
- Studio/Live: Studio
Schütz, Heinrich : Magnificat anima mea, SWV 468 :: Wir C - Performer: Gabrieli Players
- Conductor: Paul McCreesh
- Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players
- Running Time: 2 min. sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: by 1665
Schütz, Heinrich : Magnificat anima mea, SWV 468 :: Quia - Performer: Gabrieli Players
- Conductor: Paul McCreesh
- Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players
- Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: by 1665
Schütz, Heinrich : Magnificat anima mea, SWV 468 :: Lobt - Performer: Gabrieli Players
- Conductor: Paul McCreesh
- Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players
- Running Time: 1 min. 17 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: by 1665
Schütz, Heinrich : Magnificat anima mea, SWV 468 :: Esuri - Performer: Gabrieli Players
- Conductor: Paul McCreesh
- Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players
- Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: by 1665
Schütz, Heinrich : Magnificat anima mea, SWV 468 :: In Du - Performer: Gabrieli Players
- Conductor: Paul McCreesh
- Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players
- Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: by 1665
Schütz, Heinrich : Magnificat anima mea, SWV 468 :: Glori - Performer: Gabrieli Players
- Conductor: Paul McCreesh
- Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players
- Running Time: 1 min. 56 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: by 1665
Schütz, Heinrich : O bone Jesu, fili Mariae, for 2 sopranos, 2 altos, tenor, bass, 2 violins, 4 violes & continuo, SWV - Performers: James Johnstone (Virginal); Rodrigo Pozo (Voice); Charles Daniels (Voice); Simon Grant (Bass); Susan Jones (Soprano); Gabrieli Players; Timothy Roberts (Organ)
- Conductor: Paul McCreesh
- Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players
- Running Time: 6 min. 47 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: ?1666
- Language: Latin
- Studio/Live: Studio
Traditional, Christmas : Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, carol (German) - Performers: Gabrieli Players; Kristian Olesen (Organ)
- Conductor: Paul McCreesh
- Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort
- Running Time: 4 min. 35 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Christmas
- Language: German
- Studio/Live: Studio
Chant, Gregorian : Dominus vobiscum, oratorio (Prayer, recitation solo) - Performers: Gabrieli Players (Baritone); Charles Pott (Baritone); Gabrieli Players; Kristian Olesen (Organ)
- Conductor: Paul McCreesh
- Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players
- Running Time: 1 min. 35 sec.
- Period Time: Medieval
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Studio/Live: Studio
Scheidt, Samuel : Benedicamus Domino à 6, postlude for organ, SSWV 158 - Performers: Gabrieli Players; Charles Pott (Baritone); Gabrieli Players (Organ); Kristian Olesen (Organ)
- Conductor: Paul McCreesh
- Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort
- Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1624
- Language: Latin
- Studio/Live: Studio
