Schütz, Heinrich > Selig sind die Toten

Dresden Childrens' Choir / Sacred Music for a Whole Year / 4 CDs

4 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Machet die Tore weit, for double chorus, SWV Anh. 8 (doubtful; also attrib. to S. Rüling); Das Wort ward Fleisch und wohnet unter uns, motet for 2 sopranos, alto, 2 tenors,...
Performers: Guldner, Georg; Herrmann, Fritz; Kopcke, Lukas; Lindner, Franz; Morgner, Felix; Polhardt, Philipp; Renz, Christopher; Schenk, Jacob
Conductors: Kreile, Roderich
Ensemble: ; Cappella Sagittariana

The transcendent atmosphere of the Kreuzchor Vespers draws a congregation of up to 3,000 to the Kreuzkirche in Dresden. The Dresden Kreuzchor has recorded a...continue...
Recording information: Himmelfahrtskirche Dresden (2008-06-16_2008-06-20&2009-); Lukaskirche, Dresden (2008-06-16_2008-06-20&2009-); Himmelfahrtskirche Dresden (2009-03-23_2009-03-27&2010-); Lukaskirc...continue...

Brahms: A German Requiem / Katharine Fuge, soprano; Matthew Brook, baritone - Gardiner

1 CD / Soli Deo Gloria / 2012-03-27

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnunge (Psalm 84), for double chorus & continuo, SWV 29 (Op. 2/8); Selig sind die Toten; Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Performers: Fuge, Katharine; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: ; Monteverdi Choir

SDG is happy to present the final recording issued from the 2008 Brahms: Roots and Memories tour, in which John Eliot Gardiner and his ensembles...continue...
Recording information: Usher Hall, Edinburgh; Royal Festival Hall, London; Sal....continue...

O Jesu Mi Dulcissime - sixteenth century music from Shütz, Gabrieli, Monteverdi, and Corradini / Coro

1 CD / Dal Segno / 2012-03-07

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnunge (Psalm 84), for double chorus & continuo, SWV 29 (Op. 2/8); Psalms of David, Op. 2; Selig sind die Toten; Giovanni Gabrieli: O magnum mysterium...
Performers: Denby, Joseph [Tenor (vocal)]; Golden, Jo [Soprano (vocal)]; Gupta, Ashok [Organ]; Jeremiah, Michael; Mayes, Jonathan [Tenor (vocal)]; McElwaine, Richard; Paterson, Cat [Soprano]; Paterson, Robin; Re...
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Ensemble: Camerata Antica

Coro is an award winning choir who won the Tallinn International Choir Festival in 2003 and were the first western choir to beat 45 choirs...continue...
Recording information: St. Mary-At-Hill, Monument, London (10/29/2011-10/30/2011)....continue...

Vespers for the End of the Church Year / Kreuzchorvespern

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Hans Leo Hassler: Deus Noster Refugium; Johann Walter: Allein auf Gottes Wort will ich mein Grund und Glauben bauen; Heinrich Schütz: Aus der Tiefe (Psalm 130), for double chorus & continuo SWV ...
Performers: Guldner, Georg; Kopke, Lukas; Morgner, Felix; Renz, Christopher
Conductors: Kreile, Roderich
Ensemble: Kreuzchorvespern

At the end of the church year, we remember those who have departed this life, whether by natural causes or through conflict, and allow ourselves...continue...
Recording information: Dresden, Lukaskirche (11/09/2009-11/13/2009)....continue...

Heinrich Schütz: Great Motets

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2010-09-14

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Hodie Christus natus est, SWV 456; Fili mi, Absalon, SWV 269 (Op. 6); Auf dem Gebirge, motet for 2 altos, 5 instruments & continuo, SWV 396 (Op. 11/28); Heu mihi, Domine, motet ...
Performers: Cuckston, Alan
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Ensemble: English Consort of Viols; London Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble; The Restoration Project

Pro Cantione Antiqua are joined here by the London Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Restoration Academy, the English Consort of Viols and organist Bradford Tracey. This...continue...

The Sacred Flame / John Rutter, Cambridge Singers, La nuova musica

1 CD / Collegium / 2009-05-19

Works: Giovanni Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo, motet for 8 voices (1597), C. 16; Claudio Monteverdi: Beatus vir; Christe, adormus te; Cantate Domino; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Sicut cervus; Exsultate Deo; ...
Performers: Breakwell, ben; Crouch, Gabriel; Davidson, Grace; Halliday, James; Haworth, Amy; Hill, Katherine; Hobbs, Thomas; Moore, Amy
Conductors: Rutter, John
Ensemble: ; La Nuova Musica

"No matter how you judge [these works], you'll be happy with the performances, which throughout this recording are at the high level we always expect...continue...

Schütz: Musikalische Exequien / Herreweghe, Chapelle Royale

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-04-14

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Musikalische Exequien (Funeral Music), for double chorus & continuo, SWV 279-281 (Op. 7); Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, motet for soprano, alto, 2 tenors, bass & continuo, SWV...
Performers: Cable, Jonathan; de Reyghere, Greta; Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; Jansen, Jan Willem; Junghanel, Konrad; Kooy, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Lamy, Herve [Tenor Vocals]; Lika, Peter; Machart, Renaud; Mello...
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe
Ensemble: La Chapelle Royale Chorus Paris; La Chapelle Royale Paris

BBC Music Magazine
From early-Baroque Germany no more heart-felt funeral meditation exists than Schütz's Exequien, supplemented here by six exquisite motets. This superb chamber-scale p...continue...

Voices of Ascension - Nine Centuries of Choral Music / Keene, Hong, Cole, et al

4 CD / Delos / 2008-11-25

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Sicut cervus; Jesu Rex admirabilis, hymn for 3 voices (from Complete Hymns); Exsultate Deo; Work(s); Alma Redemptoris mater; Sitivit anima mea; Surge illuminare Jeru...
Performers: Baker, Thom [Tenor Vocal]; Bride, Kathleen; Clark, Eileen; Cole, Vinson; Farrell, Neil; Hong, Hei-Kyung; Johnson, Jeffrey [Bass Vocal]; Kruczek, Mark; Montano, Alexandra; Peck, Susanne; Stephens, Pat...
Conductors: Keene, Dennis

"Sheer musical excellence a cohesive, gorgeously blended ensemble." -The New York Times "As for Dennis Keene, there isn't a better choral conductor around" The Washington...continue...

Heinrich Schütz: Geistliche Chor-Music 1648 / Rademann, Dresdner Kammerchor, et al

2 CD / Carus / 2008-03-01

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Es wird das Szepter von Juda, motet for soprano, alto, 2 tenors, bass & continuo, SWV 369-370 (Op. 1; Es ist erschienen die heilsame Gnade Gottes, motet for 2 sopranos, alto, te...
Conductors: Rademann, Hans-Christoph
Ensemble: Capella Sagittariana Dresden

Schutz ranks as the first German musician of European standing: well-educated, broad-minded and ambitious, always deeply religious in his creative work. As musical director of...continue...

Schütz: Geistliche Chor-Music 1648 / Cordes, et al

2 CD / CPO / 1998-08-01

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, motet for 2 sopranos, alto, 2 tenors, bass & continuo, SWV 386; Ich bin eine rufende Stimme, motet for 2 sopranos, alto, 2 tenors, bass...
Performers: Rothe, Olaf
Conductors: Cordes, Manfred
Ensemble: Weser-Renaissance

"...The performances are excellent in all key areas: intonation, ensemble, expression, and the like..." -Althouse, ARG...continue...

Tears From Heaven / Battle, Domingo, Caballé, Terfel

2 CD / RCA Records / 1997-02-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Ave verum corpus; Laudate Dominum; Mass no 15 for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major ("Coronation"), K. 317; E...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Battle, Kathleen; Blasi, Angela Maria; Caballe, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Kenny, Yvonne...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Levine, James; Guttenberg, Enoch zu; Goodman, Roy; Marlow, Richard; Flor, Claus P.; Solti, Sir Georg; Froschauer, Helmuth; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Spivakov, Vladimir; Cillario, Carlo Feli...

Schütz: Geistliche Chormusik II / Wilhelm Ehmann

1 CD / Cantate / 1996-10-10

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, motet for 2 sopranos, alto, 2 tenors, bass & continuo, SWV 386; Die mit Tränen säen, motet for 2 sopranos, alto, tenor, bass ...
Conductors: Ehmann, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Westfälische Kantorei

Beyond Chant / Keene, Voices of Ascension

1 CD / Delos / 1994-01-01

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Sicut cervus; Jesu Rex admirabilis, hymn for 3 voices (from Complete Hymns); Exsultate Deo; Work(s); Josquin Desprez: Pater noster -- Ave Maria, motet for 4 parts; W...
Conductors: Keene, Dennis
Ensemble: ; Voices of Ascension