The Carus traversal of Heinrich Schutz works ends with a collection of commissioned works. For the most part, the music on this 2 CD set marks important occasions in the Dresden court. Some were commissioned for birthdays, others for treaty signings, and so on. Schutz studied in Venice with Giovanni Gabrielli (and perhaps with Claudio […]
Tobias Mäthger
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Heinrich Schütz Madrigale & Hochzeitsmusiken Bring Element of Fun
Carus continues their traversal of Heinrich Schutz’s music with a collection of secular compositions. Schutz was primarily known for his sacred compositions, which influenced generations of Protestant composers (especially in Germany). This release features secular madrigals and wedding music that show a different aspect of Schutz. Schutz studied in Venice as a young man. The works in […]
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Heinrich Schütz Symphoniae Sacrae II Beautifully Performed
This release features the second of three volumes of Schütz’s Symphoniae Sacrae. Schütz published his first volume in Venice in 1629. Volume II was completed 18 years later in Dresden, where Schütz was a major musical figure. Like the first volume, these works show some influence of Monteverdi and Gabrieli. But that influence seems much […]
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Heinrich Schütz Symphoniae Sacrae I – Models of Clarity
Heinrich Schütz published three volumes of his Symphoniae Sacrae. Hans-Christoph Rademann and Carus continue their traversal of Schütz’s catalog with Symphoniae Sacre I. This 1629 collection of works reflects Schütz’s time in Venice. While there, he studied with Giovanni Gabrielli and Claudio Monteverdi. The influences of both are apparent in these settings of the Songs […]
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Louis Spohr’s Singular Mass in C minor
Louis Spohr’s Mass in C minor is something of a curiosity. Finished in 1821, it’s the only such work in Spohr’s catalog of over 230 compositions. And it’s also an a capella work, written for two choirs plus SATB soloists. Stylistically, the mass reminded me a little of Mendelssohn. There’s a clarity of line throughout […]