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 […]
Tobias Mäthger
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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 […]