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Heinrich Schütz Symphoniae Sacrae II. Complete recording, Vol. 18

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The 27 concerts of the Symphoniae Sacrae II by Heinrich Schütz represent milestones in the development of the German-language sacred concert for virtuoso vocal soloists, instruments and basso continuo. The compositions are highly developed, complex, moving, music-historically valuable and compositionally sophisticated, with an extraordinary density of events and abundance of ideas.

In Volume 18 of the complete Schütz recording, Hans-Christoph Rademann, supported by selected instrumentalists and excellent soloists such as Dorothee Mields and Georg Poplutz, has once again created a recording of exemplary quality. A worthy monument in sound to Heinrich Schütz.
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  • Mein Herz ist bereit
  • Singet dem Herren ein neues Lied
  • Herr, unser Herrscher
  • Meine Seele erhebt den Herren
  • Der Herr ist meine Stärke
  • Ich werde nicht sterben (Erster Teil)
  • Ich danke dir, Herr (Anderer Teil)
  • Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr
  • Frohlocket mit Händen
  • Lobet den Herrn in seinem Heiligtum
  • Hütet euch, dass eure Herzen
  • Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart
  • Was betrübst du dich, meine Seele
  • Verleih uns Frieden (Erster Teil)
  • Gib unsern Fürsten (Anderer Teil)
  • Es steh Gott auf
  • Wie ein Rubin
  • Iss dein Brot mit Freuden
  • Der Herr ist mein Licht und mein Heil
  • Zweierlei bitte ich, Herr, von dir
  • Herr, neige deine Himmel
  • Von Aufgang der Sonnen
  • Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden
  • Die, so ihr den Herren fürchtet
  • Drei schöne Dinge seind
  • Von Gott will ich nicht lassen
  • Freuet euch des Herren, ihr Gerechten
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  • Heinrich Schütz is regarded as the first German musician of European stature. As a choirboy from 1599 at the court of Landgrave Moritz of Hessen-Kassel, he received a thorough education. In 1608 he began a law degree in Marburg, but broke this off in 1609 in order, with the support of the Landgrave, to study composition with Giovanni Gabrieli, organist at St Mark’s in Venice. In 1613 Schütz returned to Kassel, but two years later was enticed away by Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony to the Dresden court as “Organist und Director der Musica”, where he held the position of Hofkapellmeister (court Kapellmeister) from 1617 until his death. Schütz’s great cycles of vocal works marked the high point of his reputation in Germany and northern Europe. But these represent only part of Schütz’s output; individual works are represented in printed collections with works by other composers, others only survive in manuscript, and much has been lost. The Stuttgart Schütz Edition makes available Schütz’s complete oeuvre, and all works are also published in practical Urtext editions. Personal details
  • Conductor Hans-Christoph Rademann is an immensely versatile artist with a broad repertoire who devotes himself with equal passion and expertise both to the performance and rediscovery of early music and to the first performances and cultivation of Contemporary Music. Born in Dresden and raised in the Erzgebirge mountains, he was influenced at an early age by the great Central German kantorial and musical tradition. He was a student at the traditional Kreuzgymnasium, a member of the famous Kreuzchor, and studied choral and orchestral conducting at the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music in Dresden. During his studies, he founded the Dresdner Kammerchor and formed it into a top international choir which is still under his direction today. Since 2013, Hans-Christoph Rademann has been the academy director of the International Bach Academy Stuttgart. He regularly collaborates with leading choirs and ensembles of the international music scene. From 1999 to 2004 he was chief conductor of the NDR Choir and from 2007 to 2015 chief conductor of the RIAS Chamber Choir. Guest conducting engagements have led and continue to lead him to the Nederlandse Bachvereniging, the Collegium Vocale Gent, the Akademie für Alte Musik, the Freiburger Barockorchester, the Deutsche Radiophilharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, the Sinfonieorchester Basel, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg, among others. Hans-Christoph Rademann has been awarded prizes and honors for his artistic work, including the Johann Walter Plaque of the Saxon Music Council (2014), the Saxon Constitutional Medal (2008), the Sponsorship Prize as well as the Art Prize of the state capital Dresden (1994 and 2014 respectively). He received the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik several times for his numerous CD recordings (most recently in 2016), as well as the Grand Prix du Disque (2002), the Diapason d’Or (2006 & 2011), the CHOC de l’année 2011 and the Best Baroque Vocal Award 2014. In 2016 he was awarded the European Church Music Prize of the city of Schwäbisch Gmünd. His exemplary interpretation and recording of the complete works of Heinrich Schütz with the Dresdner Kammerchor in the Stuttgart Carus-Verlag, which was completed in 2019, was awarded the newly endowed Heinrich Schütz Prize as well as the OPUS KLASSIK 2020 in the same year. Hans-Christoph Rademann is professor of choral conducting at the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music in Dresden. He is also artistic director of the Musikfest Erzgebirge, ambassador of the Erzgebirge and patron of the Christian Hospice Service Dresden. Personal details
  • As a scholarship recipient of the Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung Munich, David Erler studied voice in Leipzig with Marek Rzepka. The sought-after soloist throughout Europe works with Peter Van Heyghen, Jos van Immerseel, Wolfgang Katschner, Hermann Max, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Ludger Remy, and Roland Wilson as well as ensembles such as Collegium Marianum Prag, Ensemble Inegal, Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam, Lautten Compagney Berlin, Les Muffatti Brussel, and Weser- Renaissance Bremen. He is also in great demand as a guest singer in vocal ensembles such as the ensemble amarcord, the Calmus Ensemble, Singer Pur and Stimmwerck. More than 50 CD productions, as well as engagements at prestigious festivals (including the Bachfest Leipzig, Handelfestspiele Halle, Resonanzen Wien, Musica Antiqua Brugge) are further evidence of his artistic work. He is also the editor of the Cantatas by Johann Kuhnau, at Pfefferkorn Musikverlag in Leipzig. Personal details
  • Tenor Tobias Mäthger studied singing, conducting and school music in Dresden and works as a freelance singer, conductor, teacher and church musician. He has already achieved considerable success with a varied concert career both nationally and internationally. He is a member and soloist with the Dresdner Kammerchor, as well as a member of the soloists’ ensemble of the Musik Podium Stuttgart under Frieder Bernius. In addition, he regularly works with leading artists and ensembles including Marc Minkowski, Rafael Frubeck de Burgos, Dresden Staatskapelle, the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Bremer Kammerphilharmonie, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Rheinische Kantorei and many others, as a soloist or as a conductor’s assistant. Personal details
  • Ratio, Emotio, Physis – reason, emotion and physics – to be able to bring these three human aspects together in singing, that is the great challenge and the profound joy in Felix Schwandtke’s life. Being the son of a mathematician and an engineer, he has been shaped by analytical thinking; music provided a way for him to relate this to emotion, and to explore, with joy, the developing interaction. In the process, early music became an important catalyst, and his creative work lead him to renowned ensembles all across Europe, bringing with it many new musical encounters. Among these, the ones who have made the most impact are Hans-Christph Rademann, Ludger Rémy and Lars Ulrik Mortensen, as well as the director and Baroque dancer Milo Pablo Momm. Personal details
  • Lyric baritone Felix Rumpf was born in 1984 in Halle an der Saale. He began his vocal studies with Susanne Stahl in Dresden in 2004. There he took part in various school productions, singing roles including Agamemnon (La Belle Hélène), Papageno (Die Zauberflöte) and in Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe’s Faust. A member of Olaf Bär’s lieder class since 2007, he has presented song recitals in the “Lied in Dresden” and “Lied-gut” series. After his diploma in 2009, postgraduate studies in opera and concert followed, which he completed with distinction in 2011. Felix Rumpf has attended master classes with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Julia Varady, Peter Schreier, Ruth Ziesak, and Gerold Huber. Personal details
  • Margret Baumgartl studied violin in Dresden with Günter Friedrich and in Munich with Urs Stiehler. During her time as a student she specialized in authentic performance practice on historic instruments, working with conductors such as René Jacobs, Frieder Bernius, Jos van Immerseel, and Hans-Christoph Rademann. Her most important teacher and chamber music partner in the area of early music was Reinhard Goebel. She was a member of Musica Antiqua Köln from 2002 to 2006, performing in concerts throughout Europe, the USA and Canada, and appearing in a TV film on Bach’s The Art of Fugue. Margret Baumgartl became the concertmaster of the Dresdner Barockorchester in 2004. Personal details
  • Karina Müller studied violin and baroque violin at the Dresden Musikhochschule. She has been a member of several national and international youth orchestras, an extra player in the Dresden Philharmonic and Akademistin in the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden. Since 2008 she has held a permanent orchestral position with the Landesbühnen Sachsen, and following its merger in 2012, with the Elblandphilharmonie Sachsen. She also plays at the Staatsoperette Dresden. Karina Müller performs with various freelance early and contemporary music ensembles, including Ensemble courage Dresden, the Dresdner Barockorchester, Cappella Sagittariana, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle, and Serenata Saxonia. Personal details
  • Matthias Müller works as a freelance musician in Freiburg im Breisgau. Since completing his studies he has pursued a busy international concert career, including performing on numerous CDs. The range of instruments he plays encompasses all of the gamba family, including various types of violone, and the lyra da gamba. Since 2000 he has been a permanent member of the ensemble Cantus Cölln, and also works together with various other leading ensembles and conductors. Personal details

Reviews

Florilegium Portense

Es ist pure Freude, diese Stücke kennenlernen zu dürfen, und das in solcher Qualität!
Gustav Danzinger, CHOR aktuell, 3/2018

As far as I am concerned, this is one of the best if not actually the best ensemble for this glorious repertory. Their quality is consistently outstanding.
American Record Guide, November/Dezember 2018

Kann man diese ebenso hinreißende wie tiefgründige Musik noch anspruchsvoller singen und spielen? Anders ja, und das vielleicht auch mit wiederum guten Gründen, aber besser? Der Rezensent meint: Das dürfte kaum möglich sein ... Diese Musik hat in Rademann und seinen versierten Formationen, gerade in der solistischen und in der Konstellation in kleinen Ensembles, ideale Anwälte gefunden.
Matthias Lange, klassik.com, 10.08.2018

With such “concord” in mind, Rademann has assembled an impressively diverse assortment of instruments, all of which play solo parts on the tracks to which they contribute ... However, through the diversity of both style and instrumentation, one can listen to either (or both) of the two CDs in the set from start to finish, simply because each track presents the music in its own characteristic light.
Stephen Smoliar, The Rehearsal Studio, 23.06.2018

Die fein musizierten Partien haben dank der exquisiten Interpreten – bezaubernde Gesangs- und Instrumentalsolisten, die sich auch deliziös zu Vokal-Duetten und Terzetten vereinen – eine fast schon intime Anmutung und durchdringen die gesungenen Texte bis zum letzten Iota. Die Aufnahme rückt den Zuhörer dabei in direkte Nähe der einzelnen Stimmen, was ihr eine zusätzliche räumliche Dimension verleiht.
Jan-Geert Wolff, Pizzicato, 11.06.2018

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