Bruhns - Complete Cantatas
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 95138
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 24th June 2016
Contents
Works
De profundis clamavi (Psalm 130)Der Herr hat seinen Stuhl im Himmel bereitet
Die Zeit meines Abschieds ist vorhanden
Erstanden ist der heilige Christ
Hemmt eure Tranenflut
Ich liege und schlafe
Jauchzet dem Herren alle Welt
Mein Herz ist bereit
Muss nicht der Mensch auf dieser Erden in stetem Streite sein
O werter heil'ger Geist
Paratum cor meum
Wohl dem, der den Herren furchtet
Artists
Harmonices MundiConductor
Claudio AstronioWorks
De profundis clamavi (Psalm 130)Der Herr hat seinen Stuhl im Himmel bereitet
Die Zeit meines Abschieds ist vorhanden
Erstanden ist der heilige Christ
Hemmt eure Tranenflut
Ich liege und schlafe
Jauchzet dem Herren alle Welt
Mein Herz ist bereit
Muss nicht der Mensch auf dieser Erden in stetem Streite sein
O werter heil'ger Geist
Paratum cor meum
Wohl dem, der den Herren furchtet
Artists
Harmonices MundiConductor
Claudio AstronioAbout
Despite this variety, however, Bruhns’s cantatas did not lack formal rigour. While his harmony and voice-leading was Germanic in sensibility, his airy use of themes was more Italianate, suggesting that Bruhns had been in contact with Italian musicians while employed at the Danish court. Several of the cantatas have vocal parts of truly instrumental virtuosity such as Jauchzet dem Herren, alle Welt, one of the most demanding tenor parts within the genre, anticipating Bach’s solo soprano cantata Jauchzet Gott, BWV51. Other cantatas also prefigure the Cantor of Leipzig with their ornate instrumental obbligato parts, such as the violin solo in the bass cantata Mein Herz ist bereit: the musicians involved may well have included Johann von Westhoff and Heinrich Biber, who are now remembered as composers but were among the most skilled instrumentalists of their day.
Taking the set in the round, it offers a valuable opportunity to understand better the culture in which Bach was nurtured. The melodic simplicity of Hemmt eure Tränenfluht almost seems to evoke the severity of the Lutheran liturgy, shorn of embellishment and the decorative component so dear to the Mediterranean composers. Harmonices Mundi and Claudio Astronio have made several well-received albums of Baroque repertoire for Brilliant Classics, among them three album of Alessandro Stradella: arias (94258), duets (94343BR) and the oratorio Susanna (94345).
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