Buxtehude - Membra Jesu Nostri
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Label: Chandos - Chaconne
Cat No: CHAN0775
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 1st November 2010
Contents
Artists
Emma Kirkby (soprano)Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano)
Michael Chance (countertenor)
Charles Daniels (tenor)
Peter Harvey (bass)
Fretwork
Purcell Quartet
Works
Laudate pueri Dominum, BuxWV69Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV75
Kommet her zu mir alle
Artists
Emma Kirkby (soprano)Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano)
Michael Chance (countertenor)
Charles Daniels (tenor)
Peter Harvey (bass)
Fretwork
Purcell Quartet
About
Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu nostri takes the form of a sequence of seven meditations on the crucified body of Jesus, beginning with the feet (‘Ad pedes’), followed by the knees (‘Ad genua’), the hands (‘Ad manus’), the side (‘Ad latus’), the breast (‘Ad pectus’), the heart (‘Ad cor’), and the face (‘Ad faciem’). As such, the work is written from the perspective of a penitent kneeling at the foot of the cross and gradually extending his gaze upwards, meditating on each part of the body in turn. The keys chosen for the cantatas seem to have added symbolic meaning. As the gaze rises, they move from flats to sharps, from C minor to E minor, before finally returning to the opening key to produce a beautifully unified cycle.
On this release the cantata cycle is complemented by Matthias Weckmann’s Kommet her zu mir alle, a setting of the words from St Matthew’s Gospel (11: 28–30), in which the composer gives the words of Jesus to a virtuoso bass singer with an impressive range of nearly two octaves, a part here performed by Peter Harvey, and provides him with an accompaniment of two violins, three bass viols and continuo.
The works on this disc are performed by an excellent ensemble of early music specialists.
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