The Purcell Quartet - Buxtehude: Sacred Cantatas (2003)

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Title: Buxtehude: Sacred Cantatas
Year Of Release: 2003
Label: Chandos Records
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 01:15:15
Total Size: 370 Mb
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Tracklist:

Ich habe Lust abzuscheiden, BuxWV 47 10:10
for two sopranos, two violins, violone and basso continuo
1 [Sonata] 0:58
2 Ich habe Lust abzuscheiden 2:23
3 Spann aus, spann aus, ach frommer Gott 1:33
4 Dann was ist doch die schnöde Welt 1:30
5 Wie einer, welcher auf dem Meer 1:53
6 So spann doch aus, ach frommer Gott 1:51
Salve, Jesu, Patris gnate unigenite, BuxWV 94 9:55
for two sopranos, two violins and basso continuo
7 Sonata 0:44
8 Salve, Jesu, Patris, gnate, unigenite 1:42
9 O vis amoris tui, Jesu, maxima! 2:21
10 Cur fasciis te involvis laceris, Jesule 1:21
11 Cur alges, qui fulmina dira vibras 1:00
12 O suavis, o grandis amor, o fortis amor 1:56
13 Jesu, opstupesco, in quem amorem tui colliquesco 0:47
Jesu dulcis memoria, BuxWV 56 9:19
for two sopranos, two violins, violone and basso continuo
14 Jesu dulcis memoria 1:08
15 Nil canitur suavis 0:42
16 Jesu, spes poenitentibus 1:00
17 Jesu, dulcedo cordium 0:32
18 Nec lingua valet dicere 0:49
19 Jesu, rex admirabilis 1:17
20 Mane nobiscum, Domine 0:55
21 Amor Jesu dulcissimus 1:24
22 Jesu dulcis memoria 1:28
Mein Herz ist bereit, BuxWV 73* 8:13
for bass, three violins, violone and basso continuo
23 Sonata 1:23
24 Mein Herz ist bereit, Gott, daß ich singe und lobe 1:23
25 Wache auf, meine Ehre, wache auf, Psalter und Harfe 1:47
26 Herr, ich will dir danken unter den Völkern 1:12
27 ... denn deine Güte ist so weit der Himmel ist 1:09
28 Erhebe dich, Gott, über den Himmel 1:17
29 Fuga, BuxWV 174 2:58
in C major - in C-Dur - en ut majeur
Cantate Domino, BuxWV 12 7:02
for two sopranos, bass and basso continuo
30 Cantate Domino canticum novum 1:54
31 Cantate Domino, et benedicite nomini ejus 2:01
32 ... in omnium populis mirabilia ejus 0:23
33 ... quoniam magnus Dominus et laudabilis nimis 1:05
34 Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto 1:35
Ich halte es dafür, BuxWV 48† 11:27
for soprano, bass, violin, viola, violone and basso continuo
35 Sonata 1:40
36 Ich halte es dafür 2:32
37 Was quälet mein Herz 1:07
38 Was ängstet main Herz 1:43
39 Ach wär ich bei dir 1:10
40 Du gibest mir Ruh 0:29
41 Drum laß ich der Welt 2:44
42 Herr, wenn ich nur dich hab, BuxWV 38† 3:40
for soprano, two violins, violone and basso continuo
Jesu, meine Freude, BuxWV 60 12:34
for two sopranos, bass, two violins, violone and basso continuo
43 Sonata 2:29
44 Jesu, meine Freude 1:42
45 Unter deinem Schirmen 1:36
46 Trotz dem alten Drachen 1:50
47 Weg mit allen Schätzen 1:38
48 Gute Nacht, o Wesen 1:56
49 Weicht, ihr Trauergeister 1:21

Performers:
Suzie LeBlanc (soprano)
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Peter Harvey (bass)

The Purcell Quartet:
Catherine Mackintosh (violin & viola)
Catherine Weiss (violin)
Richard Boothby (great bass viol)
Robert Woolley (organ)
with Clare Salaman (violin in BuxWV 73)

Setting various German and Latin texts for solo voices, violins and continuo, these sacred cantatas are typical products of the late 17th century in their pragmatic approach to form.
Here are patchworks such as Jesu dulcis memoria and Salve, Jesu, Patris gnate unigenite; chorale or song variations such as Jesu, meine Freude; and others, like Ich halte es dafür and Ich habe Lustabzuscheiden, which combine the two. CantateDomino is liltingly Italianate, Mein Herz ist bereit is an agile showpiece for solo bass, while Herr, wennich nur dich hab is a set of variations over a ground bass. The Purcell Quartet's essential string sound has always been sweet, airy and lucid, and it's interesting to hear how that has been transferred here from the instrumental sphere to the vocal. To this end the choice of singers is important, and on this occasion they could hardly have picked more shrewdly: Emma Kirkby and Suzie LeBlanc make an excellent pairing, distinguishable from each other in both voice and approach, yet at the same time superbly matched in duet; and Peter Harvey has the friendliest of bass voices, his alert account of Mein Herz ist bereit, set against the thrillingly radiant background of three violins, being one of the disc's highlights. An expert recording in an amenable acoustic completes a release of many refined pleasures.