Ensemble Polyharmonique, Alexander Schneider - Tobias Michael: Musicalische Seelenlust (2015) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Unser Trübsal, die zeitlich und leichte ist
02. Herr, erzeige uns deine Gnade
03. Die Erlöseten des Herren
04. Herzlich lieb
05. Fürchte dich nicht
06. Es stehe Gott auf
07. Neige deine Ohren
08. Sei getrost bis in den Tod
09. Gott, es setzen sich die Stolzen
10. Siehe, ich stehe für der Tür
11. Ach, dass ich Wasser genug hätte
12. Gott, wer ist dir gleich
13. Der Herr ist mein Hirte
14. Tröste uns Gott, unser Heiland
15. Ich danke dir, Herr
16. Höre mein Gebet
17. Kommt, wir wollen wieder zum Herren
18. Ich liege und schlafe

After the death of J. H. Schein in Leipzig, Tobias Michael applied for the position of Thomaskantor in 1630 and apparently had such an outstanding musical reputation that he was elected unanimously by the town council. During his tenure, the choral music blossomed, and the Dresden court composer Heinrich Schütz was so enthralled by the “famous choir” that he dedicated his Geistliche Chormusik to the choir of St. Thomas’s.

Practically only one work by Tobias Michael has been preserved, the Musicalische Seelenlust, which countered the horrors of the Thirty Years’ War with sumptuous harmonies. Elaborate sacred madrigals alternate with small-scale, virtuosically embellished sacred concertos. In his work, Tobias Michael succeeds in combining text and harmony into a Baroque tonal language of great expressivity, which is to be heard for the first time on this inspired recording by the Ensemble polyharmonique (direction: Alexander Schneider).

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