HEINRICH SCHÜTZ

 

Magnificat d'Uppsala SWV 468

Symphoniae Sacrae

Kleine geistliche Konzerte [excerpts]

 

La Chapelle Rhénane / Benoît Haller

 

Schütz was the greatest German composer of the 17th century and the first of international stature. His output was almost exclusively sacred and set to German texts, following Martin Luther's Protestant endeavours to establish the vernacular as a literary and liturgical language.The Symphoniae Sacrae of 1650 are psalms in praise of the Father. His Kleine geistliche Konzerte, are monuments of austerity invoking the Son.

 

Founded in 2001, La Chapelle Rhénane was awarded good reviews for their recordings of Symphoniæ Sacræ II, also by Schütz [K617163], and Capricornus [K617188].

 

K 617 K617191