SCHUTZ: 12 MOTETS - PRO CANTIONE ANTIQUA

Three stars — “An eminently useful and well-recorded super bargain of Schutz motets, which offers such masterpieces… in well thought-out and carefully planned performances under Edgar Fleet [with] dignity and warmth. … [T]he sound is rich and clear.”
— Penguin Guide

The wide repertoire of the internationally acclaimed London-based Pro Cantione Antiqua includes many works by Heinrich Schütz, whose music straddles the Renaissance and baroque styles. This collection of Schütz’s motets, recorded between 1979 and 1983, is accompanied by the English Consort of Viols, the Restoration Academy, the London Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble and organist Bradford Tracey. The result: lively, dramatic preformances highlighting the polyphonic mastery and beauty of Schütz’s music.

• The grandeur of early Baroque polyphony, sung by one of the world’s leading vocal ensembles, accompanied by leading period instrument players

Schütz: Auf dem Gebirge, SWV396
Schütz: Der Engel Sprach Zu Den Hirten, SWV 395
Schütz: Die Seele Christi Heilige Mich
Schütz: Exultavit Cor Meum, SWV 258
Schütz: Fili mi, Absalon, SWV 269
Schütz: Heu Mihi Domine
Schütz: Hodie Christus natus est, SWV315
Schütz: Ich Danke Dir Herr
Schütz: O quam tu pulchra es, SWV 265
Schütz: Selig sind die Toten, SWV391
Schütz: Was mein Gott will, SWV392