Symphoniae Sacrae I

Album by Heinrich Schütz & Capella Fidicinia & Dresdner Kreuzchor & Hans Grüß

Symphoniae Sacrae I is the first volume of Heinrich Schütz's Symphoniae Sacrae, published in Venice in 1629. The collection sets Latin sacred texts in the early Baroque concertato style, pairing vocal soloists with varied instrumental ensembles and adopting Venetian madrigalian techniques and expressive harmonic and rhythmic devices, representing Schütz's direct engagement with Italian compositional practice that shaped subsequent German sacred music.
First released: 1985

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphoniae Sacrae I, Op. 6 No. 4: Cantabo Domino in vita mea
    5:21
  2. 2.
    Symphoniae Sacrae I, Op. 6 No. 9: O quam tu pulchra es / No. 10: Veni de Libano
    8:56
  3. 3.
    Symphoniae Sacrae I, Op. 6 No. 1: Paratum cor meum
    4:12
  4. 4.
    Symphoniae Sacrae I, Op. 6 No. 15: Domine, labia mea aperies
    4:30
  5. 5.
    Symphoniae Sacrae I, Op. 6 No. 13: Fili mi, Absolon
    5:13
  6. 6.
    Symphoniae Sacrae I, Op. 6 No. 16: In lectulo per noctes / No. 17: Invenerunt me custodes civitatis
    10:16
  7. 7.
    Symphoniae Sacrae I, Op. 6 No. 19: Buccinate in neomenia tuba / No. 20: Jubilate Deo
    6:49

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