a r t i s t : Matthias Weckmann (Cantus Colln)
t i t l e : Wie liegt die Stadt so wuste
d a t e : 2010
l a b e l : Harmonia Mundi
c a t : HMC 902034
s o u r c e : CDDA
g e n r e : Classical
r l s. d a t e : Mar/2010
t r a c k s : 09
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 100,5 MB
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Hamburg, 1674: to his contemporaries, the death of Matthias
Weckmann seemed to herald the end of a glorious period. In
his post as organist of the Jacobikirche since 1655, the
composer had breathed new life into the citys musical scene
with his Collegium Musicum. Among his finest sacred works is
an astonishing setting of the Lamentations of Jeremiah, Wie
liegt die Stadt so wuste (How doth the city sit solitary).
This haunting work is both pristinely evocative and
immaculately structured, a credit to the teaching of
Weckmann's teacher, Heinrich Schutz, and the German musical
tradition preceding JS Bach. Scored for bass and soprano
singers, a few strings, and organ continuo, the work
demonstrates the most attractive devotion, and the result
will touch even those with no religious affiliation. The
libretto is taken from the Lamentations of Jeremiah, chapter
1, which speaks of the isolation of the city of Jerusalem.
This is music with a deeper, more significant gentleness than
can be found in any religious propaganda.
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01-Wie liegt die stadt so wueste [14:50]
02-Der tod ist verschlungen [04:17]
03-Canzon IX [04:50]
04-Weine nicht [13:50]
05-Gegruesset seist du, holdselige [06:55]
06-Kommet her zu mir [09:42]
07-Canzon II [05:33]
08-Zion spricht [07:38]
09-Wenn der herr die gefangenen (ps. 126) [10:19]
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