Description
Buxtehude - Membra Jesu Nostri - Concerto Vocale, René Jacobs / Musique D'Abord / Harmonia Mundi France Audio CD 2003 / HMA 1951333
UPC 794881703326
Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV 75, is a cycle of seven cantatas composed in 1680 by Dieterich Buxtehude and dedicated to Gustaf Düben. More specifically and fully it is, in Buxtehude’s phrase, a “devotione decantata,” or “sung devotion,” titled Membra Jesu nostri patientis sanctissima, which translates from the Latin as Limbs Most Holy of Our Suffering Jesus. The cycle is considered the first Lutheran oratorio. The stanzas of its main text are drawn from the medieval hymn Salve mundi salutare, also known as the Rhythmica oratio, formerly ascribed to Bernard of Clairvaux but now thought to be by Arnulf of Leuven. Each cantata addresses a part of Jesus’ crucified body: feet, knees, hands, side, breast, heart and face; in each, Biblical words referring to the limb frame verses of the hymn’s text.
| Label: | Harmonia Mundi France – HMA 1951333 |
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| Series: | Musique D'Abord |
| Format: |
CD
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| Country: | France |
| Released: |
2003 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Baroque |
Tracklist:
| Membra Jesu Nostri - BuxWV 75 |
| 1 | Ad Pedes | 7:43 |
| 2 | Ad Genua | 8:55 |
| 3 | Ad Manus | 7:59 |
| 4 | Ad Latus | 7:05 |
| 5 | Ad Pectus | 8:59 |
| 6 | Ad Cor | 9:08 |
| 7 | Ad Faciem | 6:24 | |
| 8 | Heut Triumphieret Gottes Sohn - BuxWV 43 | 14:58 |
- Bass Vocals – Ulrich Messthaler
- Composed By – Buxtehude
- Conductor – René Jacobs
- Countertenor Vocals – Andreas Scholl
- Ensemble – Concerto Vocale
- Layout – Atelier Graphique, Arles
- Liner Notes – Roger Tellart
- Liner Notes [English Translation] – J.O. Wootton
- Liner Notes [German Translation] – Liesel B. Sayre
- Painting [Cover Painting] – Daret
- Photography By [Cover] – Giraudon
- Recorded By, Producer – Pere Casulleras
- Soprano Vocals – Maria Cristina Kiehr, Martina Bovet
- Tenor Vocals – Gerd Türk
