Ricercar consort buxtehude biography

The Ricercar Consort performs Buxtehude&#;s cantata Herzlich lieb hab ich Dich, o Herr, BuxWV 41 &#; : Ach Herr, laβ dein‘ lieb Engelein

Four years after the superb &#;Membra Jesu nostri&#;, the Ricercar Consort once again turns to majority of the cantatas in this recording are centred on Christ’s Passion and Resurrection. With the both dramatic and comforting sounds of his cantatas, Buxtehude succeeded in shifting the focus from human suffering to divine help, thus giving people a foretaste of heavenly harmony and perfection.

Le ricercar Consort interprète la cantate de Buxtehude Herzlich lieb hab ich Dich, o Herr, BuxWV 41 &#; : Ach Herr, laβ dein‘ lieb Engelein

Quatre ans après le superbe « Membra Jesu nostri », le Ricercar Consort se tourne à nouveau vers Buxtehude. Les cantates interprétées dans cet album traitent pour la plupart de la Passion et de la résurrection. Avec les sonorités réconfortantes bien que dramatiques de ces cantates, Buxtehude parvient à détourner le regard de la souffrance humaine pour le guider vers l’aide divine afin de donner aux hommes un avant-goût de l’harmonie et de la perfection célestes.

El Ricercar Consort&#; es una agrupación instrumentalbelga fundada en junto con el sello discográficoRicercar&#; de Jérôme Lejeune.&#;&#;

Los miembros fundadores fueron el violinistaFrançois Fernández, el organistaBernard Foccroulle y el violagambistaPhilippe Pierlot.&#; El repertorio inicial se centraba en el barroco alemán y el Consort se identificaba con la serie Deutsche Barock Kantaten.&#; En grabaciones y conciertos el Consort ha colaborado con cantantes especialistas en música barroca como Greta de Reyghere, Agnès Mellon; los contratenoresHenri Ledroit, James Bowman el tenorGuy de Mey y el bajoMax van Egmond, así como el intérprete de cornettoJean Tubéry. El consort está asociado con el Festival Bach en Vallée Mosane que se celebra en el valle del río Mosa.&#;

Discografía selecta

El grupo ha grabado más de 50 discos.&#;

En la discográfica Ricercar

• – Motetti ed Arie a basso solo: Monteverdi, Brevi, Bassani, Caccini, Cazzati, Marcello. Egmond, Pierlot. (RIC )
• – Deutsche Barock Kantaten
  • Vol Tunder, Buxtehude, Schütz, Krieger, Bernhard, Ahle, Leopoldo I. Henri Ledroit. (RIC )
  • Vol Dieterich Buxtehude. James Bowman. (RIC )
  • Vol Cantatas for two sopranos. Tunder, Schein, Buxtehude. (RIC )
  • Vol Nikolaus Bruhns. Greta De Reyghere, Feldmann, Bowman, Guy de Mey, Egmond. (RIC /36)
  • Vol Christmas cantatas. Hammerschmidt, Selle, Schein. (RIC )
  • Vol Trauerkantaten / Funeral cantatas. Telemann, Boxberg, Riedel & J.S. Bach. Egmond. (RIC )
  • Vol Dieterich Buxtehude. (RIC )
  • Vol Aus der Tiefe. J.S. Bach, Balduin Hoyoul, Lupus Hellinck, Leonard Lechner. (RIC )
  • Vol Matthias Weckman. (RIC /)
  • Vol Cantatas for bass. Franz Tunder, Heinrich Schütz, Thomas Selle, J.C. Bach. Egmond. (RIC )
  • Vol St Matthew Passion. Johann Sebastiani. (RIC )
  • Vol Schütz: Die sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz SWV ; Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi SWV Agnes Mellon, Steve

Easter time & music

I&#;m not religious, but I understand that Easter is the most important Christian holiday, and the history of his suffering and resurrection have dominated about years of European history.

Typically, around this time of the year, I&#;d be listening to the two masterpieces that Johann Sebastian Bach has composed, telling the story of the passion of Christ as recorded by the apostels John and Matthew (click on the links before and this one to see some of my reviews around them).

But obviously the great Bach is not the only one inspired by this important point of Western religion and culture. From Gesualdo, Pergolesi, via Telemann, Rossini, all the way to Pärt, all have written often amazingly beautiful music about it.

Dieterich Buxtehude

Regular readers of my blog know that I typically mainly write about music between and , more or less from Bach to Mahler. In the 20th century, I often struggle, and before Bach, I&#;m often equally lost.

Therefore, if you look around at the years of blogging history on this site, you&#;ll find only a small handful of mentions of Claudio Monteverdi, and that&#;s it.

So therefore, take the following review with a grain of salt, I&#;m clearly not an expert on Early Music.

Dieterich Buxtehude isn&#;t particularly well known any more today. He&#;s of Danish/German origins, and lived his entire life in the area of Southern Denmark and the very Northern end of Germany, and passed away in

However, in his time, he was a living legend. In his young years, Bach himself walked the miles separating his home in Thüringen to Lübeck in Northern Germany just to hear Buxtehude play (and presumably study with him), and Händel even considered taking over his job after he died.

Buxtehude

Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri &#; Philippe Pierlot &#; Ricercar Consort (Mirare )

Membra Jesu Nostri, or if you prefer the full title Membra Jesu nostri patientis sanctissima (&#;The most holy limbs of our suffering Jesus&#