7 Words of Christ, Johannes-Passion : Hillier / Ars Nova Copenhagen

Heinrich Schutz:
Die Sieben Worte, SWV 478 (before 1658) - Die Sieben Worte unsers lieben Erlosers und Seligmachers Jesu Christi

Johannes-Passion, SWV 481 (1666) - Historia des Leidens und Sterbens unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi nach dem Evangelistem St Johannem

ARS NOVA Copenhagen / Paul Hillier, conductor

Recorded 2009

ARS NOVA Copenhagen and Paul Hillier here present the third recording in their critically acclaimed series devoted to the narrative works (Historia) of Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672). The Danish vocal ensemble thus celebrate Denmark's proud connection with this German masterwho was appointed Kapellmeister to King Christian IV and worked at the Danish court for two periods over the course of eleven years. The cover illustrations show reliefs in beaten metal by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884-1976), a member of the Die Brucke group founded in 1905 in Dresden - a city with which Schutz himself was closely associated. ( Dacapo Records )