FREE UK SHIPPING OVER £30!

Schutz - Opus ultimum (Der Schwanengesang) | Erato - Veritas x2 9029591417

Schutz - Opus ultimum (Der Schwanengesang)

Label: Erato - Veritas x2

Cat No: 9029591417

Barcode: 0190295914172

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 27th January 2017

This product has now been deleted. Information is for reference only.

Contents

Artists

The Hilliard Ensemble
Knabenchor Hannover
London Baroque

Conductor

Heinz Hennig

Works

Schutz, Heinrich

Der Schwanengesang, SWV482-494

Artists

The Hilliard Ensemble
Knabenchor Hannover
London Baroque

Conductor

Heinz Hennig

About

Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672), born 100 years before Johann Sebastian Bach, was the greatest German composer of his time, bridging the Renaissance and the Baroque. The choral work Schwanengesang is his musical and spiritual testament. It comprises 11 motets for double choir, settings of Psalm 119, complemented by a setting of Psalm 100 and of the Magnificat.

The male-voice Hilliard Ensemble was founded in 1974 and was disbanded after 40 years in 2014. Its singers were praised by Gramophone for “the superlative purity of their vibrato-free tone, perfect blend and balance of voices and immaculate intonation”. They are complemented here by the Hannover Knabenchor (boys’ choir).

Error on this page? Let us know here

Need more information on this product? Click here