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Three Cantors after Johann Hermann Schein, two Cantors before Bach, Johann Schelle (1648-1701) held the very prestigious Leipzig job from 1677 to his death. Schelle studied under the wing of another famous "Sch" (Schütz, Schein, Scheidt) of the German baroque, Schütz, before embarking upon his musical career: in Leipzig he created German-language works that mingled Gospel texts with spiritual Lieder, and he was also one of the first authors to write chorale cantatas. He gave the world around 200 pieces in all, of which sadly only about 50 survive to the present day. But what we do have is dazzling enough to support as excellent an album as this one from CPO.
Here we have several chorale cantatas, starting with isolated movements including the impressive Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schar, written for five soloists for a five-voice choir, the singers themselves matching a "choir" of five string instruments and a further five brass pieces – rounded off with timbales and trumpets: just imagine the richness of the sound! The album continues with the ample Actus Musicus auf Weyh-Nachten, which would be a real Christmas oratorio, although Schelle did introduce, alongside some words from the Gospel, a few pieces by Luther, including the famous Vom Himmel hoch, da komme ich her whose lyrics the listener might recognise, as the music would be taken up and altered many times over by Bach in later decades. It seems that Actus Musicus auf Weyh-Nachten was performed for the first time in 1683: in Leipzig, of course. Choir, soloists and orchestra unfurl a great pastoral tapestry and a great instrumental and harmonic richness, alternating between instrumental sonatas, ariosos, recitations and choirs.
The stunning Kölner Akademie is led through the Cantor's works by its conductor, Michael Alexander Willens. © SM/Qobuz
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Uns ist ein Kind geboren (Johann Schelle)
Concerto Palatino, Ensemble - Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Georg Poplutz, Artist - Johann Schelle, Composer - Monika Mauch, Artist, MainArtist - Raimonds Spogis, Artist - Jakob Pilgram, Artist - Myriam Arbouz, Artist - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra - Marian Dijkhuizen, Artist
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schar (Johann Schelle)
Concerto Palatino, Ensemble - Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Georg Poplutz, Artist - Johann Schelle, Composer - Monika Mauch, Artist - Cologne Academy Choir, Choir - Raimonds Spogis, Artist - Jakob Pilgram, Artist - Myriam Arbouz, Artist, MainArtist - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra - Marian Dijkhuizen, Artist
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Da die Zeit erfüllet ward (Johann Schelle)
Concerto Palatino, Ensemble - Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Georg Poplutz, Artist - Johann Schelle, Composer - Monika Mauch, Artist - Raimonds Spogis, Artist - Jakob Pilgram, Artist - Myriam Arbouz, Artist, MainArtist - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra - Marian Dijkhuizen, Artist
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Uns ist ein Kind geboren (Johann Schelle)
Concerto Palatino, Ensemble - Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Georg Poplutz, Artist - Johann Schelle, Composer - Monika Mauch, Artist - Raimonds Spogis, Artist - Jakob Pilgram, Artist - Myriam Arbouz, Artist, MainArtist - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra - Marian Dijkhuizen, Artist
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Machet die Tore weit (Johann Schelle)
Concerto Palatino, Ensemble - Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Georg Poplutz, Artist - Johann Schelle, Composer - Monika Mauch, Artist - Raimonds Spogis, Artist - Jakob Pilgram, Artist - Myriam Arbouz, Artist, MainArtist - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra - Marian Dijkhuizen, Artist
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Actus musicus auf Weihnachten, "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her" (Johann Schelle)
Concerto Palatino, Ensemble - Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Georg Poplutz, Artist - Johann Schelle, Composer - Monika Mauch, Artist - Raimonds Spogis, Artist - Jakob Pilgram, Artist - Myriam Arbouz, Artist, MainArtist - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra - Marian Dijkhuizen, Artist
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Actus musicus auf Weihnachten "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her", Pt. 1 (Johann Schelle)
Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Johann Schelle, Composer - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Concerto Palatino, Ensemble - Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Georg Poplutz, Artist, MainArtist - Johann Schelle, Composer - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Concerto Palatino, Ensemble - Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Georg Poplutz, Artist - Johann Schelle, Composer - Monika Mauch, Artist - Raimonds Spogis, Artist - Jakob Pilgram, Artist - Myriam Arbouz, Artist, MainArtist - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra - Marian Dijkhuizen, Artist
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Concerto Palatino, Ensemble, MainArtist - Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Johann Schelle, Composer - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Concerto Palatino, Ensemble - Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Georg Poplutz, Artist - Johann Schelle, Composer - Monika Mauch, Artist, MainArtist - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Concerto Palatino, Ensemble - Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Georg Poplutz, Artist - Johann Schelle, Composer - Monika Mauch, Artist - Raimonds Spogis, Artist - Jakob Pilgram, Artist - Myriam Arbouz, Artist, MainArtist - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra - Marian Dijkhuizen, Artist
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Concerto Palatino, Ensemble - Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Georg Poplutz, Artist, MainArtist - Johann Schelle, Composer - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Concerto Palatino, Ensemble - Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Georg Poplutz, Artist - Johann Schelle, Composer - Monika Mauch, Artist - Raimonds Spogis, Artist - Jakob Pilgram, Artist - Myriam Arbouz, Artist, MainArtist - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra - Marian Dijkhuizen, Artist
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Concerto Palatino, Ensemble - Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Georg Poplutz, Artist - Johann Schelle, Composer - Monika Mauch, Artist - Raimonds Spogis, Artist - Jakob Pilgram, Artist - Myriam Arbouz, Artist, MainArtist - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra - Marian Dijkhuizen, Artist
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Actus musicus auf Weihnachten "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her", Pt. 2 (Johann Schelle)
Concerto Palatino, Ensemble, MainArtist - Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Johann Schelle, Composer - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Georg Poplutz, Artist - Johann Schelle, Composer - Raimonds Spogis, Artist - Jakob Pilgram, Artist - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra - Marian Dijkhuizen, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Concerto Palatino, Ensemble - Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Georg Poplutz, Artist - Johann Schelle, Composer - Monika Mauch, Artist - Raimonds Spogis, Artist - Jakob Pilgram, Artist - Myriam Arbouz, Artist, MainArtist - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra - Marian Dijkhuizen, Artist
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Actus musicus auf Weihnachten "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her", Pt. 3 (Johann Schelle)
Concerto Palatino, Ensemble, MainArtist - Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Johann Schelle, Composer - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Concerto Palatino, Ensemble - Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Georg Poplutz, Artist, MainArtist - Johann Schelle, Composer - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Concerto Palatino, Ensemble - Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Georg Poplutz, Artist - Johann Schelle, Composer - Monika Mauch, Artist - Raimonds Spogis, Artist - Jakob Pilgram, Artist - Myriam Arbouz, Artist, MainArtist - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra - Marian Dijkhuizen, Artist
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Concerto Palatino, Ensemble - Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Georg Poplutz, Artist, MainArtist - Johann Schelle, Composer - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Concerto Palatino, Ensemble - Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Johann Schelle, Composer - Myriam Arbouz, Artist, MainArtist - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Concerto Palatino, Ensemble - Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Georg Poplutz, Artist, MainArtist - Johann Schelle, Composer - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Concerto Palatino, Ensemble - Michael Alexander Willens, Conductor - Georg Poplutz, Artist - Johann Schelle, Composer - Monika Mauch, Artist - Raimonds Spogis, Artist - Jakob Pilgram, Artist - Myriam Arbouz, Artist, MainArtist - Die Kölner Akademie, Orchestra - Marian Dijkhuizen, Artist
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
Albumbeschreibung
Three Cantors after Johann Hermann Schein, two Cantors before Bach, Johann Schelle (1648-1701) held the very prestigious Leipzig job from 1677 to his death. Schelle studied under the wing of another famous "Sch" (Schütz, Schein, Scheidt) of the German baroque, Schütz, before embarking upon his musical career: in Leipzig he created German-language works that mingled Gospel texts with spiritual Lieder, and he was also one of the first authors to write chorale cantatas. He gave the world around 200 pieces in all, of which sadly only about 50 survive to the present day. But what we do have is dazzling enough to support as excellent an album as this one from CPO.
Here we have several chorale cantatas, starting with isolated movements including the impressive Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schar, written for five soloists for a five-voice choir, the singers themselves matching a "choir" of five string instruments and a further five brass pieces – rounded off with timbales and trumpets: just imagine the richness of the sound! The album continues with the ample Actus Musicus auf Weyh-Nachten, which would be a real Christmas oratorio, although Schelle did introduce, alongside some words from the Gospel, a few pieces by Luther, including the famous Vom Himmel hoch, da komme ich her whose lyrics the listener might recognise, as the music would be taken up and altered many times over by Bach in later decades. It seems that Actus Musicus auf Weyh-Nachten was performed for the first time in 1683: in Leipzig, of course. Choir, soloists and orchestra unfurl a great pastoral tapestry and a great instrumental and harmonic richness, alternating between instrumental sonatas, ariosos, recitations and choirs.
The stunning Kölner Akademie is led through the Cantor's works by its conductor, Michael Alexander Willens. © SM/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 25 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:20
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Concerto Palatino
- Composer: Johann Schelle
- Label: CPO
- Genre: Ambient / New Age / Easy Listening Kerstmuziek
(C) 2018 CPO (P) 2018 CPO
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