Ensemble Polyharmonique, Alexander Schneider - Christoph Demantius: Johannes-Passion (2025)
BAND/ARTIST: Ensemble Polyharmonique, Alexander Schneider
- Title: Christoph Demantius: Johannes-Passion
- Year Of Release: 2025
- Label: CPO
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) +Booklet
- Total Time: 01:01:58
- Total Size: 268 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. INITIUM Ach Jesus stirbt
02. WEISSAGUNG DES LEIDEN UND STERBEN JESU CHRISTI (Jesaja 53), Teil 1: Fürwahr er trug unsere Krankheit
03. WEISSAGUNG DES LEIDEN UND STERBEN JESU CHRISTI (Jesaja 53), Teil 2: Da er gestraft und gemartert ward
04. WEISSAGUNG DES LEIDEN UND STERBEN JESU CHRISTI (Jesaja 53), Teil 3: Wenn er sein Leben zum Schuldopfer gegeben hat
05. INTERMEDIUM I, Ich leide billig nach meinem verdienten Lohn · Wahrlich heute wirst du mit mir im Paradies sein
06. INTERMEDIUM I, Erbarm dich mein
07. IN COENA DOMINI · LETZTES ABENDMAHL, Unser Herr Jesus Christ
08. INTERMEDIUM II, Meine Seele ist betrübt
09. PASSION NACH DEM EVANGELISTEN JOHANNES I, Eingang: Höret das Leiden · Evangelium: Jesu ging über den Bach Kidron
10. INTERMEDIUM III, O hilf, Christe Gottes Sohn
11. PASSION NACH DEM EVANGELISTEN JOHANNES II, Da führeten sie Jesum gebunden
12. INTERMEDIUM IV, Herzlich tut mich verlangen
13. PASSION NACH DEM EVANGELISTEN JOHANNES III, Pilatus überantwortete Jesum
14. INTERMEDIUM V, O Lamm Gottes unschuldig
15. CONCLUSIO, Herzlich lieb hab ich dich
Christoph Demantius has largely been forgotten, likely because so little is known about his life. Born in late 1567 in Reichenberg, Bohemia, he studied in Wittenberg and served as cantor in Zittau before taking the same position at Freiberg Cathedral in 1604, where he remained until his death. Beyond these sparse details, his biography offers little more. His body of work, however, is anything but modest. Among his compositions, the Johannes-Passion of 1631 stands as a monumental achievement – a pinnacle of early Baroque Passion settings. In this work, a six-voice ensemble narrates the Passion story “collectively”, employing intricate vocal counterpoint and an unparalleled expressive intensity. Ensemble director Alexander Schneider has included music by Andreas Hammerschmidt, Heinrich Schütz, Johann Hermann Schein, and other contemporaries to enrich the program. The result offers a vivid reconstruction of how a Good Friday service in central Germany might have sounded – assuming, of course, that an ensemble as skilled as Polyharmonique was performing.
01. INITIUM Ach Jesus stirbt
02. WEISSAGUNG DES LEIDEN UND STERBEN JESU CHRISTI (Jesaja 53), Teil 1: Fürwahr er trug unsere Krankheit
03. WEISSAGUNG DES LEIDEN UND STERBEN JESU CHRISTI (Jesaja 53), Teil 2: Da er gestraft und gemartert ward
04. WEISSAGUNG DES LEIDEN UND STERBEN JESU CHRISTI (Jesaja 53), Teil 3: Wenn er sein Leben zum Schuldopfer gegeben hat
05. INTERMEDIUM I, Ich leide billig nach meinem verdienten Lohn · Wahrlich heute wirst du mit mir im Paradies sein
06. INTERMEDIUM I, Erbarm dich mein
07. IN COENA DOMINI · LETZTES ABENDMAHL, Unser Herr Jesus Christ
08. INTERMEDIUM II, Meine Seele ist betrübt
09. PASSION NACH DEM EVANGELISTEN JOHANNES I, Eingang: Höret das Leiden · Evangelium: Jesu ging über den Bach Kidron
10. INTERMEDIUM III, O hilf, Christe Gottes Sohn
11. PASSION NACH DEM EVANGELISTEN JOHANNES II, Da führeten sie Jesum gebunden
12. INTERMEDIUM IV, Herzlich tut mich verlangen
13. PASSION NACH DEM EVANGELISTEN JOHANNES III, Pilatus überantwortete Jesum
14. INTERMEDIUM V, O Lamm Gottes unschuldig
15. CONCLUSIO, Herzlich lieb hab ich dich
Christoph Demantius has largely been forgotten, likely because so little is known about his life. Born in late 1567 in Reichenberg, Bohemia, he studied in Wittenberg and served as cantor in Zittau before taking the same position at Freiberg Cathedral in 1604, where he remained until his death. Beyond these sparse details, his biography offers little more. His body of work, however, is anything but modest. Among his compositions, the Johannes-Passion of 1631 stands as a monumental achievement – a pinnacle of early Baroque Passion settings. In this work, a six-voice ensemble narrates the Passion story “collectively”, employing intricate vocal counterpoint and an unparalleled expressive intensity. Ensemble director Alexander Schneider has included music by Andreas Hammerschmidt, Heinrich Schütz, Johann Hermann Schein, and other contemporaries to enrich the program. The result offers a vivid reconstruction of how a Good Friday service in central Germany might have sounded – assuming, of course, that an ensemble as skilled as Polyharmonique was performing.
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