Praetorius, M: Lutheran Mass for Christmas Morning

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The aesthetic of contrast, so central to early Baroque spectacle (sacred or profane), is inspired here by the traditional part played by the congregation in Lutheran worship. Praetorius's music... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 1st Nov 1994
Catalogue No: 4392502
Label: DG Archiv
Length: 78 minutes

Luther: Christmas Mass - Processional: "Christum wir sollen loben schon" - Arr. by Michael Praetorius / Har. by Lucas Osiander

Work length3:14

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Anders Engberg-Pedersen (treble)
Gabrieli
Paul McCreesh
Recorded: 1993-10-05
Recording Venue: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark

Praetorius, M: Puer natus in Bethelem

Work length7:29

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Susan Hemington Jones (soprano), Simon Grant (bass (vocal)), Constanze Backes (soprano), Kristian Olesen (chorus master), Finn Evald (chorus master)
Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Congregational Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Gabrieli
Paul McCreesh
Recorded: 1993-10-05
Recording Venue: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark

Praetorius, M: Kyrie (Missa: gantz Teudsch) - Polyhymnia caduceatrix (1619) -

Work length4:31

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Tessa Bonner (soprano), Angus Smith (tenor), Tom Phillips (tenor), Anton Pauw (organ), Sarah Pendlebury (soprano)
Gabrieli
Paul McCreesh
Recorded: 1993-10-05
Recording Venue: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark

Praetorius, M: Gloria (Missa: gantz Teudsch) - Polyhymnia caduceatrix (1619) -

Work length7:35

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Tessa Bonner (soprano), Stephen Charlesworth (bass (vocal)), Sarah Pendlebury (soprano), Simon Grant (bass (vocal)), Julian Podger (tenor), Angus Smith (tenor), Tom Phillips (tenor), Robert "Bob The Builder" Horn (tenor)
Gabrieli
Paul McCreesh
Recorded: 1993-10-05
Recording Venue: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark

Praetorius, M: Collect: "Der Herr sei mit euch" - Source (responses): Musae Sioniae VIII (1610) -

Work length1:07

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Anton Pauw (organ)
Gabrieli
Paul McCreesh
Recorded: 1993-10-05
Recording Venue: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark

anon.: Epistle: "So schreibt der heilig Propheten Jesajas"

Work length2:01

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Raimund Nolte (bass (vocal))
Recorded: 1993-10-05
Recording Venue: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark

anon.: Organ prelude: Praeambulum "Vom Himmel hoch"

Work length1:08

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Timothy Roberts (organ)
Recorded: 1993-10-05
Recording Venue: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark

Praetorius, M: Gradual hymn: "Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her" - Musae Sioniae V (1607) / Urania (1613)

Work length4:03

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Donald Greig (baritone), Simon Grant (bass (vocal)), Kristian Olesen (chorus master), Finn Evald (chorus master)
Congregational Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Gabrieli
Paul McCreesh
Recorded: 1993-10-05
Recording Venue: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark

anon.: Gospel: "So schreibt der heilige Lukas"

Work length3:50

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Raimund Nolte (bass (vocal))
Recorded: 1993-10-05
Recording Venue: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark

Luther: Credo: "Wir glauben all an einen Gott" (1524) - Tabulatur-Buch hundert geistl. Lieder und Psalmen - Har. by Samuel Scheidt

Work length5:11

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Raimund Nolte (bass (vocal)), Finn Evald (chorus master)
Congregational Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral
Paul McCreesh
Recorded: 1993-10-05
Recording Venue: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark

anon.: Organ Prelude: "Resonet in laudibus"

Work length1:08

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Timothy Roberts (organ)
Recorded: 1993-10-05
Recording Venue: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark

Praetorius, M: Pulpit Hymn: "Quem pastores laudavere" Source: Puericinium (1621)

Work length4:36

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Lasse Overgaard Nielsen (treble), Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (treble), Anders Engberg-Pedersen (treble), Asser Oppfeldt (treble)
Congregational Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Gabrieli
Paul McCreesh
Recorded: 1993-10-05
Recording Venue: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark

Johann Schein: Sonata: Padouana a 5 - Banchetto musicale

Work length3:04

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Gabrieli
Paul McCreesh
Recorded: 1993-10-05
Recording Venue: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark

anon.: The Lord's Prayer: "Vater unser, der du bist im Himmel" Words of Institution: "Unser Herr Jesus Christus"

Work length2:35

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Raimund Nolte (bass (vocal))
Recorded: 1993-10-05
Recording Venue: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark

Praetorius, M: Sanctus Motet: "Jesaja dem Propheten das geschah"

Work length6:24

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Tessa Bonner (soprano), Don Greig (baritone), Sarah Pendlebury (soprano), Simon Grant (bass (vocal)), Mark le Brocq (tenor), Angus Smith (tenor), Constanze Backes (soprano), Susan Hemington Jones (soprano)
Gabrieli
Paul McCreesh
Recorded: 1993-10-05
Recording Venue: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark

Scheidt: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern

Work length1:35

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Timothy Roberts (organ)
Recorded: 1993-10-05
Recording Venue: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark

Praetorius, M: Communion Motet: "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" - Polyhymnia caduceatrix

Work length3:26

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Susan Hemington Jones (soprano), Julian Podger (tenor), Angus Smith (tenor), Simon Grant (bass (vocal)), Tessa Bonner (soprano)
Gabrieli
Paul McCreesh
Recorded: 1993-10-05
Recording Venue: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark

Praetorius, M: Communion Motet: "Uns ist ein Kindlein heut geborn" - Musae Sioniae VI

Work length2:11

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Sarah Pendlebury (soprano), Hannelore Devaere (harp)
Gabrieli
Paul McCreesh
Recorded: 1993-10-05
Recording Venue: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark

Praetorius, M: Post-Communion: "Der Herr sei mit euch" - Musae Sioniae VIII (1610)

Work length1:18

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Anton Pauw (organ)
Gabrieli
Paul McCreesh
Recorded: 1993-10-05
Recording Venue: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark

Praetorius, M: Benediction: "Der Herr segne dich und behüte dich" - Missodia Sionia (1611)

Work length1:01

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Anton Pauw (organ)
Gabrieli
Paul McCreesh
Recorded: 1993-10-05
Recording Venue: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark

Praetorius, M: Musica Sionae: selections

Work length2:56

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Congregational Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Gabrieli
Paul McCreesh
Recorded: 1993-10-05
Recording Venue: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark

Praetorius, M: Nun lob mein Seel (organ)

Work length3:04

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Timothy Roberts (organ)
Recorded: 1993-10-05
Recording Venue: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark

Praetorius, M: Polyhymnia caduceatrix: selections

Work length5:22

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Susan Hemington Jones (soprano), Mark le Brocq (tenor), Tessa Bonner (soprano), Kristian Olesen (chorus master)
Gabrieli, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral
Paul McCreesh
Recorded: 1993-10-05
Recording Venue: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark

XXXIV. In dulci jubilo

Track length5:22

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The aesthetic of contrast, so central to early Baroque spectacle (sacred or profane), is inspired here by the traditional part played by the congregation in Lutheran worship. Praetorius's music for the figuraliter (the vocal/ instrumental choirs) is greatly influenced by fashionable Venetian techniques. But what's striking is the way the old alternatim practices of the Protestant church blend so naturally with the intricate textures and scorings of a colourful Italian-style canvas, ranging from intimate dialogues to full grandiloquent sonority. What's more, the centrality of the chorale is never compromised.
Despite all these ingredients, it's McCreesh's research and imagination that make this service such a powerful testament to the faith expressed by Lutherans of Praetorius's generation, and indeed by subsequent generations to which Bach was so indebted.
The service follows, to all intents and purposes, the Mass of the Roman rite (sung distinction by the Gabrieli Consort though the sopranos seem a little unsure in the Kyrie) interspersed with a versatile array of motets, hymns, prayers, intoned readings, a superbly conceived and suitably mysterious Pavan by Schein for the approach to Communion and several rhetorically positioned organ preludes. For a congregation, the Gabrieli Consort and players are joined by the boys of Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark and a some local amateur choirs. The effect is remarkable for its fervour in the hymns; now one can see why Von Himmel hoch da kommich her inspired so many settings in the 17th century.
Other familiar tunes include Quem pastores, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern in a shimmering prelude by Scheidt followed by a delicately nuanced motet on the same tune. In dulci jubilo is treated to a flamboyant setting by Praetorius featuring six trumpets. The spacious acoustic of the cathedral exhibits McCreesh's acute timbral sense; definition isn't ideally sharp but this is a small price to pay for a natural perspective which embraces the sense of community worship essential for this project.

Praetorius, M: Lutheran Mass for Christmas Morning

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