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Wach auff mein Hertz und singe

CrügerConcertChorale 1649/1657 für die Jahreszeiten

Musicalische Compagney

Wach auff mein Hertz und singe

CrügerConcertChorale 1649/1657 für die Jahreszeiten

Musicalische Compagney

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Johann Crüger, born in 1598 in Guben/Lausitz, died in 1662 in Berlin. With his groundbreaking innovations he substantially transformed and enriched the history of ecclesiastical music in the entire protestant world. The crowning achievement of his work was the publishing of his stunning chorales in three volumes in 1649, 1657 and 1658. They contain one of Crüger’s “inventions”, the famous “CrügerConcertChorales”, with their brilliant combination of four-part choral hymns with the concerto principle – namely, two high virtuoso instrumental parts. These chorales are the main theme of the premiere performance in the “original scoring” on this CD. That means that the interpretation and presentation of those musical sound possibilities is what was available to and used by Crüger: boy sopranos and men’s voices (sometimes falsetto), with cornetts (zinks), violins, trombones, harpsichord, regal and positive organ. Of the five thematic circles, four (Morning/Evening songs, Easter, Pentecost and Gloria/Psalms) have three chorales each, with the Christmas section having more (since everyone loves to sing then). This forms the basic framework for this CD, taken from the 1649 and 1657 collections. Nothing is more suitable than organ music to join together these elements in an artistic way: three works by Wilhelm Karges (a Crüger contemporary and organist at Berlin Cathedral) and one by an anonymous composer taken from the same source. They are performed at the precious Herbst-Gercke organ from 1683 in Basedow/Mecklenburg.

Contents and tracklist

No. 1, Wach auf mein Herz und singe
Track length2:12
No. 2, Aus meines Herzens Grunde
Track length2:10
No. 3, Die Sonn hat sich mit ihrem Glanz gewendet
Track length2:01
No. 1, Jauchzt Gott mit Herzensfreud
Track length3:05
No. 2, Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ
Track length5:09
No. 3, Fröhlich soll mein Herz springen
Track length2:35
No. 4, Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her
Track length5:15
No. 5, Heut sind die lieben Engelein
Track length4:17
No. 1, Auf auf mein Herz mit Freuden
Track length3:09
No. 2, Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag
Track length2:11
No. 3, Erstanden ist der heilig Christ
Track length3:39
No. 4 in D Minor, Fantasia
Track length3:58
No. 1, Komm Heiliger Geist Herre Gott
Track length4:20
No. 2, Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist
Track length4:00
No. 3, Gott der Vater wohn uns bei
Track length4:04
No. 1, Ach Gott vom Himmel sieh darein
Track length2:22
No. 2, Erbarm dich mein Herr o Herre Gott
Track length3:53
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