Schütz: Dafne

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Showcasing musicianship of nuanced imagination, this intrepid recreation offers an eclectic assortment of little-known Schütz pieces. — Gramophone Magazine, October 2022 More…

Release Date: 1st Jul 2022
Catalogue No: 555494-2
Label: CPO
Length: 75 minutes

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Schütz: Dafne (Reconstr. R. Wilson)

Work length1:15:45

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Magdalene Harer (soprano), Marie Luise Werneburg (soprano), David Erler (alto), Georg Poplutz (tenor), Magdalena Podkoscielna (soprano), Tobias Hunger (tenor), Joachim Höchbauer (bass)
La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata
Roland Wilson

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Ihr sterblichs Volck d' ich nit sterblich bin

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Hinter diesem Schatten hier

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Was suchet jhr

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Es ist die Spur deß Hirschen ja für mir

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Was gilt' s ich habe dir den stoltze Muth gebrochen

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Bleib, Nymfe, bleib, ich bin dein Feind ja nicht

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The first and presumably only performance of the opera Dafne took place in Torgau on April 13, 1627, as part of the festivities celebrating the marriage of the Saxon Duchess Sophie Eleonore and the Hessian Landgrave Georg II. Although the libretto by Martin Opitz appeared in print, virtually nothing of the music has survived. At first glance, the reconstruction of an opera whose music has not survived appears to be a daring undertaking. In fact, however, there are many clues to the structure of the work, so that it was possible to produce something that, although not identical to the original, is very close to it. In all, there are a dozen mostly secular works by Schütz in the present reconstruction by conductor Roland Wilson, making up about half of the entire opera. Says Wilson himself, "You'll hear some glorious pieces by Schütz and his contemporaries that you probably never would have listened to otherwise."

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October 2022

Showcasing musicianship of nuanced imagination, this intrepid recreation offers an eclectic assortment of little-known Schütz pieces.

December 2022

Notable is the dynamic range which the various soloists and members of the instrumental ensemble achieve: variety and contrast are their hallmarks... the balance achieved between instrument families and voices is clean and effective in moving the story along.

Schütz: Dafne

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