Katalógové číslo:
555583-2
Autori:
Christoph Demantius
Interpreti:
Alexander Schneider, Ensemble Polyharmonique
Dátum vydania: 20.2.2025
Passion nach dem Evangelisten Johannes
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Initium: Madrigal-Motette "Ach, Jesus stirbt" HaWV 659 (Andreas Hammerschmidt)
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Weissagung des Leiden und Sterben Jesu Christi Teil 1: Fürwahr, er trug unsere Krankheit
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Weissagung des Leiden und Sterben Jesu Christi Teil 2: Da er gestraft und gemartert ward
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Weissagung des Leiden und Sterben Jesu Christi Teil 3: Wenn er sein Leben zum Schuldopfer gegeben hat
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Intermedium I: Concert "Ich leide willig - Wahrlich heute wirst du mit mir im Paradies sein HaWV 242 (Andreas Hammerschmidt)
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Choral-Motette "Erbarm dich mein" HaWV 139 (Andreas Hammerschmidt)
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In Coena Domini / Letztes Abendmahl: Evangelien Motette "Unser Herr Jesus Christ" HaWV 661 (Andreas Hammerschmidt)
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Intermedium II: Concert "Meine Seele ist betrübt" (Daniel Selichius)
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Passion nach dem Evangelisten Johannes I: Höret das Leiden / Jesu ging über den Bach Kidron
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Intermedium III: Concert "O hilf, Christe Gottes Sohn" SWV 295 (Heinrich Schütz)
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Passion nach dem Evangelisten Johannes II: Da führeten sie Jesum gebunden
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Intermedium IV: Concert "Herzlich tut mich verlangen" (Samuel Scheidt)
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Passion nach dem Evangelisten Johannes III: Pilatus überantwortete Jesum
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Intermedium V: Concert "O Lamm Gottes unschuldig" (Johann Hermann Schein)
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Comclusio: Choral-Motette "Herzlich lieb habe ich dich" (Andreas Hammerschmidt)
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.