Musikalische Exequien Voices

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Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672): Herr, nun lässest du deine Diener in Frieden fahren SWV 432, Musikalische Exequien Op.7, Selig sind die Toten SWV 391 - Nikolaus Brass (1949-*): Voices I and II The encounter of different eras is often the decisive moment of tension in musical programs. Chorwerk Ruhr chooses a particularly original path in its latest recording: a central work by Heinrich Schütz is juxtaposed with what Nikolaus Brass, born in 1949, develops from his encounter with the work of the greatest German vocal composer of the early Baroque. Schütz's Musikalische Exequien, a three-part funeral music with a German text from 1637, vividly depicts suffering and death, but, in accordance with Christian doctrine, also grants significant importance to the certainty of salvation. Nikolaus Brass, as he states, aware of this certainty, questions the music of his revered colleague and responds partly with almost textual quotations, partly with strongly contrasted passages from his works “Voices 1” and “Voices 2.”