Motets CD
Artikelnummer
PRCD2066
Besättning
CD
Kompositör
Bach Johann Sebastian
199 kr
"Ingen religion har haft ett så svårartat förhållande till dans som kristendomen. Något som under medeltiden tog sig uttryck i ett dansförbud som sträckt sig ända in i modern tid. Som i Sverige på 1900-talet, när man gick så långt inom frikyrkan att man lade in lutande golv i sina samlingslokaler för att förhindra dans. Men dansen som drevs ut ur kyrkorna levde kvar i själva musiken. En kyrkomusik som hämtade all sin rytmiska vitalitet från dansen och som utvecklade den i sin egen sfär. I S:t Jacobs kammarkörs och Rebaroques inspelning av J?S Bachs motetter, under ledning av Gary Graden, slås man först av den närmast euforiskt lätta svikten. Detta i en musik som handlar om döden, om att stå helt utan fruktan och bara överlämna sig. Men även fraseringen, det utsökta samspelet mellan kören och orkestern, är av det slaget att man liksom träffas rätt i hjärtat. Blir kallad, även om man kanske inte hör till de kallade: "Skaka värld och darra; Jag står här fullkomligt lugn. Och sjunger." Helt underbart!"
(Dagens Nyheter)
St Jacob's Chamber Choir
REBaroque
Gary Graden, conductor
"This recording is the result of many years of rewarding collaboration between Maria Lindal's REbaroque ensemble and the St Jacobs Chamber Choir. Together we have performed several works of Bach, Handel, Mozart and Haydn in the s:t Jacobs church. For our first joint recording we have chosen to perform all of bach's motets; a collection of strikingly dance-like, varied and virtuosic works for choir and instrumental ensemble. Our first shared encounter with these seminal works of the choral repertoire was a profound experience and now, ten years later, we have renewed our acquaintance with this great music. We found in these works, in which instruments and voices share the same parts, the optimal fusion of voice, words, articulation, song, instrument, timbre and colour. With every tone, the instrumentalists perform a text- a vowel, a consonant, a poem - while the singers articulate every line of the text in unison with their instrumental partners. The works provided us with a material for study and, ultimately, led to a satisfying union of choir and orchestra, voices and instruments. With the motets as a foundation we look forward to our continued collaboration and future recordings with St Jacobs Chamber Choir and REbaroque".
(Dagens Nyheter)
St Jacob's Chamber Choir
REBaroque
Gary Graden, conductor
"This recording is the result of many years of rewarding collaboration between Maria Lindal's REbaroque ensemble and the St Jacobs Chamber Choir. Together we have performed several works of Bach, Handel, Mozart and Haydn in the s:t Jacobs church. For our first joint recording we have chosen to perform all of bach's motets; a collection of strikingly dance-like, varied and virtuosic works for choir and instrumental ensemble. Our first shared encounter with these seminal works of the choral repertoire was a profound experience and now, ten years later, we have renewed our acquaintance with this great music. We found in these works, in which instruments and voices share the same parts, the optimal fusion of voice, words, articulation, song, instrument, timbre and colour. With every tone, the instrumentalists perform a text- a vowel, a consonant, a poem - while the singers articulate every line of the text in unison with their instrumental partners. The works provided us with a material for study and, ultimately, led to a satisfying union of choir and orchestra, voices and instruments. With the motets as a foundation we look forward to our continued collaboration and future recordings with St Jacobs Chamber Choir and REbaroque".