by Buxtehude, Schutz, Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir · Polygram Records · CD · EAN 0028942766020
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«Passionsmusik: Membra Jesu Nostri» is the Baroque sacred music album by Dietrich Buxtehude and Heinrich Schütz, performed by the Monteverdi Choir and John Eliot Gardiner, released on CD by Archiv Produktion.
The disc brings together two outstanding works of German Baroque sacred music. The main one, «Membra Jesu Nostri» by Buxtehude, is a cycle of cantatas devoted to the parts of Christ's crucified body, with texts inspired by medieval hymns. It is complemented by «O Bone Jesu» by Schütz, a short piece of a contemplative nature. The performance combines the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists instrumental ensemble with the viol consort Fretwork, under Gardiner's direction, in a 1990 recording.
The album was released in 1990 by Archiv Produktion, a Deutsche Grammophon label, with catalogue number 427 660-2. It includes a single disc and belongs to the classical music genre, with Baroque and choral styles.
Recommended for classical and Baroque music listeners, especially those interested in sacred vocal repertoire and historically informed performances of Buxtehude and Schütz.
