Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Masaaki Suzuki – Bruhns: Cantatas & Organ Works, Vol. 1 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Masaaki Suzuki – Bruhns: Cantatas & Organ Works, Vol. 1 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:25:54 minutes | 1,56 GB | Genre: Classical
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When he died, Nicolaus Bruhns was just 31 years old, and only twelve of his vocal works and five organ compositions have survived. On the strength of these, he is nevertheless considered one of the most prominent North German composers of the generation between Buxtehude and Bach. Buxtehude was in fact Bruhns teacher, and thought so highly of him that recommended him for a position in Copenhagen. There he worked as a violin virtuoso and composer until 1689, when he returned to Northern Germany to become organist in the main church of Husum. It was here that most if not all of the extant works were performed.

According to Bach’s obituary, Bruhns was one of the composers that he took ‘as a model’, and he is therefore naturally of interest to Bach specialist Masaaki Suzuki. On the first of two discs made in collaboration with the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Suzuki directs – from the organ – a group of singers and musicians, in six of the vocal works: so-called ‘sacred concertos’ scored for 1 – 3 soloists and various combinations of string instruments with basso continuo. With a very generous playing time (86 minutes) there is also space on the disc for Suzuki’s performances of two organ pieces by Bruhns – the larger of the two preludes in E minor, and the fantasia on the chorale Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland.

Tracklist:

01. Yale Institute of Sacred Music & Masaaki Suzuki – De profundis (13:57)
02. Yale Institute of Sacred Music & Masaaki Suzuki – Jauchzet dem Herren alle Welt: I. Jauchzet dem herren alle Welt (07:26)
03. Yale Institute of Sacred Music & Masaaki Suzuki – Jauchzet dem Herren alle Welt: II. Geht zu seinen Toren ein (06:00)
04. Yale Institute of Sacred Music & Masaaki Suzuki – Praeludium in E Minor “Great” (08:13)
05. Yale Institute of Sacred Music & Masaaki Suzuki – Mein Herz ist bereit (10:19)
06. Yale Institute of Sacred Music & Masaaki Suzuki – Paratum cor meum: I. Alleluja – Paratum cor meum (05:31)
07. Yale Institute of Sacred Music & Masaaki Suzuki – Paratum cor meum: II. Confitebor tibi in populis Domine (04:50)
08. Yale Institute of Sacred Music & Masaaki Suzuki – Paratum cor meum: III. Exaltare super coelos Deus (02:17)
09. Yale Institute of Sacred Music & Masaaki Suzuki – Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (10:24)
10. Yale Institute of Sacred Music & Masaaki Suzuki – Der Herr hat seinen Stuhl im Himmel bereitet (07:42)
11. Yale Institute of Sacred Music & Masaaki Suzuki – Erstanden ist der heilige Christ: I. Erstanden ist der heilige Christ (03:43)
12. Yale Institute of Sacred Music & Masaaki Suzuki – Erstanden ist der heilige Christ: II. Und wär er nicht erstanden (03:40)
13. Yale Institute of Sacred Music & Masaaki Suzuki – Erstanden ist der heilige Christ: III. Und seit dass er erstanden ist (01:46)

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