Paul van Nevel, Huelgas Ensemble - Michael Praetorius: Magnificat; Motets (2015)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 278 Mb | Total time: 67:54 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | 88875086622 | Recorded: 1991
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 278 Mb | Total time: 67:54 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | 88875086622 | Recorded: 1991
German composer Michael Praetorius, whose life bridged the 16th and 17th centuries, was one of his era's most prolific writers, both of musical works and of works about music. His "Syntagma Musicum" remains one of the most important treatises on instruments and performance practice; he composed many volumes of Protestant hymn-based works, motets, psalms, works for multiple choir, and Latin music for the Lutheran service. The "Magnificat" performed on this program is one of 14 that Praetorius included in his Megalynodia Sionia, published in 1611. Its polyphonic style and rich instrumental writing–particularly for brass–is occasionally reminiscent of Gabrieli, whose works Praetorius studied; or Schutz, with whom he traveled throughout Germany.