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Composer:
Heinrich Schutz

Artist(s):
Concerto Palatino
Collegium Vocale Gent

Conductor:
Philippe Herreweghe

Background: In the early 1660s, Schutz, relegated among the faded glories of the Dresden court, began to prepare for his own death. He embarked on a setting of all 176 verses of Psalm 119, a summing-up of the Old and New Testaments, without necessarily expecting the resulting work to be performed: it was to be his swansong or Schwanengesang.

Ten years later, this Opus ultimum had evolved into 11 motets for double choir. The manuscripts were dispersed after his death and it was to be another three centuries before the work was reconstructed and then sung.

CATALOGUE NR: HMC90189596
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 19.99 including VAT, or £ 17.01 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 07-May-2007

COMPOSER: Heinrich Schutz
TITLE: Opus ultimum
TRACKS: Psalm 100. Psalm 119. Deutsches Magnificat.
CONDUCTOR: Philippe Herreweghe
ARTISTS: Concerto Palatino   Collegium Vocale Gent    

- Jun-2007 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Jun-2007 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'can this be the greatest work by an octogenarian before Strauss?'

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