CD:
Heinrich Schütz: Auferstehungshistorie

Celebrating the 400th anniversary of the first performance Heinrich Schütz's first oratorio work, Ensemble Polyharmonique offer a riveting new recording.

The Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi, or Resurrection Story, is the first oratorio work by Heinrich Schütz and was first performed in 1623 during the vespers of the third day of Easter in the Chapel of Dresden’s Royal Palace. Although the original title speaks of the "joyous and victorious resurrection," it is, at its core, a quiet and concentrated work with a refined dramaturgy in which the Easter jubilation only slowly breaks through. Schütz's work impressively captures the unspeakable and mysterious nature of the idea of resurrection in music.

Ensemble Polyharmonique is a renowned collective of vocal soloists that specializes in the music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods with historical performance practice. In a larger cast and together with an outstanding instrumental ensemble, they present a high-quality, lively and stirring interpretation of the Resurrection History to which they add two wonderful Easter concertos by Heinrich Schütz and Michael Praetorius.

Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Surrexit pastor bonus SWV 469
Auferstehungshistorie SWV 50

Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Halleluja. Christ ist erstanden

Ensemble Polyharmonique

Recorded at Christuskirche Berlin-Oberschöneweide, February 2022

ACC30620
EAN: 4260234833003
Worldwide release: 17 March 2023