Magnificat - Christmas in Leipzig Solomon's Knot
Album info
Album-Release:
2019
HRA-Release:
15.11.2019
Label: Sony Classical
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Artist: Solomon's Knot
Composer: Johann Schelle (1648-1701), Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
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- Johann Schelle (1648 - 1701):
- 1 Machet die Tore weit 09:11
- Johann Kuhnau (1660 - 1722): Magnificat in C Major:
- 2 Magnificat in C Major: I. Magnificat anima mea 02:03
- 3 Magnificat in C Major: II. Et exsultavit spiritus meus 02:04
- 4 Magnificat in C Major: III. Quia respexit humilitatem 02:38
- 5 Magnificat in C Major: IV. Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her 00:55
- 6 Magnificat in C Major: V. Quia fecit mihi magna 01:37
- 7 Magnificat in C Major: VI. Freut euch und jubiliert 01:39
- 8 Magnificat in C Major: VII. Et misericordia eius 03:30
- 9 Magnificat in C Major: VIII. Fecit potentiam 00:59
- 10 Magnificat in C Major: IX. Deposuit potentes 00:34
- 11 Magnificat in C Major: X. Esurientes implevit bonis 01:13
- 12 Magnificat in C Major: XI. Gloria in excelsis Deo 01:06
- 13 Magnificat in C Major: XII. Suscepit Israel 02:19
- 14 Magnificat in C Major: XIII. Sicut locutus est 01:39
- 15 Magnificat in C Major: XIV. Virga Jesse floruit 02:01
- 16 Magnificat in C Major: XV. Gloria Patri, gloria Filio 01:39
- 17 Magnificat in C Major: XVI. Sicut erat in principio 01:37
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a:
- 18 Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: I. Magnificat anima mea 02:50
- 19 Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: II. Et exsultavit 02:21
- 20 Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: III. Vom Himmel hoch 01:34
- 21 Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: IV. Quia respexit 04:12
- 22 Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: V. Quia fecit mihi magna 02:11
- 23 Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: V. Freut euch und jubiliert 01:21
- 24 Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: VII. Et misericordia eius 03:26
- 25 Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: VIII. Fecit potentiam 01:44
- 26 Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: IX. Gloria in excelsis Deo 01:00
- 27 Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: X. Deposuit potentes 01:49
- 28 Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: XI. Esurientes implevit bonis 02:35
- 29 Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: XII. Virga Jesse floruit 03:09
- 30 Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: XIII. Suscepit Israel 01:55
- 31 Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: XIV. Sicut locutus est 01:38
- 32 Magnificat in E-Flat Major, BWV 243a: XV. Gloria Patri 02:02
Info for Magnificat - Christmas in Leipzig
»Bekannt für Tatkraft und Risikobereitschaft ebenso wie für historische Authentizität und intelligente Programmierung« … »Ein echter Kick für den Barock« schreibt die Presse über Solomon’s Knot. Mit seinem neuen Album gibt das in London gegründete Ensemble einen Einblick in das musikalische Leben der Stadt Leipzig um 1700 anhand der Karrieren dreier Komponisten, die maßgeblich das musikalische Leben Leipzigs geprägt haben – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Johann Schelle (1648–1701) und Johann Kuhnau (1660–1722). Johann Schelle, vormals Mitglied des Chores der Dresdner Hofkapelle u. a. unter Heinrich Schütz, kam als Jugendlicher nach Leipzig und beeindruckte schnell den Rat der Stadt solcherart, dass ihm 1677 die Stelle des Thomaskantors, das gewichtigste Amt im musikalischen Leben von Leipzig, angeboten wurde. Die diese Aufnahme eröffnende Kantate »Machet die Tore weit« wurde von Schelle für den ersten Adventssonntag komponiert und zelebriert die Wiederkunft Jesu Christi. Schelle nutzt ein beträchtliches Orchester mit Trompeten und Pauken, sehr typisch für festliche Musik in Leipzig zu jener Zeit. Der Kantate folgt das Magnificat von Johann Kuhnau – wahrscheinlich am besten bekannt als Komponist eines Zyklus programmatischer Kompositionen für Tasteninstrumente, welcher Passagen aus dem Alten Testament beschreibt. Kuhnaus Magnificat in C-Dur ist sein größtes erhaltenes Vokalwerk, das möglicherweise auch Johann Sebastian Bach für seine Version des Magnificats inspiriert haben könnte. Bach komponierte das Es-Dur Magnificat BWV 243a (älter als die bekanntere und überarbeitete D-Dur Version BWV243, und versehen mit einer leicht geänderten Instrumentalisierung) für seinen ersten Weihnachtstag in Leipzig. Das Magnificat ist durchsetzt mit Texten von Martin Luther und dem Lukas Evangelium (laudes), vertont für Chor oder Solisten und fasst so die Weihnachtsgeschichte zusammen; Bach muss Kuhnaus Fassung dieser Texte gekannt haben.
Solomon's Knot
Jonathan Sells, Leitung
Solomon's Knot
Determined to communicate the full power of 17th- and 18th-century music as directly as possible, the collective Solomon’s Knot was founded in London in 2008. Led by artistic director Jonathan Sells, the group performs without a conductor, the singers by heart.
What began a decade ago as a promise never to lose the joy of performing, to blow the dust off early music and break down the barriers of classical music has evolved into Solomon’s Knot’s reputation today: direct communication, adventurous programming and bold trademark performances from memory.
Our flexible approach enables us to explore a wide range of repertoire, especially music written before 1800, from the madrigals of Gesualdo to JS Bach’s Mass in B minor with 10 singers and 20 instrumentalists, or the rediscovery of the anonymous opera Lospedale' (ca. 1650), available on DVD.
By exploring new ways of presenting ancient music to ‘modern’ ears, eyes and minds, we work closely together with directors, composers, choreographers, visual artists, and other ensembles. From 2013-2017 Solomon’s Knot was part of Snape Malting’s inaugural Open Space development scheme. Recent collaborations include projects with Spira mirabilis, Sven Werner, James Hurley, Tim Caroll, Federay Holmes and Les Passions de l’Ame.
We are grateful to Sir John Eliot Gardiner for his invitations to the Bachfest Leipzig in 2016 and his Barbican Bach Weekend in 2018. We have also appeared at the Aldeburgh Festival, Händel-Festspiele Halle, Newbury Spring Festival, Thüringer Bachwochen, Regensburger Tage Alter Musik, Spitalfields Music Winter Festival, London Handel Festival, and St John’s Smith Square Christmas Festival.
Solomon’s Knot finished 2018 with the revival of our project ‘Christmas in Leipzig' in Nottingham and London’s Milton Court, recorded live and released on Sony Classical in 2019. “Time and again zig-zagging choruses, lightly accompanied, sprang into fire almost as if by spontaneous combustion. Most exciting.” The Times *****
Concerts in 2019 included our Wigmore Hall debut with the second version of JS Bach’s Johannes-Passion, returns to the Thüringer Bachwochen, Leipzig Bachfest, and St George’s Bristol, a residency at the Ryedale Festival, and our first appearance at the Bachwochen in Thun (Switzerland).
SKonnect, Solomon’s Knot’s education strategy, aims to take the excitement of so-called ‘early’ music into classrooms and workshops around the UK and further afield. Recently, schools in Nottingham and London have benefitted from hearing musicians perform for them live and explain the wonders of this colourful and exhilarating repertoire.
Booklet for Magnificat - Christmas in Leipzig