01	I. Concert in Form einer teutschen Begrabnis-Messe			Musikalische Exequien, op. 7, SWV 279			26:05
	02	II. Motette "Herr, wenn ich nur Dich habe"			Musikalische Exequien, op. 7, SWV 280			03:46
	03	III. Canticum B. Simeonis "Herr, nun lassest Du Deinen Diener"			Musikalische Exequien, op. 7, SWV 281			05:01
	04	Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt			Motet, SWV 380			03:13
	05	Selig sind die Toten			Motet, SWV 391			04:30
	06	So fahr ich hin zu Jesu Christ			Motet, SWV 379			03:21
	07	Ich bin die Auferstehung			Petits Concerts Spirituels II, SWV 324			04:09
	08	O lieber Herre Gott			Petits Concerts Spirituels I, SWV 287			03:40
	09	Die Himmel erzahlen			Motet, SWV 386			05:01

SCHUTZ. Musikalische Exequien
A German Funeral Mass op.7, SWV 279-81

Artists:

La Chapelle Royale
Philippe Herreweghe, dir. / cond.

"17th-century Lutherans saw death as a welcome release from life's misery and as the gate to Paradise; Schu"tz's music, and the Chapelle Royale's performance, have all of the contemplative warmth and sweetness that such a view implies. ..The second part is a beautiful double-choir hymn; the third part interweaves the 'Song of Simeon' (sung by choir) with three distant voices singing the hymn 'Blessed are the dead' to magical effect. Herreweghe finishes the disc with some luminous, similarly- themed, small-scale pieces from Kleine Geistliche Konzerte, all glowingly sung."

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"The "Musikalische Exequien," which Herreweghe performs with La Chapelle Royale, is a deeply spiritual yet humanely direct work, written as a response to horrendous plague, illness and war... The melancholic, consoling music is consistently subdued in tempo and dynamics, yet Herreweghe and his forces beautifully capture the intricacy, delicacy and quiet willpower of the score. A remarkable recording of a tender masterpiece."

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