by Carl Heinrich Graun, La Petite Bande, Ex Tempore, Sigiswald Kuijken, Uta Schwabe, Inge van de Kerkhove, Christoph Genz, Stephan Genz · Hyperion records · CD · EAN 0034571174464
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«Der Tod Jesu - Passion Cantata» brings together Carl Heinrich Graun’s Passion cantata performed by La Petite Bande and Ex Tempore under the direction of Sigiswald Kuijken, in a two-CD edition from Hyperion, sung in German.
The work presents episodes from the Passion of Christ using a text by Carl Wilhelm Ramler based on the Gospels. It alternates recitatives, arias, choral passages and religious chorales, without an Evangelist narrator or dramatic characters assigned to the soloists. The performers include Uta Schwabe, Inge van de Kerkhove, Christoph Genz and Stephan Genz.
The recording was made in April 2003 at the Concertgebouw in Bruges and released in February 2004 under catalogue number CDA67446. The original work was first performed in March 1755.
For listeners interested in sacred music, eighteenth-century choral repertoire and Passion cantatas.
