Sacred Songs of Sorrow
Sacred Songs from Protestant Germany

Charivari Agréable Simfonie

Susanne Heinrich - viols
Lynda Sayce - theorbo
Kah-Ming Ng - keyboards

with

Susanna Pell - bass viol
Reiko Ichise - bass viol
Sarah Groser - violone
Clare Salaman - baroque violin

and

Rodrigo del Pozo - tenor

BEST CD OF THE YEAR 2000

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Performance Notes

Susanne Heinrich (a) Tenor viol - Renate Fink 1998, after B. Norman 
(e) 7-string bass viol Viol - Renate Fink 1997, after M. Collichon
(l) Violine - Renate Fink 1998, after various 17th-century iconography
(m) 6-string bass viol - Merion D Attwood 1991, after J. Rose
Lynda Sayce  (i) Theorbo - David Van Edwards 1987, after Tieffenbrucker III 1608
(n) Theorbo - Klaus Jacobsen 1992, after 17th-century French iconography
Kah-Ming Ng  (j) Harpsichord - Andrew Garlick 1977, after I. Ruckers 1638
(k) Chamber organ - Vincent Woodstock 1996, after various 17th-century models
Susanna Pell (b) 6-string bass viol - Jane Julier 1992, after R. Meares
(f) 7-string bass viol - Jane Julier 1991, after N. Bertrand
Reiko Ichise (c) 6-string bass viol Bass viol - Merion D Attwood 1991, after J. Rose
(d) 7-string bass viol - David Rubio 1988, after G. Barbey c.1710 
Sarah Groser (h) Violone - Renate Fink 1998, after various 17th-century iconography
Clare Salaman (g) Baroque violin - Thomas Smith, 1760
Rodrigo del Pozo (o) Tenor voice

 

SH LS KMN SP RI SG CS RDP
Johann Erasmus Kindermann (1616 - 1655)
1 ‘Dum tot carminibus’ from Trauer-Gesänge, 1647, ‘In stylo recitativo’ (arr. K.-M. Ng) a b c h o [2:26]
2     ‘Grablied Symphonia’ a b c h [2:44]
Joseph-Hector Fiocco (1703 - 1741)
3     ‘Lamentatio Prima du Jeudi Saint’ e n k f d o [12:52]
J. E. Kindermann
4     ‘Symphonia’ from Deliciae Studiosorum, III/10, 1643 a i k b c [1:31]
David Schedlich (1607 - 1687)
5     ‘Herzen- und Trostspruch: Herr Jesu Christ’ a i k b c o [2:33]
J. E. Kindermann
6     ‘Symphonia’ (seconda volta) a b c h [1:32]
Christian Geist (c1640 - 1711)
7     ‘Es war aber an der Stätte, da er gekreuziget ward: O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid’ m k b d o [11:55]
J. E. Kindermann
8     ‘Drifache Fuga super Christ lag in Todesbanden, Christus, der selig macht und Da Jesus an dem Creuze stund’ k [1:35]
Johann Christoph Bach (1642 - 1703)
9     ‘Ach, daß ich Wassers g’nug hätte’ a i k b c h g o [6:47]
Johann Fischer (1646 - c1716)
10     ‘Trost-Klang: Lamento’ a i k b c h g [4:08]
C. Geist
11     ‘De funere ad vitam: Alleluia’ l i k g o [8:34]
Johann Michael Nicolai (1629 - 1685) - ‘Sonata a tre viol da gamba’
12     Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro - Adagio, Aria, Courante, Giga, Sarabanda - [Variatio] m i j b d [9:31]
13     Ciaconi m i j b d [5:31]
Total running time [72:18]

Pitch A = 415 Hz; keyboards tuned by Kah-Ming Ng in 1/4-comma, 1/6-comma meantone and Valotti temperaments.


Acknowlegements

Front cover: The Blessed Lodovica Albertoni (S. Francesco a Ripa, Altieri Chapel), photographed by I. Schneider-Lengyel, from Bernini by R.Wittkower, by kind permission of Phaidon Press.

 

 

  
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Commentaire
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Credits
Charivari Agréable 
 
Release date: 17th April 2000
Order code: SIGCD018
Barcode: 635212001820
 
 
 

Recorded:
    5th-7th April 1999
    St Andrew's Church, Toddington, Gloucestershire 

Production, editing & engineering:
    Adrian Hunter

Booklet Notes:
    Lucy Robinson

Translations:
    French: Robert Bagur
    German: Margarete Forsyth
    Latin text translation: Janet McMullen

Text and translation editor:
    Christine Darby

Booklet cover design:
    DTP Solutions &  ATX Design Associates

Booklet layout and typesetting:
    Jan Hart

Copyright:
    © Copyright 1997 Signum Records Ltd

 
 

 

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