Special offer. Samuel Scheidt - Cantiones Sacræ
Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
[Vox Luminis] is already an ensemble of the finest calibre: their intonation, tuning and declamatory sensitivity for words are deeply impressive, and the consort singing always shows a keen...
Special offer. Samuel Scheidt - Cantiones Sacræ
Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
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[Vox Luminis] is already an ensemble of the finest calibre: their intonation, tuning and declamatory sensitivity for words are deeply impressive, and the consort singing always shows a keen...
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Samuel Scheidt was one of the most interesting Lutheran composers of the early 17th-century. Like his famous contemporary Heinrich Schütz, he combined the polyphonic tradition with the new styles from Italy. His Cantiones Sacrae for 8 voices mark the summit of Renaissance musical style; even though Protestant chorales are integrated into the work, Scheidt does not hesitate to use expressive effects that originated in the Italian madrigal style.
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January 2011
[Vox Luminis] is already an ensemble of the finest calibre: their intonation, tuning and declamatory sensitivity for words are deeply impressive, and the consort singing always shows a keen affinity for emotive harmonic twists.
