Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
Kuijken continues to be a relentless pioneer of Baroque music practice; in recent years he has embraced the one-voice-per-part approach to Bach's church music and has also reappraised several...
Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
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Kuijken continues to be a relentless pioneer of Baroque music practice; in recent years he has embraced the one-voice-per-part approach to Bach's church music and has also reappraised several...
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Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri is a cycle of seven meditations on the wounds of Christ. These contemplations are contrasted by elaborate settings of biblical passages. This work is complemented by “Peaceful and joyous journey to heaven” which Buxtehude completed on the death of his father. All are performed by the renowned La Petite Band.
Contents and tracklist
- Anne-Katrin Schenck (soprano), Marie Kuijken (soprano), Gunther Vandeven (alto), Jens Weber (tenor), Fulvio Bettini (baritone), Jens Hamann (bass)
- Petite Bande, La
- Sigiswald Kuijken
- Anne-Katrin Schenck (soprano), Marie Kuijken (soprano), Fulvio Bettini (baritone), Jens Hamann (bass)
- Petite Bande, La
- Sigiswald Kuijken
Awards and reviews
August 2012
Kuijken continues to be a relentless pioneer of Baroque music practice; in recent years he has embraced the one-voice-per-part approach to Bach's church music and has also reappraised several cornerstones of Baroque repertoire using a violoncello da spalla...Both elements are evident in La Petite Bande's performance of Membra Jesu nostri.
May 2012
[tenor Jens Weber] has a very attractive light and smooth voice, though no without strain in the upper register. Kuijken's alto, the countertenor Gunther Vandeven, is excellent. Perhaps surprisingly, the most impressive singer is the Italian bass Fulvio Bettini: he is tonally flexible, rhythmically sensitive and affecting.
