Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ Thüringer Bach Collegium & Gernot Süßmuth

• Anton Schweitzer (1735 - 1787): The Resurrection of Christ:
• 1 Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ: No. 1, Halleluja! Heil und Kraft 06:09
• 2 Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ: No. 2, Nun hat der Held gesieget 03:06
• 3 Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ: No. 3, Herr Gott, Dich loben wir 01:46
• 4 Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ: No. 4, So wie des Donnerst ernste Stimme 02:50
• 5 Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ: No. 5, Der Held, vor dem die Himmel selbst 01:34
• 6 Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ: No. 6, Jesus, Er, mein Heiland lebt 00:53
• 7 Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ: No. 7, Wie ruhig wird' ich einst entschlafen 09:24
• 8 Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ: No. 8, Halleluja! Heil und Kraft 02:28
• 9 Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ: No. 9, Verlass mein Geist 01:27
• 10 Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ: No. 10, Mein Heiland, Du machst mir den Tod 06:29
• 11 Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ: No. 11, Wo bin ich? 04:21
• 12 Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ: No. 12, O Tag voll Schrecken 04:24
• 13 Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ: No. 13, Der Tod würgt selbst 02:00
• 14 Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ: No. 14, So wie der Skorpion 02:41
• 15 Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ: No. 15, So fällt voll Unerschrockenheit 01:14
• 16 Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ: No. 16, Jerusalem! Du hochgebaute Stadt 01:21
• 17 Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ: No. 17, Nun hat der Tod nichts mehr 01:16
• 18 Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ: No. 18, O Heiland, lass' mich nicht 02:51
• 19 Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ: No. 19, Voll Glauben, Hoffnung und Gelassenheit 01:22
• 20 Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ: No. 20, O Jesu, lass' uns stets im Glauben 02:24
• 21 Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ: No. 21, In unsres Gottes Heiligtum 01:18
• Lobet, ihr Knechte des Herren:
• 22 Schweitzer: Lobet, ihr Knechte des Herren: No. 1, Lobet, ihr Knechte des Herren 01:32
• 23 Schweitzer: Lobet, ihr Knechte des Herren: No. 2, Vom Aufgang der Sonne 01:30
• 24 Schweitzer: Lobet, ihr Knechte des Herren: No. 3, Da lobt ihn und betet an 00:43
• 25 Schweitzer: Lobet, ihr Knechte des Herren: No. 4, So rein nach einem sanften Regen 05:06
• 26 Schweitzer: Lobet, ihr Knechte des Herren: No. 5, Erkennt und genießet 02:32
• Missa brevis in C Major:
• 27 Schweitzer: Missa brevis in C Major: I. Kyrie 03:30
• 28 Schweitzer: Missa brevis in C Major: II. Christe eleison 02:32
• 29 Schweitzer: Missa brevis in C Major: III. Kyrie 01:18
• 30 Schweitzer: Missa brevis in C Major: IV. Et in terra pax 03:16
• 31 Schweitzer: Missa brevis in C Major: V. Laudamus te 03:18
• 32 Schweitzer: Missa brevis in C Major: VI. Gratias agimus 02:38
• 33 Schweitzer: Missa brevis in C Major: VII. Qui tollis 03:58
• 34 Schweitzer: Missa brevis in C Major: VIII. Quoniam tu solus sanctus 02:16
• 35 Schweitzer: Missa brevis in C Major: IX. Cum sancto spiritu 03:35
• Total Runtime 01:39:02

Info for Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ

Only few testimonies provide us any details about this now little known but once esteemed composer. Born in Coburg, 1735, Anton Schweitzer died 1787 in Gotha, where he had settled following the Weimar palace fire in 1774. Regrettably, only relatively few manuscripts have survived. Some of the works recorded here (which comprise almost the entire existing church music) have been preserved in several copies, which were recently found in different archives in Thuringia. This recording shows us a colorful virtuoso music of an unjustly forgotten composer.

Mirella Hagen, soprano
Henriette Godde, mezzo-soprano
Stephan Scherpe, tenor
Tobias Berndt, bass
Thuringer Bach Collegium
Gernot Susmuth, conductor

Thüringer Bach Collegium
Thuringia is often described as the land of Bach, as the Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach (*1685 in Eisenach — †1750 in Leipzig) spent the first 30 years of his life in Eisenach, Arnstadt, Weimar and other towns and cities of Thuringia. He came from a musical dynasty that had already shaped the Thuringia music scene for 150 years at the time of his birth.

Throughout the world, he is the most famous member of the Bach family of musicians. Thuringia practically »breathes« Bach and it has a long tradition of preserving Bach’s musical heritage. Although his works initially fell into oblivion after his death, classical music since the 19th century has meanwhile become inconceivable without them. Innumerable concerts and festivals honouring Bach and his music bear witness to this. In many areas of music, Bach paved the way and contributed to the enhancement of musical forms and language. Some of his works continue to transcend the established canon of forms. Hence, the »Bach« in the new ensemble’s name not only symbolises the programme itself but also its claim of offering a new, fresh and captivating sound.

Thüringer Bach Collegium – ancient music heads for new shores A new star has risen in the sky of ancient music in Weimar. The Thüringer Bach Collegium is playing works by Johann Sebastian Bach, his ancestors (from the Altbachische Archiv), his sons and his contemporaries in a historically informed performance on antique instruments.

The founders are two »old hands« in the orchestra business of Thuringia’s cultural scene. The ensemble is being conducted by the Gernot Süßmuth, Johann Sebastian Bach’s successor as concertmaster of the Staatskapelle Weimar. Christian Bergmann, general manager and double bass player, has been performing in the Staatskapelle Weimar for 17 years. Both musicians have been associated with the music of J. S. Bach since earliest childhood and youth. Christian Bergmann, for instance, was born in Arnstadt and baptised in the Bach Church.

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