Notes and Editorial Reviews
The manuscript Stralsund MS 229, which dates from 1585, is a collection of sacred motets held in the Stadtarchiv of Stralsund, a German Hanseatic town on the Baltic. There were probably six part-books originally, but only four have survived. The manuscript contains 105 works, composed mainly for five or six voices. It spans several generations of composers, from the late fifteenth to the end of the sixteenth century; it therefore includes works composed before and after the Reformation. The variety of styles is impressive, ranging from early Franco-Flemish polyphony to Italian madrigals and works from central Germany. In order to bring back to life the many famous or less well-known gems of the manuscript, the founder of Schola
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Stralsundensis, Antonie Schlegel, and its musical director, Maurice van Lieshout, have tirelessly researched and compared sixteenth-century manuscript and printed scores all over Europe. The programme recorded here contains a wide selection of works from the manuscript. The title Petitiones cordis comes from Eucharius Hoffmann's motet setting of Psalm 37: In Domino spera et fac bonum, delectare in Domino, et dabit tibi petitiones cordis tui (Put thou thy trust in the Lord, and be doing good. Delight thou in the Lord: and he shall give thee thy heart's desire). The repertoire has been recorded at its historical place, the church of Saint-Nicolas in Stralsund, where Hoffmann was Kantor. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
O virgo prudentissima by Josquin Des Préz
Conductor:
Maurice Van Lieshout
Period: Renaissance
Date of Recording: 09/2011
Venue: Stralsund
Length: 4 Minutes 49 Secs.
2.
In Domino, motet for 5 voices by Eucharius Hoffmann
Conductor:
Maurice Van Lieshout
Period: Renaissance
Date of Recording: 09/2011
Venue: Stralsund
Length: 3 Minutes 54 Secs.
3.
Vulnerasti cor meum, motet for 5 voices by Anonymous
Conductor:
Maurice Van Lieshout
Period: Renaissance
Written: 1584
Date of Recording: 09/2011
Venue: Stralsund
Length: 3 Minutes 11 Secs.
4.
Nuptiae factae sunt, motet for 6 voices (MS 229, Stralsund Municipal Archives) by Jacques Arcadelt
Conductor:
Maurice Van Lieshout
Period: Renaissance
Date of Recording: 09/2011
Venue: Stralsund
Length: 2 Minutes 4 Secs.
5.
O pulcherrima inter mulieres, motet for 6 voices by Jacob Meiland
Conductor:
Maurice Van Lieshout
Period: Renaissance
Date of Recording: 09/2011
Venue: Stralsund
Length: 5 Minutes 8 Secs.
6.
Alleluia, mane nobiscum Domine, motet for 6 voices by Ludwig Senfl
Conductor:
Maurice Van Lieshout
Period: Renaissance
Date of Recording: 09/2011
Venue: Stralsund
Length: 3 Minutes 55 Secs.
7.
Christ lag in Todesbanden, hymn for 5 voices by Antonio Scandello
Conductor:
Maurice Van Lieshout
Period: Renaissance
Date of Recording: 09/2011
Venue: Stralsund
Length: 3 Minutes 30 Secs.
8.
Ich will des Herren Zorn tragen, hymn for 5 voices by Gregor Lange
Conductor:
Maurice Van Lieshout
Period: Renaissance
Date of Recording: 09/2011
Venue: Stralsund
Length: 4 Minutes 24 Secs.
9.
Allein zu dir, hymn for 6 voices by Antonio Scandello
Conductor:
Maurice Van Lieshout
Period: Renaissance
Date of Recording: 09/2011
Venue: Stralsund
Length: 8 Minutes 14 Secs.
10.
Beati omnes, motet for 5 voices by Thomas Stoltzer
Conductor:
Maurice Van Lieshout
Period: Renaissance
Date of Recording: 09/2011
Venue: Stralsund
Length: 7 Minutes 29 Secs.
11.
Virgo prudentissima/Virgo prudentissima, motet for 6 voices by Heinrich Isaac
Conductor:
Maurice Van Lieshout
Period: Renaissance
Date of Recording: 09/2011
Venue: Stralsund
Length: 14 Minutes 3 Secs.
Sound Samples
O virgo prudentissima a 6
Vulnerasti cor meum a 5 [MS 229, Stralsund Municipal Archives, 1585]
O pulcherrima inter mulieres a 6
Alleluia, Mane nobiscum Domine a 6
Christ lag in todes banden a 5
Ich will des Herren Zorn tragen a 5
Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ a 6
Beati omnes, qui timent Dominum a 5
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