The Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648) was the stage for bloody clashes, joined in the name of religion, attended by their cortege of atrocities, famines and epidemics, resulting not only in destruction, but also, above all, a deep demoralisation. What faith could reside in Man, when his spirit could only hope to find rest in the afterlife? This recording presents without doubt some of the most moving 17th-century settings of Penitential Psalms and biblical texts. One is struck, on listening to this music, by the depth of feeling – a blend of humility, pain and anguish – on the one hand, and by the power of the musical composition itself on the other. 17th-century sacred music was not intended as an end in itself, but as a means to move the spirit of the faithful, and render them open to the word of God, and the message of Jesus Christ. The Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648) was the stage for bloody clashes, joined in the name of religion, attended by their cortege of atrocities, famines and epidemics, resulting not only in destruction, but also, above all, a deep demoralisation. What faith could reside in Man, when his spirit could only hope to find rest in the afterlife? This recording presents without doubt some of the most moving 17th-century settings of Penitential Psalms and biblical texts. One is struck, on listening to this music, by the depth of feeling – a blend of humility, pain and anguish – on the one hand, and by the power of the musical composition itself on the other. 17th-century sacred music was not intended as an end in itself, but as a means to move the spirit of the faithful, and render them open to the word of God, and the message of Jesus Christ.
- Wykonawca L'Armonia Sonora , Kooij Peter , Blazikova Hana
- Data premiery 2010-01-01
- Nośnik CD
