Philippe Herreweghe, Staatskapelle Dresden - Edition Staatskapelle Dresden, Vol. 51 (2022)

The musicians of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden were committed to their tradition of staging an annual commemorative concert even under these difficult circumstances and decided to organize a Memento Mori to mark this date that is inscribed in the annals of city history. The program comprised a small ensemble conducted by an expert for Baroque music and two ideally suited voices for the format. The concert was recorded for the Deutschlandfunk Kultur station and broadcast as a message of peace in the world. There were fewer than ten people in the auditorium of the Semperoper, all socially distanced and listening raptly to this unique event. Ultimately this was the first sign of life, the first musical greeting from the orchestra in a concert not open to the public after months of inactivity due to the pandemic. When, barely a year ago, Arnold Schoenberg’s “Gurre-Lieder” (featuring more than 300 performers on stage to a full house!) were performed and produced for album shortly afterwards (Edition Staatskapelle Vol. 50, PH 20052), no one would have predicted that this sonorous performance would be followed by a long phase of silence. May the present recording serve as testimony in the form of a contemporary sign of a cultural reawakening.
Tracklist
CD1
01. Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21: No. 1, Sinfonia
02. Ich habe genug, BWV 82: No. 1, Ich habe genug
03. Ich habe genug, BWV 82: No. 2, Ich habe genug
04. Ich habe genug, BWV 82: No. 3, Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen
05. Ich habe genug, BWV 82: No. 4, Mein Gott! Wenn kömmt das schöne. Nun!
06. Ich habe genug, BWV 82: No. 5, Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod
07. Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12: No. 1, Sinfonia
08. Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199: No. 1, Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut
09. Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199: No. 2, Stumme Seufzer, stille Klagen
10. Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199: No. 3, Doch Gott muss mir gnädig sein
11. Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199: No. 4, Tief gebückt und voller Reue
12. Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199: No. 5, Auf diese Schmerzens-reu
13. Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199: No. 6, Ich, Dein betrübtes Kind
14. Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199: No. 7, Ich lege mich in diese Wunden
15. Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199: No. 8, Wie freudig ist mein Herz

CD2
01. Interview with Philippe Herreweghe
02. Messa da requiem (Excerpts): I. Requiem
03. Messa da requiem (Excerpts): IIa. Dies irae
04. Messa da requiem (Excerpts): IIb. Tuba mirum - IIc. Mors stupebit
05. Grande messe des morts, Op. 5, H. 75: II. Dies irae
06. Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection": V. in Tempo des Scherzos
07. Interview with Andreas Schreiber