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| Composer | Performer | Title | Genre | Label | Notes |
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J.S. Bach |
Yukari Nonoshita (sop), Patrick van Goethem (counter-tenor), Jan Kobow (tenor), Chiyuki Urano (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki, dir. |
Easter Oratorio - Koomt, Eilet und Laufet (BWV 249) |
Classical, Baroque era, music for solo voices and choir with orchestral accompaniment |
BIS, 2005 |
A lovely example of Bach's rearrangement of his early secular music for use in later works for church use (the technical term is a "parody"). The original work had been a cantata written for the birthday of Duke Christian of Sachen-Weißenfels, and first performed on 2/23/1725. |
Johann Pachelbel |
La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata, Roland Wilson, cond. |
Christ Lag in Todesbonden |
Classical, early Baroque era, music for solo voices and choir with orchestral accompaniment |
WDR 3, 2004 |
An interesting rendition of a traditional German chorale. Pachelbel taught Bach's older brother, and as such most likely was a significant influence on the young Bach, who also used the same chorale for a cantata of his own (BWV 4). |
Jauchzet dem Herrn |
Considered to be one of Pachelbel's later works, and demonstrates influence by the French compositional style, of which Pachelbel is considered to be one of the early German champions. This is most noteworthy, as Bach was significantly influenced by this French style. | ||||
William Byrd |
The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood, cond. |
Mass Propers for Easter Day: Introit (Resurrexi), Gradual (Haec dies), Sequence (Victimae paschali laudes), Offertory (Terra tremult) |
Classical, Rennaisance, English, liturgical, a capella vocal music |
ASV, 2001 |
Music drawn from Byrd's two books of Gradualia, published in 1605 and 1607. The first of these books was dedicated to a Catholic sympathiser, and after the Gunpowder Plot (which also occurred in 1605) a man was arrested for possessing a copy of the first book. The second book was dedicated to John Petre, who had residences a short distance from Byrd's, and it appears that some of the music in the second book were intended for private performance in Petre's household. |
Holy Saturday Vespers: Psalm Antiphon (Psalm 116); Antiphon Vespere autem sabbati (and a Magnificat); Oratio & Ite missa est (plainsong |
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, cond. |
Russian Easter Festival Overture |
Classical, Romantic era, orchestral |
Columbia, 1962 |
Subtitled "Overture on Liturgical Themes". Rimsky-Korsakov was not religious, but had a great interest in liturgical themes and music. He wrote that in writing the overture, he wanted to reproduce "the legendary and heathen aspect of the holiday, and the transition from the solemnity and mystery of the evening of Passion Saturday to the unbridled pagan-religious celebrations of Easter Sunday morning." He includes quotations from several traditional Russian Orthodox canticles, and also included biblical quotations in the score. |
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