Cesti: Sepulchrum Christi

Ensemble Polyharmonique;
Teatro del Mondo;
Küppers, Andreas

CPO 555 419-2

The number of pieces written for Holy Week is vast. But you will hardly encounter such a unique treatment of fundamental Christian faith as in the Rappresentazione sacra al Santissimo Sepolcro, which was composed at the Viennese imperial court in the mid-17th century. It is a staged presentation of the events at Christ's tomb that was either composed by His Majesty Leopold I himself (from 1660) or by one of his court conductors. This recording presents the Sepolcro of 1667, which was set to music by a top Italian star – the Franciscan Antonio Cesti (1623-1669). The new imperial maestro di capella creates a world where allegorical figures representing nature and its four elements mourn the sacred sacrifice. The waters drizzle down, the winds blow and the flames blaze – this master of opera cannot deny his true nature.

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

CPO

02-09-2024

761203541928