The 'Cantiones sacrae' is an unusual work that stands quite apart from Sch�tz's other published sacred music in both scale and style. The collection comprises forty Latin motets for four voices, plus a figured bass for continuo accompaniment (realized on this recording by lute, violone and organ), which was added later by the composer. The perfectly crafted works are composed in a learned, contrapuntal style rich in dissonance and range of expression. Sch�tz cleverly mirrors the intensely intimate nature of the texts using a musical language that looks to inward expression rather than to external effect. Sch�tz takes every opportunity to exploit vocal timbre and technique in the service of word-painting, with the virtuosic vocal lines ranging from a conservative imitative style to the most avant-garde, chromatic style of the Italian madrigal. Magnificat's performance of the 'Opus 4' motets reveals Sch�tz to be a composer with an imagination of extraordinary variety.
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