Schutz: Passions - Res... - matteo Messori Cappella Augustana - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672), often regarded as the most important German composer before J.S. Bach, stands as a central figure in the early Baroque. His music blends the expressive intensity of the new Italian style -absorbed during his studies with Giovanni Gabrieli in Venice- with the rigorous counterpoint and textual clarity favored in Protestant Germany. Schütz devoted much of his long career to sacred music, serving as Kapellmeister in Dresden and producing works that profoundly shaped the development of German liturgical composition.

Label: Brilliant Classics | Origin: Holland