Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot – Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri (2019) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Composed by Dietrich Buxtehude in 1680 for the church of Lübeck, where he had been working for ten years, Membra Jesu Nostri describes the scars of the Passion of Christ through a cycle of seven cantatas. The work owes its title to a Latin manuscript written by a relative of Saint Bernard. Typical of the pietism of 17th century Lutheran Germany, the piece is a descent into the darkness of suffering and an ode to the promise of consolation. Grounded in rhetoric, Buxtehude’s music influenced a generation of innovative musicians. It would later be an inspiration to Johann Sebastian Bach, who traveled to Lübeck specifically to meet Buxtehude. Membra Jesus Nostri was written for a five-voice ensemble. It requires a set of soloists with three lower voices and two upper parts, as well as a subtle instrumental accompaniment featuring two violins, five viols, and one basso continuo chose by the musicians. Some authors have seen the influence of the “Versailles Motet,” which Buxtehude knew well, in this setup. The influence of Italian music, especially Monteverdi, which he may have known through his interest in Schütz’s music, is also clear. The work is the testimony to Buxtehude’s incredibly expressive power and deserves to be considered as a masterpiece among other spiritual compositions such as Schütz’s Musikalische Exequien, Bach’s Passions and, on an instrumental level, Biber’s Sonates du Rosaire. According to Philippe Pierlot, who can be heard on the record, “Buxtehude is appealing directly to our senses and making us experience the suffering of Christ. We can feel the wounds, the blows, and the heart when it ceases to beat. Thanks to the genius of his music, the composer not only moves his listener to intense emotion, but also enlightens him, giving him access to the deep meaning of the text it sings” – François Hudry

Tracklist:
01. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: Sonata [Ad pedes]
02. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad pedes: Concerto “Ecce super montes pedes evangelizantis”
03. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad pedes: Aria “Salve mundi salutare”
04. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad pedes: Aria “Clavos pedum, plagas duras”
05. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad pedes: Aria “Dulcis Jesu, pie Deus”
06. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: Concerto [Ad pedes]
07. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad pedes: Salve mundi salutare
08. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad genua: Sonata in tremulo
09. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad genua: Concerto Ad ubera portabimini
10. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad genua: Aria “Salve Jesu, rex sanctorum”
11. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad genua: Aria “Quid sum tibi responsurus”
12. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad genua: Aria “Ut te quaeram mente pura”
13. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: Concerto [Ad genua]
14. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: Sonata [Ad manus)
15. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad manus: Concerto “Quid sunt plagae istae in medio manuum tuarum?”
16. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad manus: Aria “Salve Jesu, pastor bone”
17. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad manus: Aria “Manus sanctae, vos amplector”
18. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad manus: Aria “In cruore tuo lotum”
19. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: Concerto [Ad manus]
20. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: Sonata [Ad latus]
21. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad latus: Concerto “Surge, amica mea”
22. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad latus: Aria “Salve latus salvatoris”
23. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad latus: Aria “Ecce tibi appropinquo”
24. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad latus: Aria “Hora mortis meus flatus”
25. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: Concerto [Ad latus]
26. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: Sonata [Ad pectus]
27. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad pectus: Concerto a 3 voci “Sicut modo geniti infantes rationabiles”
28. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad pectus: Aria “Salve, salus mea”
29. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad pectus: Aria “Pectus mihi confer mundum”
30. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad pectus: Aria “Ave, verum templum Dei”
31. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: Concerto a 3 voci [Ad pectus]
32. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: Sonata [Ad cor]
33. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad cor: Concerto a 3 voci “Vulnerasti cor meum”
34. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad cor: Aria “Summi regis cor, aveto”
35. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad cor: Aria “Per medullam cordis mei”
36. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad cor: Aria “Viva cordis voce clamo”
37. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: Concerto a 3 voci [Ad cor]
38. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: Sonata [Ad faciem]
39. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad faciem: Concerto “Illustra faciem tuam”
40. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad faciem: Aria “Salve, caput cruentatum”
41. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad faciem: Aria “Dum me mori est necesse”
42. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad faciem: Aria “Cum me jubes emigrare”
43. Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75, Ad faciem: Concerto “Amen”
44. Gott Hilf Mir, BuxWV 34: Sonata
45. Gott Hilf Mir, BuxWV 34: Gott, hilf mir
46. Gott Hilf Mir, BuxWV 34: Concerto Fürchte dich nicht
47. Gott Hilf Mir, BuxWV 34: Israel, hoffe auf den Herren
48. Gott Hilf Mir, BuxWV 34: Choral “Wer hofft in Gott”
49. Gott Hilf Mir, BuxWV 34: Aria “Ach ja, mein Gott, ich hoff auf dich”
50. Gott Hilf Mir, BuxWV 34: Concerto “Israel, hoffe auf den Herren”

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