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 it's 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.

Tracklist:

Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Sinfonia
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Currite, currite, fletus
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Adsum dilecta Parens
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Luge filia
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Langueo illum
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Currite, currite, fletus
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Natura plorat
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Currite, currite, fletus
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Ad tu secundo filia
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Ad fluo dilecta parens
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Currite, currite, lachrymae
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Natura plorat, ploratur Numen
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Currite, currite lachrymae
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Et vos, reliquae adeste filiae
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Ad volo dilecta parens
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Aria' Spirate, Zephyri
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Pennas concutite, flabra diffundite
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Natura plorat, ploratur Deus
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Tandem adesto quarta filia Ignis
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Propero, dilecta parens
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Currite, currite, lachrymae
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Natura plorat, lugetur Deus
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Sylvarum flete filiae
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Natura plorat, lugetur Deus
Natura et quatuor elementa dolentia ad Sepulchrum Christi~Sed cum maesta elementa plorent

UPC: 761203541928
Label: Cpo Records
Release Date: 10.18.24
Format: CD

Cesti / Schneider / Ensemble Polyharmonique - Natura Et Quatuor Elementa Dolentia Ad Sepulcrum (CD)