Utwory na płycie:

• Aus der Tiefe (SWV 25, from Psalmen Davids, 1619)
• "Das ist je gewisslich wahr", SWV 277 (Funeral motet for J.H. Schein, 1631)
• "Was betrübst du dich, meine Seele?", SWV 353 (from Symphoniae Sacrae II, 1647)
• "Selig sind die Toten", SWV 391 (from "Geistliche Chormusik", No. 23, 1648)
• "Zweierlei bitte ich", SWV 360, (from "Symphoniae Sacrae II", 1647)
• Musikalische Exequien , SWV 279-281 - I. Concert “in Form einer teutschen Begräbnis-Missa”
• Musikalische Exequien (SWV 279-281, Dresden, 1636): Teil 1: »Concert in Form einer teutschen Begräbnis-Missa«
• III. Canticum Simeonis “Herr nun lässest Du Deinen Diener in Frieden fahren”

Aus der Tiefe
Das ist je gewisslich wahr
Was betrübst du dich, meine Seele?
Selig sind die Toten
Zweierlei bitte ich
Musikalische Exequien (SWV 279-281, Dresden, 1636)

Heinrich Schütz composed the Musikalische Exequien SWV 279-281 for the funeral of his patron Prince Heinrich Posthumus Reuß 1635/1636. Of the three parts, which were to be performed during three different sections of the funeral service, the first part, in the form of a sacred concerto for choir and soloists, is based on the numerous biblical passages which, in accordance with the instructions given by the deceased were to be recited at the coffin which the deceased himself had designed during his lifetime. This part is followed by a motet for double choir based on the text of a sermon ("Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe"), and at the conclusion of the hymn of praise to Simeon ("Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener in Frieden fahren"), a choir apart from the main choir intones "Selig sind die Toten" from heaven, so to speak. With this composition, written as a commission, Schuetz created one of the most artistic and heartfelt works of mourning ever written in the history of music.

For his recording, Sigiswald Kuijken decided on a soloistic rendering of the individual parts, thus attaining greater transparency. In the middle parts, Kuijken uses high tenors – no altus or countertenors – who possess the specific ability to sing the middle parts over the entire tessitura clearly and with good balance, contributing great richness to the overall sound.