With Donald MacLeod.
Following the death of the Elector of Saxony and the accession of his son Johann Georg II in 1657, Heinrich Schutz began retirement at the age of 72 with a substantial annual pension. It wasn't a complete break from court as he was still expected to officiate three or four times a year in Dresden at large-scale events. Apart from these ad hoc duties Schutz continued to compose and was free, at last, to produce grander and more richly scored music than ever before.
Die Erde Trinkt fur Sich, SWV438
Weser-Renaissance Bremen, director Manfred Cordes
Saul, Saul, Was Verfolgst Du Mich (Symphoniae Sacrae, Book 3)
Schutz-Akademie, conductor Howard Arman
Siehe, Es Erschien der Engel des Herren Joseph im Traum, SWV403 (Symphoniae Sacrae, Book 3)
La Petite Bande, director Sigiswald Kuijken
Die Geburt Unsers Herren Jesu Christi, SWV435 (excerpt) Ruth Holten (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), The King's Consort, director Robert King Vater Abraham, Erbarme Dich Mein, SWV477
La Capelle Ducale, Musica Fiata, conductor Roland Wilson
Deutsches Magnificat, SWV494
The Sixteen, conductor Harry Christophers