Ich hebe meine Augen auf - Heinrich Schütz - Music from the Dresden castle chapel I

Heinrich Schütz: Ich hebe meine Augen auf
Musik aus der Dresdner Schlosskapelle I
Music from the Dresden castle chapel


Cappella Sagittariana Dresden
Leitung: Norbert Schuster

Maria Skiba, Heidi Maria Taubert, Dorothea Wagner – Sopran
David Erler – Alt
Tobias Hunger, Stephan Gähler – Tenor
Ingolf Seidel – Bariton
Clemens Heidrich, Matthias Lutze – Bass


As the name already betrays, the Cappella Sagittariana devotes itself entirely to the heritage of Heinrich Schütz (Latin: Henricus Sagittarius). The great church musician was granted a long study trip to Venice by his then Hessian patron, allowing Schütz to become acquainted with the aurally splendid polychoral style direct from Giovanni Gabrieli. A short time later, Schütz entered the service of the Saxon prince-elector and, with his Venetian experience, created a new Protestant church music: the works inspired by the Italian style, such as the Psalms of David and the Small Sacred Concertos, were written for the Dresden castle chapel, which for over a century was the focal point of musical and liturgical life at the electoral Saxon residence. Norbert Schuster and his Cappella Sagittariana dedicate their new series Music from Dresden’s Castle Chapel to this once so magnificent sacred building, laying the foundation stone with this aurally splendid selection of Schütz’s works.