Accent's Telemann: Bass Cantatas is Klaus Mertens' 13th disc of Telemann -- he has recorded oratorios, odes, and numerous cantatas already. Telemann was a baritone, and the high number of works for low voice among his 1,400-plus surviving cantatas indicates that he was composing with his own voice in mind. These four cantatas are performed from new editions prepared by Habsburger Verlag in Frankfurt from a batch of 30 manuscript cantatas held in the library of Brussels Conservatory; they have certainly never been recorded ...
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Accent's Telemann: Bass Cantatas is Klaus Mertens' 13th disc of Telemann -- he has recorded oratorios, odes, and numerous cantatas already. Telemann was a baritone, and the high number of works for low voice among his 1,400-plus surviving cantatas indicates that he was composing with his own voice in mind. These four cantatas are performed from new editions prepared by Habsburger Verlag in Frankfurt from a batch of 30 manuscript cantatas held in the library of Brussels Conservatory; they have certainly never been recorded before, and it is hard to imagine how one might record them better than they are here. Mertens' light and expressive, yet masculine, voice is ideally suited to project these texts, and he thoroughly understands how to make their meaning known while not hamming it up too much -- save that for the "Dead Canary" cantata. On this disc, Il Gardellino, a relaxed and very well-coordinated period instrument ensemble, backs up Mertens in addition to providing its own spin on two of the trio...
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