Auf Christenheit, begeh ein Freudenfest, birthday cantata for chorus, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 trumpets, strings & continuo, TWV 12:1a: Air "Dieses War Auch Mein Verlangen"
Jesu meine Freude (II), sacred cantata for chorus, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 violas, cello & continuo, TWV 1:966: Air "Geht Ihr Heissen Seufzer"
Auf Christenheit, begeh ein Freudenfest, birthday cantata for chorus, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 trumpets, strings & continuo, TWV 12:1a: Air "Dieses War Auch Mein Verlangen"
Jesu meine Freude (II), sacred cantata for chorus, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 violas, cello & continuo, TWV 1:966: Air "Geht Ihr Heissen Seufzer"
There are plenty of choices for buyers wanting a single-disc assortment of Telemann's music, but this one gives a better feel for the composer than most of the others. Telemann mit Freude (Telemann with Joy) lives up to its title with lively, warm performances. The disc includes selections for soprano from various Telemann cantatas, interspersed with instrumental works by Telemann arranged for groups of recorders. That might seem like an arbitrary group of choices, but the music illustrates both the domestic Telemann and ...
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There are plenty of choices for buyers wanting a single-disc assortment of Telemann's music, but this one gives a better feel for the composer than most of the others. Telemann mit Freude (Telemann with Joy) lives up to its title with lively, warm performances. The disc includes selections for soprano from various Telemann cantatas, interspersed with instrumental works by Telemann arranged for groups of recorders. That might seem like an arbitrary group of choices, but the music illustrates both the domestic Telemann and the extreme Telemann, and the composer's ability to address widely different segments of his market was at the heart of his success. Telemann, we learn in the liner notes, wrote some of his cantatas in such a way that they could be performed by either large or small forces, and thus were suitable for either church use or private worship. We hear the latter versions here, and soprano Monika Mauch does an exceptional job of molding her voice to this context. She keeps the dimensions of...
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