Telemann: French Cycle 1714/1715 Vol. 4

Gutenberg Soloists, Koch, Felix, Neumeyer Consort

CPO 555439

Instructing and educating Christians on the one hand and delighting their minds on the other, so that the words and truths of the Holy Scripture would be anchored deeply within them – this was the purpose of the sacred cantata. No master of the Baroque era wrote more of these than Georg Philipp Telemann. He approached this seemingly ‘tedious work’ with such incredible imagination that his congregations could never be bored. One need only listen to the so-called French Cycle (1713-14). To this end, Vol. 4 contributes ten more first recordings. There are certainly meditative moments in both the music for Advent presented here and the cantatas written for the ’normal’ Sundays of the church year; but these works predominantly feature colourful, enormously picturesque music throughout. They always get straight to the heart of the worship service's message and are still instantly appealing today.

Works:

•Telemann: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, TWV 1:1175
•Telemann: Sehet auf und hebet eure Häupter auf, TWV 1:1260
•Telemann: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
•Telemann: Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, TWV 1:18
•Telemann: Christen heißen und nicht sein, TWV 1:135
•Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottes Sohn, TWV 1:732
•Telemann: Zorn und Wüten sind Greuel, TWV 1:1734
•Telemann: Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, TWV 1:1159
•Telemann: Wer Jesum kennt, kann niemals traurig sein, TWV 1:1588
•Telemann: Machet euch Freunde, TWV 1:1076
•Telemann: Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort, TWV 1:451

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2025-01-02

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