Telemann - Bass Cantatas
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 93940
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 23rd November 2009
Contents
Works
Ach Herr! Lehr uns bedenken wohl, TWV1:24Die Gnadenthure steht dir offen, TWV1:339
Herr, erhore meine Stimme, TWV1:738
Overture-Suite in D major, TWV55:D21
Artists
Christian Hilz (bass)Ensemble Cordia
Conductor
Stefano VeggettiWorks
Ach Herr! Lehr uns bedenken wohl, TWV1:24Die Gnadenthure steht dir offen, TWV1:339
Herr, erhore meine Stimme, TWV1:738
Overture-Suite in D major, TWV55:D21
Artists
Christian Hilz (bass)Ensemble Cordia
Conductor
Stefano VeggettiAbout
The first cantata heard here, Die Gnadentüre steht dir offen, was composed for just one vocalist, two violins, figured bass and a four-part choir, but these small musical forces barely affect the quality of the work. It is still a fine example of Telemann’s versatility, in which he combines his own personal style with the influence of the delicate and refined music of Berlin in the 1740s.
The next cantata on this CD, Herr, erhöre meine Stimme, consists of two arias which enclose a 100-bar arioso and recitative setting of the Lord’s Prayer. Here, Telemann demonstrates his skill as a composer of programmatic music, using the high strings to depict the birds in the sky and the low strings to imitate the sounds of the animals on the ground.
This skill is also evident in the final cantata on this disc, Ach Herr, lehr uns bedenken wohl, in which rapid demisemiquavers in the strings represent the rushing of the wind. The work also showcases Telemann’s unique feeling for melody and his ability to blend sound and create a sense of balance.
The cantatas are complemented by some of Telemann’s greatest instrumental music: the Overture in D, the Sinfonia from his opera Miriways, ‘Der stürmende Aeolus’ from his well-known Wasser Ouverture, and the Largo from the Serenade 'Deutschland grünt und blüht im Frieden'.
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