Telemann: Gelobet sei der Herr, TWV 1:602/1216 & Bequemliches Leben, gemächlicher Stand, TWV 1:123 Classical CPO

Telemann: Gelobet sei der Herr, TWV 1:602/1216 & Bequemliches Leben, gemächlicher Stand, TWV 1:123

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CX 5271

Telemann: Gelobet sei der Herr, TWV 1:602/1216 & Bequemliches Leben, gemächlicher Stand, TWV 1:123

Label Catalogue Number:
555271-2

Running Time: 01:18:25

Release Date: July 2022
Originally recorded in 2021

Genre:
Classical

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In the church year 1730/31, Telemann performed a volume of special conception: Regular oratorios were to be heard in the church service. And so the focus of our latest Telemann album is his magnificent oratorio for the feast of St. John, Gelobet sei der Herr, with expressive texts by the poet and musician Albrecht Jacob Zell. Zell succeeds in imagining dramatic, almost theatrical scenes, thus providing Telemann with models for tone-painting. Not only is the vocal cast extremely lush, including three basses, but the instrumentation is also very rich, including the use of four horns and three transverse flutes. Once again, Telemann unfolds a wide range of expression. The lament of the Egyptians over the slain children, in F minor and chromatic turns, is moving; the depiction of the fleeing people and their pursuers, who cannot reach them, is full of external movement and tension, with chains of sixteenth notes on the one hand and syllabic declamation on the other.

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Album of the Week

Artistic Quality 10 Sound Quality 10 Overall Impression 10

“… The three-dimensional and perfectly balanced sound with a gentle church reverberation is outstanding … It's easy on the ears and conjures up all the composed images vividly in front of our eyes.”

Rainer W Janka - klassik-heute.de - 6 June 2022

Interpretation ***** (Outstanding) Sound Quality **** (Very Good) Repertoire **** (Very Good) Booklet *** (Good)

“…The choir and orchestra of the Cologne Academy once again show themselves to be well versed and at home in Telemann's idiom. The sophistication of the sound combines excellently with the solo contributions in terms of tone color, so that we can not only speak of all-round successful recordings, but above all spiritually inspired ones. In times of increasing secularization, this is by no means a matter of course in the concert world…”

Dr Juergen Schaarwaechter - Klassik.com – 16 June 2022

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