Telemann: Cantatas

Rheinische Kantorei;
Das Kleine Konzert;
Max, Hermann

CPO 777195

Throughout his life Telemann collaborated with good poets who prepared sacred texts for him, usually to be set as annual cycles for the church year. This practice enabled him to design each of his annual cycles, as a rule consisting of seventy-two cantatas for each Sunday and feast day, on the basis of a unique overall idea. Annual cycles such as Geistliches Singen und Spielen, the »Annual Cycle in the Oratorio Style« and »Musicalisches Lob Gottes« not only lend expression to the artistic program and ideas of one of the most important sacred music composers of the eighteenth century but also document his deep religiosity. During last year’s Telemann Festival Days in Magdeburg Hermann Max presented select works from these annual cycles together with his Rheinische Kantorei and Kleines Konzert. This month we are releasing the first volume devoted to these marvelous discoveries.

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

CPO

21-06-2007

761203719525