TELEMANN: CANTATAS

The three compositions brought together on this CD demonstrates how Telemann could be relied on to compose not only church music for ordinary religious services, but also compose works for extraordinary sacred events and special occasions. Telemann's dedicatory piece for the church in the St. Hiob-Hospital in Hamburg 'Kommt, lasset uns anbeten' is scored for an ensemble that is noticeably smaller than those of his other compositions for the dedication of churches. This does not reflect lesser status, but owes to the small church space. As a result, the composition convinces the listener with its intimacy, while the ensemble limited to a few musicians contributes significantly to the exquisite impression made by this lovingly designed music displaying many beautiful details, above all in the melodic and harmonic spheres. By contrast, the stylistic modernity and wealth of imagination in Telemann's sung poem 'Geschlagene Pauken, auf!' - which has been recorded here for the first time - makes us sit up and take notice. And the motet 'Laetare iuvenis in iuventute tua' composed in 1758 to a text from the Old Testament, numbers among the few works by Telemann attesting to his activity in the educational field as the music director of Hamburg's Latin School (the Johanneum).

TRACKLIST

1. Dictum: Kommt, lasset uns anbeten (1. Teil)
2. Arie: Bedenkt, erwegt, ihr Menschenkinder
3. Rezitativ: Herr! nur durch dich sind wir
4. Arie a2: Vereinigte Seufzer bewegen den Höchsten
5. Rezitativ: Wie schön, wie feurig reizend schön
6. Arie: Der Himmel, die Erde, die Menschen, die Tempel
7. Choral: Herr Gott, wir danken dir
8. Choral: Wir bitten dich demütiglich (2. Teil)
9. Arie a2: Höre, Vater, deine Kinder
10. Rezitativ: Wenn unsre Not sich, Höchster, vor dir schmiegt
11. Arie: Der Glaube fleht in diesem Hause
12. Dictum: Deine Güte, Herr, sei über uns
13. Arie: Geschlagene Pauken, auf! (1. Teil)
14. Rezitativ: O Tag, hat sonst dein fernes Licht
15. Arie: Nicht nur jetzt in diesen Fluren
16. Sinfonia
17. Arie: Preißt, Musen, preißt des Königs Willen (2. Teil)
18. Rezitativ: So steigt der Wissenschaften Flor
19. Arie a4: Erfülle die Hoffnung
20. Laetare iuvenis in iuventute tua TVWV 14:11 (Musik zum Hamburger Schul-Examen 1758)