- Audio CD (Oct 1 2002)
- SPARS Code: DDD
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
- ASIN: B00006C2C5
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #100,045 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. "Ach, Herr, straf mich nicht in deinen Zorn" |
| 2. "Du aber, Daniel, gehe hin" |
| 3. "Sei getreu bis in den Tod" |
| 4. Trauder-Actus "Ach wie wichtig, ach wie fluchtig" |
| 5. "Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein reines Herz" |
Product Description
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This collection of five cantatas by Telemann (out of the nearly 1,500 he composed!) are all dark-hued and contemplative. They are concerned mostly with death, faith in God to the end, life's ephemeral nature, and the desire for a clean soul. But out of such somber, austere subject matter comes not only very beautiful music, but greater variety than one might suppose. In "Sei getreu bis in den tod" (Be faithful unto death), Telemann gives us four arias for separate voice types, and while the accompanying instrumentation remains sparse--organ and strings--he varies the moods by subtle shifts in tempi, the occasional use of pizzicato strings against a solo violin, and so forth. When a chorus is called for, Junghänel uses the five soloists. The effect is very intimate and just right for the meditative quality of the works. In "Du aber, Daniel, gehe hin" (Go thy way, Daniel), he adds a flute and oboe to the mix and the beautiful instruments-only start to the work is alone worth the price of the CD (although the lively fugue that follows is a stunner, too). The performances are ideal--pious without being droopy, and handsomely sung and played. If you like Baroque religious music with more than a hint of gravity, this is bound to please you. --Robert Levine
Chronique amazon.fr
On ne rappellera jamais assez quelle fut la renommée de Telemann dans l'Allemagne de l'ère baroque. Auteur de quelque 1 500 cantates religieuses, il en a renouvelé le genre, au point d'ouvrir la voie vers l'opéra moderne, comme en témoignent la spécificité de son langage et les caractéristiques d'une l'expressivité pour le moins novatrice pour l'époque. À pied d'œuvre, l'ensemble de Konrad Jurgenhänel fait des miracles en révélant la pureté absolue de ces cantates, grâce à une tenue vocale impeccable. --Pierre Guillaume
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great music and great performance,
By A Customer
This review is from: Trauer-Actus Cantatas (Audio CD)
Telemann is indeed much beloved by modern baroque wind players and gambists for his prolific output, but he is insufficiently appreciated as a composer for voices as well. This music dates from early in his output and lies in a conservative medium as well, which makes it very different and interesting to hear. This certainly isn't the Paris Quartets or Der getreue Musikmeister.But you don't have to be a Telemann afficionado to appreciate this music and Cantus Cölln's magnificent performance. Each of the five pieces on this CD is at once intimate and intensely "human", yet ethereal and transcendent, as they should be. As expected for Telemann, there is good variety in the stylistic "accent", varying from quite Italian in 'Sei getreu bis in den Tod' to very French in 'Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein reines Herz' (which opens with what sounds like a chaconne to my amateur ears). The singing is very tasteful and reverent with no (read: zero) shaky wide vibrato to ruin the small ensemble's harmony. Both solo and ensemble singing is accurate and expressive. In general, the performers show a great understanding of the historical performance practice required to really express this music to its fullest. The oboe and recorder in 'Du aber, Daniel, gehe hin' are wonderfully played. I usually associate a thick, unflexible (and, in my opinion, probably inauthentic) sound with some German baroque oboists, but here Ann-Kathrin Brüggemann is _wonderful_ -- she plays with a fluid, unforced, and light yet round, vocal sound that balances perfectly with the singers and recorder. There is really nothing NOT to like about this CD. Great music, great singing, great playing, great recording.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Discover Telemann and Cantus Colln,
By A Customer
This review is from: Trauer-Actus Cantatas (Audio CD)
I am not knowledgable in music. I love music as a listener and I particularly like choral music. I bought this disc knowing nothing about it, and I was absolutely blown away. Technically the recording is excellent. Telemann's music is beautiful and Cantus Colln performs it magnificently. I don't know enough superlatives to describe this disc adequately. I am about to buy more discs of Cantus Colln. I especially liked the rezitativo & aria "Brecht, ihr muden Augenlieder" from "Du aber, Daniel, gehe hin".
4.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful if slightly tepid Telemann,
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This review is from: Trauer-Actus Cantatas (Audio CD)
Telemann is known today too well for his instrumental chamber music and too little for his wonderful vocal compositions, which were composed primarily for church use (although his opera Orpheus, available in a terrific recording from Harmonia Mundi, is also a revelation). This recording of cantatas on themes of sorrow and death, "Trauer-Actus" is beautifully performed in the meticulous style one expects from Konrad Junhaenel and Cantus Coelln. The instrumental performances are particularly fine. My only complaint is that, despite the themes of death, the overall musical approach would benefit from a more energized approach. There is a slightly "careful" quality that, too my ear, ultimatley undermines the theme of faith, which is ultimately what the texts are about. An alternative approach to the cantata "Du aber Daniel, gehe hin" can be heard on Ricercar's series, Deutsche Barock Kantaten, vol. VI (RIC 079061).
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