Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
Performer: Benno Schachtner
Orchestra: Hamburger Ratsmusik
Conductor: Simone Eckert
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 555141-2
Release: 2018
Size: 408 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
6 Moralische Cantaten, Die Zeit, TWV 20:23
01. No. 1, Die Zeit verzehrt die eignen Kinder
02. No. 2, Der Anfang lieget stets beym Ende
03. No. 3, Fahrt, reitet, spielt Karten
12 Fantaisies, No. 8 in A Major, TWV 40:33
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Grave
06. III. Vivace
6 Moralische Cantaten, Der Geiz, TWV 20:26
07. No. 1, Ihr hungerleider! Ruht einmal von eurer selbstgemachten Qual
08. No. 2, Wem hebt ihr alles auf?
09. No. 3, Ihr thaler, lasst euch nicht verlangen!
12 Fantaisies, No. 6 in G Major, TWV 40:31
10. I. Scherzando
11. II. Dolce
12. III. Spirituoso
6 Moralische Cantaten, Die Falschheit, TWV 20:27
13. No. 1, Lasst mich über Falschheit klagen
14. No. 2, Man sehe doch, mit welcher freundlichkeit
15. No. 3, Entweich von mir, verstellte Tücke!
6 Moralische Cantaten, Das Glück, TWV 20:25
16. No. 1, Guten Morgen, faules Glücke
17. No. 2, Erwache doch und reiss mich heute noch
18. No. 3, Schlaf indessen, wehrtes Glücke
12 Fantaisies, No. 7 in G Minor, TWV 40:32
19. I. Andante
20. II. Vivace
21. III. Allegro
6 Moralische Cantaten, Grossmut, TWV 20:28
22. No. 1, Furchtsam weinen, ängstlich schweigen
23. No. 2, Ein Mann, der Raum im Herzen hat
24. No. 3Der Himmel führt die Seinen oft durch Schmerzen und Kummer
12 Fantaisies, No. 11 in D Minor, TWV 40:36
25. I. Allegro
26. II. Grave
27. III. Allegro
6 Moralische Cantaten, Die Hoffnung, TWV 20:24
28. No. 1, Hoffe nur, geplagtes Herze!
29. No. 2, Die Hoffnung stützt mich noch
30. No. 3, Mein Glücke nimmt sich Zeit
The Hamburger Ratsmusik – an ensemble looking back on a five-hundred-year history – teams up with the young countertenor Benno Schachtner on this recording of Georg Philipp Telemann’s Six Moral Cantatas. Moral lessons from Telemann? Not at all! During the decades between 1720 and 1750 the middle class of the early Enlightenment sought moral education and ethical improvement deriving from human nature and reason as part of its never-ending quest for earthly happiness. It was with wit and charm that in his Moral Cantatas of 1735 Telemann set to music a poetic document conveying the spirit of this Enlightenment period. His only recently rediscovered Fantasies for Solo Viola da Gamba, published at the same time, are presented here in alternation with his Moral Cantatas, the title with which they were announced in a catalogue dating from August 1735. These two collections were first performed together during a concert by the Hamburger Ratsmusik at the last Telemann Festival are now being presented here for the first time on CD.