Christoph Graupner had spent five years as an opera composer in Hamburg before the Landgrave Ernst-Ludwig called upon him to take up the position of Hofkapellmeister in Darmstadt in 1709. He became the best-paid music director of his time and would continue to define the musical style of the court until his death in 1760. His relative isolation there apparently enabled and allowed him to develop a personal style that does not exactly conform to the norms that had been set during the past centuries through the reception of Bach’s monumental oeuvre; the slow rediscovery of Graupner’s music has also meant that he was not included in the musical picture we now have of that era. This album presents a varied sample of Graupner’s musical activities during his almost fifty years in service in Darmstadt – we hope that it will spark the listeners’ curiosity to discover more of this extraordinary composer.
Graupner: Christmas Cantatas – Fieri Consort & Camerata Øresund
Ouverture in B-Flat Major, GWV 479
I. Ouverture
II. Air I
III. Air II
V. Air IV
VI. Air V
VII. Air VI
X. Air IX
Cantata “Jauchze, du Tochter Zion”, GWV 1101 / 24
I. Chorus. Jauchze, du Tochter Zion
II. Recitative. Das große Licht, vor dem des Todes Schatten fliehen
III. Aria. Edler Glanz voll Himmelssegen
IV. Recitative. Zwar ach, kaum kann der frohe Mund
V. Aria. Mein Herze steht in lauter Wonne
VI. Chorale. Aller Trost und alle Freude
Cantata “Wie bald hast du gelitten”, GWV 1109 / 14
I. Chorus. Wie bald hast du gelitten
II. Chorus. Ach, wundervolle Liebe
Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings and Basso continuo in G Minor, GWV 334
I. Largo
II. Allegro
III. Soave
IV. Vivace
Cantata “Schuldige sie, Gott”, GWV 1106 / 50
I. Duet. Schuldige sie, Gott
II. Recitative. Die Strafen sind gerecht
III. Aria. Gottes Auge wacht zur Rache
IV. Recitative. Ach, viele wollen zwar von Salem Bürger sein
V. Aria. Jesus lockt zu Seiner Herde
VI. Chorale. Zeuch mich nach Dir
Hannah Ely, Laura Lamph, Kieran White, Ben Rowarth, Tinne Albrechtsen, Alison Luthmers, Fieri Consort, Camerata Øresund
20,90€
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