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information:- Recorded April & May 1987, Immanuelskirche,
Wuppertal-Barmen.- A valuable issue for the CPE Bach year
2014: a substantial selection of sacred Cantatas!- Johann
Sebastian?s...
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In 1768 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach succeeded his godfather Georg
Philipp Telemann as director of music at Hamburg. The composer?s
new position allowed him to devote more of his energies to
composing choral works; this release details a selection of these
engaging compositions, written for the Protestant church services
at the Michaeliskirche as well as elsewhere in the Saxon
city.Emanuel was a product of the Enlightenment period, and his
role as ?cantor and director of music? reflects the fundamental
change in the philosophy of life and in society at around this
time: whereas the cantorial office was the centre of his father?s
musical life, Emanuel?s composition was mainly confined to the
popular high spots of the ecclesiastical year (Christmas and
Passion, for example), as highlighted in the first half of this
release. The new age also heralded a new poetic aesthetic:
Klopstock?s imaginative and emotive verse, which addressed the
?natural piety? typical of the Enlightenment, opened up new
possibilities in rhythm and set a precedent for other authors to
emulate ? the hymnal pathos of Cramer?s Wer ist so würdig als du on
CD2, for example, which also details two inauguration cantatas for
clergymen at the Hamburg churches. Much of the music exhibits an
almost operatic quality ? highlights include the bass aria ?Ach,
als in siebenfältige Nacht? in Anbetung dem Erbarmer. Powerfully
scored chorales also abound, not to mention rich and exquisite
harmonisation, and the release is pervaded by a sense of grandeur
on the part of the brass and timpani, reflecting the ceremonial
nature of the music.Founded in 1977, the period performance-based
Rheinische Kantorei is one of today?s leading vocal interpreters of
early music, a choir which has been described as possessing an
?unfailingly homogeneous, sparkling and lively sound? (NGZ). Here
it is joined by its orchestral counterpart, Das Kleine Konzert, and
a first-class quartet of singer-soloists to present an all-German
rendition of this affective and commanding music.Other
information:- Recorded April & May 1987, Immanuelskirche,
Wuppertal-Barmen.- A valuable issue for the CPE Bach year 2014: a
substantial selection of sacred Cantatas!- Johann Sebastian?s most
famous son, Carl Philipp Emanuel wrote an enormous oeuvre, in which
the instrumental music (concertos for diverse instruments, keyboard
works) form the most important part, but he also excelled in vocal
music, and followed the tradition of his father in writing sacred
Cantatas for the liturgical year. Beautiful, dramatic works, based
on Baroque principles, but looking forward to the Classical style
of Haydn and Mozart.- Excellent performances by the Rheinische
Kantorei, Das kleine Konzert conducted by Hermann Max, with superb
soloists, specialists in this field: Barbara Schlick, Johanna
Koslowsky, Hilke Helling.- Booklet contains detailed notes on the
music.