Telemann: Reformations-Oratorium 1755 Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie

• 1 No. 1, Holder Friede, heil'ger Glaube (Duetto) 03:44
• 2 No. 2, Hier, hier an meiner Hand (Recitativo) 01:37
• 3 No. 3, Ihr werdet gedrungen, beängstigte Seelen (Aria) 04:13
• 4 No. 4, Ja, teurer Glaube (Recitativo) 00:31
• 5 No. 5, Um deinet Willen (Coro) 02:31
• 6 No. 6, Ein gleicher Sinn (Recitativo) 02:44
• 7 No. 7, Man wohnet mit Ergetzen auf segensvollen Plätzen (Aria) 04:33
• 8 No. 8, Ich spüre mich erweckt (Recitativo) 01:36
• 9 No. 9, Ihr zwei verfloss'nen hundert Jahre (Coro) 01:31
• 10 No. 10, Sei Lob und Ehr mit hohem Preis (Choral) 02:14
• 11 No. 11, Freuet euch mit Jerusalem (Coro) 01:36
• 12 No. 12, Vor jenem Freudentage (Recitativo) 01:57
• 13 No. 13, Schau, das sind meine Waffen (Aria) 04:13
• 14 No. 14, Zu sehr hat dies dein Unfall selbst bewährt (Recitativo) 01:43
• 15 No. 15, Zion klingt mit Angst und Schmerzen (Choral) 01:14
• 16 No. 16, Noch erwecket dies Erwähnen meine Tränen (Aria) 05:05
• 17 No. 17, Da war es als mein Untergang (Accompagnato) 02:05
• 18 No. 18, Vergess'ne Gefahr (Aria) 05:38
• 19 No. 19, Jetzt sollte noch manch kummervolles Jahr (Recitativo) 01:23
• 20 No. 20, So hart bei den Klippen (Aria) 04:56
• 21 No. 21, Ach Herr Gott, wie reich tröstest Du (Choral) 01:13
• 22 No. 22, So wunderbar hast Du (Recitativo) 02:29
• 23 No. 23, Du ließest in diesen beruhigten Hallen (Coro) 01:55
• Total Runtime 01:00:41

Info for Telemann: Reformations-Oratorium 1755

A new album featuring a world premiere recording of a late work by Telemann (1681-1767). A Reformation oratorio composed to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Peace of Augsburg in 1555 discovered by Reinhard Goebel, conductor and founder of Concerto Köln. An excellent recording with the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Leading soloists, including Sony Classical exclusive artists Regula Mühlemann (soprano) and Benjamin Appl (baritone) Conductor Reinhard Goebel went off in search of forgotten treasures to mark the anniversary year of Georg Philipp Telemann’s death and unearthed something special. He discovered a sumptuous late work by Telemann also appropriate for celebrating the quincentennial of the Lutheran Reformation: an oratorio composed in 1755 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Peace of Augsburg in 1555. The recording features the outstanding Chor des Bayrischen Rundfunks, the Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie and excellent soloists: the young soprano Regula Mühlemann, who has earned international acclaim with her Sony Classical debut CD of Mozart arias, the young Viennese tenor Daniel Johannsen, the baritone and Gramophone Young Artist of the Year award winner Benjamin Appl and the excellent bass Stephan MacLeod add pedigree to this unique contribution marking this Telemann anniversary year.

Regula Mühlemann, soprano
Daniel Johannsen, tenor
Benjamin Appl, baritone
Stephan MacLeod, bass-baritone
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
Reinhard Goebel, conductor

Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
The ensemble was founded in Augsburg in 1990 in order to present concerts and programmes of its own devising at the highest standard. Only two years later a co-production with Bayerischer Rundfunk resulted in its first CD, with music by proscribed composers from Theresienstadt, which received accolades from the international music world.

In 1996 the bayerische kammerphilharmonie was the recipient of the Advancement Award for Music from the Society for Culture Promotion of the European Economic Circle. Concerts in Germany and abroad, invitations to international festivals, numerous CD productions and collaborations with soloists and conductors such as Reinhard Goebel, Christopher Hogwood, Michel Plasson, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Albrecht Mayer, Mischa Maisky, David Geringas, Jens-Peter Maintz, Mirijam Contzen, Maximilian Hornung, Nils Mönkemeyer, Julia Fischer, Julia Varady, Konstantin Lifschitz, Leonidas Kavakos, Mstislav Rostropovitch, Dave Brubeck and Chick Corea, or with personalities such as Walter Jens and Norbert Blüm, attest to the high quality of the ensemble.

Since 2004 the bayerische kammerphilharmoie has organised its own concert series un·er·hört with up to seven concerts per year in Augsburg. In early 2009 the orchestra appointed Reinhard Goebel as its first guest conductor in order to be able to deepen its successful collaboration with this distinguished musician.

The orchestra has produced CDs for all the leading European labels. In December 2003 its recording of Antonio Rosetti’s Horn Concertos twice received the highest award of the BBC Music Magazine. The new recording of Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s Violin Concerto with the violinist Suyoen Kim was a great international success, and several radio stations in England and Belgium voted it a reference recording out of all hitherto versions worldwide. The CD Mozart in Paris, with Reinhard Goebel, which was a co-production with the cultural office of the city of Augsburg, was awarded the coveted Diapson d’or prize in February 2008. In the same year the orchestra received the ECHO Klassik for the CD Armida, with the soprano Annette Dasch. A recording of Mendelssohn’s Concertos for Two Pianos, with the conductor Christopher Hogwood and the Silver-Garburg Piano Duo, appeared in 2009. Among the many recordings made with Reinhard Goebel, the CD Mozart 6 Concerti per il violino, which was released in January 2014, should be given a particular mention as it received highest commendations from the musical press.

The orchestra’s great interest in contemporary music is reflected in numerous first performances: composers such as Annette Fox, Alexander Rosenblatt, Manuela Kerer and Moritz Eggert have written works for the bayerische kammerphilharmonie. And the orchestra will premiere three new compositions by Malin Bång, Richard Dünser and Juan José Chuquisengo to celebrate its 25th anniversary during the 2015/16 season.

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