This release is centered around four cantatas taken from the composer's Harmonischer Gottesdienst ('Music for Religious Services'), a collection of cantatas for solo voice, flute, oboe or violin, and harpsichord that, on account of it's idiomatic writing for voice, it's relation to the instrumental parts and the many indications concerning interpretation, rests among the great achievements of the period. One of Telemann's characteristic skills was his ability to imbue the arias with the sort of brilliance that we normally associate with solo concertos (consider the radiance of the initial aria in Deine Toten werden leben), and this extends to his often virtuosic use of the recorder in the works - an instrument with which he was obviously familiar. Indeed, that Telemann was a more than competent player himself can be seen from the quality and quantity of music that he wrote for the recorder, and it is two of his lesser-known creations for the instrument - the E minor Partita and the Trio Sonata in G minor - which form the remainder of this highly engaging disc. Gemma Bertagnolli is widely considered to be one of the leading sopranos in Early Music. She is a favoured soloist of such celebrities as Rene Jacobs, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Fabio Biondi, Diego Fasolis, Trevor Pinnock, Ton Koopman, Ottavio Dantone and many others. Her voice is powerful, lyrical and passionate, always conveying the emotional message of the text. On this new recording (2012) Gemma joins the Early Music group of Stefano Bagliano, also a specialist in the field, in Cantatas for solo soprano, recorder and continuo, drawn from Die Harmonische Gottesdienst, brilliant works displaying vocal and instrumental virtuosity of a high level.

Tracklist:

Deine Toten Werden Leben In E Minor For Soprano, Recorder And Basso Continuo, Twv 1:13: I. Aria: Deine Toten Werden Leben
Deine Toten Werden Leben In E Minor For Soprano, Recorder And Basso Continuo, Twv 1:13: II. Recitativo: So Scheut Das Sterben We
Deine Toten Werden Leben In E Minor For Soprano, Recorder And Basso Continuo, Twv 1:13: III. Aria: Ihr Sterblichen!
Hemmet Den Eifer, Verbannet Die Rache In C Major For Soprano, Recorder And Basso Continuo, Twv 1:30: I. Spiritoso
Hemmet Den Eifer, Verbannet Die Rache In C Major For Soprano, Recorder And Basso Continuo, Twv 1:30: II. Recitativo
Hemmet Den Eifer, Verbannet Die Rache In C Major For Soprano, Recorder And Basso Continuo, Twv 1:30: III. Dolce
Partita No. 5 In E Minor For Recorder And Basso Continuo, Twv 41:1: I. Andante
Partita No. 5 In E Minor For Recorder And Basso Continuo, Twv 41:1: II. Vivace
Partita No. 5 In E Minor For Recorder And Basso Continuo, Twv 41:1: III. Presto
Partita No. 5 In E Minor For Recorder And Basso Continuo, Twv 41:1: IV. Vivace
Partita No. 5 In E Minor For Recorder And Basso Continuo, Twv 41:1: V. Siciliana
Partita No. 5 In E Minor For Recorder And Basso Continuo, Twv 41:1: VI. Vivace
Partita No. 5 In E Minor For Recorder And Basso Continuo, Twv 41:1: VII. Presto
Du Bist Verflucht, O Schreckensstimme In A Minor For Soprano, Recorder And Basso Continuo, Twv 1:85: I. Aria: Du Bist Verflucht,
Du Bist Verflucht, O Schreckensstimme In A Minor For Soprano, Recorder And Basso Continuo, Twv 1:85: II. Recitativo: So Ist&#146
Du Bist Verflucht, O Schreckensstimme In A Minor For Soprano, Recorder And Basso Continuo, Twv 1:85: III. Aria: Frohlocket, Ihr
Trio Sonata In G Minor For Two Recorders And Basso Continuo, Twv 42:8: I. Affettuoso
Trio Sonata In G Minor For Two Recorders And Basso Continuo, Twv 42:8: II. Vivace
Trio Sonata In G Minor For Two Recorders And Basso Continuo, Twv 42:8: III. Andante
Trio Sonata In G Minor For Two Recorders And Basso Continuo, Twv 42:8: IV. Presto
Also Hat Gott Die Welt Geliebt In F Major For Soprano, Two Oboes (Recorders) And Basso Continuo, Twv 1:68: I. Aria
Also Hat Gott Die Welt Geliebt In F Major For Soprano, Two Oboes (Recorders) And Basso Continuo, Twv 1:68: II. Recitativo
Also Hat Gott Die Welt Geliebt In F Major For Soprano, Two Oboes (Recorders) And Basso Continuo, Twv 1:68: III. Dolce

UPC: 5028421943343
Label: Brilliant Classics
Release Date: 4.30.13
Format: CD

Collegium Pro Musica - Cantatas & Chamber Music with Recorder (CD)