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Schmelzer, Legrenzi, Valentini: Works For Viola Da Gamba Consort

1 CD / CPO / 2010-06-29

Works: Anonymous: Fantasia in G, for 4 viola da gambas (Partiturbuch Ludwig, MS. Wolfenbüttel); Capriccio for 4 violas da gamba in F major (Partiturbuch Ludwig) (attrib. Froberger); Suite for lute in B...
Performers: Mertens, Klaus
Conductors: Eckert, Simone
Ensemble: Hamburger Ratsmusik

The Habsburg Emperors, famous for their successful marriage politics, were also great lovers or art and music. Emperor Leopold I in Vienna, an avid musician,...continue...
Recording information: Refektorium Münster Heilsbronn (01/13/2009-01/16/2009)....continue...

Baroque Bass Cantatas

1 CD / CPO / 2010-02-23

Works: Emanuel Kegel: Nichts ist süáer, als die Liebe, for voice & ensemble; Christian Wolff: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, for voice & ensemble; Johann Theodor Roemhildt: Es geht kein and...
Performers: Mertens, Klaus
Conductors: Ad-El, Shalev
Ensemble: Accademia Daniel

This new CD featuring the bass baritone Klaus Mertens and the Accademia Daniel under the conductor Shalev Ad-El offers a representative sampling of baroque bass...continue...
Recording information: Ev.-luth. Kirche Altleisnig zu Polditz (06/04/2007-06/06/2007)....continue...

Goerge Philipp Telemann: Six Cantatas 1731 / Ludger Rémy, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2009-10-27

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Cantata prima, TVWV 20; Mein Vergnügen wird sich fügen, secular cantata for voice, flute, recorder, oboe, strings & continuo; Mein Schicksal zeigt mit nur von ferne,...
Performers: Jonas, Maria; Mertens, Klaus
Conductors: Remy, Ludger
Ensemble: Les Amis de Philippe

BBC Music Magazine
For the most part the performances are pleasing, though Maria Jonas is more persuasive in her mezzo range than in higher registers. Her...continue...

Telemann: Zerschmettert die Götzen, etc / Ad-El, Mields, Martens, Accademia Daniel

1 CD / CPO / 2007-09-25

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Zerschmettert die Götzen, consecration cantata for chorus, flute, oboe, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings; Meine Rede bleibt betrübt, sacred cantata for voice, solo oboe,...
Performers: Mertens, Klaus; Mields, Dorothee
Conductors: Ad-El, Shalev
Ensemble: Accademia Daniel

An influential composer of European rank, Telemann could draw on rich experience in this type of 'extraordinary' sacred festive music. What at first glance seems...continue...

Graun: Te Deum, Motets / Fritz Näf

1 Super Audio CD / CPO / 2006-09-26

Works: Carl Heinrich Graun: Te Deum, for 4 voices, chorus & orchestra; Herr, ich habe lieb die Stätte deines Hauses, motet for choir; Lasset und freuen und fröhlich sein, motet for choir; Machet d...
Performers: Acolas, Francine; Gärtner, Bernhard; Gindraux, Christophe; Heizmann, Philipp; Knutti, Jean; Magnus, Elisabeth von; Mauch, Monika; Mertens, Klaus; Orelly, Jürgen; Sidney, Catherine
Conductors: Naf, Fritz
Ensemble: L'Arpa Festante

True to the lyrical sensibility of his musical language, Graun counters the pompous character of other Te Deum settings and does without "loud" instruments, calling...continue...

Telemann: Singe, Spiel, etc / Mertens

1 CD / CPO / 2006-01-17

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Singe- , Spiel- und Generalbaá-Übungen (48), songs for voice & continuo (aka "Generalbaálieder"), TW
Performers: Mertens, Klaus; Remy, Ludger

Telemann: Der Messias / Rémy, Winter, Eckstein, Kobow, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2003-07-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Der Messias (Sing, unsterbliche Seele), sacred oratorio for 3-part chorus, cello, orchestra & contin; Septet (Concerto), for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 violins & continuo in A minor...
Performers: Kobow, Jan; Mertens, Klaus; Winter, Veronika
Conductors: Remy, Ludger
Ensemble: Telemannisches Collegium Michaelstein

Telemann set texts by the great German poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock on various occasions. The best-known of these settings are those of parts of the...continue...

Gebel: Johannes Passion / Rémy, Mields, Voss, Kobow, Mertens

2 CD / CPO / 2003-05-01

Works: Georg d. J. Gebel: Johannes Passion, oratorio
Performers: Bluth, Sebastian; Heimerl, Mirko; Klos, Friedemann; Kobow, Jan; Kruse, Ika; Mertens, Klaus; Mields, Dorothee
Conductors: Remy, Ludger
Ensemble: Weimarer Barock-Ensemble

"This work is the most extensive of Gebel's surviving compositions. It is divided into six parts or acts that were performed on the successive days...continue...

Telemann: Das befreite Israel / Hermann Max, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2001-07-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Das befreite Israel, sacred oratorio for chorus & orchestra, TWV 6; Overture, suite for 2 recorders, strings & continuo in F minor, TWV 55; Der May, secular cantata for 2 voic...
Performers: Abele, Ekkehard; Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Mertens, Klaus; Schmithusen, Ingrid
Conductors: Max, Hermann
Ensemble: Das kleine Konzert

George Philipp Telemann was a composer whose creative powers continued undiminished through his old age of eighty six years. The last decade of his life...continue...

Stölzel: Christmas Oratorio Cantatas no 6-10 / Remy, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2001-07-01

Works: Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: Das Alte ist vergangen, cantata for soloists & ensemble; Das Ende eines Dinges ist besser denn sein Anfang, cantata for soloists & ensemble; Alles, was ihr tut mit Wo...
Performers: Kobow, Jan; Mertens, Klaus; Schwarz, Britta
Conductors: Remy, Ludger
Ensemble: Weimarer Barock-Ensemble

Perhaps Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel was cpo's most important discovery over the past few years. Anyone who listens to even a few bars of his music...continue...

Cantatas:bach

1 CD / CPO / 2001-01-01

Works: Johann Michael Bach: Cantata "Friedens-Cantata"; Cantata "Das Volk, so im Finstern wandelt"; Cantata "Herr, wie sind deine Werke so groá und viel"; Cantata "Mache dich auf, werde licht"; Canta...
Performers: Abele, Ekkehard; Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Mertens, Klaus; Scheffel, Bernard; Schmithusen, Ingrid; Schwarz, Gotthold; Winter, Veronika
Conductors: Max, Hermann
Ensemble: Das kleine Konzert

Stölzel: Christmas Oratorio Vol 1, Cantatas 1-5 / Rémy

1 CD / CPO / 2000-06-01

Works: Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: Ach, daá die Hülfe aus Zion über Israel käme, cantata; Ehre sie Gott in der Höhe, cantata; Ich sehe den Himmel offen, cantata; Ihr sollt ni...
Performers: Kobow, Jan; Mertens, Klaus; Schwarz, Britta

"...Taken on its own merits, the quality of Stolzel's music is very high...it deserves far more attention than we have given it...The performances from singers...continue...

Telemann: Der Tod Jesu / Rémy, Mertens, Mields, Kobow, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2000-05-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Der Tod Jesu (Du, dessen Augen flossen), passion oratorio for solo voices, chorus, orchestra & conti
Performers: Kobow, Jan; Mertens, Klaus
Conductors: Remy, Ludger

"Der Tod Jesu" numbers among the masterpieces of Georg Philipp Telemann's old age. Never achieving the fame of Carl Heinrich Graun's oratorio to the very...continue...

J.F. Fasch: Cantatas / Ad-El, Mertens, York, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2000-03-01

Works: Johann Friedrich Fasch: Overture-Suite for Chalemeau, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and Basso continuo in D minor, FWV K no d 3; Jauchzet dem Herrn, cantata for bass voice, 2 violins, viola & basso conti...
Performers: Mertens, Klaus; York, Deborah
Conductors: Ad-El, Shalev
Ensemble: Accademia Daniel

"Accademia Daniel is a period instruments ensemble based in Israel...While rooted in the now established baroque performance indiom, the approach is never academic or studied,...continue...

Telemann: Cornett Cantatas / Rémy, Spägele, Voss, et al

1 CD / CPO / 1999-11-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Sehet an die Exempel der Alten, sacred cantata for chorus, 2 oboes, horn, 3 trumpets, strings & cont; Erhöre mich, wenn ich rufe, sacred cantata for chorus, 2 oboes, corn...
Performers: Jochens, Wilfried; Mertens, Klaus; Spagele, Mona
Conductors: Remy, Ludger
Ensemble: Bläser-Collegium Leipzig

Personnel: Wilfried Jochens (tenor); Klaus Mertens (bass voice)....continue...

Telemann: Die Auferstehung, etc / Rémy, Mields, et al

1 CD / CPO / 1999-06-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Die Auferstehung, sacred oratorio for chorus & orchestra ("Easter Oratorio"), TWV 6; De Danske, Norske og tydske, birthday cantata for 2 solo voices, chorus, strings & continu...
Performers: Decker, Reinhard; Mertens, Klaus; Mields, Dorothee; Post, Andreas
Conductors: Remy, Ludger

"The Resurrection", of 1761, is one of Telemans last oratorios and exhibits how innovative his art could be. The remainder of the program includes one...continue...

Bach: Schemelli Gesangbuch/ Schlick, Mertens, Asperen, et al

2 CD / CPO / 1998-09-22

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Die goldne Sonne, voll Freud und Wonne, sacred song for voice & continuo (Schemelli Gesangbuch no 1; Der lieben Sonne Licht und Pracht, sacred song for voice & continuo (Scheme...
Performers: Mertens, Klaus; Moller, Wouter; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]

Stolzel: Brockes Passion / Remy, Telemann Chamber Orchestra

2 CD / CPO / 1998-04-01

Works: Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: Brockes Passion
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Mehltretter, Florian; Mertens, Klaus; Mields, Dorothee; Post, Andreas; Schoch, Knut
Conductors: Remy, Ludger

Schubert/Reger: Orchestral Songs / Nyland, Mertens, Albert

1 CD / CPO / 1998-02-01

Works: Max Reger: Der Erlkönig, transcription for voice & orchestra (after Schubert, D. 328); Memmon, transcription for voice & orchestra (after Schubert, D 541); An die Musik, transcription for voice ...
Performers: Mertens, Klaus; Nylund, Camilla
Conductors: Albert, Werner Andreas
Ensemble: Hannover Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

"...I assume that prospective buyers of this disc will be attracted by the Reger orchestration rather than by the repertoire...as it happens [Nylund] and [Mertens]...continue...

Fux: Missa Corporis Christi, etc / Haselböck, Cordier, et al

1 CD / CPO / 1998-01-01

Works: Johann Joseph Fux: Victimae Paschali Laudes, sequence for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Missa Corporis Christi, for 2 voices, chorus & orchestra; Plaudite, Sonat Tuba, motet for voice, trumpet & stri...
Performers: Chum, Johannes; Cordier, David; Mertens, Klaus
Conductors: Haselböck, Martin
Ensemble: Vienna Academy Choir

Telemann: Christmas Oratorio & Cantatas / Ludger Rémy

1 CD / CPO / 1996-10-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Hier schläft es, sacred cantata for chorus, 2 recorder, 2 oboes, 2 horns, 3 trumpets, timpani, strin; Siehe, ich verkündige euch grosse (II), sacred cantata for chor...
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Mertens, Klaus; Post, Andreas
Conductors: Remy, Ludger

"More wonders from Telemann's unbelievably fecund old age...Conductor Remy responds to these life-enhancing works by inspiring his forces to performances that are alive to every...continue...

Telemann: Hamburger Admiralitätsmusik 1723, etc / Helbich

2 CD / CPO / 1996-09-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Wasser Overture, for 2 recorders, flute, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo in C major ("Hamburger; Music for the Admiralty jubilee, TV 24 no 1
Performers: Müller, Rufus [Tenor Vocals]; Mertens, Klaus; Pushee, Graham; Schopper, Michael; Sluis, Mieke van der; Thomas, David [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bremen Baroque Orchestra

"...For all its civic fustian, it is an endearing and quite satisfying assemblage, done to an absolute fare-thee-well by this fine roster of soloists, chorus,...continue...