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Telemann: Cantatas for bass voice / Mertens, Il Gardellino

1 CD / Accent Import / 2010-04-20

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Es sind schon die letzten Zeiten (II), sacred cantata for voice, oboe, 2 violins & continuo, TWV 1; Die Liebe gegen meinen Gott, sacred cantata for voice, chorus, 2 flutes, 2 ...
Performers: Hermans, Liesbeth; Mertens, Klaus; Sebastiao, Joao
Conductors:
Ensemble: Il Gardellino

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: Matthäus-Passion / Hermann Max, et al

1 CD / Capriccio / 2008-04-08

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: St. Matthew Passion (1746), for chorus, recorder, oboe, oboe d'amore, 2 horns, strings & continuo, T
Performers: Abele, Ekkehard; Bermester-Streffer, Christoph; Hübner, Sebastian; Jochens, Wilfried; Mertens, Klaus; Scheffel, Bernard; Stade, Koen van; Winter, Veronika
Conductors: Max, Hermann
Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert

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...

Telemann: Cantatas for bass voice / Mertens, Il Gardellino

1 CD / Accent / 2007-02-04

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Es sind schon die letzten Zeiten, TV 1 no 529; Die Liebe gegen meinen Gott, TV 1 no 350; In allen meinen Taten, TV 1 no 928; Wo soll ich fliehen hin, TV 1 no 1724; Essercizii ...
Performers: Akiha, Mika; Coppieters, Frank; De Winne, Jan; Derijckere, Alain; Dowling, Deirdre; Glodeanu, Mira; Hermans, Liesbeth; Hermans, Marleen; Mertens, Klaus; Ponseele, Marcel; Ryelandt, Francois; Schiffer...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Il Gardellino Ensemble

Among Telemann's more than 1400 church cantatas there are remarkable many works for bass solo. Telemann himself was an experienced baritone and often helped out...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...

Telemann: Serenata Eroica / Max, Rheinishe Kantorei

2 CD / Capriccio / 2002-01-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: In dunkler Angst, bestürzt und bange, funeral cantata for chorus, orchestra & continuo ("Serenata er
Performers: Abele, Ekkehard; Mammel, Hans-Jorg; Mertens, Klaus; Post, Andreas; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Winter, Veronika
Conductors: Max, Hermann

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...

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...

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...

Georg Philipp Telemann

1 CD / Capriccio / 1999-01-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Victoria, mein Jesus ist erstanden, sacred cantata for voice, trumpet, violin, viola & continuo, TWV; Quartet (Concerto) for 2 violins, viola & continuo in F major, TWV 43; G&...
Performers: Mertens, Klaus

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...

Telemann: Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu / Max, et al

1 CD / Capriccio / 1995-01-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu, TV 6 no 6
Performers: Frimmer, Monica; Koch, Matthias; Mertens, Klaus; Van der Meel, Nico; Winter, Veronika
Conductors: Max, Hermann
Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert; Rheinische Kantorei