Telemann: Die Zeit, TWV 20:23
Work length 7:38
Benno Schachtner (counter-tenor)
Hamburger Ratsmusik
Simone Eckert
Recorded: 31 July - 3 August 2017
Recording Venue: Sendesaal Bremen, Germany
No. 1, Die Zeit verzehrt die eignen Kinder
No. 2, Der Anfang lieget stets beym Ende
No. 3, Fahrt, reitet, spielt Karten
Telemann: 12 Fantaisies, No. 8 in A Major, TWV 40:33
Simone Eckert (viola da gamba)
Recorded: 31 July - 3 August 2017
Recording Venue: Sendesaal Bremen, Germany
I. Allegro
II. Grave
III. Vivace
Telemann: Die Geiz, TWV 20:26
Work length 8:16
Benno Schachtner (counter-tenor)
Hamburger Ratsmusik
Simone Eckert
Recorded: 31 July - 3 August 2017
Recording Venue: Sendesaal Bremen, Germany
No. 1, Ihr hungerleider! Ruht einmal von eurer selbstgemachten Qual
No. 2, Wem hebt ihr alles auf?
No. 3, Ihr thaler, lasst euch nicht verlangen!
Telemann: Fantasia for viola da gamba TWV 40:31
Work length 5:51
Simone Eckert (viola da gamba)
Recorded: 31 July - 3 August 2017
Recording Venue: Sendesaal Bremen, Germany
I. Scherzando
II. Dolce
III. Spirituoso
Telemann: Die Falscheit, TWV 20:27
Work length 7:50
Benno Schachtner (counter-tenor)
Hamburger Ratsmusik
Simone Eckert
Recorded: 31 July - 3 August 2017
Recording Venue: Sendesaal Bremen, Germany
No. 1, Lasst mich über Falschheit klagen
No. 2, Man sehe doch, mit welcher freundlichkeit
No. 3, Entweich von mir, verstellte Tücke!
Telemann: Die Gluck, TWV 20:25
Work length 8:14
Benno Schachtner (counter-tenor)
Hamburger Ratsmusik
Simone Eckert
Recorded: 31 July - 3 August 2017
Recording Venue: Sendesaal Bremen, Germany
No. 1, Guten Morgen, faules Glücke
No. 2, Erwache doch und reiss mich heute noch
No. 3, Schlaf indessen, wehrtes Glücke
Telemann: Fantasia for viola da gamba TWV 40:32
Work length b7:57
Simone Eckert (viola da gamba)
Recorded: 31 July - 3 August 2017
Recording Venue: Sendesaal Bremen, Germany
I. Andante
II. Vivace
III. Allegro
Telemann: Die Grossmut, TWV 20:28
Work length 10:06
Benno Schachtner (counter-tenor)
Hamburger Ratsmusik
Simone Eckert
Recorded: 31 July - 3 August 2017
Recording Venue: Sendesaal Bremen, Germany
No. 1, Furchtsam weinen, ängstlich schweigen
No. 2, Ein Mann, der Raum im Herzen hat
No. 3 Der Himmel führt die Seinen oft durch Schmerzen und Kummer
Telemann: 12 Fantaisies, No. 11 in D Minor, TWV 40:36
Work length 5:39
Simone Eckert (viola da gamba)
Recorded: 31 July - 3 August 2017
Recording Venue: Sendesaal Bremen, Germany
I. Allegro
II. Grave
III. Allegro
Telemann: Die Hoffnung, TWV 20:24
Work length 6:37
Benno Schachtner (counter-tenor)
Hamburger Ratsmusik
Simone Eckert
Recorded: 31 July - 3 August 2017
Recording Venue: Sendesaal Bremen, Germany
No. 1, Hoffe nur, geplagtes Herze!
No. 2, Die Hoffnung stützt mich noch
No. 3, Mein Glücke nimmt sich Zeit
The Hamburger Ratsmusik – an ensemble looking back on a five-hundred-year history – teams up with the young countertenor Benno Schachtner on this recording of Georg Philipp Telemann's Six Moral Cantatas. Moral lessons from Telemann? Not at all! During the decades between 1720 and 1750 the middle class of the early Enlightenment sought moral education and ethical improvement deriving from human nature and reason as part of its never-ending quest for earthly happiness. It was with wit and charm that in his Moral Cantatas of 1735 Telemann set to music a poetic document conveying the spirit of this Enlightenment period. His only recently rediscovered Fantasies for Solo Viola da Gamba, published at the same time, are presented here in alternation with his Moral Cantatas, the title with which they were announced in a catalogue dating from August 1735. These two collections were first performed together during a concert by the Hamburger Ratsmusik at the last Telemann Festival are now being presented here for the first time on CD.