Johann Ulich's cantata 'Ihr hellen Sterne' survived because some of his manuscripts were rediscovered, having been preserved in Jever after his workplace was destroyed in WWII.
Composition History
Most of Philipp Heinrich Erlebach's hundreds of works were destroyed in a palace fire, with only about seventy known today.
Performer Biography
Ina Siedlaczek, the soloist on this album, received a broad musical education from an early age, learning violin, viola, piano, organ, and training as a church musician.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Georg Philipp Telemann's 'Moralische Kantaten', with texts by Daniel Stoppe, aimed to convey Enlightenment philosophy of reason through house music.
Performer Biography
The Hamburger Ratsmusik, an ensemble with a 500-year history, was revived in 1991 by gamba player Simone Eckert and has since released twenty-five CDs of mostly world premieres of early music.
Composition History
Georg Philipp Telemann's cantata 'Fortuna scherzosa' was only discovered in 1999 as part of the historic music archive of the Berlin Sing-Akademie, rediscovered in Kiev.
Composer Biography
Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, a German composer, was highly praised during his lifetime, with Wolfgang Caspar Printz stating in 1696 that he gave "most satisfaction" among German composers.
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