Graupner: Complete Cantatas for two sopranos and bass
4/21/2023, 33 Tracks, 1:18:32
Featuring
Hanna Zumsande
Marie Luise Werneburg
Dominik Wörner
Florian Heyerick
Arwen Bouw
Sabine Stoffer
Nadine Henrichs
Melanie Beck
Shuko Sugama
Peter Kranefoed
Amy Power
Katharina Verhaar
Nadja Camichel
Kirchheimer BachConsort
Johann Christoph Graupner
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Composition History
Graupner was forbidden from taking the Leipzig position by his employer, Landgrave Ernst Ludwig of Hesse-Darmstadt, who considered the offer a personal affront.
Compositional Technique
Graupner's cantatas for the Darmstadt court could feature professional female singers for soprano parts, unlike the usual practice of using boy sopranos.
Recording & Production
This album features the first recordings of these five cantatas, which were edited from Graupner's autograph manuscripts.
Composition History
Graupner was a candidate for the Leipzig Thomaskantorat after Johann Kuhnau's death, a position ultimately filled by J.S. Bach.
Composer Biography
Christoph Graupner, the composer, was born in Kirchberg, Saxony, two years before Bach and two years after Telemann.
Composer Biography
Florian Heyerick, the conductor of this album, is a Graupner researcher who has created an index of the composer's complete works.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Graupner's cantatas were composed for the modest dimensions of a small residence chapel, not for a large church like St. Thomas in Leipzig.
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