Freiburger Barockorchester & Gottfried von der Goltz – Telemann: Seliges Erwägen – Passion-Oratorium (2018)
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From the start of the 18th century, Lutheran Germany has kept the tradition of performing an oratorio for the Passion in Holy Week. In Hamburg, where Telemann is said to have spent 46 years as musical director, he would have overseen as many Passions. But if we include his previous jobs, that would take the number of works by Telemann for this theme alone to over sixty! These Passions could be strictly liturgical, that is, they could closely follow the text of one of the Gospels; but they could also liberally paraphrase the story of the Passion, following a version by a contemporary author; or they could represent a meditation on the events. And so Seliges Erwägen by Telemann, whose full title leaves no doubt as to the content: Oratorio of the Passion, or Spiritual Contemplation on the bitter suffering and death of Jesus Christ, to inspire prayer, in several meditations taken from the account of the Passion. Not a linear account of the Passion, as with Bach: but a series of individual meditations set to music. The work was first composed in 1719, and then reviewed and completed three years later for Hamburg, where the first performance took place on 19 March 1722 the success was considerable, and the work was performed again and again many times throughout the following decades. This was probably the most-performed work on the Passion in the 18th century, out ahead even of Telemann’s Brockes Passion… There is no evangelist here, nor storyteller, but rather an evocation of the main events of the Passion. That is why there are only two main “roles” here: Christ, with six airs and six recitations, and the allegory of the Devotion (soprano or tenor) as the mouthpiece for the thoughts of the faithful, with eight airs and eight recitations. The sole narrator is Peter, with his denial and despair, and Caiaphas, the high priest who condemns Jesus, comes on for a single, very violent, air. This is very much a series of individual devotional meditations. The instrumentation in particular is extraordinarily rich. Alongside the strings, the continuo and the standard woodwind, a dash of colour is added by two horns, two chalumeaux, ancestors of the clarinet – what a pity that Bach never made the most of this sound – echoing recorders, a magnificent bassoon solo that intermingles with the soprano’s voice; in short, once again, Teleman proves to us that far from being a mill for middle-of-the-road baroque, he is in fact one of the most imposing musical minds of his age. The Freiburger Barockorchester and a lovely soloists come together to perform this work..
Tracklist:
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767)
CD1
01. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2: 1. Sinfonia
02. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, First meditation: 2. Choral “Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele”
03. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, First meditation: 3. Aria “Gute Nacht, ihr meine Lieben!” (Jesus)
04. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, First meditation: 4. Recitativo ed Arioso “Doch, dass ihr möget mein gedenken” (Jesus)
05. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, First meditation: 5. Aria “Sollt ich deiner wohl vergessen?” (Die Andacht )
06. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, First meditation: 6. Recitativo ed Arioso “Ich will euch noch darneben” (Jesus)
07. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, First meditation: 7. Choral “Dein Blut, der edle Saft”
08. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, First meditation: 8. Recitativo “Gott Lob! Es ist das Alte nun vergangen” (Die Andacht )
09. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, First meditation: 9. Aria “Sollt ich deiner nicht gedenken?” (Die Andacht )
10. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Second meditation: 10. Recitativo “Nun werd ich bald erfahren in der Tat” (Jesus, Petrus)
11. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Second meditation: 11. Aria “Foltern, Pech-vermischte Flammen” (Petrus)
12. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Second meditation: 12. Recitativo “Es wird der Hahn in dieser Nacht krähen” (Jesus)
13. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, 13. Aria “Foltern, Pech-vermischte Flammen” (Petrus)
14. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Second meditation: 14. Recitativo “Ach, Petre! Miss dir nicht zu viel” (Die Andacht )
15. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Second meditation: 15. Aria “Denke nach, du arme Erde” (Die Andacht )
16. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Second meditation: 16. Choral “Gott, groß über alle Götter”
17. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Third meditation: 17. Arioso ed Recitativo: Vater! Vater!” (Jesus)
18. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Third meditation: 18. Accompagnato “O Anblick, welcher mir das Herze nimmt!” (Die Andacht )
19. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Third meditation: 19. Aria “Ihr blut’gen Schweiß-Rubinen” (Die Andacht )
20. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Third meditation: 20. Choral “Tritt her, und schau mit Fleiße”
21. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Fourth meditation: 21. Aria “Recht und Gerechtigkeit zu hegen” (Caiphas)
22. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Fourth meditation: 22. Recitativo “Gefangener, was hören wir?” (Caiphas)
23. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Fourth meditation: 23. Aria “Wenn die Gerichts-Posaune schallt” (Jesus)
24. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Fourth meditation: (Die Andacht, Caiphas)
25. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Fourth meditation: 25. Aria “Menschen-Hände, Menschen-Lippen” (Die Andacht )
26. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Fourth meditation: 26. Recitativo “Doch, denke nach, o Seele” (Die Andacht )
27. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Fourth meditation: 27. Choral “Du edles Angesichte”
CD2
01. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Fifth meditation: 28. Accompagnato “Ach, ach! Was hab’ ich doch getan?” (Petrus)
02. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Fifth meditation: 29. Aria “Mir ist die ganze Welt zu enge” (Petrus)
03. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Fifth meditation: 30. Accompagnato ed Arioso “Ach, könnt’ ich doch in Tränen-Salz zerfließen” (Petrus)
04. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Fifth meditation: 31. Aria “Tränen, die der Glaube zeuget” (Der Glaube )
05. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Fifth meditation: 32. Choral “Straf’ mich nicht in deinem Zorn”
06. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Sixth meditation: 33. Recitativo ed Arioso “So rufet ihr vermaledeite Sünder” (Die Andacht )
07. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Sixth meditation: 34. Aria “Droht der Satan meiner Seelen” (Die Andacht )
08. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Sixth meditation: 35. Recitativo ed Arioso “Wen seh ich dort an jenem Stock gebunden” (Die Andacht )
09. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Sixth meditation: 36. Aria “Ich treff’ auf deinem blut’gen Rücken” (Die Andacht )
10. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Sixth meditation: 37. Choral “Haupt voll Blut und Wunden”
11. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Seventh meditation: 38. Recitativo “Nun schließ’ ich bald den münden Lebens-Lauf” (Jesus)
12. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Seventh meditation: 39. Aria “Ich will kämpfen” (Jesus)
13. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Seventh meditation: 40.
14. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Seventh meditation: 41. Aria “Jesus wird ans Holz geschlagen” (Die Andacht )
15. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Eighth meditation: 42. Choral “Jesu, unter deinem Kreutz”
16. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Eighth meditation: 43. Arioso “Es ist vollbracht!” (Jesus)
17. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Eighth meditation: 44. Choral “O große Not”
18. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Eighth meditation: 45. Recitativo “Ihr Gottes-Mörder” (Zion)
19. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Eighth meditation: 46. Aria “Erstaunet, ihr Kreise” (Zion)
20. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Eighth meditation: 47. Choral “Nun gibt mein Jesus gute Nacht”
21. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Ninth meditation: 48. Aria “Jesus spannt die Gnaden-Flügel” (Die Andacht )
22. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Ninth meditation: 49. Recitativo ed Arioso “Nun endlich hat mein Jesus überwunden” (Die Andacht )
23. Seliges Erwägen-Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Ninth meditation: 50. Choral “Erscheine mir zum Schilde” (Die Andacht )
Personnel:
Freiburger Barockorchester
Gottfried von der Goltz, direction
Anna Lucia Richter, soprano (Glaube, Zion)
Hanna Zumsande, soprano (Choräle)
Julienne Mbodjé, alto (Choräle)
Colin Balzer, tenor (Andacht)
Michael Feyfar, tenor (Petrus)
Peter Harvey, baritone (Jesus)
Konstantin Wolff, baritone (Caiphas)
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