Ira Hochman, Barockwerk Hamburg, Dominik Wörner & Hanna Zumsande – Cantatas for the Hanoverian Kings of England (2021)

This album features three dazzling but previously only little-known compositions for royals from Telemann’s immense trove of vocal music. The selections have been chosen from the field of commissioned and occasional compositions written for special occasions such as acts of homage, funerary ceremonies, weddings, birthdays, and inaugurations. Two works from Telemann’s primary creative field, that of church music, round off the program. The three works featured on this recording have in common points of reference to the particular English kings during whose reigns they were written; these monarchs were also in personal union the Prince Electors of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (for short: “Electors of Hanover”). All three works are distinguished by scoring for an ensemble with trumpets as “royal instruments” – sometimes in a majestic function, sometimes in a tonally subdued, mournful function – and with a bass singer as the vocal representative of the monarch. These works brimming with ideas and designed with virtuosity and color are from the master’s late compositional period and, depending on the particular occasion, express gratitude, appreciation, or grief vis-à-vis the British-Hanoverian rulers. Although these feelings certainly first and foremost reflect the stance of those who commissioned them, Telemann’s musical settings lend them universal appeal.

Tracklist:
1. Dominik Worner – Bleibe, lieber König, leben, TWV 13:21: No. 1, Bleibe, lieber König, leben (02:49)
2. Dominik Worner – Bleibe, lieber König, leben, TWV 13:21: No. 2, Der Allmacht Rat (00:51)
3. Dominik Worner – Bleibe, lieber König, leben, TWV 13:21: No. 3, Werdet, was George war (04:04)
4. Hanna Zumsande – Du bleibest dennoch unser Gott, TWV 13:9b: No. 1, Du bleibest dennoch unser Gott (05:31)
5. Dominik Worner – Du bleibest dennoch unser Gott, TWV 13:9b: No. 2, Drum dankt dem Herrn für seine Treu (00:44)
6. Hanna Zumsande – Du bleibest dennoch unser Gott, TWV 13:9b: No. 3, Auf! Wünschet Jerusalem (05:25)
7. Dominik Worner – Du bleibest dennoch unser Gott, TWV 13:9b: No. 4, Herr, steh in Zukunft fernerhin (00:54)
8. Hanna Zumsande – Du bleibest dennoch unser Gott, TWV 13:9b: No. 5, Hüter Israel, schlafr und schlummere nicht (07:04)
9. Dominik Worner – Lieber König, du bist tot, TWV 4:15: No. 1, Lieber König, du bist tot (05:19)
10. Dominik Worner – Lieber König, du bist tot, TWV 4:15: No. 2, Gebeugts Land (01:31)
11. Dominik Worner – Lieber König, du bist tot, TWV 4:15: No. 3, Unter unsre Trauerlieder (06:29)
12. Hanna Zumsande – Gib, daß ich mich nicht erhebe, TWV 1:621: No. 1, Gib, daß icvh mich nicht erhebe (00:38)
13. Hanna Zumsande – Gib, daß ich mich nicht erhebe, TWV 1:621: No. 2, Ich muß entlaufen (05:00)
14. Hanna Zumsande – Gib, daß ich mich nicht erhebe, TWV 1:621: No. 3, O Undank! O wie sündigst du (00:44)
15. Hanna Zumsande – Gib, daß ich mich nicht erhebe, TWV 1:621: No. 4, Wie kauf ich doch so viele Güter (05:10)
16. Hanna Zumsande – Gib, daß ich mich nicht erhebe, TWV 1:621: No. 5, Vermehre, Herr, den Segen (00:58)
17. Dominik Worner – Großmächtigster Monarch der Briten, TWV 12:11: No. 1, Großmächtigster Monarch der Briten (06:24)
18. Dominik Worner – Großmächtigster Monarch der Briten, TWV 12:11: No. 2, Den Frieden wiederum der Welt zu geben (00:48)
19. Hanna Zumsande – Großmächtigster Monarch der Briten, TWV 12:11: No. 3, Feinde! Höret auf zu kriegen (05:25)
20. Hanna Zumsande – Großmächtigster Monarch der Briten, TWV 12:11: No. 4, Kommt! Küsst aus Dankbarkeit den Zepter dessen (00:37)
21. Hanna Zumsande – Großmächtigster Monarch der Briten, TWV 12:11: No. 5, Krümmt den Rücken, stolze Staaten (03:37)

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