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Georg Philipp Telemann never wrote a Christmas oratorio, but that hasn't stopped performers from assembling them out of holiday-season cantatas. The one here by veteran choral conductor Hermann Max and his instrumental group Das Kleine Konzert isn't the first one. It is not even the first one on the CPO label. There is no basis for objecting to this kind of creative repertory expansion, for Bach's Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, was put together in basically the same way. Telemann isn't Bach, though most listeners will find satisfying listening here for the holiday season or any other time, and this album, in fact, made classical best-seller lists in early 2024. Max and company program five Telemann cantatas, unfailingly tuneful and well-made in the composer's characteristic way. One striking thing is that there are two quite late works from the 1750s and 1760s; the others are from earlier in Telemann's career, yet the style remains consistent. In some genres, Telemann caught on to the emerging light styles coming from Italy, but in church cantatas, he seems to have played it straighter. Max is not known as an adherent of the one-voice-per-part philosophy, yet here, his choruses are taken by the four soloists from his fine Rheinische Kantorei choir; there is no chorus. This is less than ideal. From what we know of Telemann's late occasional works, they were big, festive affairs. However, the decision was likely the result of COVID-era restrictions (the album was recorded in December of 2020), and in the airy acoustic of Cologne's Trinitatiskirche, one doesn't miss the choir much. Moreover, the choruses are mostly not simply chorales but are more complex polyphonic pieces; one quotes the old In dulci jubilo hymn, a pure Telemann move. The interpretations generally have Max's characteristic warmth, and the soloists (in the solos) are idiomatic and direct. Telemann lovers will enjoy this release.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Anne Bierwirth, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist - Veronika Winter, MainArtist - Rheinische Kantorei Soloists, Choir, MainArtist - Matthias Vieweg, MainArtist - Anne Bierwirth, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist - Veronika Winter, MainArtist - Rheinische Kantorei Soloists, Choir, MainArtist - Matthias Vieweg, MainArtist - Anne Bierwirth, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist - Veronika Winter, MainArtist - Rheinische Kantorei Soloists, Choir, MainArtist - Matthias Vieweg, MainArtist - Anne Bierwirth, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthias Vieweg, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist - Veronika Winter, MainArtist - Rheinische Kantorei Soloists, Choir, MainArtist - Matthias Vieweg, MainArtist - Anne Bierwirth, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist - Matthias Vieweg, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist - Veronika Winter, MainArtist - Rheinische Kantorei Soloists, Choir, MainArtist - Matthias Vieweg, MainArtist - Anne Bierwirth, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist - Veronika Winter, MainArtist - Rheinische Kantorei Soloists, Choir, MainArtist - Matthias Vieweg, MainArtist - Anne Bierwirth, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Anne Bierwirth, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist - Veronika Winter, MainArtist - Rheinische Kantorei Soloists, Choir, MainArtist - Matthias Vieweg, MainArtist - Anne Bierwirth, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthias Vieweg, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist - Veronika Winter, MainArtist - Rheinische Kantorei Soloists, Choir, MainArtist - Matthias Vieweg, MainArtist - Anne Bierwirth, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Anne Bierwirth, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist - Veronika Winter, MainArtist - Rheinische Kantorei Soloists, Choir, MainArtist - Matthias Vieweg, MainArtist - Anne Bierwirth, MainArtist
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Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist - Veronika Winter, MainArtist - Rheinische Kantorei Soloists, Choir, MainArtist - Matthias Vieweg, MainArtist - Anne Bierwirth, MainArtist - Gottfried Simonis, Lyricist
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Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Matthias Vieweg, MainArtist - Gottfried Simonis, Lyricist
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Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist - Gottfried Simonis, Lyricist
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Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Anne Bierwirth, MainArtist - Gottfried Simonis, Lyricist
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Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Veronika Winter, MainArtist - Matthias Vieweg, MainArtist - Gottfried Simonis, Lyricist
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Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist - Gottfried Simonis, Lyricist
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Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist - Veronika Winter, MainArtist - Rheinische Kantorei Soloists, Choir, MainArtist - Matthias Vieweg, MainArtist - Anne Bierwirth, MainArtist - Gottfried Simonis, Lyricist
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Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Erdmann Neumeister, Lyricist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist - Veronika Winter, MainArtist - Rheinische Kantorei Soloists, Choir, MainArtist - Matthias Vieweg, MainArtist - Anne Bierwirth, MainArtist
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Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Erdmann Neumeister, Lyricist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist
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Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Erdmann Neumeister, Lyricist - Matthias Vieweg, MainArtist - Anne Bierwirth, MainArtist
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Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Erdmann Neumeister, Lyricist - Veronika Winter, MainArtist
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Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Erdmann Neumeister, Lyricist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist
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Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Erdmann Neumeister, Lyricist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist - Veronika Winter, MainArtist - Rheinische Kantorei Soloists, Choir, MainArtist - Matthias Vieweg, MainArtist - Anne Bierwirth, MainArtist
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Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Erdmann Neumeister, Lyricist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist - Veronika Winter, MainArtist - Rheinische Kantorei Soloists, Choir, MainArtist - Matthias Vieweg, MainArtist - Anne Bierwirth, MainArtist
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Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Erdmann Neumeister, Lyricist - Veronika Winter, MainArtist
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Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Erdmann Neumeister, Lyricist - Matthias Vieweg, MainArtist
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Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Erdmann Neumeister, Lyricist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist
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Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Erdmann Neumeister, Lyricist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist
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Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Erdmann Neumeister, Lyricist - Veronika Winter, MainArtist
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Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Hermann Max, Conductor, MainArtist - Das Kleine Konzert, Orchestra, MainArtist - Erdmann Neumeister, Lyricist - Georg Poplutz, MainArtist - Veronika Winter, MainArtist - Rheinische Kantorei Soloists, Choir, MainArtist - Matthias Vieweg, MainArtist - Anne Bierwirth, MainArtist
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Album review
Georg Philipp Telemann never wrote a Christmas oratorio, but that hasn't stopped performers from assembling them out of holiday-season cantatas. The one here by veteran choral conductor Hermann Max and his instrumental group Das Kleine Konzert isn't the first one. It is not even the first one on the CPO label. There is no basis for objecting to this kind of creative repertory expansion, for Bach's Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, was put together in basically the same way. Telemann isn't Bach, though most listeners will find satisfying listening here for the holiday season or any other time, and this album, in fact, made classical best-seller lists in early 2024. Max and company program five Telemann cantatas, unfailingly tuneful and well-made in the composer's characteristic way. One striking thing is that there are two quite late works from the 1750s and 1760s; the others are from earlier in Telemann's career, yet the style remains consistent. In some genres, Telemann caught on to the emerging light styles coming from Italy, but in church cantatas, he seems to have played it straighter. Max is not known as an adherent of the one-voice-per-part philosophy, yet here, his choruses are taken by the four soloists from his fine Rheinische Kantorei choir; there is no chorus. This is less than ideal. From what we know of Telemann's late occasional works, they were big, festive affairs. However, the decision was likely the result of COVID-era restrictions (the album was recorded in December of 2020), and in the airy acoustic of Cologne's Trinitatiskirche, one doesn't miss the choir much. Moreover, the choruses are mostly not simply chorales but are more complex polyphonic pieces; one quotes the old In dulci jubilo hymn, a pure Telemann move. The interpretations generally have Max's characteristic warmth, and the soloists (in the solos) are idiomatic and direct. Telemann lovers will enjoy this release.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 40 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:30
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Kleine Konzert, Das Rheinische Kantorei Soloists Hermann Max
- Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
- Label: CPO
- Genre: Classical
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