Telemann: Perpetuum Mobile (2004)

Stuttgart-based publisher Carus-Verlag specializes in performing editions of previously unpublished German sacred music prepared from original manuscripts. With the worklist of German Baroque master Georg Philipp Telemann running to over 2,900 items, it is safe to say that Telemann alone could keep Carus-Verlag busy for quite some time. The Carus disc Perpetuum Mobile is a showcase for previously unrecorded Telemann editions that Carus has printed, performed expertly by the Bathasar-Neumann-Chor under the leadership of Han ... Read More

Stuttgart-based publisher Carus-Verlag specializes in performing editions of previously unpublished German sacred music prepared from original manuscripts. With the worklist of German Baroque master Georg Philipp Telemann running to over 2,900 items, it is safe to say that Telemann alone could keep Carus-Verlag busy for quite some time. The Carus disc Perpetuum Mobile is a showcase for previously unrecorded Telemann editions that Carus has printed, performed expertly by the Bathasar-Neumann-Chor under the leadership of Han Tol.Perpetuum Mobile provides a glimpse of Telemann's variety of approaches within a cube calved from the huge iceberg that represents his output. Stylistic consistency was not Telemann's hallmark; unlike Johann Sebastian Bach, he did not frequently return to his music to refine old ideas -- it was easier to write new ones. The newly published material on Perpetuum Mobile consists of three sacred cantatas and a suite (i.e., "overture") for strings, filled out with a couple of his... Read Less