{"product_id":"telemann-mauch-akademie-christmas-oratorios","title":"Telemann \/ Mauch \/ Akademie: Christmas Oratorios - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eChristmas Oratorios\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eTelemann \/ Mauch \/ Akademie\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eCpo Records\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e761203525423\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eClassical\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2019-01-04\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         Our most recent Telemann album is a special highlight for the Christmas season! It brings together three Christmas oratorios from Telemann's Oratorischer Jahrgang for the church year 1730\/31 and a cantata from the annual cycle Musicalisches Lob Gottes printed in score form in Nuremberg in 1744. The oratorios are new discoveries and premiere recordings. Even if the works concerned are of cantata length, the term \"Oratorio\" is in this case perfectly justified. Not only the soprano, alto, and other vocal parts sing but also personified allegories such as Faith, Hope, and Love. Telemann's musical realization of the poetic sources of the writer and musician Albrecht Jacob Zell is distinguished by great imagination and subtle artistry. The affections and emotions contained in the texts penned by Zell and the Biblical texts inserted by him in the arias and choruses are developed logically and with great feeling: here Telemann employs and combines the whole spectrum of compositional techniques at his command. Telemann's opulent settings were made to order for the rich resources of Hamburg's church music, for which he had available eight vocalists as well as some twenty instrumentalists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudio Sample:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ci\u003eAll soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. For some releases, the tracks listed may not accurately represent the tracks on the physical release.\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                           \u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.tidal.com\/albums\/101141636\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;height:700px\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Telemann \/ Mauch \/ Akademie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32423150321735,"sku":"37018207","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/3846458_d698ba1c-aac3-444e-9713-6612b5ff8ebd.jpg?v=1747801344","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/telemann-mauch-akademie-christmas-oratorios","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}