Graupner: Himmlische Stunden, selige Zeiten

GRAUPNER Angst und Jammer, GWV 1145/11. Furcht und Zagen, GWV 1102/11b. Ich bleibe Gott getreu, GWV 1106/19. Ach Gott und Herr, GWV 1144/11 . Overture in c, GWV 413: “Tombeau” • Peter Barczi, cond; Miriam Feuersinger (sop); Capricornus Consort Basel (period instruments) • CHRISTOPHORUS 77381 (76:06 Text and Translation) Several years ago I mentioned in a review that the cantatas of Christoph Graupner, a well-regarded contemporary of Bach and Telemann, were a vast and largely untouched repertory. Graupner, who lived most of his life in Darmstadt, seemed to write fluidly and continuously in this genre, penning a huge number of them, and yet only a handful have ever been recorded. This disc continues to redress this historical omission with a series of four more intimate works for solo soprano, all but one of which appear here for the first time. The one thing that comes to mind when listening to these works is the tremendous control that Graupner exercises