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Special offer. Telemann: Germanicus, TVWV deest

Olivia Stahn (Claudia), Elisabeth Scholl (Agrippina), Matthias Rexroth (Florus/ Lucius), Albrecht Sack (Segestes), Henryk Böhm (Germanicus), Tobias Bernd (Arminius), Friedrich Praetorius (Caligula), Dieter Bellmann (Speaker)

Sächsisches Barockorchester, Gotthold Schwarz

Telemann: Germanicus, TVWV deest
the vivacity of the writing is breathtaking. Under Gotthold Schwarz, the Saxon Baroque Orchestra relishes every affect of this exuberant score, while Elisabeth Scholl's expressive Agrippina,...

BBC Music Magazine, April 20124 out of 5 stars

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Special offer. Telemann: Germanicus, TVWV deest

Olivia Stahn (Claudia), Elisabeth Scholl (Agrippina), Matthias Rexroth (Florus/ Lucius), Albrecht Sack (Segestes), Henryk Böhm (Germanicus), Tobias Bernd (Arminius), Friedrich Praetorius (Caligula), Dieter Bellmann (Speaker)

Sächsisches Barockorchester, Gotthold Schwarz

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the vivacity of the writing is breathtaking. Under Gotthold Schwarz, the Saxon Baroque Orchestra relishes every affect of this exuberant score, while Elisabeth Scholl's expressive Agrippina,...

BBC Music Magazine, April 20124 out of 5 stars

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CPO is proud to present the world première recording of Georg Philipp Telemann’s opera Germanicus. Telemann had made reference to writing twenty operas during his four years in Leipzig, but sadly the scores have been lost and very few librettos and arias are extant. Michael Maul has proven that some 40 arias discovered at the Frankfurt University Library were from Telemann’s Germanicus and its modern premiere took place with Gotthold Schwarz and the Saxon Baroque Orchestra.

Germanicus is a tale of love, lust and political intrigue based very loosely on events during the first-century occupation of Teutonic territory by the Romans. Since only arias survive, for recitatives Maul substituted a tongue-in-cheek narrative wittily delivered by actor Dieter Bellmann.

  • Release date: 3rd Jan 2012
  • Label: CPO
  • Catalogue number: 777602-2
  • Length: 2 hours 43 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Telemann: Germanicus
Work length3:53
  • Olivia Stahn, Elisabeth Scholl, Matthias Rexroth, Friedrich Praetorius, Albrecht Sack, Henryk Böhm, Tobias Berndt, Dieter Bellmann
  • Saxon Baroque Orchestra
  • Gotthold Schwarz
Overture
Track length3:53
Telemann: Germanicus, Act I
Work length1:00:43
  • Olivia Stahn, Elisabeth Scholl, Matthias Rexroth, Friedrich Praetorius, Albrecht Sack, Henryk Böhm, Tobias Berndt, Dieter Bellmann
  • Saxon Baroque Orchestra
  • Gotthold Schwarz
Entree
Track length1:57
Wir schreiben das Jahr 16
Track length0:43
Aria. Grosser Feldherr, Heil und Wonne (Segestes)
Track length5:27
Germanicus ergreift das Wort
Track length1:12
Aria. Dieses Herz ist nicht fur dich (Claudia)
Track length1:01
Ach grausamer (Lucius)
Track length0:17
Aria. Ho risolto d'adoravi (Lucius)
Track length2:43
Unweit von Koln geht es weniger prachtig zu
Track length0:57
Aria. Piante voi, ch'in lido ameno (Agrippina)
Track length2:13
Wharend Agrippina uber das schlachtfeld irrt
Track length0:21
Aria. Tranquillatevi pensieri (Arminius)
Track length3:22
Aber wen sieht Arminius?
Track length1:34
Aria. Sei standhaft, armes Herz (Arminius)
Track length2:04
Agrippina ist noch immer ausser sich
Track length0:36
Bald hoff' ich zu sehen (Agrippina)
Track length1:59
Einstweilen muss Agrippina damit begnugen
Track length1:35
Aria. Wer da hoffet zu geniessen (Florus)
Track length1:09
Tags darauf treffen Agrippina und Florus in Koln ein
Track length2:55
Passepied
Track length2:03
Am Abend sind Agrippina und Germanicus
Track length1:31
Aria. Sei zufrieden, schonstre Seele (Germanicus)
Track length1:49
Aria. Rimembranza crudel (Agrippina)
Track length5:02
In einem hohen Turm vor den Toren der Stadt
Track length0:37
Aria. A Lescosse di fortuna (Arminius)
Track length2:14
Aber interessant: Jetzt taucht Claudia auf
Track length0:25
Aria. Amor, hilf mir uberwinden (Claudia)
Track length2:14
Arminius reibt sich die Augen
Track length1:06
Aria. Kommet nur, ihr heissen Flammen (Arminius)
Track length1:51
Der vom Russ der Flammen gezeichnete Arminius
Track length1:18
Aria. No lacci crudeli (Claudia)
Track length1:54
Lucius ist verwirrt von der Szenerie
Track length0:19
Aria. Lass mich doch Mitleid erlangen (Lucius)
Track length3:24
Bouree
Track length2:51
Telemann: Germanicus, Act II
Work length45:16
  • Olivia Stahn, Elisabeth Scholl, Matthias Rexroth, Friedrich Praetorius, Albrecht Sack, Henryk Böhm, Tobias Berndt, Dieter Bellmann
  • Saxon Baroque Orchestra
  • Gotthold Schwarz
Am nachsten Morgen spaziert Florus
Track length0:41
Aria. Arditi pensieri (Florus)
Track length2:12
Agrippina lauft ebenfalls durch den Garten
Track length0:13
Aria. Son troppo tenaci (Agrippina)
Track length2:54
Agrippina und Florus reden nun miteinander
Track length1:13
Aria. Gelosia, ti sento al core (Germanicus)
Track length2:19
Werter Vater, gehst du fort? (Caligula)
Track length1:35
An einem anderen Ort steht der Furst Segestes
Track length0:28
Aria. Mein Herze ist voll Grimm und Wut (Segestes)
Track length1:52
Die noch immer als Soldat verkleidete Claudia
Track length1:59
Aria. Mein susser Trost (Lucius, Claudia)
Track length2:39
Am Abend findet sich Agrippina
Track length0:21
Aria. Susse Hoffnung, wenn ich frage (Agrippina)
Track length2:55
Jetzt erscheint Lesbus
Track length0:37
Aria. Komm, o Schlaf (Agrippina)
Track length3:56
Doch nun geschieht etwas Schreckliches
Track length1:39
Aria. Mein Herz kennt kein Mitleid mehr (Germanicus)
Track length1:20
Szenenwechsel
Track length1:14
Duet. Wie glucklich ist die Brust (Claudia, Lucius)
Track length1:41
Ach Grausame (Arminius)
Track length0:16
Aria. Wen Amors Pfeil getroffen (Arminius)
Track length1:45
Nicht weit entfernt
Track length0:21
Aria. Voi ch'eterni in ciel (Agrippina)
Track length1:28
Doch welch ein Gluck
Track length0:40
Aria. Ich komme, shonste Augen (Agrippina)
Track length2:27
Unterdessen unternimmt Claudia
Track length0:25
Aria. Si dissi di ligami (Claudia)
Track length2:46
Arminius irrt unterdessen im Wald umher
Track length1:23
Aria. Furien! (Arminius)
Track length1:57
Telemann: Germanicus, Act III
Work length53:31
  • Olivia Stahn, Elisabeth Scholl, Matthias Rexroth, Friedrich Praetorius, Albrecht Sack, Henryk Böhm, Tobias Berndt, Dieter Bellmann
  • Saxon Baroque Orchestra
  • Gotthold Schwarz
Wir befinden uns wieder in Koln
Track length0:41
Aria. Ti perdei, mio bel sole (Claudia)
Track length4:26
Schon hebt der Brautvater zu seiner Festrede an
Track length1:51
Aria. Stelle inique, ingrate stelle (Arminius)
Track length2:28
Unterdessen spinnt Florus seine Intrige weiter
Track length1:08
Aria. Barbara, perfida (Germanicus)
Track length1:52
Die Leibwache des Germanicus hat Agrippina
Track length0:17
Aria. Zu euch, ihr barmherzigen Sterne (Agrippina)
Track length2:28
Zur gleichen Zeit hat Arminius seinen Dienst
Track length0:19
Aria. Zur Flucht, mein Schatz (Arminius, Claudia)
Track length1:33
Durch deine Treu, o mein Ergotzen (Arminius, Claudia)
Track length0:12
Aria. Ewig werd ich dich verehren (Claudia)
Track length2:24
Unerwartet betritt Segestes die Szenerie
Track length0:30
Aria. Die Boschafte soll erblassen (Segestes)
Track length1:39
Inzwischen hat Agrippina erfahren
Track length0:27
Aria. Sempre invitta mia costanza (Agrippina)
Track length1:56
Agrippina wird nun von den Soldaten abgeholt
Track length1:06
Accompagnato. Agrippina, auf! (Agrippina)
Track length2:36
Aria. Die Stunde schlagt (Agrippina)
Track length3:01
Schon brennen die Flammen lichterloh
Track length2:21
Aria. Consolati o cor (Caligula)
Track length2:37
Aber die traute Dreisamkeit wahrt nicht lang
Track length0:26
Aria. Sei nicht betrubt (Germanicus)
Track length1:00
Wieder ist Agrippina mit ihrem Sohn allein
Track length0:17
Aria. Nun kann ich endlich doch einmal (Agrippina)
Track length2:36
Zwischenzeitlich hat sich Florus
Track length0:21
Aria. Fortuna arridimi (Florus)
Track length2:42
Germanicus trifft auf dem Schlachtfeld ein
Track length1:23
Aria. Amor, dein verhasster Bogen (Lucius)
Track length1:29
Germanicus obliegt es, das Schicksal
Track length0:56
Menuett
Track length2:49
Alle huldigen dem grossen Feldherrn
Track length0:49
Aria. So erhalt getreue Liebe (Agrippina, Claudia, Germanicus, Arminius)
Track length2:51

Awards and reviews

April 2012

the vivacity of the writing is breathtaking. Under Gotthold Schwarz, the Saxon Baroque Orchestra relishes every affect of this exuberant score, while Elisabeth Scholl's expressive Agrippina, Tobias Berndt's heroic Arminius and Friedrich Praetorius's perky Caligula head a sturdy cast. There is a great deal in this recording to enjoy and admire.
4 out of 5 stars

February 2012

In summary, this is a mixed success. Opera lovers will be disappointed by the absence of anything in the nature of real drama and readers in general may find their enthusiasm tempered by uneven contributions from the vocalists. What does carry the day, though, is the music, itself. Many hallmarks of Telemann's style are already present in these mainly delightful arias...Well worth exploring, caveats notwithstanding.
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