Gottfried Heinrich Stoelzel: Christmas Oratorio, Vol. 2 - Gospel Cantatas (2007)

Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel was a contemporary of Bach and Telemann, active for most of his life at Gotha in central Germany. The music here is not going to cause any reevaluation of the primacy of those composers, but it doesn't sound much like either one. As such, it will interest lovers of the German Baroque. The most striking feature of the music is its simplicity. Sample the final chorale, "Wo ist der Freuden Ort?" (Where is the place of joy?) of the first of the Christmas oratorio cantatas recorded here (track 12). ... Read More

Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel was a contemporary of Bach and Telemann, active for most of his life at Gotha in central Germany. The music here is not going to cause any reevaluation of the primacy of those composers, but it doesn't sound much like either one. As such, it will interest lovers of the German Baroque. The most striking feature of the music is its simplicity. Sample the final chorale, "Wo ist der Freuden Ort?" (Where is the place of joy?) of the first of the Christmas oratorio cantatas recorded here (track 12). Modeled on the hymn In dulci jubilo, it is a limpid bit of music as far as can be imagined from a harmonically supersaturated Bach chorale. The informative booklet notes suggest that Stölzel's chorales could have been intended for congregational performance. Though simple, the music is still written in a festive mode, with trumpets and drums. The arias are less stark than the chorales, but they still have a certain minimal orientation, especially in the very delicate readings delivered... Read Less

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