Musik der Hamburger Pfeffersäcke (Music of Hamburg's Moneybags)

Georg Philipp Telemann (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Reinhard Keiser (Composer), Elbipolis Barockorchester Hamburg (Orchestra), Yeree Suh (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Yeree Suh
• Orchestra: Elbipolis Barockorchester Hamburg
• Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann, George Frederick Handel, Reinhard Keiser
• Audio CD (June 24, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Raum Klang
• ASIN: B001AE3FE8
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #686,640 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Overture: L'Omphale, suite for strings & continuo in E minor, TWV 55:e8: Ouverture

2. Overture: L'Omphale, suite for strings & continuo in E minor, TWV 55:e8: Pastorale

3. Overture: L'Omphale, suite for strings & continuo in E minor, TWV 55:e8: Bourée

4. Overture: L'Omphale, suite for strings & continuo in E minor, TWV 55:e8: Passepied

5. Overture: L'Omphale, suite for strings & continuo in E minor, TWV 55:e8: Les Jeux

6. Overture: L'Omphale, suite for strings & continuo in E minor, TWV 55:e8: Les Magiciens

7. Overture: L'Omphale, suite for strings & continuo in E minor, TWV 55:e8: Menuet en Rondeau

8. Work(s): Lebe doch mein werthes Licht (from lost opera 'L'Omphale')

9. Sinfonia in B flat major, HWV 339: Allegro

10. Sinfonia in B flat major, HWV 339: Adagio

11. Sinfonia in B flat major, HWV 339: Allegro

12. Work(s): Ich sagte gern ich wäre frey (from lost opera "L'Omphale")

13. Sonata a 5 for violin & strings in B flat major (Sonata à Cinque), HWV 288: Andante

14. Sonata a 5 for violin & strings in B flat major (Sonata à Cinque), HWV 288: Adagio

15. Sonata a 5 for violin & strings in B flat major (Sonata à Cinque), HWV 288: Allegro

16. Hercules und Hebe suite, for orchestra: Ouverture

17. Hercules und Hebe suite, for orchestra: Menuet

18. Hercules und Hebe suite, for orchestra: Entrée alternativement avec le Trio

19. Hercules und Hebe suite, for orchestra: Aria alla Battaglia

20. Hercules und Hebe suite, for orchestra: Aria con Oboe solo

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spicy music from Hamburg, December 29, 2010

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Morten Fuglestad (Norway) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Musik der Hamburger Pfeffersäcke (Music of Hamburg's Moneybags) (Audio CD)

This is definitely a recording that will sharpen your ears and whet your appetite. The programme of Handel, Telemann and Keiser is shaped with a sense of having something to say. The accompanying booklet doesn't say much about the music but, the anonymous letter from 1708 which tells much about Hamburg as a blossoming city of music at that time.

The playing is one to a part, and if that sounds like a terrible anaemic soundscape, think one more time. RaumKlang has done excellent work in recording these gems. The sound is crisp and full without making the instruments sound unnaturally close. Telemann's Overture "L'Omphale" in e minor has an impressive air of tragedy to it's scoring with strings, BC, recorder and oboes. I'd also like to single out Handel's Sinfonia in B flat major. I've never heard this played so well. The tempo is breathtakingly fast, but the attention to detail is also quite fantastic - Listen to it and you sure will see that the anonymous early 18th century author of the letter in the booklet was right in claiming a bright future for Handel even though he had just heard a few pieces of him.

Reinhard Keiser's Overture is also impressive and full of wit and élan. The percussions and winds are very colourfull and the mighty chaconne adds well to the tragic mood to what Telemann opened this CD with.

The Korean soprano Yeree Suh is also an exceptionally musician. My one criticism of this CD is that I'd like to hear more of her. She sings with a rare intelligence and taste. Her embellishments are sober, yet they seem to do more to the music than I noticed at the first hearing, and a cantata or some more arias would be welcome from her on this disc. This is a truly unique CD, and if it is true that you can't buy yourself love, you can at least buy yourself bliss and happiness with this marvellous music.