Dorothee Oberlinger - Telemann: Pastorelle en musique (2022) [Hi-Res]

"A sparkling tableau full of musical beauty," was the enthusiastic review of Telemann's "Pastorelle en musique" after its performance by Ensemble 1700 under Dorothee Oberlinger at the Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival in June 2021. For the accompanying recording of Georg Philipp Telemann's 1717 work, Dorothee Oberlinger and her Ensemble 1700 are collaborating with the Vocal Consort Berlin and the equally highly acclaimed soloists Lydia Teuscher, Marie Lys, Alois Mühlbacher, Florian Götz and Virgil Hartinger. Telemann's "Pastorelle en musique" is most likely the earliest complete musico-dramatic work by Telemann and a fascinating, festive work full of wit and melodic color that focuses on the emotional turmoil of young people, their conflicts and longings around the themes of commitment, freedom and passion. All the more astonishing that this musical gem has only been recorded once before. And it is a stroke of luck that it was rediscovered at all and is now available in an outstanding recording conducted by Dorothee Oberlinger, since it had disappeared in Ukraine after World War II until 2002. Telemann's "Pastorelle" is a pastoral play and comes with Italian arias like "Regne, amour, sur mon âme," French airs like "Vos rigueurs, mon enfant," and almost cheeky, rhythmic choral tableaux like "Das süsse Lieben nach Wunsch zu üben / Aimons sans cesse" or "Lasst uns Liebesrosen brechen." It sometimes recalls Vivaldi, sometimes Corelli, and likewise draws on Molière and Lully. At last it is available in a new reference recording under Dorothee Oberlinger, who conducts this wonderful and varied music sensitively, with ease and finesse - and of course also plays the recorder.