Telemann / Kejmar - Ceremony of Trumpets - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The three compositions brought together on this demonstrate how Telemann could be relied on to compose not only church music for ordinary religious services but also works for extraordinary sacred events and special occasions. Telemann's dedicatory music for the church in the St. Hiob-Hospital in Hamburg, InchKommt, lasset uns anbeten,Inch is scored for an ensemble that is noticeably smaller than those of his other compositions for the dedication of churches. This does not reflect lesser status but owes to the small church space. As a result, the composition convinces the listener with it's intimacy, while the ensemble limited to a few musicians contributes significantly to the exquisite impression made by this lovingly designed music displaying many beautiful details, above all in the melodic and harmonic spheres. By contrast, the stylistic modernity and wealth of imagination in Telemann's sung poem InchGeschlagene Pauken, auf!Inch - which has been recorded here for the first time - makes us sit up and take notice. And the motet InchLaetare iuvenis in iuventute tua,Inch composed in 1758 to a text from the Old Testament, numbers among the few works by Telemann attesting to his activity in the educational field as the music director of Hamburg's Latin School (the Johanneum).

Such a long timespan of inactivity brought undeniable changes to the band's sound, the main difference being the way chosen by The Old Nick to recite his verses English and Latin were the languages spoken on Sursum Luna, whilst Eliphas Love is mainly written in Italian. Along with vocals, keyboards are extremely prominent, with a very occult-ish sound, reminding of classic Italian horror movies soundtracks. Despite such differences, though, Funeral Oration is still an old-school black metal band. Riffs are still ice-cold. Up tempos are still the only chance. The occult is still their aim. And should be yours too.

Telemann / Heidelberger Kammer - With Flutes & Trumpets [COMPACT DISCS] date 01/01/2012