Thomas Triesschijn | The Counterpoints XL

Thomascantors in dialogue

Type CD
Label Challenge Classics
UPC 0608917290325
Catalog number CC 72903
Release date 04 February 2022

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About the album

Thomas Triesschijn: After winning a Dutch radio prize, I thought of realising a long-cherished dream: recording music for solo recorder and orchestra, in particular the famous Ouverture Suite in A minor by Telemann. Taking this piece as a starting point and after doing some research, I stumbled upon the story of the four colleagues - Telemann, Fasch, Graupner and Bach - auditioning for the prestigious position of Thomascantor in Leipzig after the death of Johann Kuhnau in 1722. Through the music on this CD, I invite you to share in a unique story of four dear friends and esteemed colleagues auditioning for the position of cantor at St. Thomas that Bach surprisingly got as fourth (!) choice. This was the position in which he would spend most of his career, composing masterpieces one after another.

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Ouverture-Suite in A Minor, TWV 55:a2 Ouverture

10:47
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Ouverture-Suite in A Minor, TWV 55:a2 Les Plaisirs

03:09
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Ouverture-Suite in A Minor, TWV 55:a2 Air à l’Italien: Largo - Allegro - Largo

06:26
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Ouverture-Suite in A Minor, TWV 55:a2 Menuet I & II

03:04
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Ouverture-Suite in A Minor, TWV 55:a2 Réjouissance

02:18
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Ouverture-Suite in A Minor, TWV 55:a2 Passepied I & II

02:07
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Ouverture-Suite in A Minor, TWV 55:a2 Polonoise

03:41
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Concerto in F Major, GWV 323 Allegro

03:48
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Concerto in F Major, GWV 323 Andante

01:53
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Concerto in F Major, GWV 323 Allegro

03:43
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Concerto in D Major, BWV 1053R Arrangement after BWV 169:1, 169:5, 49:1 Allegro

08:01
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Concerto in D Major, BWV 1053R Arrangement after BWV 169:1, 169:5, 49:1 Siciliano

05:02
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Concerto in D Major, BWV 1053R Arrangement after BWV 169:1, 169:5, 49:1 Allegro

06:42
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Concerto in F Major, FaWV L:F6 Allegro

03:10
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Concerto in F Major, FaWV L:F6 Largo: staccato e piano sempre

01:56
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Concerto in F Major, FaWV L:F6 Allegro

02:56

This is a disc that portrays an imaginary weird audition that took place in Leipzig in 1723. After Johann Kuhnau’s death the Thomaskirche was in search of a new Kantor. For different reasons Telemann, Fasch and Graupner declined and the fourth choice happened to be Johann Sebastian Bach. Thomas Triesschijn and his ensemble imagine a dialogue among the four giants through their own compositions for recorder and orchestra. This recording is not only a showacase for a great virtuoso, but a fully enjoyable disc with plenty of wonderful music. Triesschijn and Counterpoint previous (and first) release was awarded the Gramophone Editor’s Choice: “This debut disc is, hands down, some of the best recorded Telemann out there, and I am ready to go fist to fist with anyone who disagrees”.