Bass-Kantaten

Christoph Graupner, active for over 50 years at the Hessian court in Darmstadt, is a kind of insiders' tip whose rich musical production is hardly accessible.The reason his works remain largely unknown is that the original scores were kept strictly under lock and key for decades.The present CD introduces first recordings of three of his unusually colorful bass solo cantatas as well as an original Suite for Chalumeau.The melodic language of these cantatas frequently proceeds in tortuous paths; the content of the text repeatedly depicted with harmonic surprises and sharp dissonances.