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Employed at the court of Hesse-Darmstadt for 50 years, Christoph Graupner was one of the most important composers of his day. During this time, he wrote an astonishing number of cantatas (of which over 1400 have survived in the State Library at Darmstadt), as well as a sizeable corpus of instrumental pieces.
2010 is the 350th anniversary of his death, and Prima la musica! will issue First Editions of many more ouverture suites and sinfonias, edited by Kim Patrick Clow, as well as cantatas and keyboard music. In addition to Hermann Max's CD of six cantatas for Christmas time, we are also looking forward to concerts around the world which will bring this neglected master to wider recognition. |
| | | | GRA600 Gott will mich auch probieren | | GRA098 *Jesu frommer Menschen Heerden* | Kim Patrick Clow is methodically working his way through this corpus of fine music from the sources in Darmstadt. As well as a rich diversity of styles, the orchestral suites in particular reveal the composer's interest in different instrumental colours, and show how versatile the court orchestra must have been.
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| | | Ouverture in C, GWV402 | | Ouverture in C, GWV403 | | | Ouverture in C, GWV405 | | Ouverture in C, GWV410 | | | Ouverture in D, GWV418 | | Ouverture in D, GWV421 | | Ouverture in D, GWV423 | | Ouverture in D, GWV424 | | Ouverture in D minor, GWV425 | | Ouverture in D minor, GWV426 | | Ouverture in E flat, GWV429 | | Ouverture in E, GWV433 | | Ouverture in E, GWV436 | | Ouverture in E, GWV438 | | Ouverture in E, GWV440 | | Ouverture in F, GWV446 | | Ouverture in F, GWV447 | | Ouverture in F, GWV451 | | Ouverture in G, GWV457 | | Ouverture in G, GWV464 | | Ouverture in G, GWV466 | | Entrata in G minor, GWV468 | | Ouverture in G minor, GWV469 | | Ouverture in G minor, GWV471 | | Ouverture in A, GWV473 | | Ouverture in A, GWV477 | | Ouverture in B flat, GWV479 | | Ouverture in B flat, GWV484 | | Ouverture in B flat, GWV485 | | Ouverture in A, GWV729 |  | Ludwig of Hessen-Darmstadt was apparently partial to the "modern" sinfonia, especially on his birthday - and while he was on hunting expeditions. Kim plans to edit all the surviving works.
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| | Sinfonia in D, GWV520 | | Sinfonia in D, GWV529 | | Sinfonia in D, GWV533 | | Sinfonia in D, GWV540 | | Sinfonia in D, GWV548 | | Sinfonia in F, GWV566 | | Sinfonia in G, GWV596 | | | | | |
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