Baerenreiter Verlag Die Wunderbare Bestandigkeit der Liebe oder Orpheus Tvwv 21:18 - Telemann - Vocal Score, Urtext Edition - Soloists, Mixed Choir, Orchestra Die Wunderbare Bestandigkeit der Liebe oder Orpheus Tvwv 21:18 - Telemann - Vocal Score, Urtext Edition - Soloists, Mixed Choir, Orchestra

Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
Arranger: Andreas Kohs / Rene Jacobs
Editor: Wolfgang Hirschmann / Ulf Grapenthin
Format: Vocal Score, Urtext edition
Instrumentation: Soloists, Mixed choir, Orchestra
Language: Italian, French, German

In Georg Philipp Telemann's opera "Orpheus", the focus is not on Eurydice, but on Queen Orasia, who is inflamed with mad but unrequited love for the legendary singer.
The first documented performance of the work took place in Hamburg in 1726. In keeping with the appealing multilingualism of the libretto (German, Italian and French), the composer presents the recitatives, arias and choruses in the various national musical styles and, depending on the dramatic and scenic occasion, ranging from the songlike to the pathetic and virtuosic.
The vocal score, which is based on the Urtext of the "Telemann Musical Works", also includes editorially marked additions (including new compositions of recitatives that have only been handed down in text form) by Rene Jacobs, a specialist in this repertoire.