Keiser: Der glueckliche Fischer

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In his cantata the Hamburg Baroque master Reinhard Keiser pulled out all the stops of his compositional talent

In his cantata about the nymph Melisse and her three suitors, the shepherd Coridon, the gardner Melanthus and the fisher Polidor, who is ultimately chosen and thus becomes "happy" [glücklich], the Hamburg Baroque master Reinhard Keiser pulled out all the stops of his compositional talent; especially striking is his art of characterization through instrumental means.

1. | Recitativo – An einem silberklaren Bach
2. | Aria affettuosa – Helle Tropfen, rinnt von hinnen!
3. | Recitativo – Kaum hatte sie den schönen Mund geschlossen
4. | Aria – Melisse, denke meiner Brunst
5. | Recitativo – Die Schöne ward durch diese Wort entstellt
6. | Aria affettuosa – Vergönne mein Engel, vergönne mein Leben
7. | Recitativo – Melisse lachete dazu
8. | Aria presta – Auf der See wohnt meine Lust
9. | Recitativo – Dies Lied entzückete der Nymphen Sinn
10. | Recitativo con Concertato – Drauf ward der Tag in lauter Lust vollbracht
11. | Aria con Ritornello – Ihr Gärten und ihr Auen