Telemann: Meines Bleibens ist nicht hier, TWV 1:1100

The main works on this disc are the secular cantata "Tirsis am Scheideweg" (Thyrsis at the crossroads) and two church cantatas "Nach Finsternis und Todesschatten" (After darkness and the shadow of death) , "Meines Bleibens ist nicht hier" (No abiding place have I here).

Disc also includes full texts and translations.

This Telemann production was released in 1989. Nowadays you can only imagine Jacobs as the director of the ensemble, but in this recording, René Jacobs is the countertenor, being accompanied by the members of the Akademie für Alte Musik in a chamber music arrangement – without director.

The cooperation between René Jacobs and the Berlin-based orchestra, which led to a number of award-winning releases, began with this Telemann recording. Since then, both have been awarded with the Telemann prize of the city of Magdeburg - the Akademie für Alte Musik in 2006; René Jacobs in 2008.

This collection of cantatas sung by René Jacobs includes a printed libretto.