Musicians of the Old Post Road release "Into the Light" on September 26
Album features world premiere recordings of rediscovered chamber music by Christoph Graupner on historical instruments
Plus music by Georg Telemann, Johann Fasch, and Ernest Louis
The Boston-based chamber ensemble Musicians of the Old Post Road specialize in the period instrument performance of dynamic and diverse music from the Baroque to early Romantic eras. On Friday, September 26, 2025, they release an album of recently rediscovered music by German composer Christoph Graupner (1683-1760). The album includes world premiere recordings as well as selections by Graupner's close associates Johann Friedrich Fasch, Georg Philipp Telemann, and Graupner's patron Count Ernest Louis. "Into the Light: Rediscovered Chamber Music of Christoph Graupner and others" is released on OPR Recordings (OPR001). The recording is the winner of the Noah Greenberg Award from the American Musicological Society.
Graupner spent the majority of his long career as Kapellmeister at the Darmstadt court where he wrote over 2,000 compositions. He was also a friend of Telemann, and shared a deep admiration for his music. Due to his strong reputation as a composer, many aspiring students came to Darmstadt to study with Graupner, including Johann Friedrich Fasch.
"Despite earning the respect of his German contemporaries Bach, Telemann, and Handel, Graupner's music was unfortunately largely forgotten after his death. He has just started to have a revival in the past two decades" said Musicians of the Old Post Road Co-Artistic Director and cellist Daniel Ryan. "As a chamber ensemble whose mission it is to program rediscovered and forgotten works, it was a delight to dive into Graupner's rich oeuvre and bring these rediscovered works to music lovers everywhere," added OPR Co-Artistic Director and flutist Suzanne Stumpf.
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