Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
Performer: Anna Curzon, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Asako Takeuchi, Susan Carpenter-Jacobs, Raquel Massadas, Naomi Burrill, The Wallfisch Band
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 7778822
Release: 2022
Size: 391 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Overture-Suite in G Minor, TWV 55:g8
01. I. Apertura
02. II. Rondeau
03. III. Passepied
04. IV. Sarabande
05. V. Echo
06. VI. Passacaglia
07. VII. Menuets I & II
Double Violin Concerto in B-Flat Major, TWV 52:B2
08. I. Adagio
09. II. Allegro
10. III. Adagio
11. IV. Allegro
Double Violin Concerto in G Major, TWV 52:G2
12. I. Grave
13. II. Allegro
14. III. Largo
15. IV. Presto
Double Violetta Concerto in G Major, TWV 52:G3
16. I. Avec douceur
17. II. Gay
18. III. Largo
19. IV. Vivement
Triple Violin Concerto in F Major, TWV 53:F1
20. I. Allegro
21. II. Largo
22. III. Vivace
The five works on this volume offer a fascinating cross-section of Telemann’s violin concertos from the early creations of the Eisenach period (1708-1712) to the 1730s, when the composer published his Musique de table as a musician highly respected throughout Europe. And the genres and instrumentations on this album are also varied: concertos for two and three solo violins stand alongside a Violetta double concerto and Telemann’s only concerto overture with two solo violins.
“The wealth of variations in compositional technique and style testifies to a composer who constantly reinvented himself, or who did not need to do so because of his great versatility. Another jewel in cpo’s Telemann crown” (klassik.com on Vol. 7). Here, too, the Wallfisch Band convinces with freshness, the best inner ensemble balance and great respect for each other, which results in audibly friendly musical cooperation.