Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
Performer: Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Arcana
Catalogue: A371
Release: 2013
Size: 762 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Ouverture for 3 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and Basso Continuo in D Major, TWV55:D15
01. I. Ouverture
02. II. Prélude (Très vite)
03. III. Gigue
04. IV. Menuet I – Menuet II
05. V. Harlequinade
06. VI. Loure
07. VII. Rondeau
08. VIII. Réjouissance
Ouverture for 3 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and Basso Continuo in D Minor, TWV55:d3
09. I. Ouverture
10. II. Menuet I – Menuet II
11. III. Gavotte
12. IV. Courante
13. V. Air
14. VI. Loure
15. VII. Hornpipe
16. VIII. Canaries
17. IX. Gigue
Ouverture for 3 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and Basso Continuo in B-Flat Major, TWV55:B10
18. I. Ouverture
19. II. Rondeau
20. III. Air (Un peu viste)
21. IV. Hornpipe
22. V. Menuet I – Menuet II
23. VI. Bourrée
24. VII. Plainte
25. VIII. Combattans
26. IX. Passepied I – Passepied II
Recorded in the bright acoustics of the Teatro Bibiena in Mantua (“the most beautiful theatre in the world”, according to Leopold Mozart), Zefiro’s second release on the Arcana label is devoted to the colourful world of Telemann’s Overtures (i.e. Suites).
The three masterworks presented here highlight the unique quality of this versatile ensemble – formed by the oboists Alfredo Bernardini and Paolo Grazzi, and the bassoonist Alberto Grazzi – specialising in eighteenth-century works that give particular prominence to wind instruments.