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Telemann’s Barbaric Beauty by Holland Baroque with Milos Valent


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If you’re not a big fan of Baroque Music, I’ve got the perfect “discovery” for you… Barbaric Beauty!

At least, this is how Telemann described the pieces he wrote after discovering the music played along the Polish-Hungarian border. “If you were to write down all that was played there, after a week you would have enough ideas for the rest of your life.”

And it turns out that these pieces clearly inspired him in works later on.

What I find particularly interesting is the lively nature of some of these pieces. For example, listen to the second track, Les Janissaires. This is exciting, get up and dance music!

From an Audiophile Audition review:

The music-making here seems to me inspired, fully engaged, beautifully adaptable to a language that doesn’t come naturally to classically trained musicians. I confess it took me more than one listening to realize that Telemann’s music is much more than a cultured imitation of what he had heard in Eastern Europe. But then this is a disc you’ll want to listen to, and learn from, repeatedly. 

I agree!

Written by

Bill Dodd

Bill is Senior Music Reviewer at NativeDSD. He lives in the Portland, Oregon area. He is an avid photographer too! Along with his early interest in broadcasting and high fidelity audio, he was exposed to classical music in small doses from age 5, was given piano lessons from age 9— Starting with Bach and including Gershwin. Successful morning personality in San Francisco at age 22. (true). Sang in choirs in high school and college. Although the broadcasting experience was all in popular music, his personal listening has been mostly classical his whole life—along with others including Benny Goodman, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Joni Mitchell, The Who, and Led Zeppelin.

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