The Musical Nationalities of Georg Philipp Telemann
As few other composers, Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) successfully drew on all the national styles and prevailing genres of his time in creating his enormous body of work, for which he received immediate acclaim. All in all, he produced more cantata cycles, oratorios and masses than his illustrious contemporary Johann Sebastian Bach, and more operas, orchestral and chamber music than that other ‘great’ composer of the late Baroque, George Frideric Handel. What is more, Telemann mastered the art of combining busy agendas as a teacher, conductor, public figure and publisher, while still finding time to enjoy himself playing the violin, the cello, various keyboard instruments, the oboe, the flute and the chalumeau. In short, in Telemann we encounter one of the most versatile composers of the first half of the 18th century, an artist more than worthy of a record with text and explanations.
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Additional information
| Label | |
|---|---|
| SKU | CC72669 |
| Qualities | |
| Channels | 2ch Stereo, 5 Channel Surround Sound, 2ch Stereo & 5ch Surround |
| Artists | |
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| Genres | |
| Cables | Siltech |
| Digital Converters | dCS |
| Mastering Engineer | Bert van der Wolf |
| Mastering Equipment | Avalon Acoustic |
| Microphones | Sonodore |
| Instruments | |
| Original Recording Format | |
| Producer | Bert van der Wolf |
| Recording Engineer | Bert van der Wolf |
| Recording location | Concertgebouw deSingel, Antwoerpen, Belgium |
| Recording Software | Merging |
| Recording Type & Bit Rate | DSD64 |
| Release Date | January 22, 2016 |
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As few other composers, Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767) successfully drew on a multitude of national styles and prevailing genres in creating his enormous body of work. Les Nations is perhaps the best known of these multi-national assemblages. Yet in this album we additional have his Overture ‘Völker’ in which he dances through movements titled Les Turcs, Les Suisses, Les Moscovites, Les Portugais. Telemann was indeed the cosmopolitan, multi-cultured composer…
The performances here a well-sprung—alert, spritely, full of spirit, full of wry sly humor that so well aligns with this master from 250 years ago. Neither the Bach Concentus nor the oboe soloist, Vinciane Baudhuin, strive for flashy frills, excess vibrato, or stretched out phrasing. No, this is a pretty straight forward performance that lets us hear Telemann, not the misplaced efforts of the performers. And, for that, I applaud everyone involved.
This Bert van der Wolf recording is a thing of grace and beauty. As always, Bert has found a beautiful natural acoustic recording venue in the Concertgebouw deSingel, Antwerpen, Belgium. His combination of extremely detailed and natural sounding instrumental sound and the breath and airiness of the recording venue makes this recording sound truly like real instruments performing in a real space. There is three dimensionality to the sound of the instruments, there is wonderfully natural timbre, there is just the right balance of direct and reflected sound, and there is the wonderful air of a great music performance venue.
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