Expert in Baroque repertoire and making period discoveries, the Philadelphia-based ensemble Tempesta di Mare extends the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of Telemann's death with this unique album played on historically authentic instruments. This recording is the first to bring together Telemann's three surviving concerti-en-suite, from the intimate Concerto di camera to the more extravagant and impressive Concerto-Suites. Like many seventeenth-century German composers referring to their national idiom as a blend of French, Italian, and German styles, Telemann, who added rustic Polish music to this stylistic soup, quickly became the standard-bearer for this 'mixed taste' during the early eighteenth century, writing Italian concertos with a French accent, French overture featuring moonlighting concerto soloists, and Polish folk tunes that exuberantly dance their way into arias, concertos, sonatas, songs, and suites. One of his more interesting mixtures is the concerto-suite, a subgenre in which a soloist is featured in an opening concerto-allegro and in a following series of French dance movements. The three surviving works of this genre are brought together here for the first time.

Tracklist:

Chamber Concerto In F Major, Twv 54:F1 (Reconstr. R. Stone): I. Vivace
Chamber Concerto In F Major, Twv 54:F1 (Reconstr. R. Stone): II. Scherzando
Chamber Concerto In F Major, Twv 54:F1 (Reconstr. R. Stone): III. Vivace Da Capo
Chamber Concerto In F Major, Twv 54:F1 (Reconstr. R. Stone): IV. Bourrées I & II
Chamber Concerto In F Major, Twv 54:F1 (Reconstr. R. Stone): V. Menuett & Trio
Chamber Concerto In F Major, Twv 54:F1 (Reconstr. R. Stone): VI. Loure
Chamber Concerto In F Major, Twv 54:F1 (Reconstr. R. Stone): VII. Gigue
Musique De Table, Pt. 1, Quartet In G Minor, Twv 43:G3: I. Allegro
Musique De Table, Pt. 1, Quartet In G Minor, Twv 43:G3: II. Siciliana
Musique De Table, Pt. 1, Quartet In G Minor, Twv 43:G3: III. Bourrée
Musique De Table, Pt. 1, Quartet In G Minor, Twv 43:G3: IV. Menuet
Violin Concerto In F Major, Twv 51:F4: I. Presto
Violin Concerto In F Major, Twv 51:F4: II. Corsicana
Violin Concerto In F Major, Twv 51:F4: III. Allegrezza
Violin Concerto In F Major, Twv 51:F4: IV. Scherzo
Violin Concerto In F Major, Twv 51:F4: V. La Caccia
Violin Concerto In F Major, Twv 51:F4: VI. Polacca
Violin Concerto In F Major, Twv 51:F4: VII. Minuetto

UPC: 095115082126
Label: Chandos
Release Date: 5.4.18
Format: CD

Telemann - Concerti-En-Suite (CD)