The work group formed by Telemann's overture suites is regarded as exemplary and even today offers a wealth of discoveries - and the three works presented here in album recording premieres certainly answer this description. It is difficult to determine the chronological order of Telemann's extant overture suites because the composer incorporated very different influences into them, not only from French music since the invention of the form by Jean-Baptiste Lully but also from the "Lullists" active in Germany such as Johann Sigismund Kusser, Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, and Johann Fischer. And for Telemann's pronounced tendency to mix existing formal, stylistic, and generic traditions, the overture suite formed an absolutely ideal foil. Here we can find diverse characters, formal combinations, and stylistic interconnections in great supply. The great imagination and spirit at work here are also shown in the plentiful stores of surprising ideas that shine like flashes of brainstorm lightning in various passages.

Tracklist:

Ouverture-Suite In G Major, Twv 55:G1: I. Ouverture
Ouverture-Suite In G Major, Twv 55:G1: II. Air. Doucement
Ouverture-Suite In G Major, Twv 55:G1: III. Prelude. Vistement
Ouverture-Suite In G Major, Twv 55:G1: IV. Air. Lentement
Ouverture-Suite In G Major, Twv 55:G1: V. Air En Menuet - Menuet II
Ouverture-Suite In G Major, Twv 55:G1: VI. Air En Sarabande
Ouverture-Suite In G Major, Twv 55:G1: VII. Entree
Ouverture-Suite In G Major, Twv 55:G1: VIII. Angloise
Ouverture-Suite In B-Flat Major, Twv 55:B13: I. Ouverture
Ouverture-Suite In B-Flat Major, Twv 55:B13: II. Gigue
Ouverture-Suite In B-Flat Major, Twv 55:B13: III. Gavotte
Ouverture-Suite In B-Flat Major, Twv 55:B13: IV. Menuet
Ouverture-Suite In B-Flat Major, Twv 55:B13: V. Plainte
Ouverture-Suite In B-Flat Major, Twv 55:B13: VI. Bourree
Ouverture-Suite In B-Flat Major, Twv 55:B13: VII. Affetuoso E Molto Adagio
Ouverture-Suite In B-Flat Major, Twv 55:B13: VII. Passepied Alternativement
Ouverture-Suite In G Major, Twv 55:G5: I. Ouverture
Ouverture-Suite In G Major, Twv 55:G5: II. Les Augures
Ouverture-Suite In G Major, Twv 55:G5: III. Rondeaux
Ouverture-Suite In G Major, Twv 55:G5: IV. Entree
Ouverture-Suite In G Major, Twv 55:G5: V. La Joye
Ouverture-Suite In G Major, Twv 55:G5: VI. Sarabande
Ouverture-Suite In G Major, Twv 55:G5: VII. Gigue
Ouverture-Suite In G Major, Twv 55:G5: VIII. Gavotte En Rondeau
Ouverture-Suite In G Major, Twv 55:G5: IX. Plainte
Ouverture-Suite In G Major, Twv 55:G5: X. Menuet

UPC: 761203538928
Label: Cpo Records
Release Date: 1.8.21
Format: CD

Telemann / Lorfeo Barockorchester - 3 Overture Suites (CD)