Pondering the Baroque violin repertoire, one would be forgiven to think of Johann Sebastian Bach's works and little else. Acclaimed English violinist Thomas Bowes courageously sets out to change this preconceived notion with TELEMANN FANTASIAS, a rare and remarkable full performance of all of Georg Philipp Telemann's solo violin fantasias. Telemann is to violinists what Mozart is to keyboard players: deceptively simple on paper, notoriously difficult to master in actuality. Bowes, never a stranger to a challenging repertoire, expertly articulates the cheer, spirit, and zest of these pieces with a strikingly light-hearted panache, as if it could be no different. Indeed, upon listening to this rendition, it is easy to imagine a future in which public performances of Bach's pious partitas are habitually rounded off by Telemann's buoyant secular fantasias. For Bowes, this future is now.

Tracklist:

Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Twv 40:14: I. Largo
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Twv 40:14: II. Allegro
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Twv 40:14: III. Grave
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Twv 40:14: IV. Si Replica L'allegro
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 2 In G Major, Twv 40:15: I. Largo
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 2 In G Major, Twv 40:15: II. Allegro
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 2 In G Major, Twv 40:15: III. Allegro
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 3 In F Minor, Twv 40:16: I. Adagio
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 3 In F Minor, Twv 40:16: II. Presto
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 3 In F Minor, Twv 40:16: III. Grave - Vivace
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 4 In D Major, Twv 40:17: I. Vivace
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 4 In D Major, Twv 40:17: II. Grave
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 4 In D Major, Twv 40:17: III. Allegro
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 5 In A Major, Twv 40:18: I. Allegro
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 5 In A Major, Twv 40:18: II. Andante
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 5 In A Major, Twv 40:18: III. Allegro
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 6 In E Minor, Twv 40:19: I. Grave
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 6 In E Minor, Twv 40:19: II. Presto
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 6 In E Minor, Twv 40:19: III. Siciliana
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 6 In E Minor, Twv 40:19: IV. Allegro
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 7 In E-Flat Major, Twv 40:20: I. Dolce
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 7 In E-Flat Major, Twv 40:20: II. Allegro
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 7 In E-Flat Major, Twv 40:20: III. Largo
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 7 In E-Flat Major, Twv 40:20: IV. Presto
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 8 In E Major, Twv 40:21: I. Piacevolmente
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 8 In E Major, Twv 40:21: II. Spirituoso
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 8 In E Major, Twv 40:21: III. Allegro
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 9 In B Major, Twv 40:22: I. Siciliana
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 9 In B Major, Twv 40:22: II. Vivace
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 9 In B Major, Twv 40:22: III. Allegro
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 10 In D Major, Twv 40:23: I. Presto
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 10 In D Major, Twv 40:23: II. Largo
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 10 In D Major, Twv 40:23: III. Allegro
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 11 In F Major, Twv 40:24: I. Un Poco Vivace
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 11 In F Major, Twv 40:24: II. Soave
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 11 In F Major, Twv 40:24: III. Un Poco Vivace
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 11 In F Major, Twv 40:24: IV. Allegro
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 12 In A Minor, Twv 40:25: I. Moderato
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 12 In A Minor, Twv 40:25: II. Vivace
Fantasia For Solo Violin No. 12 In A Minor, Twv 40:25: III. Presto

UPC: 896931006781
Label: Navona
Release Date: 10.22.21
Format: CD

Telemann / Bowes - 12 Fantasias For Solo Violin (CD)