The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen - Pepusch: Concertos and Overtures for London (2012) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist
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01. Overture to The Beggar's Opera in B-Flat Major: Adagio-Allegro
02. Concerto á 5 for Oboe, Strings and Basso Continuo in G Minor: 1. Adagio
03. Concerto á 5 for Oboe, Strings and Basso Continuo in G Minor: 2. Allegro
04. Concerto á 5 for Oboe, Strings and Basso Continuo in G Minor: 3. Adagio
05. Concerto á 5 for Oboe, Strings and Basso Continuo in G Minor: 4. Allegro
06. Concerto for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo in A Major: 1. Allegro
07. Concerto for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo in A Major: 2. Adagio
08. Concerto for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo in A Major: 3. Allegro
09. Concerto Grosso á 6 for Trumpet, Strings and Basso Continuo in D Major: 1. Largo
10. Concerto Grosso á 6 for Trumpet, Strings and Basso Continuo in D Major: 2. Allero
11. Concerto Grosso á 6 for Trumpet, Strings and Basso Continuo in D Major: 3. Grave
12. Concerto Grosso á 6 for Trumpet, Strings and Basso Continuo in D Major: 4. Marche
13. Concerto Grosso á 6 for Trumpet, Strings and Basso Continuo in D Major: 5. Menuet
14. Concerto for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo in A Minor: 1. Allegro
15. Concerto for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo in A Minor: 2. Adagio
16. Concerto for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo in A Minor: 3. Allegro
17. Concerto Grosso for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo in B Flat Major: 1. Vivace
18. Concerto Grosso for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo in B Flat Major: 2. Adagio
19. Concerto Grosso for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo in B Flat Major: 3. Allegro
20. Concerto Grosso for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo in B Flat Major: 4. Adagio
21. Concerto Grosso for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo in B Flat Major: 5. Allegro
22. Concerto á 6 for Cello, Bassoon, Strings and Basso Continuo in F Major: 1. Allegro
23. Concerto á 6 for Cello, Bassoon, Strings and Basso Continuo in F Major: 2. Adagio
24. Concerto á 6 for Cello, Bassoon, Strings and Basso Continuo in F Major: 3. Presto
25. Concerto á 6 for Cello, Bassoon, Strings and Basso Continuo in F Major: 4. Allegro
26. Overture to Venus and Adonis in F Major: Allegro – Adagio – Allegro

Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667-1752) was probably something of a child prodigy and Ernst Ludwig Gerber records that hereceived an appointment as harpsichordist to the Prussian Court at Berlin by the age of 14.

Regardless of this and other successes inthe theatre, Pepusch was most highly esteemed in his own lifetime as a composer of concertos. Georg Philipp Telemann considered him as one of the best six German composers.

As with Handel, later Germans and Britons both claimed Pepusch as their own.Pepusch is best remembered today for his contribution to The Beggar’s Opera (1728), for which he composed a fine overture. Apartfrom that overture, none of his other pieces had received commercial recordings until today. It is our hope that this CD goes somedistance to remind audiences why Pepusch was once so highly regarded across Europe as a fine composer of inventive and dramatic concertos.

The original Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen was formed in London in 1678 by Roger L'Estrange and Thomas Britton and a group of the same name was still giving concerts in the middle of the eighteenth century. This new ensemble of has been formed under the same name and whose central repertoire is drawn from the collections of manuscripts and prints associated with the original ensemble and London concert life in general, as well as other fascinating corners of baroque repertoire. Typically the ensemble consists of around 4 violins, 1 va, 1 cello, 1 bass, harpsichord/organ and theorbo/lute. We are also sometimes joined by oboes, flutes and even singers.

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