Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini - Handel & Telemann: Water Music (2003)

The versatile, highly acclaimed early music ensemble, Zefiro, present a beautiful programme exploring the influence of water and the elements upon both Handel and Telemann, reissued at a special price for the Handel 250th anniversary this year.
Water is the element that unites Handel’s Water Music and Telemann’s Wassermusik, composed within a few years of each other. Both are occasional pieces, Handel’s Water Music being written for royal water parties on the Thames and Telemann’s Wassermusik to celebrate the centenary of the Admiralty in Hamburg. Both are also instrumental pieces displaying great expertise in writing for different string and wind instruments, together and in dialogue.
Zefiro is a versatile music group in which wind instruments are in the foreground. Recent visitors to London, their recordings are highly acclaimed and have been awarded several international prizes, including the Grand Prix du Disque.