Jane Gower, Lars Ulrik Mortensen & Genevieve Lacey - Telemann: Sonatas, Sonatinas and Fantasias (2016) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Sonata in C Major for Recorder & Basso continuo, TWV 41:C5: I. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro
02. Sonata in C Major for Recorder & Basso continuo, TWV 41:C5: II. Larghetto
03. Sonata in C Major for Recorder & Basso continuo, TWV 41:C5: III. Vivace
04. Sonatina in C Minor for Bassoon & Basso continuo, TWV 41:c2: I. Largo
05. Sonatina in C Minor for Bassoon & Basso continuo, TWV 41:c2: II. Allegro
06. Sonatina in C Minor for Bassoon & Basso continuo, TWV 41:c2: III. Dolce
07. Sonatina in C Minor for Bassoon & Basso continuo, TWV 41:c2: IV. Vivace
08. Fantasia in D Major for Harpsichord, TWV 33:1: I. Allegro
09. Fantasia in D Major for Harpsichord, TWV 33:1: II. Adagio
10. Fantasia in D Major for Harpsichord, TWV 33:1: III. Allegro
11. Sonata in F Major for Recorder & Basso continuo, TWV 41:F2: I. Vivace
12. Sonata in F Major for Recorder & Basso continuo, TWV 41:F2: II. Largo
13. Sonata in F Major for Recorder & Basso continuo, TWV 41:F2: III. Allegro
14. Sonata for Bassoon and Continuo in F Minor, TWV 41:f1: I. Triste
15. Sonata for Bassoon and Continuo in F Minor, TWV 41:f1: II. Allegro
16. Sonata for Bassoon and Continuo in F Minor, TWV 41:f1: III. Andante
17. Sonata for Bassoon and Continuo in F Minor, TWV 41:f1: IV. Vivace
18. Fantasia in E Major for Recorder, TWV 40:10: I. Affettuoso
19. Fantasia in E Major for Recorder, TWV 40:10: II. Allegro
20. Fantasia in E Major for Recorder, TWV 40:10: III. Grave
21. Fantasia in E Major for Recorder, TWV 40:10: IV. Vivace
22. Sonatina in A Minor for Bassoon & Basso continuo, TWV 41:a4: I. Andante
23. Sonatina in A Minor for Bassoon & Basso continuo, TWV 41:a4: II. Allegro
24. Sonatina in A Minor for Bassoon & Basso continuo, TWV 41:a4: III. Andante
25. Sonatina in A Minor for Bassoon & Basso continuo, TWV 41:a4: IV. Presto
26. Fantasia in G Minor for Harpsichord, TWV 33:8: I. Vivace
27. Fantasia in G Minor for Harpsichord, TWV 33:8: II. Cantabile
28. Fantasia in G Minor for Harpsichord, TWV 33:8: III. Vivace
29. Sonata in D Minor for Recorder & Basso continuo, TWV 41:d4: I. Affettuoso
30. Sonata in D Minor for Recorder & Basso continuo, TWV 41:d4: II. Presto
31. Sonata in D Minor for Recorder & Basso continuo, TWV 41:d4: III. Grave
32. Sonata in D Minor for Recorder & Basso continuo, TWV 41:d4: IV. Allegro

"The recorder player Genevieve Lacey and the Baroque bassoonist Jane Gower gave a performance that swept away dourness in favour of light precision and breathlessly agile sequences in the fast movements and elegantly balanced ensemble in the slow.” – Peter McCallum, Sydney Morning Herald

Three of the finest baroque musicians performing today celebrate the music of one of the most prolific – and most neglected – composers.

George Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) was a friend of both JS Bach and Handel, and in their lifetime was considered to be the finest composer of the three. He was at the forefront of new stylistic developments, drawing on influences across Europe – including French, Italian and Polish music – and moving music forward from the baroque to the classical era.

Whilst his 1,000-plus church cantatas brought Telemann to eighteenth-century ears, it was in his chamber music that his invention and wit could flourish. He wrote sets of Fantasias for solo instruments – on this album we hear two for harpsichord and one for flute – and stunning Sonatas and Sonatinas for bassoon and recorder, accompanied for harpsichord.

Telemann shaped the course of music, but also of the music industry. He was one of the first composers to publish his own music, and therefore to assert his authorial ownership of its ‘intellectual property’. All of these Sonatas, Sonatinas and Fantasias were published in the 1730s – in the short term, at least, as part of a money–making venture intended to mitigate his wife’s gambling debts!

Genevieve Lacey, Jane Gower and Lars Ulrik Mortensen are close musical friends and collaborators. Lacey is an ARIA-winning virtuoso whose repertoire spans centuries, and has performed at venues from the BBC Proms to a prison in remote Western Australia; her fellow Australian Jane Gower is one of the world’s most sought after bassoonists, and a frequent collaborator with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Anima Eterna. Lars Ulrik Mortensen is a harpsichordist, conductor and teacher who specialises in period instruments. He is Artistic Director of Concerto Copenhagen and the European Union Baroque Orchestra.

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