Ensemble Hesperi - A Gift for your Garden (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Airs for the Spring: The Anemone: I. Air
02. Airs for the Spring: The Anemone: II. Andante
03. Trio Sonata No. 1 in B Minor, HWV 386b: I. Andante
04. Trio Sonata No. 1 in B Minor, HWV 386b: II. Allegro ma non troppo
05. Trio Sonata No. 1 in B Minor, HWV 386b: III. Largo
06. Trio Sonata No. 1 in B Minor, HWV 386b: IV. Allegro
07. Fantasia No. 9 in E Major, TWV 40:10: I. Affettuoso
08. Fantasia No. 9 in E Major, TWV 40:10: II. Allegro
09. Fantasia No. 9 in E Major, TWV 40:10: III. Grave
10. Fantasia No. 9 in E Major, TWV 40:10: IV. Vivace
11. Sonata I in A Major, TWV 43:A1: I. Soave
12. Sonata I in A Major, TWV 43:A1: II. Allegro
13. Sonata I in A Major, TWV 43:A1: III. Andante
14. Sonata I in A Major, TWV 43:A1: IV. Vivace
15. Airs for the Spring: The Hyacinth: I. Cantabile
16. Airs for the Spring: The Hyacinth: II. Allegro moderato
17. Trio Sonata in D Major, WV Cv:XV:99: I. Largo
18. Trio Sonata in D Major, WV Cv:XV:99: II. Allegro
19. Trio Sonata in D Major, WV Cv:XV:99: III. Andante
20. Trio Sonata in D Major, WV Cv:XV:99: IV. Vivace
21. Airs for the Spring: The Tulip: I. March
22. Airs for the Spring: The Tulip: II. Allegro moderato
23. Airs for the Spring: The Tulip: III. Hornpipe
24. Trio Sonata in G Minor, TWV:g9: I. Soave ma non adagio
25. Trio Sonata in G Minor, TWV:g9: II. Vivace
26. Trio Sonata in G Minor, TWV:g9: III. Largo
27. Trio Sonata in G Minor, TWV:g9: IV. Allegro

Countless wealthy people in eighteenth-century Europe developed a passion for botany. This passion went far beyond the simple pleasure of gardens, reflecting rather a growing fascination with the natural world. German composer Georg Philipp Telemann shared this passion and energetically cultivated his collection, often begging friends and correspondents to send him specimens. The creative landscape of Telemann’s life was undoubtedly filled with floral and musical colour. Ensemble Hesperi, a period ensemble based in London, presents a programme that celebrates Telemann’s botanical passion. His published correspondence shows that he often wrote to his musician friends abroad, asking them to send him plant specimens. Among these friends were George Frideric Handel and Johann Gottlieb Graun, each of whom is represented here by a trio sonata, and there is also music by Telemann himself: one of his difficult ‘Paris Quartets’, a raucous sonata in G minor and a haunting fantasia for solo recorder. In a letter to a friend, Telemann spoke of his passion for hyacinths, tulips, ranunculi ‘and especially for anemones’. The composer of four instrumental collections containing floral musical miniatures, James Oswald had to be part of this programme, and so we are treated to ‘The Hyacinth’, ‘The Anemone’ and ‘The Tulip’ from his ‘Airs for the Spring’.

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