Notes and Editorial Reviews
"Sinfonia melodica by the Berliner Barock Solisten under Rainer Kussmaul assembles an appealing combination of unfamiliar orchestral pieces, including two reconstructions of fragmentary works recorded here for the first time...These are lively, rhythmically engaging pieces that, like in the case of J.S. Bach and Handel, stand up well to performance on modern instruments, which is what the Berliner Barock Solisten utilizes. Nevertheless, they retain the basic principles of Baroque performance style; allegro movements are fast and zippy and adagio movements are played slowly, with sensitivity...Highlights include the impressively difficult violin passages in the fragmentary Violin Concerto in E major, TWV 51:E3 and the iconoclastic opening
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movement of the Oboe Concerto in D minor TWV 51:d2, which proves that Telemann was not above applying quirky and unconventional solutions in order to vary normally routine harmonic transitions. Deutsche Grammophon's recording is excellent and palpably realistic." -- David Lewis, AMG Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Overture-Suite for 3 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and Basso continuo in C major, RV 55 no C 4 by Georg Philipp Telemann
Performer:
Albrecht Mayer (Oboe),
Rainer Kussmaul (Violin),
Viola Orlovsky (Oboe),
Bernhard Forck (Violin),
Stefan Schweigert (Bassoon)
Conductor:
Rainer Kussmaul
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Baroque Soloists
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1768
2.
Concerto for Violin in E minor, TV 51 no e 3 by Georg Philipp Telemann
Performer:
Bernhard Forck (Violin),
Rainer Kussmaul (Violin)
Conductor:
Rainer Kussmaul
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Baroque Soloists
Period: Baroque
Written: Frankfurt, Germany
Notes: Composition written: Frankfurt, Germany (?Circa 1712 - ?Circa 1721).
3.
Concerto for Flute in D major, TV 51 no D 2 by Georg Philipp Telemann
Performer:
Albrecht Mayer (Oboe)
Conductor:
Rainer Kussmaul
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Baroque Soloists
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1716-1725; Germany
4.
Concerto grosso for Strings and Basso Continuo in E flat major, TV 43 no Es 1 by Georg Philipp Telemann
Conductor:
Rainer Kussmaul
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Baroque Soloists
Period: Baroque
5.
Concerto for 2 Violins in A major, TV 52 no A 2 by Georg Philipp Telemann
Performer:
Rainer Kussmaul (Violin),
Bernhard Forck (Violin)
Conductor:
Rainer Kussmaul
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Baroque Soloists
Period: Baroque
6.
Sinfonia for 2 Oboes, Strings and Basso Continuo in C major, TV 50 no 2 "Melodica" by Georg Philipp Telemann
Performer:
Viola Orlovsky (Oboe),
Albrecht Mayer (Oboe)
Conductor:
Rainer Kussmaul
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Baroque Soloists
Period: Baroque
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