Orchestral, Overtures, Telemann (composer)
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Special offer. Telemann: Ouvertures à 8 for 3 oboes, bassoon, strings and continuo
Zefiro Baroque Orchestra, Alfredo Bernardini
The much-vaunted lean muscularity of the Ensemble Zefiro...produces a freshly balanced sonority that alters our experience of these works...Special praise is due to the superb, unstinting continuo... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Baroque Instrumental
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Antonini proves an athletic and affectionate communicator of this sophisticated music, enlivening the dances with well-judged tempos, cogent articulation and a light tread that would grace any... —
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2017, Winner - Musique Baroque
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Telemann: Viola Concertos, Overtures & Fantasias
Antoine Tamestit (viola), Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin, Sabine Fehlandt, Bernhard Forck
Tamestit’s celebration of Telemann’s viola writing, and the characterful vignettes which provide indelible colour to his orchestral suites, is an evenly sustained delight. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Special offer. Telemann: Concertos & Cantata Ihr Völker Hört
Clare Wilkinson (mezzo soprano)
Florilegium
Florilegium has already shown its sensibility to and affection for Telemann’s music…Difficult though it is to single out any particular work, I would commend the A major Trio for flute, obbligato... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Baroque Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, Chamber Choice
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Special offer. Mr Charles the Hungarian. Handel's Rival in Dublin
RecommendedIrish Baroque Orchestra, Peter Whelan
Here is an unusual and delightful programme from bassoonist and director Peter Whelan...Irish Baroque Orchestra with its several concertante players imbue the music with lucidity and a spirited... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Special offer. Telemann: Ouverture & Concerti
Holland Baroque Society meets Alexis Kossenka
Holland Baroque Society, Alexis Kossenka
When played with the expertise and natural good taste demonstrated by these young players, only pleasure can ensue. The orchestral sound strikes a perfect balance between weight and clarity,... —
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...in Andreas Staier's own words, 'this programme is a declaration of love to Georg Philipp Telemann, perhaps the wittiest, most charming and most cheerful composer Germany has ever produced'.... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Instrumental Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2006, Instrumental Choice
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This debut disc is, hands down, some of the best recorded Telemann out there, and I am ready to go fist to fist with anyone who disagrees…Indeed, the disc teems with what must surely be the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2020, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Bach & Telemann: Cantatas for Baritone
Christoph Prégardien (baritone)
Vox Orchestra, Lorenzo Ghirlanda
Flaws in [instrumental] intonation are hard to overlook. But the solo playing is characterful and visceral, and inner lines in the texture emerge with clarity…Prégardien, who has enjoyed a long... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2018
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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