TELEMANN: Virtuoso [CD de audio] Ensemble Il Rossignolo and Telemann

Concerto TWV 52:e1; Sonata TWV 42:d10 and TWV 42:e6; Soli n.10 TWV 41:C5 (Essercizi musici) and n.2 TWV 41:D9 (Essercizi musici); Quartet TWV 43:G2 (Musique de table) - This splendid album reveals all the qualities that helped put Georg Philipp Telemann on the same level as his most celebrated contemporaries Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Händel, including inexhaustible melodic invention, a very elaborate contrapuntal writing, unbridled virtuosity and, above all, a wonderful ability to express feelings and affections. The program presents an attractive selection of works from different genres, including two concertos for recorder and flute, two sonatas in a minor key, two solos taken from the delicious Essercizi musici and the famous Tafelmusik quartet. The members of the Tuscan ensemble Il Rossignolo pay tribute to the characteristics of the nightingale's song, offering a performance full of melodiousness and virtuosity, two qualities that are heightened to the maximum by the soft sounds of the original instruments. The libretto contains extensive cover notes on the composer and the works performed and the biography of the performers. Martino Noferi, recorder and oboe; Marica Testi, flute; Stefano Barneschi, Chiara Zanisi, violins; Agostino Mattioni, viola; Jean-Marie Quint, Takeshi Minasi, cellos; Amerigo Bernardi, double bass; Ottaviano Tenerani, harpsichord.