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CD Review
Georg Philipp Telemann
Musique Baroque
- Concerto in D Major for Trumpet, 2 Violins & Continuo, TWV 51:D7
- Concerto for 3 Clarinets, Timpani, 2 Violins, Viola & Harpsichord
- Violin Sonata in A Major
- Trumpet Concerto #2 in D Major
- Sonata "Domenic"
- Sonata "Sabato"
- Overture in D Major
- George Frideric Handel: Overture - "Water Music" Suite in D Major
Wolfgang Bauer Consort
Live Concert on May 16, 2009
K & K Verlagsanstalt KuK89 74m DDD
This fine disc is yet another in the stunning series of CDs produced by the enterprising Josef-Stefan Kindler and Andreas Otto Grimminger and recorded in the sublime acoustic of the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Maulbronn monastery in Heilbronn, Germany.
Telemann has become quite well served on record of late but this eclectically mixed concert is a joy just to sit back and relax with the sounds of trumpet, string instruments and clarinets competing for attention.
I have recently had the opportunity to listen to several CDs from the Concentus Musicus Wien in numerous Telemann works but the striking ambience of this particular recording was truly eye-opening. Each soloist led by the able virtuoso Wolfgang Bauer brings the works to life in an uncanny sense of historically informed music making.
As usual with these discs, my only quibble is with the sparse annotations which practically only include the biography of the artists concerned. Otherwise this is a joyful disc which deserves the widest possible currency.
Copyright © 2010, Gerald Fenech
