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GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Recorder Suite / Recorder Concertos Daniel Rothert, recorder / Elke Martha Umbach, flute / Cologne CO, Helmut Maller [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2002 ] No other composer wrote so specifically for the recorder |
HANDEL / MICHAEL HAYDN / TELEMANN
The Art of the Baroque Trumpet Vol 4 Eklund, Niklas, trumpet, Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble. Nils-Erik Sparf [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Oct/2000 ] "This account of Telemann's familiar Concerto 2 has the best balance between trumpet, two oboes, and bassoon I have heard." - American Record Guide |
J.S. BACH / HOFFMANN / TELEMANN
Alto and Tenor Cantatas, BWV 35, 55, 160, 189 Marianne Beate Kielland (Mezzo-soprano) / Markus Schafer (Tenor) / Cologne Bach Choir / Cologne Chamber Orchestra / Helmut Muller-Bruhl (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] "Throughout the programme the musical direction from Helmut Muller-Bruhl is sensitive to the nature of the music" (MusicWeb Sept 2006) |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Don Quixote [Don Juan] / La Lyra / Ouverture in D Minor Northern Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Sep/2006 ] "This disc, delivered with great aplomb by Nicholas Ward and his Northern Chamber Orchestra, is a showcase of the composer's versatility and his gift for writing vivid and picturesque music. Each of the works in this program is delightful in its... |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Overtures / Suites: La Changeante / Les Nations anciens et modernes Northern Chamber Orchestra. Nicholas Ward (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Oct/2004 ] Telemann was among the most distinguished composers of his time, a rival to his friend Johann Sebastian Bach in reputation, and the certain preference of the Leipzig authorities for the position of Cantor at the St Thomas Choir School, where Bach was... |
SCHUMANN / HAYDN / HANDEL / TELEMANN
Schumann: Konzertstuck, Op. 86 / Haydn: Symphony No. 31, 'Horn Signal' / Handel: Concerto in F major / Telemann: Overture in F major, Alster Echo Sinfonia Varsovia / American Horn Quartet / Dariusz Wisniewski (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1801-1850) - "The nicest thing is that they sound as if they are having fun" (MusicWeb March 2006) |