Double & Triple Concertos

Friedemann Immer (Artist), Michael Laird (Artist), Ian Wilson (Artist), Stephen Preston (Artist), John Turner (Artist), Monica Huggett (Artist), Claire Shanks (Artist), Georg Philipp Telemann (Composer), Christopher Hogwood (Conductor), The Academy of Ancient Music (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: The Academy of Ancient Music
• Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
• Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000004CXA
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #223,957 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I. Largo

2. II. Allegro

3. III. Adagio

4. IV. Presto

5. I. Spiritoso

6. II. Grave

7. III. Allegro

8. I. Largo

9. II. Allegro

10. III. Largo

11. IV. Presto

12. I. Dolce-Allegro

13. II. Largo

14. III. Allegro

15. I. Andante

16. II. Allegro

17. III. Siciliano

18. IV. Vivace

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Baroque Perfection, July 11, 2011

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Johnny Prada (Brasília, Brasil) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Double & Triple Concertos (Audio CD)

This is one of the best recodings ever with this duo: AAM & Sir Christopher Hogwood. The sound quality of this recording is superb.
It was my first Telemann (then, on LP) and gave me an overwhealming first impression about the German composer. The repertoire is magnificently selected for this group of concertos, including some less usual ones, as the Concerto Polonois.
Hogwood and AAM exhibit a very precise and most melodic reading, with perfect tempi, according to the main features of the orchestra, besides the use of epoch instruments. The selection is so good that it's hard to choose a preferred or a major piece.
Known as a tremendously prolific composer, Georg Phillip Telemann paid the price for putting J. S. Bach on lower platforms at their times: after his death, Telemann became regarded as a "minor composer". But nothing as giving time time. Here, we can hear some of the best Telemann in a very common baroque form: the double concerto.
Strongly recommended.