Georg Philipp Telemann: Essercizii Musici overo Dodesci Soli e Dodeci Trii à diversi stromenti, Vol. 1

Georg Philipp Telemann (Composer), Battalia (Performer), Annmari Polho (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Battalia, Annmari Polho
• Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
• Audio CD (March 29, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Alba
• ASIN: B0007TKG6C
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #786,332 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Sonata for violin & continuo in F major (Essercizii Musici No. 1/1), TWV 41:F4: Andante

2. Sonata for violin & continuo in F major (Essercizii Musici No. 1/1), TWV 41:F4: Allegro

3. Sonata for violin & continuo in F major (Essercizii Musici No. 1/1), TWV 41:F4: Siciliana

4. Sonata for violin & continuo in F major (Essercizii Musici No. 1/1), TWV 41:F4: Allegro

5. Trio for recorder, oboe & continuo in C minor (Essercizii Musici No. 1/2), TWV 42:c2: Largo

6. Trio for recorder, oboe & continuo in C minor (Essercizii Musici No. 1/2), TWV 42:c2: Vivace

7. Trio for recorder, oboe & continuo in C minor (Essercizii Musici No. 1/2), TWV 42:c2: Andante

8. Trio for recorder, oboe & continuo in C minor (Essercizii Musici No. 1/2), TWV 42:c2: Allegro

9. Sonata for flute & continuo in D major No. 2 (Essercizii Musici No. 2/3), TWV 41:D9: Largo

10. Sonata for flute & continuo in D major No. 2 (Essercizii Musici No. 2/3), TWV 41:D9: Vivace

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Disc: 2

1. Sonata for recorder & continuo in D minor (Essercizii Musici No. 4/7), TWV 41:d4: Affetuoso

2. Sonata for recorder & continuo in D minor (Essercizii Musici No. 4/7), TWV 41:d4: Presto

3. Sonata for recorder & continuo in D minor (Essercizii Musici No. 4/7), TWV 41:d4: Grave

4. Sonata for recorder & continuo in D minor (Essercizii Musici No. 4/7), TWV 41:d4: Allegro

5. Trio for flute, harpsichord & continuo in A major (Essercizzi Musici No. 4/8), TWV 42:A6: Largo

6. Trio for flute, harpsichord & continuo in A major (Essercizzi Musici No. 4/8), TWV 42:A6: Allegro

7. Trio for flute, harpsichord & continuo in A major (Essercizzi Musici No. 4/8), TWV 42:A6: Largo

8. Trio for flute, harpsichord & continuo in A major (Essercizzi Musici No. 4/8), TWV 42:A6: Vivace

9. Solo, for oboe & continuo in B flat major (Essercizi musici No. 5/9), TWV 41:B6: Adagio

10. Solo, for oboe & continuo in B flat major (Essercizi musici No. 5/9), TWV 41:B6: Allegro

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Essercizii, January 9, 2012

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This review is from: Georg Philipp Telemann: Essercizii Musici overo Dodesci Soli e Dodeci Trii à diversi stromenti, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

This is really wonderful. I have the other recording on Arkiv and on DHM. Both are okay. The performances in this recording are lively, recorded in wonderful sound, and include period instruments. That is a magic combination for Telemann. During his own time, Telemann was at least as popular if not more popular than J.S. Bach. Obviously, that judgment has not quite lasted the test of time. This recording does give you a lovely example of why he was so popular.

This music is really heavy on the recorder. For many of us that have been listening to classical music, recorder is really not that common. Older recordings of baroque music did not always display recorder as well as in these performances. More emphasis was on the strings. This performance can go a long way towards reintroducing and re-popularizing recorder music to modern listeners (even of baroque music).

It is kind of an expensive set and comes in two volumes of two discs each. If you get it through one of the marketplace sellers, it is not too expensive. That is what I did. If you were to have only one set of the Telemann Essercizii, this would be it in my opinion.