Telemann: Flute Concertos; Emmanuel Pahud

Emmanuel Pahud (Artist), Georg Philipp Telemann (Artist), Rainer Kussmaul (Artist), Berlin Baroque Soloists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 7, 2003)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI Classics
• ASIN: B00006L3S5
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,342 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Elegance and Charm, Not to Mention Beauty, June 12, 2006

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Artiste "larslkh" (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Telemann: Flute Concertos; Emmanuel Pahud (Audio CD)

I'll leave the musical analysis to others here, but this is one of the most charming and lovely flute recordings I've come across. Pahud has the right felicitous touch for this charming---there's no other word for it---music from the prolific G.P. Telemann. I've listened to it many times and never tire of it. Really. It's terrific.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Telemann, November 6, 2007

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Ross Kennett "Ross Kennett" (Narooma, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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Telemann: Flute Concertos; Emmanuel Pahud

Let me suggest that you should first read the editorial review by Edith Eister above, I agree with all she says. This is an excellent performance by Emmanuel Pahud, and the other soloists, with the Berliner Barock Solisten, of some of the works for flute by the prolific Georg Philipp Telemann. The Berliner Barock Solisten is made up of leading members of the Berlin Philamonic, here they employ a mix of period and modern instruments, essentially all the strings are period instruments with gut strings, and the wind solo instruments, flutes and oboe d'amore, are modern. While I would generally prefer a period performance, this mix works very well indeed, thanks to the level of skill of soloists and orchestra. The balance between soloists is excellent, and the rapport between soloists is palpable.

Two of the concertos we hear on this CD are premier recordings, and two are well known; the concerto for flute, violin, cello, strings and continuo is from Telemann's well known Tafel Musique, and the superb concerto for flute, oboe d'amore, viola d'amore, strings and continuo.

The sound quality is first class, as are the informative cover notes.

Pahud has established a fine reputation as a flautist in baroque, classical and romantic music, and can be regarded as successor to Rampal.

This is an excellent performance, highly recommended, I have no hesitation in giving it 5 stars.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The usual high standard, October 9, 2007

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J. TIMMERMAN (Lawson, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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Telemann is my favourite composer, a supreme master of melodic invention. Generally I prefer Baroque music played on period instruments, so I had some of these concertos played on recorder, but the performances here are so fine and so much in the (assumed) "period" style that I'm very impressed with these "modern" instrument versions. Pahud is fluid and dexterous and the Berlin Baroque Soloists is a very tight and lively ensemble. The orchestra's instruments are generally ancient ones anyway, if not tuned down a semitone or played with gut strings. Importantly, the melodies are artfully caressed so they achieve an appropriate prominence. Recording quality is very good too, and there's a couple of premiere recordings here. The opening track was a surprise as it's so very much like the middle movement of Bach's fifth keyboard concerto. Not unusual though, Handelian themes turn up in Telemann every so often too. Who stole from whom?