Telemann: Water Music; Alster Overture; "The Frogs" Concerto

Georg Philipp Telemann (Composer), Philip Pickett (Conductor), New London Consort (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: New London Consort
• Conductor: Philip Pickett
• Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
• Audio CD (July 20, 1999)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Decca
• ASIN: B00000JLFQ
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #202,901 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. OVERTURE IN F MAJOR 'ALSTER OVERTURE': Overture in C, Ouverture

2. OVERTURE IN F MAJOR 'ALSTER OVERTURE': Overture in C, Sarabande

3. OVERTURE IN F MAJOR 'ALSTER OVERTURE': Overture in C, Bour e

4. OVERTURE IN F MAJOR 'ALSTER OVERTURE': Overture in C, Loure

5. OVERTURE IN F MAJOR 'ALSTER OVERTURE': Overture in C, Gavotte

6. OVERTURE IN F MAJOR 'ALSTER OVERTURE': Overture in C, Harlequinade

7. OVERTURE IN F MAJOR 'ALSTER OVERTURE': Overture in C, Der St rmende Aeolus

8. OVERTURE IN F MAJOR 'ALSTER OVERTURE': Overture in C, Menuet

9. OVERTURE IN F MAJOR 'ALSTER OVERTURE': Overture in C, Gigue

10. OVERTURE IN F MAJOR 'ALSTER OVERTURE': Overture in C, Canarie

11. OVERTURE IN F MAJOR 'ALSTER OVERTURE': Concerto in A, The Frogs

12. OVERTURE IN F MAJOR 'ALSTER OVERTURE': Concerto in A, The Frogs, Adagio

13. OVERTURE IN F MAJOR 'ALSTER OVERTURE': Concerto in A, The Frogs, Menuet

14. OVERTURE IN F MAJOR 'ALSTER OVERTURE': Overture in F, Alster Overture

15. OVERTURE IN F MAJOR 'ALSTER OVERTURE': Overture in F, Die canonierende Pallas

16. OVERTURE IN F MAJOR 'ALSTER OVERTURE': Overture in F, Das lster Echo

17. OVERTURE IN F MAJOR 'ALSTER OVERTURE': Overture in F, Die Hamburgischen Glockenspiele

18. OVERTURE IN F MAJOR 'ALSTER OVERTURE': Overture in F, Der Schwanen Gesang

19. OVERTURE IN F MAJOR 'ALSTER OVERTURE': Overture in F, Der lster Sch ffer Dorff Music

20. OVERTURE IN F MAJOR 'ALSTER OVERTURE': Overture in F, Die concertirenden Fr sche (und) Kr hen

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Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Disc to be Treasured, August 15, 2009

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Leslie Richford (Selsingen, Lower Saxony) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Telemann: Water Music; Alster Overture; "The Frogs" Concerto (Audio CD)

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767): Water Music. 1. Hamburger Ebb' und Flut [Low and High Tide at Hamburg]; 2. Violin Concerto "Die Relinge" [The Frogs]; 3. Alsterouvertüre [Alster Overture]. Performed by Pavlo Beznosiuk, violin; the New London Consort, dir. Philip Pickett. Published in 1998 by Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre. Now rereleased in Europe at budget price on Universal's Audior label. Total playing time: approx. 72 minutes.

Philip Pickett is known for his musicological research and accuracy, but also for his drastic recordings of medieval repertoire. This baroque disc reflects more the musicological side of his personality, although there are a couple of tracks here that deserve the term "drastic", especially Tr. 20, the "Concert of Frogs and Crows", which in my opinion can match Farina's "Capriccio Stravagante" and sounds at least as off-tune as much of Mozart's "Musical Joke". Tr. 17, "The Bells of Hamburg" has the harpsichord and other instruments imitating bell-ringing, too, although this is much easier on the ears. But generally, I would call this a cultured rather than a drastic recording. The "Hamburger Ebb und Flut" piece (Tr. 1 through 10) is taken at a fairly peaceful pace, with some dignified playing and no exaggerations of the musical picture-painting. I think I probably still prefer the rather more energetic version by Paul Dombrecht and his ensemble Il Fondamento on the Belgian label Passacaille (Watermusic: Handel: Suites in F G & D - Telemann: Overture in C), but Pickett is close behind, rivalling Reinhard Goebel's Musica Antiqua Cologne for sheer class. - The "Frogs" violin concerto is real fun, all three movements recreating the sound of croaking frogs in the marshes around Telemann's North German home. Here, too, the effects are not drastic, but musically cultured, and the New London Consort's leading violinist, Pavlo Beznosiuk, creates a very good impression. - The "Alster Overture" (the Alster being the lake on whose shores the city of Hamburg is built) sounds very different, being scored for 4 horns, which can sound a little raucous at times - Pickett is strictly historical and does not use valved instruments, making them difficult to play correctly. But with the - deliberate! - exception of the above-mentioned "Concert of Frogs and Crows", there is nothing untoward to be heard here. The whole is highly entertaining, and the mixture makes this a disc to be treasured. In February 1999 it was given top marks and a recommendation by the unfortunately short-lived German classical music magazine "Klassik heute". As I downloaded this, I won't comment on the sound, although I am fairly certain that anyone buying the CD will be more than happy with it.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent! Fun!, October 21, 2007

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L. E Johnson (Raleigh, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Telemann: Water Music; Alster Overture; "The Frogs" Concerto (Audio CD)

This disc is excellent all around, and fun too! The "Water Music" is smooth and soothing, not fireworky like Handel's. "The Frogs" is fun and very modern sounding at times, especially when evoking the frog croaks. The cover is beautiful and the sound is great. What's not to like?