Alon Sariel plays a 'high-tech mandolin' by Arik Kerman (2015) for Telemann's music on this album, which features a double resonating chamber and longer fingerboard for soloistic qualities.
Performer Biography
Alon Sariel studied mandolin at the Jerusalem academy under a violinist, as there was no mandolin professor, and later pursued lute studies in Brussels and Germany.
Critical Reception
Georg Philipp Telemann's vast output of over 3,500 works led to him being unfairly criticized as a 'polygraphen' (scribbler) and his music dismissed as lacking vigor.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Georg Philipp Telemann's musical style is described as universal, absorbing French, Italian, and Polish elements to create something entirely his own.
Performer Biography
Alon Sariel, the mandolinist and artistic director of this album, was initially told he was too young for an electric guitar and started with the mandolin at age eight.
Composer Biography
Georg Philipp Telemann was the first choice for the Thomaskantor position in Leipzig, which ultimately went to Johann Sebastian Bach after Telemann declined.
Composer Biography
Georg Philipp Telemann, a highly productive composer, was orphaned early and wrote his first opera at age twelve, despite initial opposition from his mother.
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