Michael McCraw, who plays baroque bassoon on this album, was one of the pioneers in performing baroque music on original instruments in the USA.
Composer Biography
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), the composer on this album, was an eminent performer on most instruments of his period and composed for virtually all of them.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Telemann often called for more than one soloist in his concertos, frequently using unusual and tonally exciting combinations of instruments.
Compositional Technique
In his Concerto for Recorder and Flute, Telemann contrasts the 'old' recorder, which had passed its zenith, with the 'new' transverse flute that would later dominate the Classical period.
Compositional Technique
Telemann's interest in Polish folk music is evident in the fourth movement of the Concerto for Recorder and Flute, with its bagpipe-like bass lines and ornamented flute and recorder parts.
Historical Context
The solo concerto, a compositional form featured on this album, is a Baroque invention that broke away from Renaissance consort music.
Performer Biography
Dan Laurin, a recorder soloist on this album, has developed a dynamic expressivity in recorder playing that encourages contemporary composers to write music for him.
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