Telemann: Die Kleine Kammermusik

Featuring

Manuel Staropoli
Manuel Tomadin
Gioele Gusberti
Georg Philipp Telemann

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Compositional Technique

Each Partita in 'Die Kleine Kammermusik' follows the French Suite model, featuring a slow introductory movement followed by a series of six dance arias.

Composition History

Telemann's 'Kleine Kammer-Music' was published in 1716 in Frankfurt, making it his second edited instrumental collection.

Composer Biography

Telemann personally engraved the sheets for a new edition of 'Die Kleine Kammermusik' in 1728 in Hamburg, where he had moved in 1721.

Compositional Technique

The collection 'Die Kleine Kammermusik' is dedicated to four famous oboists of the time and explicitly indicates the transverse flute, making it the first score printed in Germany to do so.

Performer Biography

Manuel Staropoli, a performer on this album, is a permanent member of the heavy metal band Rhapsody of Fire, which has distributed recordings worldwide.

Recording & Production

The album's cover art features 'View of the New Market Square in Dresden (1750)' by Bernardo Bellotto, an 18th-century painter.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Telemann designed 'Die Kleine Kammermusik' for beginners, aiming for a light, cantabile style with limited range and simple harmonies to please a broad audience.