Telemann: Double Concertos / (Overture) Suite in A Minor

Featuring

Stefano Bagliano
Paolo Tognon
Mauro Valli
Collegium Pro Musica
Georg Philipp Telemann

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Compositional Technique

Telemann claimed to have written over 600 orchestral Ouvertures (or Suites) by 1740, though 127 have survived.

Performer Biography

Stefano Bagliano, the recorder player and conductor, is considered one of the finest recorder performers today and has performed over 250 concerts as a soloist.

Composer Biography

Telemann was an exceptionally prolific composer, with his output spanning all main sectors of 18th-century music, from sacred cantatas to opera and concertos.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Telemann was a declared admirer of French music, though he was also influenced by Italian concertos and the sonatas of Arcangelo Corelli.

Composer Biography

Telemann was far more prolific than Johann Sebastian Bach in sacred music, with over a thousand surviving sacred cantatas and 46 Passions written annually between 1722 and 1767.

Composer Biography

Georg Philipp Telemann, the composer, was considered the greatest German composer of his time and achieved a position of absolute dominance in German musical life.