La Stagione Frankfurt, an early music ensemble founded in 1988 by Michael Schneider, has performed at major European venues and released many CD productions.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Georg Philipp Telemann's universal oeuvre explores all facets of the tension between worldly sound magic and strict sacredness, which remains a perennial source of fascination.
Composition History
Unlike his solo and double concertos, Georg Philipp Telemann's concertos for mixed ensembles were often individual works, sometimes composed for unique concertante performances by special solo ensembles.
Performer Biography
Michael Schneider, the founder and director of La Stagione Frankfurt, has an artistic motto of "To make the unheard heard," focusing on performing unknown works and presenting familiar ones in a fresh musical language.
Album & Artwork
This CD marks the beginning of a new series by La Stagione Frankfurt dedicated to Georg Philipp Telemann's concertos for mixed ensembles.
Performer Biography
La Stagione Frankfurt has received awards such as the Prize of the German Record Critics 4/2004 for symphonies by Franz Ignaz Beck and the Classica Award for Geminiani's The Inchanted Forrest.
Composition History
Some of Georg Philipp Telemann's concertos with large numbers of instruments initially served as introductory pieces for vocal compositions, rather than being designed for a work cycle.
