Telemann: Overtures

Featuring

Carin van Heerden
L'Orfeo Barockorchester
Georg Philipp Telemann

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Critical Reception

Telemann's overture compositions were considered exemplary early on, with his colleague Johann Friedrich Fasch stating he learned 'almost everything' from Telemann's 'beautiful work'.

Performer Biography

L'Orfeo Barockorchester, the ensemble on this recording, has released 38 CDs, including several opera and premiere recordings, and has received multiple awards.

Recording & Production

The three overture-suites on this album are presented as world premiere recordings on CD.

Performer Biography

Carin van Heerden, the oboist and recorder player on this album, won the renowned international ARD competition in Germany in 1988.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Telemann's strong inclination towards mixing existing formal, stylistic, and generic traditions found an ideal canvas in the overture-suite, which suited his eclectic aesthetic.

Composer Biography

Georg Philipp Telemann, the composer, was intensively occupied with the French overture form throughout his long life, from at least 1705 until 1766.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Telemann's overtures are described as musical kaleidoscopes, characterized by color, contrast, variety, surprise, inventiveness, diversity, and rapid change, opposing a classical aesthetic of unity.