The Last Orchestral Works

Featuring

Michael Schneider
La Stagione Frankfurt
Georg Philipp Telemann

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Compositional Technique

Telemann's works on this album incorporate a colorful mixture of Italian, French, English, and German national styles, reflecting his cosmopolitan approach.

Composer Biography

Georg Michael Telemann, Georg Philipp Telemann's grandson, was trained in music by his grandfather and later became Kantor and music director in Riga.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Telemann's late style, as seen in these compositions, is characterized by retrospective tendencies and the direct contrasting of heterogeneous elements.

Composition History

The musical papers of Georg Michael Telemann, grandson of Georg Philipp Telemann, were discovered in 1834 in a storage space in the tower of the Riga Cathedral.

Composer Biography

Telemann's worsening eyesight repeatedly caused him difficulty while composing, as mentioned in a draft letter where he noted a "noticeable deterioration of my eyesight."

Composition History

The collection of manuscripts, Konvolut T 6, contains nine autographs by Telemann with instrumental compositions from the 1760s, along with a fragment of a letter draft.