(C 9701/2) Telemann/Bach: Sonatas
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The music In this first volume of The Mirror Collection we want to look for contrasts and similarities in the works of two of the greatest geniuses of the Baroque period. From Telemann we have chosen his favourite repertoire: chamber music, extraordinarily idiomatic, composed with a complete understanding of the technical and timbral possibilities of the instruments chosen. From Bach, we present music that we cannot be sure whether it was created specifically for one instrument or group of instruments. It is a contrast, then, between Telemann's idiomatic music and domestic aspirations and Bach's intimate musical excercise. They show us two quite different (but complementary) images of Baroque creativity. It is worth being illuminated by their reflection. 
The performers & the performance Four outstanding soloists form Tripla Concordia in this recording. They belong to the young Italian generation of virtuoso musicians that have rediscovered the Baroque performance thanks to their expressive and passionate vision of the music, a fact made plain when listening to their colourful and inventive renderings of this marvellous works. The Bach pieces (BWV 526, 526, 529 and 997) are given chamber music performances, with recorder or traverso in combination with harpsichord or organ, throwing new light about their true nature and origins as music very possibly composed for two obbligato instruments. C 9701/2 Telemann/Bach: Sonatas Soon available by Tripla Concordia in Cantus C 9614 Musicke from the Ayre |
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