Georg Philipp Telemann — Collection, Brilliant Classics (10 CD)

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Product Details:

• Product Type: Audio CD box set (10 discs)
• Brand / Label: Brilliant Classics
• Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
• Catalogue No.: 95440
• Release Year: 2017 (compilation)
• UPC: 5028421954400
• Genre: Classical / Baroque

Product Features

• Format: 10 × CD
• Recordings: 1989–2015 (DDD)
• Manufactured and printed in the E.U.
• Condition: Brand new, factory sealed

Overview

The Telemann Collection is a ten-disc tour through the work of the most prolific composer of the Baroque era — and one of its most inventive. Brilliant Classics has assembled a genuinely broad survey here, from the famous Tafelmusik (Musique de table) to the sacred oratorios, played by specialist period and chamber ensembles.

The spread is the appeal. You get the orchestral suites and overtures, double concertos and oboe concertos, the Paris Quartets, the Scherzi melodichi, and a full Passion oratorio across the final two discs. Performers include Musica Amphion under Pieter-Jan Belder, Collegium Instrumentale Brugense under Patrick Peire, and the Freiburger Vokalensemble.

For anyone building a Baroque library, this is a lot of Telemann done well, at box-set value.

Interesting Facts

• Telemann is often cited as the most prolific composer in history, with a catalogue running into the thousands of works.
• He was a close friend of J.S. Bach (godfather to C.P.E. Bach) and a contemporary of Handel.
• The Musique de table (Tafelmusik) was among his most internationally celebrated publications in his own lifetime.
• The recordings gathered here span more than 25 years (1989–2015) and feature leading period-instrument ensembles.
• The set closes with the Passion oratorio "Seliges Erwägen des bittern Leidens und Sterbens Jesu Christi."

Track Listing

• CD1: Musique de table — Musica Amphion / Pieter-Jan Belder
• CD2: Double Concertos — Ensemble Cordevento
• CD3: Oboe Concertos — St Christopher Chamber Orchestra / Donatas Katkus
• CD4: Concertos for diverse instruments
• CD5–6: Overtures — Collegium Instrumentale Brugense / Patrick Peire
• CD7: Paris Quartets — Musica ad Rhenum
• CD8: Scherzi melodichi — Ensemble Symposium
• CD9–10: Passion Oratorium "Seliges Erwägen..." — Freiburger Vokalensemble / Wolfgang Schäfer

Publishers

Released by Brilliant Classics in 2017 (catalogue 95440). Manufactured and printed in the E.U.

Working through all ten discs? Your notes guide Baroque fans.