Georg Philipp Telemann – Musique de Table / Tafelmusik / Banquet Music (4-CD Digital Set)

UPC: 022924468827 

MPN: 2292-44688-2 

Brand Name: Teldec Classics – Das Alte Werk (A Warner Communications Company)

Overview

This Teldec Das Alte Werk 4-CD digital edition presents Georg Philipp Telemann’s monumental “Musique de Table” (Tafelmusik / Banquet Music) performed by Concentus Musicus Wien under the direction of Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Recorded in 1989 using period instruments, this complete Musique de Table represents one of the most ambitious and refined Baroque orchestral collections ever composed. Harnoncourt and his ensemble deliver a vibrant and historically informed performance that brings Telemann’s inventive orchestral colors, elegant counterpoint, and courtly energy vividly to life.

As one of Telemann’s crowning achievements, the Tafelmusik consists of three grand “productions,” each featuring suites, concertos, quartets, trios, solos, and concluding movements, designed to accompany formal banquets in 18th-century Hamburg. This set remains one of the definitive digital recordings of the work.

Product Features

• Format: 4 Compact Discs (Digital Stereo Recording, DDD)

• Total Duration:

  Genre: Classical / Baroque
  • CD 1 – 65:08
  • CD 2 – 56:30
  • CD 3 – 65:09
  • CD 4 – 73:35
• Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
• Work: Musique de Table / Tafelmusik / Banquet Music
• Performers: Concentus Musicus Wien (on original instruments)
• Director: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
• Label: Teldec Record Service GmbH – Das Alte Werk
• Catalogue Number: 2292-44688-2
• Recording Year: 1989
• Sound Type: DDD (Digital Recording)
• Country of Manufacture: Germany
• Cover Artwork: Das Austernfrühstück (The Oyster Breakfast) by Jean-François de Troy (1679–1752), from the Archiv für Kunst und Geschichte, Berlin

Contents

CD 1 – First Production (65:08)

• Quartet in D minor
• Overture and Suite in E minor
• Concerto in F major
• Quartet in G major
• Trio in E minor
• Concerto in A major
• Solo in A major
• Conclusion in D major

CD 2 – Continuation of First Production (56:30)

• Trio in E-flat major
• Solo in B minor
• Conclusion in E minor

CD 3 – Second Production (65:09)

• Solo in G minor
• Overture and Suite in D major
• Conclusion in B-flat major

CD 4 – Third Production (73:35)

• Overture and Suite in B-flat major
• Quartet in E minor
• Concerto in E-flat major
• Trio in D major

Interesting Facts

• Baroque Banquet Masterpiece: Telemann’s Musique de Table (1733) was conceived as a grand entertainment collection for aristocratic patrons, combining orchestral, chamber, and solo forms into a banquet of sound.
• Authentic Sound: Performed by Concentus Musicus Wien on original instruments, this recording reflects the composer’s original intentions in both instrumentation and balance.
• Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s Pioneering Vision: A leading figure of the early music movement, Harnoncourt interprets Telemann with rhythmic vitality and expressive nuance, illuminating the work’s diversity and elegance.
• High-Fidelity Digital Production: Recorded and mastered digitally by Teldec in 1989, this DDD set offers exceptional clarity, warmth, and spatial realism, making it one of the best-sounding early music recordings of its era.
• Collector’s Edition: As part of Teldec’s Das Alte Werk series, this set holds an important place in the documentation of late 20th-century historically informed performance practice.

Publishers

© + ℗ 1989 Teldec Record Service GmbH, Hamburg. Manufactured in Germany. A Warner Communications Company. All rights reserved.

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