Telemann - Oboe Sonatas (youtube, 14/3/2013)

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Telemann - Oboe Sonatas

(youtube, 14/3/2013)

Partia, for violin (or flute/oboe) & continuo in G major (KCM No. 2), TWV 41:G2 1 Siciliana 2 Aria I: Allegro 3 Aria 2: Allegro 4 Aria 3: Allegro 5 Aria 4: Affettuoso 6 Aria 5: Presto 7 Aria 6: Tempo di minuet Trio for oboe, harpsichord & continuo in E flat major (Essercizii Musici No. 12/24), TWV42:Es3 8 Largo 9 Vivace 10 Mesto 11 Allegro Sonata for oboe & continuo in E minor (Essercizii Musici No. 11/21), TWV 41:e6 12 Largo 13 Allegro 14 Grave 15 Vivace Sonata for oboe & continuo in A minor (GMM No. 50), TWV 41:a3 16 Siciliana 17 Spirituoso 18 Andante 19 Vivace Zischet nur, stechet, ihr feurigen Zungen!, sacred cantata for voice, oboe & continuo (HGD), TWV 1:1732 20 Vivace 21 Vivace Solo, for oboe & continuo in B flat major (Essercizi musici No. 5/9), TWV 41:B6 22 Adagio 23 Allegro 24 Cantabile 25 Vivace Dies ist der Gotteskinder Last, sacred cantata for voice, oboe & continuo (HGD), TWV 1:356 26 Mesto e sdegnoso 27 Allegro 

Paul Goodwin, Baroque Oboe, Primary Artist John Toll, Harpsichord Susan Sheppard, Baroque Cello Nigel North, Archlute, Theorbo Lynden Cranham, Baroque Cello 

Georg Philipp Telemann (14 March 1681 -- 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually settled on a career in music. He held important positions in Leipzig, Sorau, Eisenach, and Frankfurt before settling in Hamburg in 1721, where he became musical director of the city's five main churches. While Telemann's career prospered, his personal life was always troubled: his first wife died only a few months after their marriage, and his second wife had extramarital affairs and accumulated a large gambling debt before leaving Telemann. Telemann was one of the most prolific composers in history (at least in terms of surviving oeuvre) and was considered by his contemporaries to be one of the leading German composers of the time—he was compared favorably both to his friend Johann Sebastian Bach, who made Telemann the godfather and namesake of his son Carl Philipp Emanuel, and to George Frideric Handel, whom Telemann also knew personally. Telemann's music incorporates several national styles (French, Italian) and is even at times influenced by Polish popular music. He remained at the forefront of all new musical tendencies and his music is an important link between the late Baroque and early Classical styles.