Episode 5
Donald Macleod explores Telemann's remarkable comeback in the last ten years of his life when he wrote some of his greatest works. With the orchestral suite based on Don Quixote.
After a long break, during which Telemann's productivity fell off dramatically, he made a remarkable comeback in the last ten years of his life when he wrote some of his greatest works. Donald Macleod introduces the colourful orchestral suite based on Cervantes' novel Don Quixote, and one of the finest examples of Telemann's word-painting in his last secular cantata.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Lob des Weins
Performer: Klaus Mertens (baritone), Ludger Rémy (harpsichord)
- CPO 999 816-2.
- 17.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
An Doris
Performer: Klaus Mertens (baritone), Ludger Rémy (harpsichord)
- CPO 999 816-2.
- 15.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Trio 8 in Bb major (from Essercizii Musici)
Performer: Dan Laurin (recorder), Mogens Rasmussen (bass viola da gamba), Margit Schultheis (arpa doppia), Leif Meyer (harpsichord)
- BIS-CD-855.
- 18 to 21.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite Burlesque de Quixotte
Performer: Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble
- BIS CD-1226.
- 1 to 7.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Ino (extract)
Performer: Barbara Schlick (soprano), Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel (Director)
- Archiv 429 772-2.
- 1.
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