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Georg Philipp Telemann, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Telemann: Les Plaisirs
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (21) - Disc #1
1. Concerto In A Minor For Recorder, Viola da gamba And Strings: Grave
2. Concerto In A Minor For Recorder, Viola da gamba And Strings: Allegro
3. Concerto In A Minor For Recorder, Viola da gamba And Strings: Dolce
4. Concerto In A Minor For Recorder, Viola da gamba And Strings: Allegro
5. Suite In D Major (Ouverture) For Viola de gamba And Strings, TWV 55:D 6: Ouverture
6. Suite In D Major (Ouverture) For Viola de gamba And Strings, TWV 55:D 6: La Trompette
7. Suite In D Major (Ouverture) For Viola de gamba And Strings, TWV 55:D 6: Sarabande
8. Suite In D Major (Ouverture) For Viola de gamba And Strings, TWV 55:D 6: Rondeau
9. Suite In D Major (Ouverture) For Viola de gamba And Strings, TWV 55:D 6: Bourree
10. Suite In D Major (Ouverture) For Viola de gamba And Strings, TWV 55:D 6: Courante - Double
11. Suite In D Major (Ouverture) For Viola de gamba And Strings, TWV 55:D 6: Gigue (Presto)
12. Suite In A Minor (Ouverture) For Recorder And Strings, TWV 55:a 2: Ouverture
13. (Ouverture) For Recorder And Strings, TWV 55:a 2: Les Plaisirs I - II
14. (Ouverture) For Recorder And Strings, TWV 55:a 2: Air a l'Italien (Largo)
15. (Ouverture) For Recorder And Strings, TWV 55:a 2: Menuet I - II
16. (Ouverture) For Recorder And Strings, TWV 55:a 2: Rejouissance
17. (Ouverture) For Recorder And Strings, TWV 55:a 2: Passepied I - II
18. (Ouverture) For Recorder And Strings, TWV 55:a 2: Polonoise - Double
19. Sinfonia In F Major For Alto Recorder, Viola de gamba And Strings, TWV 50:3: Alla Breve
20. Sinfonia In F Major For Alto Recorder, Viola de gamba And Strings, TWV 50:3: Andante
21. Sinfonia In F Major For Alto Recorder, Viola de gamba And Strings, TWV 50:3: Vivace

CD Details

All Artists: Georg Philipp Telemann, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Title: Telemann: Les Plaisirs
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Release Date: 12/9/1997
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Concertos, Suites, Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 713746058920

CD Reviews

Every track is beautiful

Daniel Amodeo | Bethesda, MD | 11/03/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I can't get over how beautiful this CD is, and I'm not using the word "beautiful" loosely. I love every track. My daughter-in-law was at my house recently for a day of bed rest. I left her with a stack of CDs, including this one. When I got home from work she said, without any prompting from me, "This CD is beautiful," and she said "beautiful" with feeling. I bought four more copies for Christmas presents.

It's hard to put in words why I find it so beautiful. The music is fresh, bright, delightful. It's not just beautiful, it's movingly beautiful. I like baroque music, but this sounds somewhat different from most of my baroque CDs, perhaps partly because one of the instruments is a viola da gamba.

This is a review of "Telemann: Les Plaisirs", with Marion Verbruggen, Sara Cunningham, and Monica Hugget. I have several CDs with pieces by Telemann, but this is the first one I've bought that is all Telemann. (I once had a set of phonograph records with only Telemann, but that was long, long ago.) I have several CDs with Marion Verbruggen, whom I have recently discoverd and whom I like very much. I also have several CDs with Hugget and Cunningham, and I like them too. I bought this CD mostly because I read somewhere that Verbruggen plays the recorder beautifully in track 13. I didn't know what to expect of the rest."