Elephant House Quartet - Telemann's Garden - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Elephant House Quartet invites the listener for a stroll through the colourful oeuvre of Telemann - himself a gardening enthusiast - presenting a bouquet of chamber-musical jewels. Telemann's Garden ranges from excerpts of solo fantasias for violin, flute and harpsichord to a sonata for viola da gamba and basso continuo, a trio sonata for violin, recorder and basso continuo, a suite for violin, flute and basso continuo, as well as one of the quartets Telemann wrote during his Paris sojourns. These pieces together constitute a fascinating portrait of one of the most prolific and successful composers of the Baroque era. Elephant House Quartet is a Baroque ensemble featuring virtuosos on each instrument in wonderful interaction, consisting of recorder player Bolette Roed, violinist Aureliusz Golinski, gambist Reiko Ichise and harpsichordist Allan Rasmussen. Telemann's Garden marks their PENTATONE debut. Album Tracks 1. 6 Concerts Et 6 Suites Suite in a Minor, TWV 42 A3 2. I. Largo - Vivace - Largo 3. II. Un Poco Vivace 4. III. Andante 5. IV. Presto 6. V. Un Poco Vivace 7. VI. Vivace 8. VII. Allegro 9. 12 Fantaisies No. 9 in B minor, TWV 40 22 I. Siciliana 10. 6 Nouveaux Quatuors en Suites Quartet No. 3 in G Major, TWV 43 G4 11. I. Prelude - Un Peu Vivement 12. II. Légèrement 13. III. Gracieusement 14. IV. Vite 15. V. Modéré 16. VI. Gai 17. VII. Lentement - Vite 18. I. Vivace 19. II. Allegro 20. I. Largo 21. II. Vivace 22. III. Affettuoso 23. IV. Allegro 24. Essercizii Musici Viola Da Gamba Sonata in E minor, TWV 41 E5 III. Recitativo - Arioso