Telemann / Rienth - 12 Fantasias - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The idea for this developed during a recording of the Fantasy No. 7, and quickly established it's own momentum. What began as a spontaneous thought experiment soon demanded fulfillment, and morphed swiftly into the desire to take part in the reawakening of this music. What followed was months of intensive dialogue with, and examination of, the 12 Fantasies. What would rank as of the greatest possible adventures for a gambist? To approach Telemann's 12 Fantasies which, having long lain dormant, were recently rediscovered. This is music which paints pictures, is sometimes melancholy and longing, sometimes wild, and often humorous - an inexhaustible wellspring of ideas, moods, sounds and colors.

Album Tracks 1. I. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro 2. II. Allegro 3. I. Vivace - Andante - Vivace 4. II. Presto 5. I. Largo 6. II. Presto 7. III. Vivace 8. I. Vivace 9. II. Grave 10. III. Allegro 11. I. Allegro 12. II. Largo 13. III. Allegro 14. I. Scherzando 15. II. Dolce 16. III. Spirituoso 17. I. Andante 18. II. Vivace 19. III. Allegro 20. I. Allegro 21. II. Grave 22. III. Vivace 23. I. Presto 24. II. Grave 25. III. Allegro 26. I. Dolce - Allegro - Dolce - Allegro 27. II. Siciliana 28. III. Scherzando 29. I. Allegro 30. II. Grave 31. III. Allegro 32. I. Andante 33. II. Allegro 34. III. Vivace

This features one of the greatest discoveries of the 21st century for the early music world. Telemann's 12 Fantasias for Viola da Gamba were considered lost until the discovery of an original print in a private collection in Germany in 2015. Perhaps some of the composer's finest work for solo instrument, they are described by soloist Richard Boothby as being Inch... by turns virtuosic and expressive, Telemann uses all the techniques of the instrument to create satisfyingly complete Fantasias that are full of diversity.Inch One of the UK's leading exponents of early music, Richard Boothby founded the Purcell Quartet in 1984 was a founder member of Fretwork in 1985. Since then his career has been bound up with these two groups with whom he records and tours; and through whom he plays the broadest range of repertory for the instrument from the earliest music to the latest contemporary music commissioned for viols. Album Tracks 1. No. 1 in C Major 2. No. 2 in D Major 3. No. 3 in E minor 4. No. 4 in F Major 5. No. 5 in B Flat Major 6. No. 6 in G Major 7. No. 7 in G minor 8. No. 1 in C minor 9. No. 9 in C Major 10. No. 10 in E Major 11. No. 11 in D minor 12. No. 12 in E Flat Major