BASSORILIEVI

 

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681 - 1767)

 

TRIOS e QUARTETS with FLAUTO TRAVERSO and VIOLA DI GAMBA

 

...Bassorilievi, from Italy are surely right to emphasise the predominantly ‘dolce and cantabile affects’ characteristic of their two principal instruments, favouring a rich and warmly balanced sound over one of brightly separated colours. The bassoon, for instance, used sometimes on the bass-line in the sonatas, is kept well under control, and indeed combines with gamba so well in the B minor Concerto that it almost sounds like a gently squeezed accordion. They are most effective in the Adagio that opens the B minor Concerto, mysterious, probing and pulsing... (Lindsay Kemp Gramophone)

 

...In fact, this is among the nicest recital of this repertoire I have heard...(Brian Clark Early Music Review)

 

This recording includes the complete Trio Sonatas (Six) for Flute, Viola da gamba and continuo, plus the Quartets (Concertos) for Flute, Viola da gamba, Fagotto and Continuo by Telemann.

All Pieces are originally in manuscript, except for the TWV: h4, that was printed in Essercizi Musici (1739/40).