The cover of this German release contains little information to distinguish it from other recordings of Telemann's hundreds of orchestral suites or overtures, wherein he massaged the basic model of a sequence of French dances in many different ways. But the program offers two distinctive works, flanking a relatively conventional Overture in F major for two oboes, strings, and continuo, TWV 55:F14, in the middle. The buyer looking at the back cover of the disc or at an online track list may wonder about the nature of the ...
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The cover of this German release contains little information to distinguish it from other recordings of Telemann's hundreds of orchestral suites or overtures, wherein he massaged the basic model of a sequence of French dances in many different ways. But the program offers two distinctive works, flanking a relatively conventional Overture in F major for two oboes, strings, and continuo, TWV 55:F14, in the middle. The buyer looking at the back cover of the disc or at an online track list may wonder about the nature of the "flute pastorelle" specified in the instrumentation of the first Overture in E flat major, TWV 55:Es2. The booklet, which is not exactly a model of clarity although it does go down some fascinating byways relating to Telemann's writings, basically informs the reader that no one knows for sure what was meant by this comparatively rare marking. Reasoning partly from musical evidence -- the instrument works well in music in flat keys, which includes most of the pieces where the indication...
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