Georg Philipp Telemann: The Grand Concertos for Mixed Instruments
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After our sensational, standard-setting complete recording of Telemann’s wind concertos on eight CDs, we
are presenting yet another Telemann edition, now with his concertos for mixed ensembles – works from the
heart’s core of his oeuvre – on six CDs in a box set at a special price. Concerto performances featuring a
wide range of instrumental groupings against the background of an accompanying string orchestra evidently
stirred his creative imagination most strongly of all and inspired him – as Bach in his Brandenburg Concertos
– to invent all sorts of different ensemble types. Here Telemann’s oft-cited 'mixed style' unfolds in all its
bright color: French elegance, Italian brilliance, German erudition, and Polish-Hanakian spirit: we find all of
the above in these gems of Late Baroque musical performance that often enough opens the door to
Empfindsamkeit and the Sturm und Drang. And no better and more knowledgeable advocates for this project
could be found than Michael Schneider and the soloists and musicians of La Stagione!