| The new CD by the Capricornus Consort Basel is dedicated to Georg Philipp Telemann—exclusively works for strings in a wide variety of scorings, sometimes with and sometimes without basso continuo. Each of them documents, across various creative periods, Telemann’s fascinating wealth of musical ideas, his adept sense of form and style, his creative approach to tradition, and his constant interest in artistic innovation. Added to this is a large pinch of humour, which culminates in the eponymous Gulliver’s Suite: Telemann sets the adventures of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels to music in absurd time signatures. The dwarves appear in 3/32 time with tiny note values up to 128th, while the giants can only perform the (otherwise fast) gigue very sedately due to huge note values. Telemann even refers to the mathematical interest of the islanders by representing the time signature as a formula. The Capricornus Consort Basel, highly praised for its subtle and sensitive interpretations and decorated with prizes, allows Telemann’s wealth of ideas to shine in a colourful way—hopefully convincing even the last person who still thinks Telemann is a second-rate prolific writer of the opposite!
01. Sonata à 4 in A Major, TWV 40200 I. Affettuoso
02. Sonata à 4 in A Major, TWV 40200 II. Allegro
03. Sonata à 4 in A Major, TWV 40200 III. Vivace
04. Sonata à 5 in E Minor, TWV 445 I. Adagio
05. Sonata à 5 in E Minor, TWV 445 II. Allegro
06. Sonata à 5 in E Minor, TWV 445 III. Grave
07. Sonata à 5 in E Minor, TWV 445 IV. Allegro
08. Concerto for 4 Violins in G Major, TWV 40201 I. Grave
09. Concerto for 4 Violins in G Major, TWV 40201 II. Allegro
10. Concerto for 4 Violins in G Major, TWV 40201 III. Adagio
11. Concerto for 4 Violins in G Major, TWV 40201 IV. Vivace
12. Trietto No. 3 in D Minor, TWV 42d1 I. Allegro
13. Trietto No. 3 in D Minor, TWV 42d1 II. Largo
14. Trietto No. 3 in D Minor, TWV 42d1 III. Allegro
15. Sonata à 5 in F Major, TWV 4411 I. Affettuoso
16. Sonata à 5 in F Major, TWV 4411 II. Allegro
17. Sonata à 5 in F Major, TWV 4411 III. Adagio
18. Sonata à 5 in F Major, TWV 4411 IV. Presto
19. Sonata à 5 in G Minor, TWV 4433 I. Grave
20. Sonata à 5 in G Minor, TWV 4433 II. Allegro
21. Sonata à 5 in G Minor, TWV 4433 III. Adagio
22. Sonata à 5 in G Minor, TWV 4433 IV. Vivace
23. Intrada-Suite for 2 Violins, TWV 40108 Gulliver’s Travels I. Intrada
24. Intrada-Suite for 2 Violins, TWV 40108 Gulliver’s Travels II. Lilliputsche Chaconne
25. Intrada-Suite for 2 Violins, TWV 40108 Gulliver’s Travels III. Brobdingnagische Gigue
26. Intrada-Suite for 2 Violins, TWV 40108 Gulliver’s Travels IV. Reverie der Laputier, nebst ihren Aufweckern
27. Gulliver’s Travels V. Loure der gesitteten Houyhnhnms. Furie der unartigen Yahoos
28. Sonate corellisante No. 5 in G Minor, TWV 42g4 I. Grave
29. Sonate corellisante No. 5 in G Minor, TWV 42g4 II. Vivace
30. Sonate corellisante No. 5 in G Minor, TWV 42g4 III. Presto – Grave
31. Sonate corellisante No. 5 in G Minor, TWV 42g4 IV. Vivace |
