Telemann: Chamber Music with Recorder Erik Bosgraaf & Ensemble Cordevento

• Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767): Concerto À 7 in A Minor, TWV 44: 2:
• 1 Telemann: Concerto À 7 in A Minor, TWV 44: 2: I. Adagio 01:20
• 2 Telemann: Concerto À 7 in A Minor, TWV 44: 2: II. Allegro 02:02
• 3 Telemann: Concerto À 7 in A Minor, TWV 44: 2: III. Affettuoso 01:55
• 4 Telemann: Concerto À 7 in A Minor, TWV 44: 2: IV. Allegro 02:07
• Quartet in D Minor, TWV 43: 1:
• 5 Telemann: Quartet in D Minor, TWV 43: 1: I. Andante 03:09
• 6 Telemann: Quartet in D Minor, TWV 43: 1: II. Vivace 04:05
• 7 Telemann: Quartet in D Minor, TWV 43: 1: III. Largo 03:15
• 8 Telemann: Quartet in D Minor, TWV 43: 1: IV. Allegro 04:39
• Trio Sonata in F Major, TWV 42: 7:
• 9 Telemann: Trio Sonata in F Major, TWV 42: 7: I. Affettuoso 02:05
• 10 Telemann: Trio Sonata in F Major, TWV 42: 7: II. Allegro 01:41
• 11 Telemann: Trio Sonata in F Major, TWV 42: 7: III. Adagio 01:39
• 12 Telemann: Trio Sonata in F Major, TWV 42: 7: IV. Vivace 01:46
• Trio Sonata in C Minor, TWV 42: 2:
• 13 Telemann: Trio Sonata in C Minor, TWV 42: 2: I. Largo 02:39
• 14 Telemann: Trio Sonata in C Minor, TWV 42: 2: II. Vivace 02:41
• 15 Telemann: Trio Sonata in C Minor, TWV 42: 2: III. Andante 01:51
• 16 Telemann: Trio Sonata in C Minor, TWV 42: 2: IV. Allegro 03:11
• Concerto Di Camera in G Minor, TWV 43: 3:
• 17 Telemann: Concerto Di Camera in G Minor, TWV 43: 3: I. (Allegro) 05:06
• 18 Telemann: Concerto Di Camera in G Minor, TWV 43: 3: II. Siciliana 06:51
• 19 Telemann: Concerto Di Camera in G Minor, TWV 43: 3: III. Bourrée 00:58
• 20 Telemann: Concerto Di Camera in G Minor, TWV 43: 3: IV. Menuet - Trio - Menuet da Capo 04:20
• Quartet in G Major, TWV 43: 6:
• 21 Telemann: Quartet in G Major, TWV 43: 6: I. Allegro 02:32
• 22 Telemann: Quartet in G Major, TWV 43: 6: II. Grave 02:17
• 23 Telemann: Quartet in G Major, TWV 43: 6: III. Allegro 02:44
• Trio Sonata in G Minor, TWV 42: 8 (Transposed):
• 24 Telemann: Trio Sonata in G Minor, TWV 42: 8 (Transposed): I. Affettuoso 01:24
• 25 Telemann: Trio Sonata in G Minor, TWV 42: 8 (Transposed): II. Vivace 01:35
• 26 Telemann: Trio Sonata in G Minor, TWV 42: 8 (Transposed): III. Andante 01:20
• 27 Telemann: Trio Sonata in G Minor, TWV 42: 8 (Transposed): IV. Presto 01:29
• Trio Sonata in A Minor, TWV 42: 6:
• 28 Telemann: Trio Sonata in A Minor, TWV 42: 6: I. Largo 02:20
• 29 Telemann: Trio Sonata in A Minor, TWV 42: 6: II. Allegro 01:30
• 30 Telemann: Trio Sonata in A Minor, TWV 42: 6: III. Cantabile 02:02
• 31 Telemann: Trio Sonata in A Minor, TWV 42: 6: IV. Allegro 02:53
• Trio Sonata ('Concerto') in F Major, TWV 42: 14:
• 32 Telemann: Trio Sonata ('Concerto') in F Major, TWV 42: 14: I. Vivace 02:14
• 33 Telemann: Trio Sonata ('Concerto') in F Major, TWV 42: 14: II. Loure 02:22
• 34 Telemann: Trio Sonata ('Concerto') in F Major, TWV 42: 14: III. Tempo Di Menuet 02:43
• Concerto À 7 in F Major, TWV 44: 1:
• 35 Telemann: Concerto À 7 in F Major, TWV 44: 1: I. Grave 02:19
• 36 Telemann: Concerto À 7 in F Major, TWV 44: 1: II. Vivace 02:04
• 37 Telemann: Concerto À 7 in F Major, TWV 44: 1: III. Adagio 00:43
• 38 Telemann: Concerto À 7 in F Major, TWV 44: 1: IV. Allegro 02:27
• Quartet in G Minor, TWV 43: 4:
• 39 Telemann: Quartet in G Minor, TWV 43: 4: I. Allegro 02:24
• 40 Telemann: Quartet in G Minor, TWV 43: 4: II. Adagio 02:06
• 41 Telemann: Quartet in G Minor, TWV 43: 4: III. Allegro 04:04
• Trio Sonata in C Minor, TWV 42: 7:
• 42 Telemann: Trio Sonata in C Minor, TWV 42: 7: I. Adagio 02:26
• 43 Telemann: Trio Sonata in C Minor, TWV 42: 7: II. Allegro 01:30
• 44 Telemann: Trio Sonata in C Minor, TWV 42: 7: III. Adagio 01:05
• 45 Telemann: Trio Sonata in C Minor, TWV 42: 7: IV. Allegro 01:39
• Quartet ('Concerto') in A Minor, TWV 43: 3:
• 46 Telemann: Quartet ('Concerto') in A Minor, TWV 43: 3: I. Adagio 03:07
• 47 Telemann: Quartet ('Concerto') in A Minor, TWV 43: 3: II. Allegro 01:48
• 48 Telemann: Quartet ('Concerto') in A Minor, TWV 43: 3: III. Adagio 01:42
• 49 Telemann: Quartet ('Concerto') in A Minor, TWV 43: 3: IV. Vivace 04:17
• Trio Sonata in E Minor, TWV 42: 6:
• 50 Telemann: Trio Sonata in E Minor, TWV 42: 6: I. Affettuoso 02:26
• 51 Telemann: Trio Sonata in E Minor, TWV 42: 6: II. Allegro 02:04
• 52 Telemann: Trio Sonata in E Minor, TWV 42: 6: III. Grave 01:41
• 53 Telemann: Trio Sonata in E Minor, TWV 42: 6: IV. Allegro 02:00
• Introduzzione & Suite À 3 in C Major, TWV 42: 1:
• 54 Telemann: Introduzzione & Suite À 3 in C Major, TWV 42: 1: I. Grave - Vivace 02:11
• 55 Telemann: Introduzzione & Suite À 3 in C Major, TWV 42: 1: II. Andante 01:27
• 56 Telemann: Introduzzione & Suite À 3 in C Major, TWV 42: 1: III. Vivace (Da Capo) 01:21
• 57 Telemann: Introduzzione & Suite À 3 in C Major, TWV 42: 1: IV. Xantippe 01:42
• 58 Telemann: Introduzzione & Suite À 3 in C Major, TWV 42: 1: V. Lucretia. Largo 02:17
• 59 Telemann: Introduzzione & Suite À 3 in C Major, TWV 42: 1: Vi. Corinna 00:45
• 60 Telemann: Introduzzione & Suite À 3 in C Major, TWV 42: 1: VII. Clelia. Spirituoso 01:23
• 61 Telemann: Introduzzione & Suite À 3 in C Major, TWV 42: 1: VIII. Dido. Triste - Disperato 02:07
• Trio Sonata in F Major, TWV 42: 9:
• 62 Telemann: Trio Sonata in F Major, TWV 42: 9: I. Allegro 02:00
• 63 Telemann: Trio Sonata in F Major, TWV 42: 9: II. Affettuoso 02:13
• 64 Telemann: Trio Sonata in F Major, TWV 42: 9: III. Presto 02:35
• Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, TWV 42: 4:
• 65 Telemann: Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, TWV 42: 4: I. Dolce 02:04
• 66 Telemann: Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, TWV 42: 4: II. Vivace 01:35
• 67 Telemann: Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, TWV 42: 4: III. Siciliana 02:39
• 68 Telemann: Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, TWV 42: 4: IV. Vivace 01:43
• Trio Sonata in F Major, TWV 42: 15:
• 69 Telemann: Trio Sonata in F Major, TWV 42: 15: I. Largo 01:34
• 70 Telemann: Trio Sonata in F Major, TWV 42: 15: II. Allegro 01:45
• 71 Telemann: Trio Sonata in F Major, TWV 42: 15: III. Largo 01:21
• 72 Telemann: Trio Sonata in F Major, TWV 42: 15: IV. Allegro 01:50
• Total Runtime 02:43:09

Info for Telemann: Chamber Music with Recorder

Georg Philipp Telemann: a Love Affair for Life: The recorder was one of the instruments Georg Philipp Telemann played himself. In my opinion, he is the baroque composer who wrote the most idiomatically for the instrument. That pleasure is enhanced by the fact that his work always takes me back to my youth. Aside from the recorder, I also used to play the oboe and my younger brother played both the recorder and the bassoon. I well remember the many hours of happy music making and working towards performances at the music school. It is that uncomplicated joy of playing together which is characteristic of Telemann’s works and which I and my friends have tried to capture in this recording. The recording sessions took place in my beloved Kruiskerk in Burgum, where I have been playing since I was ten; a ‘sentimental journey’ you might say. In an effort to become a child again, as it were, and to relive the uninhibitedness of youth, I once again hope to communicate to the listener how amazing this ancient music is. This recording includes all kinds of chamber music, from more intimate trio sonatas with various wind instruments to two grandly conceived concertos for seven instruments.

Four of the six trio sonatas for recorder and oboe are in a minor key, presumably not a coincidence: these keys are particularly appropriate to the oboe’s melancholy tone, with its spun out, soul-stirring lines. In Telemann’s day, the oboe was often typecast in this way, think of the famous examples from Bach’s works such as the sinfonias from the Easter Oratorio BWV 249 and the cantatas BWV 12 and 21.

The genre of the trio sonata was already known as one of Telemann’s specialities during his lifetime. To understand why, it will suffice to listen to the first movement of the Trio Sonata in C minor (TWV 42:c7). After the oboe has led off with a serious theme, the recorder immediately comes alongside, seemingly independent, like someone with an entirely different mindset passing by coincidentally. Not until six measures later do the recorder and the oboe start a conversation, as if they were two personalities. Telemann – who else could come up with something like that?

The frequent return to the note A in the first movement of the Trio Sonata in A minor (TWV 42:a6) reinforces the expression of sadness, which is then enhanced by a falling chromatic line. In the opening movement of the Trio Sonata in E minor (TWV 42:e6) the first measure after the opening chord in the principal key immediately suggests G major. It is this unpredictability that makes Telemann such a brilliant composer; a master of artistic misdirection, like Haydn after him. ...

Erik Bosgraaf, recorder & direction
Ensemble Cordevento
Trio Sonatas with Oboe:
Rodrigo López Paz, oboe
Heidi Peltoniemi, violoncello
Marije van der Ende, bassoon
Alessandro Pianu, harpsichord

Ensemble Cordevento
Founded in 2006, is an ensemble with a flexible line-up. The group works as a trio with recorder, baroque guitar and harpsichord as well as a small baroque orchestra with strings and winds. Cordevento plays on copies of historical instruments, the guitar for instance is a copy of a Stradivarius. In 2007 the ensemble was asked to perform the opening concert at the prestigious Tage der Alte Musik in Berlin. In addition Cordevento is a regular guest on the early music festivals in Utrecht, Modena, Moscow, Saint-Petersburg and Sofia. The past season the ensemble toured extensively through The Netherlands and Belgium within the early music network. The ensemble is under contract with Brilliant Classics and will release its debut CD in September; the recorder concertos by Vivaldi. The individual members have already released many CD's with the works of Giuliani, Handel, Telemann and Van Eyck.

Erik Bosgraaf
is generally considered to be one of the world’s most virtuosic recorder players, and certainly the most adventurous. Moreover, he is an inspiring conductor. To Erik, his instrument is an inexhaustible source of inspiration, with endless possibilities. He improvises, plays jazz, utilizes electronics and likes working with people in other areas of artistic endeavour such as cinematography. His repertoire extends from medieval music to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons to tomorrow’s music. For Erik there is no fundamental difference between historical and contemporary repertoire. He is of the opinion that ‘early music is always new’. As a soloist he is regularly invited to lead the orchestra himself. If not playing the recorder, he leads from the harpsichord or – in classical and later repertoire for chamber orchestra – conducts from the front.

Booklet for Telemann: Chamber Music with Recorder