Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767) was one of the most prolific composers in history and was a leading German composer of his time - compared favourably to his friend J.S.Bach and to Handel. Bach made him godfather to his son Carl Philipp Emanuel. Telemann's music embraced French, German and Italian styles, and also Polish popular music of the time - as evidenced by the closing movement of this Suite in A minor for Treble Recorder, and his music provides a link between late Baroque styles and those of the early Classical period.
This 1974 recording of the A minor Suite combines the talents of Neville Marriner and his Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - having by then reached the heights of their long recording career, and the instrumental virtuosity of David Munrow, who did more than anyone else to popularise the recorder and early music, and who sadly died only two years after making this record. Munrow's sleeve notes for this piece (click to the scan below to read), are, as always a model of erudite (but readable) information
Cartridge: Ortofon Xpression MC
Phono amp: Graham Slee Accession MC
Turntable: CTC Classic 301 with SME M2-12R
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