Telemann / Molter: Flute and Oboe Quartets

Molter, Johann Melchior, Telemann, Georg Philipp

Camerata Bachiensis

95621

Courtly chamber music in the Italian style from the birthplace of Bach, including several world-premiere recordings. Most prolific yet perennially underappreciated of composers, Telemann became Capellmeister of the court chapel in Eisenach, birthplace of J.S. Bach, in 1709. Bach had by then taken up a post in Weimar, but the two men became friends, and Telemann dedicated to him a Concerto in D major (TWV 51:D6), of which the slow movement opens with a festive BACH motif, in a transposed version. This is one of three first recordings on the album. The other concertos and sonatas in this recording were also composed during Telemann’s time in Eisenach. A pair of quartets, in D minor (TWV 43:d2) and G major (TWV 43:G12), follow the same principle in the treatment of the parts, whereby in the slow opening movements the instruments take turns – in TWV 43:d2 the viola, in TWV 43:G12 the flute – and the other parts accompany. The Sonatas IV in C major (TWV 43:C1) and F major (TWV 43:F1) were originally composed for two violins, viola and basso continuo, later adapted by a Parisian publisher to include an upper part for a wind instrument.

Works:

• Molter: Concertino MWV IX/30 E minor for harpischord, violin and cello
• Molter: Sonata à quadro in B flat major, MWV 9/16
• Molter: Sonata à quadro in E Minor, MWV 9/19
• Telemann: Concerto TWV 43:d2 in D minor for 2 violins, viola & b.c.
• Telemann: Quartet TWV 43:C1 in C major for flute, violin (or 2 violins), viola & b.c.
• Telemann: Quartet TWV 43:F1 in F major for flute, violin (or 2 violins), viola & b.c.
• Telemann: Quartet TWV 43:G12 in G major for flute, 2 violas da gamba & b.c.

CD x 1

Brilliant Classics

11/13/19

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