Andreas Kohn

The dances are in the tradition of the early Baroque sonata da camera. They are instrumental works of high cantabile, which even preceded Corelli's work in style.

These are lovable, playful genre pieces that serve musical entertainment in the best sense of the word. Highly recommended as an encore.

The sonatas belong to the best of the Gebrauchsmusik in Rosenmüller's wake. Characteristic is the pseudo-polyphonic writing in dualism with concertante solemn homophonic intermediate movements.

An 'original' borrowing of the piece for viola and cello and piano, which is in no way inferior to the string version and acquires a distinctive tonal note in the instrumentation with harp.

One of the few works in the literature that fully captures the low registers of viola and cello. Easy to perform.

Edited from the original edition.

The note 'Tromba, se piace' in the source indicates that the piece can also be played without trumpet, this 'with' or 'without' moreover solo or choral instrumentation. Easy to perform.

The double violin parts in the source suggest that the trumpet was accompanied by a chorus. The instrumentation with bassoon as continuo-bass is remarkable. Performed as a solo, this magnificent work...

The 6 quartets, published for the first time, show the great fugue master at the height of his creative powers: a celebration of music-making on equal terms.

First Edition

With the present 16th sonata, 'almost' the entire surviving trio sonata oeuvre of Telemann is available in individual editions. The chosen numbering saves the detour via the catalog raisonné for a qui...