Georg Philipp Telemann... - Sara Ruiz - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

Telemann's Fantasias represent the most important current discovery in the gamba repertoire and are destined to become one of the cornerstones of the repertoire. The compositions, full of musical references to many different styles, are a compendium of how Italian and French influences permeated the purely German language to create a specific style, but it is also an example of visionary creativity, as Telemann anticipates many structural elements that define what will become the galant or pre-classical style. Moreover, using the genre Fantasia, Telemann shows us a portrait full of audacity, freshness and compositional freedom hitherto unknown. Sara Ruiz plays on an anonymous viola da gamba dated around 1700. Her performance and interpretation are different from all the others which have been recorded so far: she chooses to emphasize the rotundness and the beauty of the tone, while her technical skills allow her to create a drama which is absent from most of competitors' accounts. She conveys a great variety of tones, moods, tempos and colours. She does not hesitate to make use of a nice legato where a pleasant melody is encountered: she makes her instrument sing almost like a voice. With her, each Fantasia tells a story, every time a particular and thrilling one.

Tracklist

1. Fantasia 1 Twv 40:26: I. Adagio-Allegro-Adagio-Allegro
2. Fantasia 1 Twv 40:26: Ii. Allegro
3. Fantasia 2 Twv 40:27: I. Vivace
4. Fantasia 2 Twv 40:27: Ii. Andante
5. Fantasia 2 Twv 40:27: Iii. Vivace Da Capo
6. Fantasia 2 Twv 40:27: Iv. Presto
7. Fantasia 3 Twv 40:28: I. Largo
8. Fantasia 3 Twv 40:28: Ii. Presto
9. Fantasia 3 Twv 40:28: Iii. Vivace
10. Fantasia 4 Twv 40:29: I. Vivace
11. Fantasia 4 Twv 40:29: Ii. Grave
12. Fantasia 4 Twv 40:29: Iii. Allegro
13. Fantasia 5 Twv 40:30: I. Allegro
14. Fantasia 5 Twv 40:30: Ii. Largo
15. Fantasia 5 Twv 40:30: Iii. Allegro
16. Fantasia 6 Twv 40:31: I. Scherzando
17. Fantasia 6 Twv 40:31: Ii. Dolce
18. Fantasia 6 Twv 40:31: Iii. Spirituoso
19. Fantasia 7 Twv 40:32: I. Andante
20. Fantasia 7 Twv 40:32: Ii. Vivace
21. Fantasia 7 Twv 40:32: Iii. Allegro
22. Fantasia 8 Twv 40:33: I. Allegro
23. Fantasia 8 Twv 40:33: Ii. Grave
24. Fantasia 8 Twv 40:33: Iii. Vivace
25. Fantasia 9 Twv 40:34: I. Presto
26. Fantasia 9 Twv 40:34: Ii. Grave
27. Fantasia 9 Twv 40:34: Iii. Allegro
28. Fantasia 10 Twv 40:35: I. Dolce-Allegro-Dolce-Allegro
29. Fantasia 10 Twv 40:35: Ii. Siciliana
30. Fantasia 10 Twv 40:35: Iii. Scherzando
31. Fantasia 11 Twv 40:36: I. Allegro
32. Fantasia 11 Twv 40:36: Ii. Grave
33. Fantasia 11 Twv 40:36: Iii. Allegro
34. Fantasia 12 Twv 40:37: I. Andante
35. Fantasia 12 Twv 40:37: Ii. Allegro
36. Fantasia 12 Twv 40:37: Iii. Vivace

Label: Challenge Classics | Origin: Holland