Georg Philipp Telemann - Cantabile (Trio Sonata TWV 42:a6)

Third movement from Telemann&Trio SonataTWV 42:a6 in A minor for recorder, oboe & bsso continuo. Performed by Lorenzo Cavasanti, recorder; Alfredo Bernardini, oboe; Tripla Concordia (Caroline Boersma, violoncello; Giorgio Mandolesi, bassoon; Sergio Ciomei, harpsichord). Recorded Apr. 7-9, 2001, Montevarchi, Italy. From the album "Telemann: Triosonatas for oboe and recorder" (2003). "Telemann was one of the most prolific major composers of all time: his all-encompassing oeuvre comprises more than 3,000 compositions, half of which have been lost, and most of which have not been performed since the 18th century. From 1708 to 1750, Telemann composed 1,043 sacred cantatas and 600 overture-suites, and types of concertos for combinations of instruments that no other composer of the time employed. The first accurate estimate of the number of his works was provided by musicologists only during the 1980s and 1990s, when extensive thematic catalogues were published. During his lifetime and the latter half of the 18th century, Telemann was very highly regarded by colleagues and critics alike. Numerous theorists (Marpurg, Mattheson, Quantz, and Scheibe, among others) cited his works as models, and major composers such as J. S. Bach and Handel bought and studied his published works. He was immensely popular not only in Germany but also in the rest of Europe: orders for editions of Telemann&music came from France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Scandinavian countries, Switzerland, and...