COMPOSERS: CPE Bach,Kress,Telemann
LABELS: Signum
ALBUM TITLE: Telemann
WORKS: Flute Sonatas, TWV 43:G10 & 43:G12; Flute Concerto, TWV 43:C2
PERFORMER: Charivari Agréable
CATALOGUE NO: SIGCD 086
Charivari Agréable presents here
an unusual programme in which
Telemann’s music is interspersed
by that of two of his godsons. Far
and away the more famous of them
is Bach’s second musically talented
son, Carl Philipp Emanuel, who
followed in his godfather’s footsteps
as Hamburg’s Director musices.
The other, Georg Philipp Kress,
is now but the faintest of shadows
and indeed may never have been
otherwise. Charivari Agréable convey
the fragile, never more than skindeep
charm of his Flute Trios with
lightly applied articulation and an
appropriate esprit de salon. These
virtues, along with a marked elegance
of phrasing, are features which define
the performing style of this ensemble.
There is a pleasing energy in this
playing which is also supple, fluent
and idiomatic. The fast movements
of Telemann’s two fine G major
Quartets for flute, two viole di gamba
and harpsichord, more effective
in this scoring than in Telemann’s
alternative suggestion for flute and
two violins, offer persuasive examples
of what I mean. Nicholas Anderson