1716 Telemann, Vivaldi, Handel and Albinoni

I think I am being too mean on Telemann who was becoming perhaps the most famous composer in all of Europe. Telemann really grew in stature at this time and the number of Telemann choices for this year seems to substantiate this. Telemann even out did Vivaldi from whom I pick 9 pieces for this year alone. Based on his contributions for this decade I put him behind Bach and Vivaldi but prefer him to Handel.

Of the 10 Telemann pieces I can pick, all of them are for wind instruments. That is piccolo, flute, recorder, trumpet and even bassoon.  Like the oboe great developments were made with Bassoon making at this time and as with the oboe it became quite popular with composers like Telemann and also Vivaldi. It is nice to off set all the Vivaldi violin concertos with music such as these Telemann choices on which the wind instruments take the lead.

It is not easy to compose good music for the Bassoon but Telemann manages to do that with Concerto for Recorder and Bassoon In F Major, TWV 52:F1: II. Vivace and IV Allegro. Vivaldi too writes some very nice music for Bassoon. I also love the blend of what I think is a recorder and oboe on Vivaldi’s RV94 Allegro. 

Handel shows his gift for melody with his Concerto Grosso In F Major, Op. 3, No. 4, HWV 315: IV. Allegro and Albinoni adds to the collection of violin allegros I am accumulating with his Sinfonia a 4 in B-Flat Major, Si 6: I. Allegro.


Telemann

Concerto for 3 Trumpets and Timpani In D Major, TWV 54:D4: II. Allegro (the version  I have is not this you tube link but on Telemann: Orchestral Music by Ludwig Güttler, Klaus Huckstadt, Werner Pelz, Peter Bollman, Michaelstein Telemann Chamber Orchestra & Eitelfriedrich Thom)

Concerto for Recorder and Bassoon In F Major, TWV 52:F1: II. Vivace (the version I have is not this you tube link but on Telemann: Complete Double Concertos With Recorder by Clas Pehrsson, Michael McCraw & Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble)

Concerto for Recorder and Bassoon In F Major, TWV 52:F1: IV. Allegro (the version I have is not this you tube link but on Telemann: Complete Double Concertos With Recorder by Clas Pehrsson, Michael McCraw & Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble)

Double Concerto for 2 Horns In D Major, TWV 52:D1: IV. Allegro
Telemann: Wind Concertos, Vol. 2 - Twv 51:F1, 51:G1, 52:C1, 52:D1, 53:D1 by Ulrich Hubner, Jorg Schultess, La Stagione Frankfurt & Michael Schneider


Flute Concerto in D major, TWV 51:D2: I. Moderato
Flute Concerto in D major, TWV 51:D2: II. Allegro
Flute Concerto in D major, TWV 51:D2: IV. Vivace
All from Telemann, G.P.: Wind Concertos, Vol. 4 - Twv 51:A2, 51:D2, 51:E1, 52:A2, 53:B1 by Karl Kaiser, Michael Schneider & La Stagione Frankfurt

Overture (Suite) In e Flat Major, TWV 55: Es5: Aria IV: Allegro From Telemann: 6 Orchestral Suites by Michael Schneider & La Stagione Frankfurt
Partita No. 2 für Blockflöte und Basso continuo in G Major, TWV 41:G2: II. Aria 1: Allegro from Hans-Martin Linde & Konrad Ragossnig: Musik für Flöte und Gitarre by Hans-Martin Linde & Konrad Ragossnig
Piccolo Concerto In D Major, TWV 51:D4: IV. Tempo Di Minuetto from Telemann, G.P.: Wind Concertos, Vol. 3 from Karl Kaiser & Camerata Köln

Vivaldi

Concerto in D major, RV 92: III. Allegro 
Concerto in G minor, RV 103: I. Allegro (the versions  I have of these two are not these you tube links but on Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos by Borbala Dobozy & Laszlo Kecskemeti)

Concerto in D major, RV 94: I. Allegro
Concerto in G minor, RV 107: III. Allegro Both from Vivaldi, A.: Concertos - Rv 94, 100, 101, 104, 107 by Musica Pacifica

Flute Concerto in D Minor, RV 96: I. Allegro first 2.25 of the clip from Vivaldi: Flute Concertos, Vol. 1 by Béla Drahos & Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

Sonata for 2 violins and continuo in B-Flat, RV 76: 2. Allemanda (Allegro)
Sonata for violin and continuo in B-Flat, R.33: 4. Gavotte (Presto)
Sonata for violin and continuo in F, RV 18: 1. Preludio (Largo)
Sonata for violin and continuo in F, RV 18: 2. Corrente (Presto)
All from Vivaldi Masterworks by Salvatore Accardo, Sylvie Gazeau, Rohan De Saram & Bruno Canino

Handel 

Concerto Grosso In F Major, Op. 3, No. 4, HWV 315: IV. Allegro from Handel: Concerto Grosso, Op. 3 by Iona Brown & Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Albinoni 

Sinfonia a 4 in B-Flat Major, Si 6: I. Allegro first 2.36 on this clip From Albinoni: Concerto per violino & Sinfonie a 4 by L'Orfeo Ensemble