This hour features a new, special early music CD. Telemann’s fantasies were rediscovered in 2015 and performed during this year’s Early Music Festival. Robert Smith recorded them after Thomas Fritzsch and Jonathan Dunford.
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
From: Fantasias for Viola da Gamba, TWV 40:26-37
1. Fantasia No 2 in D Major, TWV 40:27
– Vivace & Andante
– Presto
2. Fantasia No 3 in e minor, TWV 40:28
– Largo
– Presto
– Vivace
3. Fantasia No 5 in B flat Major, TWV 40:30
– Allegro
– Largo
– Allegro
Robert Smith during the recordings
4. Fantasia No 7 in g minor, TWV 40:32
– Andante
– Vivace
– Allegro
5. Fantasia No 8 in A Major, TWV 40:33
– Allegro
– Grave
– Vivace
6. Fantasia No 10 in E Major, TWV 40:35
– Dolce – Allegro – Dolce – Allegro
– Siciliana
– Scherzando
7. Fantasia No 11 in d minor, TWV 40:36
– Allegro
– Grave
– Allegro
8. Fantasia No 12 in E flat Major, TWV 40:37
– Andante
– Allegro
– Vivace
Additional:
9. From: Fantasia No 4 in F Major, TWV 40:29: Vivace
Robert Smith, viola da gamba
(CD Georg Philipp Telemann – Fantasias for Viola da Gamba, Resonus RES10195, 2017)
