Telemann: Trio Sonatas / Frans Brüggen, Gustav Leonhardt, and others

This is the recording of Frans Brüggen at the peak of his maturity. At the same time, it is a masterpiece that made Telemann a world-famous composer. The first piece, a trio for recorder and gamba, has been performed by amateurs and professionals alike, and the second piece, a trio for traverso and oboe, I remember playing many times. One of the great things about Telemann is his skillful way of bringing out the effects of the instruments. Even in passages that seem difficult, he takes into consideration the most comfortable register and fingering for the instruments. Furthermore, the pieces are written in the manner “The trio should be written in the manner such as it is difficult to tell which of the two upper voices is the main melody” pointed out by Johann Joachim Quantz in his “Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte traversiere zu spielen”, and the players can fully enjoy the real pleasure of counterpoint. This is without a doubt a historical recording as far as Telemann’s works are concerned. #baroque #telemann #片山俊幸