CD, Telemann (composer)

Taken at face value, the order and selection of works seems entirely random…However, the eccentric programme is carefully considered; repeated listening reveals new parallels between the pieces.... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Antonini proves an athletic and affectionate communicator of this sophisticated music, enlivening the dances with well-judged tempos, cogent articulation and a light tread that would grace any... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Along with the Telemann, the Handel Sonata in D minor for treble recorder affords especial pleasure...Petri’s fluent and modestly ornamented playing addresses itself to the varied humours of... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2023, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The Danish horn player Ursula Paludan Monberg, thoroughly in command of her instrument, produces a miraculously smooth and agile line with secure tuning…the continuo section of Arcangelo, led... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

you get a sense of the sustained gestation period of these readings. If that has you hoping for some strong opinions, then you’re in luck. — Gramophone Magazine, November 2022 More…

This disc offers a taste of the ‘Spätlese’ (the ‘late harvest’ ) of Telemann’s career: works that show the octogenarian never lost his youthful spirit and joie de vivre...Landshamer delivers... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The album’s real gold lies in its two D major solo trumpet works by Purcell and Telemann: the ravishingly soft and lyrical solemnity Balsom brings to the opening Adagio of Telemann’s first Trumpet... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2020 More…

It’s not simply for the first recordings that Pramsohler and Grisvard deserve our attention...a duo at the height of their own interpretative powers. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2022 More…