Georg Philipp Telemann: Tafelmusik, Book III

Ensemble “Il Fondamento”
Paul Dombrecht, conductor

Concerto in E-flat for two horns, strings, and continuo
Trio in D for two transverse flutes and continuo
Solo in g for oboe and continuo
Conclusion in B for two oboes, strings, and continuo
Overture in B for two oboes, strings, and continuo
Quartet in e for transverse flute, violin, violoncello, and continuo

Il Fondamento did not record the other two books of Tafelmusik, but then Telemann never intended the works to be performed as a group. In spite of its Italianate name, this ensemble was based in Belgium. Dombrecht was its cynosure and he championed both period instruments and musicological underpinnings for their performance practice. Robert Kohnen was their harpsichordist. Recorded in Ghent during September 1986 and in Brussels during December 1987.


Telemann: Tafelmusik Book 3
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Works for cello by Boccherini, Sammartini, degli Antoni, and Gabrieli

Anner Bylsma, violoncello
Dijck Koster, second violoncello
Concerto Amsterdam
Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord

Boccherini: Concerto in G for violoncello and string orchestra
Sammartini: Sonata III in a for two violoncelli
Boccherini: Sonata No. 7 in B-flat
degli Antoni: Ricercata VIII for violoncello solo
Domenico Gabrieli: Canon for two violoncelli

Although marketed as a Boccherini album, these recordings of 1968–69 are in fact much more interesting because they document the earliest violoncello repertoire and highlight the masterful work of Bylsma.


Bylsma plays early works for cello
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William Croft: songs and incidental music

The Parley of Instruments
David Thomas, bass

How charming is beauty
With Noise of Cannon (from Musicus apparatus academicus)
The Wanton Celia
Ayres in the Comedy call’d The Funeral
Ayres in the Comedy of Courtship Alamode
Ah how sweet
Cantata: Lost is my love

The real-life Lord Croft (who knows nothing of raiding tombs) aided in the preparation of this recording of the work of a kinsman from England’s Restoration period. William Croft (1678–1727) was a contemporary of Jeremiah Clarke (with whom he shared duties as organist for the Chapel Royal) and a student of John Blow and Henry Purcell. These songs and the incidental music to two plays bear strong resemblance to the work of Croft’s teachers. The Parley of Instruments was a group that specialized in early British music.


Works by William Croft
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Handel: trios, sonatas, and concerti for diverse instruments

The Aulos Ensemble plays
Concerto a quattro in d
Trio Sonata #5 in G
Sonata in G, op 1/5
Sonata in g, op 1/6
Sonata in C
Trio Sonata #2 in d
Concerto a quattro in D
Trio Sonata in e, op 5/3

The Aulos Ensemble took the original-instrument movement to the next logical step: what with original instruments being so scarce and generally in poor condition, they found that modern copies of the originals – “period instruments” – were not only more affordable but often better-sounding and still just as difficult to play. In this recording from 1982, a broad selection of Handel’s chamber music shows off the sound of half a dozen such instruments, all played very well indeed.


The Aulos Ensemble plays Handel
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Haydn: Symphonies 26, 52, and 53

Symphony #26 in d, “Lamentatione”
Symphony #52 in c
Symphony #53 in D, “Imperial”

La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken, director

Period instruments, authentic performance-practice, and Saint Sigi: Haydn at his finest. Recorded at the Doopsgezinde Semeentekerk, Haarlem, March 1988.


Haydn Symphonies 26, 52, 53
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