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Telemann : The Twelve Fantasies for Recorder
Georg Philipp Telemann

Telemann : The Twelve Fantasies for Recorder

Peter Holtslag

Label: Globe
Format: CD
Barcode: 8711525511705
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Catalog number: GLO 5117
Releasedate: 19-08-02

  • Telemann's extremely famous 12 Fantasies can be played on flauto traverso, violin or recorder, since the composer himself did not specify the instrument for which he wrote them. It was common practice in the first half of the 18th century for the recorder player to play the flute repertoire, and mentioned and explained by Hotteterre and Quantz. There are hardly any recordings available where the whole set of 12 is played on the recorder, still one of the most popular instruments in today's musical practice.

  • Peter Holtslag is one of the leading recorder players of his generation and his interpretation of these little pearls of music is certain to delight everybody. Moreover, Telemann is very "in" at the moment...

  • Most of the Fantasies are played here on an original recorder from around 1700 which is kept in the famous Bates Collection in Oxford, UK. In view of Peter Holtslag's standing, the instrument was, very exceptionally lent out to us for this recording, thus also saving it from sound-anonymity!

  • A delightful CD full of unexpected surprises which will enchant every baroque and recorder lover!

    Born in Amsterdam in 1957, Peter Holtslag studied recorder at the conservatory of his native city where he was recipient of the Recorder Soloist Diploma with Distinction. At the early age of 26 he was appointed Professor of Early Music and Recorder at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Since 1988, he has held simular posts at the Royal Academy of Music London and at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. Apart from these regular teaching activities he has given numerous masterclasses in Holland, England, Germany, France, the Czech Republic, Portugal, Belgium, Hong Kong and the USA. As a soloist and with the recorder trio
    La Fontegara Amsterdam, his repertoire ranges from 14th century music to avant-garde pieces (many of which have been written especially for either himself or La Fontegara Amsterdam). Referring to his recording of the major Vivaldi recorder concertos (on Hyperion, 1988) he was singled out by 'Gramophone' as "a new recorder virtuoso with more imagination than some". A second solo CD, with concertos by Telemann (Hyperion, 1991) classified him as "an accomplished soloist with acute sensibilities" ('Gramophone').

Born in Amsterdam in 1957, Peter Holtslag studied recorder at the conservatory of his native city where he was recipient of the Recorder Soloist Diploma with Distinction. At the early age of 26, he was appointed Professor of Early Music and Recorder at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Since 1988, he has held simular posts at the Royal Academy of Music London and at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. Apart from these regular teaching activities he has given numerous masterclasses in Holland, England, Germany, France, the Czech Republic, Portugal, Belgium, Hong Kong and the USA. As a soloist and with the recorder trio
La Fontegara Amsterdam, his repertoire ranges from 14th century music to avant-garde pieces (many of which have been written especially for either himself or La Fontegara Amsterdam). Referring to his recording of the major Vivaldi recorder concertos (on Hyperion, 1988) he was singled out by 'Gramophone' as "a new recorder virtuoso with more imagination than some". A second solo album, with concertos by Telemann (Hyperion, 1991) classified him as "an accomplished soloist with acute sensibilities" ('Gramophone').