Telemann: Wassermusik (Water Music); 3 Concertos /Musica Antiqua Koln * Goebel
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IF IT WERE POSSIBLE I WOULD GIVE IT 10 STARS
THIS IS THE ONLY VERSION I HAVE LISTENED HOWEVER I SUSPECT IS UNIQUE BECAUSE OF A GLORIOUS INTERPRETATION AND A FIRST CLASS RECORDING. IF YOU BUY IT YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.
Old but brillient !
It is hard to believe that music this old is still available. I have enjoyed many of Telemann's compositions on Serius Radio, but this is the first I have purchased. I will likely order more.
Relaxed and Transparent, Glorious Winds
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767): Overture in C major "Water Music" (or "Hamburger Ebb' und Fluth"); Concertos in B flat major, F major and A minor). Performed by Musica Antiqua Köln, directed by Reinhard Goebel. Recorded in 1984 at the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle in Hamburg-Harburg, Germany. Published in 1984 as DG Archiv 413 788-2. Total playing time: 49'10".
Telemann's "Water Music" is very different from Handel's. Published in 1723 to celebrate the centenary of the Hamburg "Admiralty" or Port Authority, it is basically a French-style suite of dances, preceded by a lengthy "Ouverture". The only number which does not fit into this scheme is no. 7, "Der stürmende Aeolus" in which the furious stormy winds which abound in the Hamburg district are allowed to rant and rave. The dance numbers are all given headings which indicate not only their particular dance rhythm but also show that Telemann intended to paint mythological pictures with them (Thetis, Neptune, the Naiads, Triton, Aeolus and Zephyr are all names from Greek mythology and have to do with the sea and the wind, so this is all very appropriate for a celebration in the port city of Hamburg). The last two numbers are a jig in which the coming and going of the tide is portrayed and a "canarie" which depicts the merry goings-on among the boatspeople.
Musica Antiqua Köln (Cologne) give a relaxed and very transparent performance of this music which I like very much, although I have to add that the version produced by Paul Dombrecht and his orchestra Il Fondamento for Vanguard Classics in 1996 (and re-released on the Belgian label Passacaille: ASIN: B000ALJ9C4) is, to my mind, even better, with slightly faster tempi and rather more emphasis on the winds. The Dombrecht is coupled with Handel's Water Musick, whereas Goebel adds three quite rare Telemann suites which are beautifully performed and give his winds a chance to display all their glory. And glory there is here, too, for Goebel has among his players some of the most famous German early music specialists, including Michael Schneider, Karl Kaiser, Hans-Peter Westermann and Michael McCraw, with no less than Andreas Staier and Harald Hoeren playing the two harpsichords (Dombrecht appears to use only one harpsichord).
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