Ensemble Masques & Olivier Fortin - Le théâtre musical de Telemann (2016)

Tremendous fun!, Scintillating!, wrote the journalists of Diapason and Classica about the most recent recording of Olivier Fortin and his ensemble, devoted to the rarely heard Romanus Weichlein, which received every honour from the French musical press (Diapason dOr, Choc de Classica, FFFF Télérama). This year, the Canadian harpsichordist and his loyal band have decided to record Telemann, the 250th anniversary of whose death will be commemorated in 2017. Two anonymous musicians from the city of Hamburg wrote in 1728 that Handel [composes] music but Telemann composes music and affects.

The overture-suites by Telemann presented on this recording are written in a mimetic style: Les Nations, the Concerto Polonois, La Bizarre and the Burlesque de Quixotte explore a vast range of subjects and, even more than all his other works, reveal a man of the theatre, widely read, curious, a humorist and a shrewd observer of the physical and political world around him.

Tracklist:
01. Ouverture-Suite in A Major, TWV 55:A1: I. Ouverture
02. Ouverture-Suite in A Major, TWV 55:A1: II. Branle
03. Ouverture-Suite in A Major, TWV 55:A1: III. Gaillarde
04. Ouverture-Suite in A Major, TWV 55:A1: IV. Sarabande
05. Ouverture-Suite in A Major, TWV 55:A1: V. Réjouissance
06. Ouverture-Suite in A Major, TWV 55:A1: VI. Passepied
07. Ouverture-Suite in A Major, TWV 55:A1: VII. Canarie
08. Ouverture-Suite in B-Flat Major, TWV 55:B5 "Les Nations": I. Ouverture
09. Ouverture-Suite in B-Flat Major, TWV 55:B5 "Les Nations": II. Menuet I (Alternativement) - Menuet II (Doucement)
10. Ouverture-Suite in B-Flat Major, TWV 55:B5 "Les Nations": III. Les Turcs
11. Ouverture-Suite in B-Flat Major, TWV 55:B5 "Les Nations": IV. Les Suisses
12. Ouverture-Suite in B-Flat Major, TWV 55:B5 "Les Nations": V. Les Moscovites
13. Ouverture-Suite in B-Flat Major, TWV 55:B5 "Les Nations": VI. Les Portugais
14. Ouverture-Suite in B-Flat Major, TWV 55:B5 "Les Nations": VII. Les Boiteux
15. Ouverture-Suite In B-Flat Major, Twv 55:B5 "Les Nations": VIII. Les Coureurs
16. Concerto polonois in G Major, TWV 43:G7: I. Dolce
17. Concerto polonois in G Major, TWV 43:G7: II. Allegro
18. Concerto polonois in G Major, TWV 43:G7: III. Largo
19. Concerto polonois in G Major TWV 43:G7: IV. Allegro
20. Ouverture-Suite in G Major, TWV 55:G10 "Burlesque de Quixotte": I. Ouverture
21. Ouverture-Suite in G Major, TWV 55:G10 "Burlesque de Quixotte": II. Le réveil de Quichotte
22. Ouverture-Suite in G Major, TWV 55:G10 "Burlesque de Quixotte": III. Son attaque des moulins à vent
23. Ouverture-Suite in G Major, TWV 55:G10 "Burlesque de Quixotte": IV. Ses soupirs amoureux après la princesse Dulcinée
24. Ouverture-Suite in G Major, TWV 55:G10 "Burlesque de Quixotte": V. Sanche panse Berné
25. Ouverture-Suite in G Major, TWV 55:G10 "Burlesque de Quixotte": VI. Le galope de Rosinante
26. Ouverture-Suite in G Major, TWV 55:G10 "Burlesque de Quixotte": VII. Celui d'ane de Sanche
27. Ouverture-Suite In G Major, Twv 55:G10 "Burlesque De Quixotte": VIII. Le Couché De Quichotte