Telemann: Ouverture & Concerti pour Darmstadt Les Ambassadeurs & Alexis Kossenko

• Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767): Ouverture-Suite in F Major, TWV 55:F3:
• 1 Ouverture-Suite in F Major, TWV 55:F3: I. Ouverture 07:35
• 2 Ouverture-Suite in F Major, TWV 55:F3: II. Rondeau 02:07
• 3 Ouverture-Suite in F Major, TWV 55:F3: III. Sarabande 02:49
• 4 Ouverture-Suite in F Major, TWV 55:F3: IV. Menuet 02:48
• 5 Ouverture-Suite in F Major, TWV 55:F3: V. La badinerie 01:15
• 6 Ouverture-Suite in F Major, TWV 55:F3: VI. Gigue 01:42
• 7 Ouverture-Suite in F Major, TWV 55:F3: VII. Réjouissance 03:12
• 8 Ouverture-Suite in F Major, TWV 55:F3: VIII. Fanfare 02:48
• Violin Concerto in A Minor, TWV 51:a1:
• 9 Violin Concerto in A Minor, TWV 51:a1: I. Allegro 03:09
• 10 Violin Concerto in A Minor, TWV 51:a1: II. Allegro - Adagio 02:29
• 11 Violin Concerto in A Minor, TWV 51:a1: III. Presto 01:38
• Flute Concerto in D Major, TWV 51:D1:
• 12 Flute Concerto in D Major, TWV 51:D1: I. Andante 04:14
• 13 Flute Concerto in D Major, TWV 51:D1: II. Vivace 04:01
• 14 Flute Concerto in D Major, TWV 51:D1: III. Largo 04:07
• 15 Flute Concerto in D Major, TWV 51:D1: IV. Allegro 03:55
• Concerto for Flute and Violin in E Minor, TWV 52:e3:
• 16 Concerto for Flute and Violin in E Minor, TWV 52:e3: I. No indication 02:42
• 17 Concerto for Flute and Violin in E Minor, TWV 52:e3: II. Adagio 02:13
• 18 Concerto for Flute and Violin in E Minor, TWV 52:e3: III. Presto 01:04
• 19 Concerto for Flute and Violin in E Minor, TWV 52:e3: IV. Adagio 00:45
• 20 Concerto for Flute and Violin in E Minor, TWV 52:e3: V. Allegro 02:44
• Flute Concerto in D Major, TWV 51:D2:
• 21 Flute Concerto in D Major, TWV 51:D2: I. Moderato 02:47
• 22 Flute Concerto in D Major, TWV 51:D2: II. Allegro 03:16
• 23 Flute Concerto in D Major, TWV 51:D2: III. Largo 03:46
• 24 Flute Concerto in D Major, TWV 51:D2: IV. Vivace 03:02
• Total Runtime 01:10:08

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Alexis Kossenko returns to centre stage with a project focussing on works by Georg Philipp Telemann, one of the most prolific composers in the history of music, with more than 6,000 works to his name! From them, Alexis Kossenko has chosen two concertos with orchestra: one for flute, the other for flute and violin, preceded by an overture.

This programme is perfectly composed to demonstrate what a great Baroque conductor he has become as well as, of course, showcasing his impressive qualities as a flautist. It is also the occasion to again find Zefira Valova as Konzermeister and soloist in one of the concertos.

Zefira Valova, violin
Alexis Kossenko, flute
Les Ambassadeurs

Les Ambassadeurs & Alexis Kossenko
realize a dream of a European orchestra reconciling the performance on period instruments with a wide repertoire hitherto fragmented by specialization. At once sincere messengers, passionate performers and inspired creators, their mission is to share with as wide a public as possible the infinite range of emotions conveyed by the experience of music.

Tracing their path away from dogmas, fashions and schools, Les Ambassadeurs pursue an ideal of eloquence – where the grammar of period instruments, the art of rhetoric and musical instinct do not exclude each other.

Among their various projects, which include Bach, Rameau, Handel, Mozart, Rossini, Stravinsky or Debussy, Les Ambassadeurs place a particular importance on the rediscovery of the Dresden Hofkapelle in the time of Bach, then described as “the most beautiful orchestra in the world” for its exemplary discipline, virtuosity of its musicians, its shimmering colors which made it the first “modern” orchestra. It was also an extraordinary initiative which brought together musicians from throughout Europe. It is indeed in Dresden that Italian, French and German styles unite and give birth to the “Goûts Réunis” treasured by Telemann.

After acclaimed concerts in Brussels (Bozar – Palais des Beaux-Arts) and Paris (Auditorium du Louvre), Les Ambassadeurs & Alexis Kossenko entered a rich concert season that took them to Germany (Potsdam/Sanssouci Festspiele), Austria (Trigonale Festival), Slovenia (Brezice Festival), Poland (Festivals in Poznan, Paradyz and Warsaw), Latvia (Riga Bach Festival), Bulgaria (Sofia Baroque Arts Festival) – where they performed large scale works such as secular and religious works from Dresden, Rameau’s Anacréon, Haendel’s oratorio Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno.

In 2012 Les Ambassadeurs will perform the opening concert of Bruges Festival (Mozart symphonies and concert arias with soprano Sabine Devieilhe) ; other plans include concerts in USA, France, Poland, Bulgaria, Germany, and discs of works by Vivaldi (Concerti per l’orchestra di Dresda) and Mozart (arias for Aloysia Weber & Linz symphony) in collaboration with Alpha records.

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