vittorio ghielmi

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Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) was a prolific composer from the german baroque.

Usually his music is not favoured in a comparison with his contemporary countrymen Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. Quality abhors quantity in general, the more quantity, the less quality.

Nevertheless, for the dedicated music lover digging in Telemann's work diamonds appear amid the "coal".

The concerto in A minor for recorder and viola da gamba is one of those gems. The viol player Vittorio Ghielmi is my partner/opponent in this piece structured in four movements. The baroque orchestra Divino Sospiro under Ghielmi's direction accompanies us in this performance.