Three Dozen Piano Fantasias (TWV 33:1-36)

Telemann Three Dozen Piano Fantasias (TWV 33:1-36)

It seems that in light of a renaissance of their works, the appreciation of monumental contrapuntal masterpieces by Bach and Handel infringed, to a small extent, on the empathy for the new rather different charming “galant style”.  With his keyboard works, particularly the fantasias, Georg Philipp Telemann is one of the most talented and important representatives of this style which seeks an equilibrium between the suite and sonata: he knew the various styles of his time like no other: he fully commanded the French, Italian, and the Polish styles.

A near inexhaustible fountain of melodic ingenuity gives these pieces their refreshing charm.