Bach, Handel, Telemann, Vivaldi: 2 Orchestral Suites & 3 Arias / Ek., Karlsson Barock

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Label
Footprint Records
Release Date
August 19, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Various
    • PERFORMER
      Karlsson Barock, Goran Karlsson, Helena Ek
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 19, 2022
    • UPC
      7320470255520
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FRCD 127
    • LABEL
      Footprint Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Ouverture: Grave. Allegro. Grave

      Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann

      Ensemble: Karlsson Barock

      Conductor: Goran Karlsson

    2. II. Harlequinade

      Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann

      Ensemble: Karlsson Barock

      Conductor: Goran Karlsson

    3. III. Espagñol

      Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann

      Ensemble: Karlsson Barock

      Conductor: Goran Karlsson

    4. IV. Bourée en trompette

      Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann

      Ensemble: Karlsson Barock

      Conductor: Goran Karlsson

    5. V. Sommeille

      Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann

      Ensemble: Karlsson Barock

      Conductor: Goran Karlsson

    6. VI. Rondeau

      Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann

      Ensemble: Karlsson Barock

      Conductor: Goran Karlsson

    7. VII. Menuet I-II

      Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann

      Ensemble: Karlsson Barock

      Conductor: Goran Karlsson

    8. VIII. Gigue

      Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann

      Ensemble: Karlsson Barock

      Conductor: Goran Karlsson

    9. Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Di', cor mio, quanto t'amai

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Karlsson Barock

      Performer: Helena Ek

      Conductor: Goran Karlsson

    10. Farnace, RV 711, Act II: Gelido in ogni vena

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: Karlsson Barock

      Performer: Helena Ek

      Conductor: Goran Karlsson

    11. Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Tornami a vagheggiar

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Karlsson Barock

      Performer: Helena Ek

      Conductor: Goran Karlsson

    12. I. Overture

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Karlsson Barock

      Conductor: Goran Karlsson

    13. II. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Karlsson Barock

      Conductor: Goran Karlsson

    14. III. Gavotte I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Karlsson Barock

      Conductor: Goran Karlsson

    15. IV. Forlane

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Karlsson Barock

      Conductor: Goran Karlsson

    16. V. Menuet I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Karlsson Barock

      Conductor: Goran Karlsson

    17. VI. Bourrée I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Karlsson Barock

      Conductor: Goran Karlsson

    18. VII. Passepied I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Karlsson Barock

      Conductor: Goran Karlsson


Karlsson Barock is possibly the most prominent string ensemble for Baroque music in Northern Europe. On this album, Two Orchestral Suites & Three Arias, the orchestra is expanded with three woodwind play-ers from another important Swedish ensemble: The Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble. The first piece on this album is the orchestral suite by Georg Philipp Telemann, Ouverture-Suite in C Major, TWV 55:C6. Telemann’s Orchestral Suites – also known as ‘Ouvertures’ like Bach’s – were viewed as the pinnacle of the composer’s synthesis of Italian and French styles into something quintessentially German. As an interlude before Bach’s orchestral suite, we hear three arias from two tremendously popular operas at the time: Alcina by Georg Friedrich Händel and Farnaceby Antonio Vivaldi. To our great joy, the soprano part is performed by Helena Ek, a much-appreciated soloist for early music in Europe. Ms. Ek has an impressively extensive repertoire that spans from early music to con-temporary and she has teamed up with Göran Karlssonin several early music productions. Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066, concludes this wonderful album. Bach’s Four Orchestral Suites have helped challenge, alter and reshape what we understand about the composer. Mostly because we don’t often associate Bach, the sober Lutheran organist, with exuberant and joyful dance music. But these are works of considerable maturity and sophistication that deserve their place alongside the great scores of Bach’s last decades. From Footprint Records, we wish you an enjoyable listening.