COMPOSERS: Telemann
LABELS: Portrait Classics
WORKS: 12 Fantasias; Der getreue Music-Meister – Suite
PERFORMER: Heinz Holliger (oboe)
CATALOGUE NO: PCL1015
To 21st-century ears Holliger’s appropriation of the flute Fantasias sounds far removed from Telemann’s world, but there’s no doubting the ear-teasing musicianship that informs his bewitchingly-phrased fantasy and lyrical exuberance. Paul Riley