Telemann: Opera Arias – review

Rial/Kammerorchester Basel/Schröder(Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)Telemann wrote some 50 operas, of which all but one (a little comedy called Pimpinone) have languished in obscurity since his death in 1767. This disc attempts a reappraisal of the rest of his extensive stage output, but doesn't quite succeed on a number of counts. Though the baroque revival has done much to revise our opinions of his work, this, in contrast, tends to reinforce the stereotypical view of Telemann as an overly prolific c...

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