{"product_id":"handel-telemann-ensemble-hesperi-gift-for-your-garden","title":"Handel \/ Telemann \/ Ensemble Hesperi- Gift for Your Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003eCountless wealthy people in eighteenth-century Europe developed a passion for botany. This passion went far beyond the simple pleasure of gardens, reflecting rather a growing fascination with the natural world. German composer Georg Philipp Telemann shared this passion and energetically cultivated his collection, often begging friends and correspondents to send him specimens. The creative landscape of Telemann's life was undoubtedly filled with floral and musical colour. Ensemble Hesperi, a period ensemble based in London, presents a programme that celebrates Telemann's botanical passion. His published correspondence shows that he often wrote to his musician friends abroad, asking them to send him plant specimens. Among these friends were George Frideric Handel and Johann Gottlieb Graun, each of whom is represented here by a trio sonata, and there is also music by Telemann himself: one of his difficult 'Paris Quartets', a raucous sonata in G minor and a haunting fantasia for solo recorder. In a letter to a friend, Telemann spoke of his passion for hyacinths, tulips, ranunculi 'and especially for anemones'. The composer of four instrumental collections containing floral musical miniatures, James Oswald had to be part of this programme, and so we are treated to 'The Hyacinth', 'The Anemone' and 'The Tulip' from his 'Airs for the Spring'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnemone, from Airs for the Spring (1755)~Air (Allegro spiritoso)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnemone, from Airs for the Spring (1755)~Andante (con affetto)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata No. 1 in B minor, HWV 386b~I. Andante\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata No. 1 in B minor, HWV 386b~II. Allegro ma non troppo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata No. 1 in B minor, HWV 386b~III. Largo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata No. 1 in B minor, HWV 386b~IV. Allegro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFantasia No. 9 in E major, TWV 40:10 (transposed to G major)~I. Affettuoso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFantasia No. 9 in E major, TWV 40:10 (transposed to G major)~II. Allegro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFantasia No. 9 in E major, TWV 40:10 (transposed to G major)~III. Grave\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFantasia No. 9 in E major, TWV 40:10 (transposed to G major)~IV. Vivace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata I in A major, TWV 43:A1~I. Soave\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata I in A major, TWV 43:A1~II. Allegro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata I in A major, TWV 43:A1~III. Andante\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata I in A major, TWV 43:A1~IV. Vivace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHyacinth, from Airs for the Spring (1755)~Cantabile (Andante)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHyacinth, from Airs for the Spring (1755)~Allegro moderato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrio Sonata in D major, WV Cv:XV:99~I. Largo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrio Sonata in D major, WV Cv:XV:99~II. Allegro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrio Sonata in D major, WV Cv:XV:99~III. Andante\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrio Sonata in D major, WV Cv:XV:99~IV. Vivace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTulip, from Airs for the Spring (1755)~March (Moderato)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTulip, from Airs for the Spring (1755)~Allegro moderato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTulip, from Airs for the Spring (1755)~Hornpipe (Vivace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrio Sonata in G minor, TWV 42:g9~I. Soave ma non adagio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrio Sonata in G minor, TWV 42:g9~II. Vivace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrio Sonata in G minor, TWV 42:g9~III. Largo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrio Sonata in G minor, TWV 42:g9~IV. Allegro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alliance - BT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46985255846109,"sku":"7318599925080","price":175.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/4383372-3290546.jpg?v=1762928929","url":"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/en-hk\/products\/handel-telemann-ensemble-hesperi-gift-for-your-garden","provider":"Darkside Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}