Telemann: Fantasia for solo flute No. 7 in D major, TWV 40:8

This selection of chamber works attempts to give an impression of the originality and inventive craftsmanship of Telemann. La Barca Leyden achieve this through admirable playing and a love of early baroque music. Formed in 2007 by flutist Raymond Honing, the ensemble specialise in historical performances, actively promoting music from this period.

Barthold Kuijken (b. 1949) studied flute and recorder at the Royal Conservatories of Brussels and The Hague. As member of the Collegium Aureum and later of La Petite Bande he gained experience with repertoire ranging from Baroque to early Romanticism. He often joins in concerts with his brothers Sigiswald and Wieland and harpsichordists Robert Kohnen and Gustav Leonhardt, He teaches at the Royal Conservatories of Brussels and The Hague.

A performance by a master of his craft, playing pieces by Bach, Telemann, Schubert, Mozart and Couperin.

Finally together on disc, here are the expressive gambists of Les Voix Humaines and the eloquent breath of Baroque flutist Barthold Kuijken, accompanied by the harpsichordist Eric Milnes. In an array of works by Telemann exploring the French and Italian 'mixed style' adopted by the Germans, and the galant style, these artists perform in turn fantaisies for solo traverso, duets for two gambas, a sonata for traverso and continuo, a sonata for traverso, gamba, and continuo, and the rare instrumental combination of the two quadros for traverso, two gambas, and continuo.