Polish and Hanakian Folk Music in Works by Georg Philipp Telemann

00:00 Concerto in F major: Presto - Corsicana: Un poco grave - Allegrezza - Scherzo - (...) - Polacca - Minuetto Tromba di Caccia (Horn) I/II (Tromba I/II), Flauto traversiere I/II, Oboe I/II, Violin concertino, Violins I/II, Viola, Fondamento (violoncello, double bass), Continuo (cembalo I/II) (Cembalo: Isolde Ahlgrimm, Vera Schwarz) Source: Denkmäler deutscher Tonkunst, 1. Folge, Bd. 29/30: Instrumentalkonzerte deutscher Meister (Monuments of German Music, Series 1, Vol. 29/30: Instrumental Concertos by German Masters), edited by Arnold Schering, new edition edited and critically revised by Hans Joachim Moser, Wiesbaden/Graz 1958 (Breitkopf & Härtel/ Akademische Druck-und Verlagsanstalt); Figured Bass: Isolde Ahlgrimm / Vera Schwarz; Cadenza: Eduard Melkus 22:18 Concerto alla Polonoise in G major: Dolce - Allegro - Largo - Allegro Violins I/II, Viola, Continuo (violoncello, double bass, cembalo) (Cembalo: Isolde Ahlgrimm) Unpublished (partitioning and basso continuo: Karl Brambats); Source: contemporary copy of the parts in the Mecklenburg State Library in Schwerin, Sig. 5400/6 29:16 Concerto Polonoise in B flat major: Polonoise - Allegro - Largo - Allegro Violins I/II, Viola, Continuo (violoncello, double bass, cembalo) (Cembalo: Isolde Ahlgrimm) Unpublished (partitioning and basso continuo: Karl Brambats); Source: contemporary copy of the parts in the University Library of Rostock, Sig. Mus. saec: XVII 18–45 34:39 Sonate Polonoise in A minor: Affetuoso - Allegro - Grave - Vivace Eduard Melkus & Spiros Rantos, violins; Continuo: Sebastian Ladwig, violoncello & Isolde Ahlgrimm, cembalo Published in the appendix to Alicja Simon’s dissertation: Polnische Elemente in der deutschen Musik bis zur Zeit der Wiener Klassiker (Polish Elements in German Music up to the Time of the Viennese Classical Period), Diss. phil. Zürich 1916, S. 157—172 41:06 Sonata Polonese in A minor: Andante - Allegro - Dolce - Allegro Eduard Melkus, violin; Katherine Hart, viola; Continuo: Sebastian Ladwig, violoncello & Isolde Ahlgrimm, cembalo Parts and figured bass by Karl Brambats, based on the source: a contemporary copy of the parts held at the University Library of Rostock, Sig. Mus. saec. XVII 18–4520, published in the dissertation by Alicja Simon (see No. 2), pp. 172–184 47:28 Partie Polonoise in B flat major: Ouverture - Harlequinade - Le Ris - Rigidon - Combattans - Hanaque (mit Sarrois) - Gigue Eduard Melkus & Clyn Barrus, violas; Gerald Sonneck, violone Original version (unpublished). Reconstructed by Hans Hickmann from a lute tablature originating from the Grüssau (Gryzobör) monastery and preserved in the Music Department of the Warsaw University Library (Sig.: rkp. Mf 2001) (transposed from B-flat major to C major) Eduard Melkus, violin - Capella Academica, Wien - Dir.: Kurt Redel Instrumentarium (Instruments) I. Baroque Wind Instruments Natural horns in F: Austria (mid-18th century) Clarino trumpets in F: Helmut Finke, Herford 1964, reconstruction by Otto Steinkopf based on the portrait of trumpeter Gottfried Reiche; Scherzer, Augsburg 1963, based on a model by A. Piechler Transverse flutes (single-keyed): Hell Workshop, Markneukirchen, undated Oboes: Christophe Delusse, Paris, c.1785 Bassoon: Ulrich Ammann, Toggenburg, Switzerland, c.1800 II. Timpani: Anonymous, 17th century III. String instruments (in the standard scale). Violins: Nicolaus Amati, Cremona, undated; “sub disciplina Nicolai Amati”, Cremona, undated; Anonymous, Vienna, 1881; Antonius Cappa, undated; Findelancus, 1681; J. C. V., Bohemia, undated; Franciscus Rugieri, Cremona 1658; Antonius Thirr, Vienna 1799 Violas: Heir of Casparo Gargnono de Salodio, 17th century; Antonio Mariano, Pesaro, 1603 Violoncelli: Sebastian Dalinger, Vienna, 1775; Francesco Ruggieri, Cremona, 1687 and 1690 Violone: Anonymous, Austria, 18th century Double bass: M. Thir, Vienna, c. 1780 IV. Cembali: Kurt Wittmayer, Wolfrathshausen (Upper Bavaria), 1967, a Dutch-style cembalo; Martin Skowroneck, 1960, a replica modeled after an Italian instrument Recording: Vienna, Palais Schönburg, 2—5 & 13—14.5.1968 Photo: View of Plesse castle at Pszczyna, Silesia, Poland