Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
12 Fantaisies pour violon seul

Anca Vasile Caraman, violon

The Fantasias for solo violin composed by Georg Philipp Telemann (Magdeburg, 14th March 1681 – Hamburg, 25th June 1767) were published in 1735, approximately fifteen years after the Sonatas and partitas for solo violin byJohann Sebastian Bach. We do not know if Telemann knew Bach’s masterpieces, but surely he did not have the samespeculative concerns as Bach; indeed Bach tended to reconstructthe polyphonic texture on a monodical instrument thanks to agame of real sounds and underlying notes. On the contrary, inTelemann the pleasure of exploring the possibilities of the instrumentprevails, as well as identifying original technical and expressivesolutions, to enhance the performer’s capabilities, with theaim of fascinating, surprising and involving the audience.