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Simon Heighes sifts through the available recordings of Telemann's Water Music 'Hamburger Ebb' und Fluth' and makes a recommendation.

Commissioned in 1723 to celebrate the Hamburg Admiralty's centenary, Telemann's colourful suite of dances, with its allusions to ancient gods of wind and sea and to merry boatmen and the Elbe, hit the spot with Hamburgers to become the most popular and most performed secular work in his lifetime.

Recommended recording:

Telemann - Suites & Concertos for recorder & orchestra

TELEMANN: Overture (Suite) TWV 55:a2 in A minor for recorder (flute), strings & b.c.; Concerto TWV 51:C1 in C major for recorder, strings & b.c.; Overture (Suite) TWV 55:C3 in C major for wind, strings & b.c. 'Hamburger Ebb und Fluth' ('Wassermusik')

Maurice Steger (treble recorder), Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin

HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901917 (CD)

Other recommended recordings:

Below is a shortlist of other recordings which Simon also liked, although we can鈥檛 guarantee the availability of these discs.

Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini (conductor)

ARCANA A432 (CD)

Reissued on 23rd June 2017

The King鈥檚 Consort, Robert King (conductor)

HYPERION CDA66967 (only available as a download)

Emelie Roos (recorder), Anna Paradiso (harpsichord), Dan Laurin (recorder), Hoor Barock, Dan Laurin (conductor)

BIS BIS2235 (Hybrid SACD)

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