The Montreal-based Arion Orchestre Baroque, led by Vancouver conductor and harpsichordist Alexander Weimann, has been nominated for its recording Rebelles Baroques. In an unusual decision, Weimann used Rebelles Baroques as an opportunity to showcase music composed by Georg Philipp Telemann and the little known Baroque flute composer Joseph Joachim Quantz. While Telemann (1681–1767) remains one of the most prolific major composers of all time, his Baroque work is often now overshadowed by composers Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. Georg Philipp Telemann was far more famous than his contemporaries, but his work is less known today than that of Johann Sebastian Bach. Over the last two years, Weimann has been instrumental in developing the city's recent baroque music scene.

Source: CBC News March 04, 2018 01:07 UTC