Helma Elsner harpsichord (type or builder harpsichord not mentioned in the documentation)
Released 1964 by Dover Publications HCR 5236 (mono)
Hayward Recordings Inc., 11 East 2nd St., Mineola L.I., N.Y.
Printed in United States of America

Side A
No. 13 in C minor:
00:00 Tendrement
01:33 Vivement
02:45 Tendrement
04:16 Tres vite
No. 14 in C major:
04:45 Gravement
07:12 Gayment
08:12 Gravement
10:38 Allegrement
No. 15 in B minor:
11:14 Pompeusement *had tot substitute 2 bars at 11’43” from later repeat (damaged vinyl)
12:37 Allegrement
13:46 Pompeusement
15:08 Gayment
No. 16 in D major:
15:40 Gratieusement
17:17 Vivement
18:19 Gratieusement
19:56 Vite
No. 17 in G minor:
20:30 Melodieusement
22:18 Spirituellement
23:36 Melodieusement
25:23 Vite
No. 18 in B-flat major:
25:52 Tendrement
27:42 Gayment
28:53 Tendrement
30:43 Vite

Side B
No. 19 in A minor:
31:16 Lentement
33:08 Allegrement
34:08 Lentement
36:00 Vivement
No. 20 in A major:
36:43 Gratieusement
38:27 Vite
39:27 Gratieusement
41:10 Gayment
No. 21 in E minor:
41:55 Flateusement
43:22 Vivement
44:20 Flateusement
45:45 Tres vite
No. 22 in G major:
46:23 Moderement
48:37 Vivement
50:06 Moderement
52:20 Gayment
No. 23 in G minor:
53:02 Pompeusement
54:40 Allegrement
54:44 Pompeusement
57:22 Vite
No. 24 in B-flat major:
57:50 Gratieusement
59:12 Gaillardement
1:00:01 Gratieusement
1:01:24 Vitement

THE ARTIST
The widely respected German harpsichordist, Helma Elsner, is
famous in Europe and the United States for her achievements on,
the concert stage and on recordings as well. She is a performer with the Chamber Orchestra of the Sildwest Tonstudio in Stuttgart and has taught at the Folkwang School in Essen. She was educated in Essen and Berlin.

REVIEWS
The Review of Recorded Music commented that the recording of
these Fantasias should be good news for the connoisseur. “This js
another blessing of the contemporary LP output,” their critic writes. “Miss Elsner, a harpsichordist of no small ability, plays with considerable sensitivity and with a great deal of understanding for the Baroque style.” “Elsner plays [the Fantasias] in a scholarly way, keeping close to the text without eccentricity, holding a steady rhythm … Fine recorded sound” (Harold C. Schonberg in Chamber and Solo Instrument Music). “Here is a record which may be recommended warmly, not only because it will give many listeners the opportunity of becoming acquainted with works which they undoubtedly do not know, but also because . .. here we come face to face with an accomplishment of very high quality” (Disques). “This simple but marvellously fresh and invigorating music should serve admirably to call attention to a master who has long languished in the shadow of Bach. Helma Elsner plays the first dozen of these Fantasias in this album .in tasteful and straightforward style” (Musical America). “Helma Elsner’s Telemann Fantasias are a delight” (Wheeling News Register). “The performance by Helma Elsner is expressive, and the discing excellent” (The Billboard).

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