1 A. Telemann Fantasias for violin; Marais Couplets de Folies (Les Folies d’Espagne); Six movements from Bach’s solo violin partitas; Twenty-nine movements from Bach’s cello suites.
Telemann’s fantasias for violin are much less well known than his flute fantasias but have music of the same quality and imagination. Marais’ Couplets de Folies are full of ideas, adventure and beauty. Bach’s cello suites must be the best music of the genre, often difficult but supremely satisfying. A lifetime’s study – in so few pages.