If we could ask a late 19th-century German music lover who, in his opinion, was the greatest German composer of his day, the answer would undoubtedly be Georg Philipp Telemann. An extraordinary and versatile artist, admirer of French music though clearly not insensitive to the recent innovations of the Italian style, Telemann had virtually unlimited tone-colour and creative imagination. This recording of Collegium Pro Musica led by Stefano Bagliano features three remarkable instrumental works, including the wonderful Suite in A minor for recorder, strings and basso continuo, a work in no way inferior to Johann Sebastian Bach's Orchestral overtures.