The seven Telemann ukulele duets are from his Canonic Sonatas (for two recorders or two violins). The melody in these duets is played by the first instrument and then exactly repeated by the second instrument after a selected interval of time.

The ukulele is a miniature member of the guitar family that was brought to Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants in the latter half of the 19th century. It was based on the design of the machete, a four-stringed instrument from the island of Madeira (also noted for its wine).

In Hawaii and elsewhere the ukulele has traditionally held the role of an accompaniment instrument, strumming simple repetitive chords. But there is documentation that the ancestor of the ukulele was also used to play complex classical instrumental music. Some scholars believe the machete was a descendant of the small Renaissance guitar, which had four double-strings (courses) tuned similarly to the machete and ukulele.

1. Branles du Bourgogne 1 (Adrian Le Roy)
2. Branles du Bourgogne 3 (Adrian Le Roy)
3. Branles du Bourgogne 4 (Adrian Le Roy)
4. Branles du Bourgogne 5 (Adrian Le Roy)
5. Branles du Bourgogne 6 (Adrian Le Roy)
6. Presto from Canonic Sonatas (Georg Philip Telemann)
7. Prelude 1 Book 1 WTC BWV 846 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
8. Allegro Assai from Canonic Sonatas (Georg Philip Telemann)
9. Larghetto from Canonic Sonatas (Georg Philip Telemann)
10. Three Irish Tunes (Traditional)
11. Lady Rich's Galliard (John Dowland)
12. Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring BWV 147 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
13. Vivace from Canonic Sonatas (Georg Philip Telemann)
14. Soave from Canonic Sonatas (Georg Philip Telemann)
15. Greensleeves (Traditional)
16. Lady Hunsdon's Puffe (John Dowland)
17. Tarleton's Resurrection (John Dowland)
18. Gavottes 1 and 2 from Cello Suite 6 BWV 1012 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
19. Fantasia del Primer Tono (Alonso Mudarra)
20. Allegro Assai from Canonic Sonatas (Georg Philip Telemann)
21. French Dances (Pierre Attaignant)
22. Les Barricades Mysterieuses (F Couperin)
23. Prelude (Adrian Le Roy)
24. Bransles (Adrian Le Roy)
25. Chanson and Tourdion (Adrian Le Roy)
26. Allegro from Canonic Sonatas (Georg Philip Telemann)
27. Ave Maria D 839 (Franz Schubert)
28. Prelude Op 28 No 20 (Frederic Chopin)
29. Allegro from Lute Concerto in D Major RV 93 (Antonio Vivaldi)
30. Largo from Lute Concerto in D Major RV 93 (Antonio Vivaldi)
31. Allegro from Lute Concerto in D Major RV 93 (Antonio Vivaldi)

Listen to: the entire album.

Release date: 04/28/2013
Daniel Estrem lives in Minnesota USA

Tagged as: Classical, Baroque, Renaissance, Classical Period, Instrumental, Composer: Adrian Le Roy, Composer: Alonso Mudarra, Composer: Antonio Vivaldi, Composer: Francois Couperin, Composer: Franz Schubert, Composer: Georg Philip Telemann, Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer: John Dowland, Composer: Pierre Attaignant, Ukulele

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