Fantasia 1 in C Minor
Fantasia 2 in D Major
Fantasia 3 in E Minor
Fantasia 4 in F Major
Fantasia 5 in B-flat Major
Fantasia 6 in G Major
Fantasia 7 in G Minor
Fantasia 8 in A Major
Fantasia 9 in C Major
Fantasia 10 in E Major
Fantasia 11 in D Minor
Fantasia 12 in E-flat Major

The existence of Telemann Fantasias for Viola da gamba has long been known about by musicians, but until very recently no surviving copies had been located. Fortunately, a single complete print was identified by two musicologists in the Lower Saxony State Archive, after the private library holdings of the Schloss Ledenberg were transferrred there in 2000. A major edition wasn't available until 2016.

---

Recorded October 2020 at St. Mary Magdalene Church, Sherborne, Gloucerstershire, U.K. Instrument: Six-string viola da gamba by David Rubio, 1985, after Richard Meares (c. 1700).