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The ensemble Les Ambassadeurs made an auspicious CD debut accompanying soprano Sabine Devieilhe in her Rameau recital for Warner, their second CD was also accompanying another great singer, mezzo Blandine Staskiewicz in Glossa, and the impression was even greater, superb playing by any standard, and now for their first all-instrumental release for Alpha they chose Telemann. That their playing was going to be super virtuoso and of the utmost refinement was no surprise, but their playing is so characterful, so imaginative and inventive that it just demands to be heard. This is the best Telemann release since the Zefiro disc 2 years ago.