'Telemann' is a re-release of the Swingles' fifth album, and it features the original energetic collage album cover, the funky 1960's curlicue lettering, and a great picture of the eight 1966 Swingles, in formal dress, sharing 4 stand-up microphone in front of Guy Pedersen on double bass, Daniel Humair on drums and seven fake Classic stage columns. Having 'swingled' Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Mozart et al in their first four albums, the copy reads, next up is Georg Philipp Telemann, with single pieces by Francois Couperin, Georg Muffat, Louis-Claude Daquin, Benedetto Marcello and Johann Joachim Quantz. 15 pieces, our favorites are the 6 short movements of Telemann's 'Concerto A Six,' Muffat's 'Fugue in D Minor,' Telemann's lively 'Presto,' featuring lead soloist Christiane Legrand paired with Jeanette Baucomont. Daquin's bouncy 'Le Coucou,' Marcello's 'Presto' and Quantz' 'Sonata in C Minor.' In 1966 'swingling' was a word spontaneously coined by music critics upon hearing the group's recordings and concerts. Its meaning: extremely musical, baroque, modern, joyous and lively. Telemann might have added 'fun,' but close enough!