Alfredo Bernardini/Zefiro Baroque Orchestra
- Ouverture in C major 0:01
- Sarabande: The sleeping Thetis 7:49
- Bourrée: Thetis awakening 10:23
- Loure: Neptune in love 12:11
- Gavotte: Playing Naiads 13:55
- Harlequinade: The joking Triton 14:48
- Tempête: The stormy Aeolus 16:16
- Menuett: The pleasant Zephir 18:18
- Gigue: Ebb and Flow 21:13
- Canarie: The merry Boat People 22:18
Instruments:
- 2 oboes
- strings
Telemann composed the piece in ten movements to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the Hamburg Admiralty in a performance on 6 April 1723.
The overture begins by representing the physical movement of the ocean, followed by several dance movements: first, the sleeping sea goddess Thetis, the mother of Achilles, who then awakes; the sea god Neptune in love; playful water nymphs known as Naiads; Neptune’s son and sea messenger Triton joking; Aeolus, ruler of the winds; and Zephir, god of the west wind. Two final pieces follow, one depicting the tides of Hamburg and finally, its happy sailors.