SALLINEN / TAKEMITSU / PENDERECKI
20Th Century Music For Flute And Orchestra Petri Alanko (Flute) / Tapiola Sinfonietta / Okko Kamu [ Naxos / CD ] Aulis Sallinen is among the best known contemporary Finnish composers. Born in Salmi in 1933, he studied composition with Arre Merikanto and Joonas Kokkonen at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and subsequently joined the teaching staff there, after... |
CAMILLO TOGNI
Togni: 3 Studies on Morts sans sepulture / Flute Sonata / Violin Sonata / String Trio Lorna Windsor (soprano) / Ex Novo Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Mar/2009 ] Since its foundation in 1979, the Ex Novo Ensemble has explored the international panorama of new music, particularly works that, although very beautiful, remain little known. For its début Naxos recording this virtuosic ensemble presents a selection... |
ERNEST BLOCH
4 Episodes / 2 Poems / Concertino / Suite Modale Noam Buchman (flute) / Slovak Radio Symphony / Atlas Camerata Orchestra / Dalia Atlas [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2007 ] "All the performances from the various groups are excellent and the recorded sound is consistently superb. If you think Bloch wrote only Schelomo, you should sample this disc." (MusicWeb Nov 2007) |
GIOVANNI PLATTI
6 Flute Sonatas, Op. 3 Paul Wahlberg (flute) / Knut Erik Sundquist (double bass) / Hans Knut Sveen (clavichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jun/2007 ] "These sonatas by Platti fully deserve to be played on the concert platform and one can only be grateful that they have been recorded by these artists." (MusicWeb July 2007) |
W.A. MOZART
6 Violin Sonatas, K 10-15 (For Flute and Piano) Gena Raps (Piano) / Carol Wincenc (Flute) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Nov/2006 ] In 1765 he dedicated to Queen Charlotte a set of six sonatas. These appeared on 18 January as Opus III, with the title: Six Sonates pour le Clavecin qui peuvent se jouer avec L'accompagnment de Violon ou Flaute Traversière |
HENRYK GORECKI
Antoni Wit Conducts Henryk Górecki [Incls Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) ] Anna Górecka (piano) Carol Wincenc (flute) Zofia Kilanowicz (soprano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "What impresses me most about this performance is its sprituality" - Gramophone on the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs |
VARIOUS
The Art of the Flute Madoka Inui (piano) / Matthias Schulz (flute) / Wolfgang Schulz (flute) / Peter Schmidl (clarinet) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Apr/2007 ] Wolfgang Schulz, principal flautist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra since 1970, is one of the best known and most active flautists in the world |
VERDI / MOZART / MASSENET / PURCELL / GLUCK / BELLINI / etc
A-Z of Opera; includes a 762 page illustrated book (Aida, Dideo & Aeneas, Fidelio, Thais, The Marriage of Figaro, Magic Flute, Nabucco, La Traviata) Various Artists [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 21/Oct/2000 ] 2-and-a-half hours of opera's most glorious and moving moments! |
C. P. E. BACH
Complete Flute Concertos Patrick Gallois (flute) / Toronto Camerata Kevin Mallon (conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Dec/2002 ] Patrick Gallois belongs to the generation of French musicians leading highly successful international careers as both soloist and conductor. From the age of seventeen he studied the flute with Jean-Pierre Rampal at the Paris Conservatoire and at the... |
J. S. BACH
Flute Sonatas, Vol. 1 (BWV 1031, 1032, 1034, 1013) Petri Alanko, flute / Jukke Rautasalo, cello [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2004 ] "They are played very musically and in good style" - Penguin Guide |
Petri/Mattila/Rautasal Alanko
Bach:flute Sonatas Vol.2 [ Naxos / CD ] |
HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras (Complete) Cynthia Estill, bassoon / Jose Feghali, piano / Erik Gratton, flute / Rosana Lamosa, soprano / Nashville Symphony Orchestra Cellos / Nashville Symphon [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 20/Jan/2006 ] "The market was just crying out for this release ... highly recommended, a considerable bargain and a fine memorial to Kenneth Schermerhorn" (MusicWeb) |
Various Artists
Bach,J.S.: Sonatas For Flute & [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Mar/1993 ] |
LEONARDO BALADA
Balada: Caprichos Nos. 1 & 5 Bertrand Piertrand Piétu (guitar)/ Aldo Mata (cello)/ Tatiana Franco (flute) / Iberian Chamber Orchestra, José Luis Temes [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] Catalan-born Leonardo Balada fuses tradition with modernity and folk with the avant-garde, producing music of stunning sonorities. Caprichos No. 1 pays homage to the poet Lorca in a blend of virtuosic writing and transformative dance rhythms. In... |
LEONARD BALADA
Orchestral Works Vol 2 Rosa Torres-Pardo (piano) Eliot Fisk (guitar) Magdalena MartAnez, flute [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2001 ] Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
LEONARDO BALADA
Balada: Works for Clarinet Ivan Ivanov (clarinet) with Annie Gordon (flute), Leta Chin (violin), Greta Mutlu (violin), Sarah Lee (cello), Rebecca Bush (vibraphone), etc [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Barcelona native Leonardo Baladas creative style has been labelled Dalís surrealism in music an aspect of his work explored in this programme through the technique of sound transformation in which abstract musical materials become familiar melody.... |
LUGWIG van BEETHOVEN / JOHANN Nepomuk HUMMEL
Beethoven, arr Hummel: Grand Symphonies • 2: No. 2 & No. 6 'Pastoral' Uwe Grodd (flute) / Pettman Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2022 ] Unless one lived in a major European centre with an orchestra, the opportunity to hear large-scale works by the great composers of the age was well-nigh impossible. The insatiable demand for new chamber versions of famed orchestral works saw Hummel... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Grand Symphonies Vol. 1 -Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 (arr. J.N. Hummel for flute and piano trio) Uwe Grodd (flute), Gould Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Beethoven and Hummel's relationship was one of fractious beginnings, but ultimately true friendship. Between 1825 and 1835 Hummel arranged his contemporary's Symphonies Nos. 1-7 and Septet, Op. 20 for his favoured combination of pianoforte, flute,... |
CAMARGO GUARNIERI
Guarnieri: Chôros, Vol. 1 Olga Kopylova (piano) Claudia Nascimento (flute) Alexandre Silverio (bassoon)/ São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Isaac Karabtchevsky [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] Camargo Guarnieri's catalogue of works represents a legacy of incalculable worth for Brazilian culture, as has his influence as a teacher on several generations of younger composers. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Works for Flute 1 Patrick Gallois (flute) Mitsuo Kodama (bassoon), Asuka Sezaki, Koichi Komine [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] Ludwig van Beethoven stands as a giant in music history for his great symphonies, piano sonatas and string quartets, and the challenges of deafness later in life. This programme shows the younger Beethoven's facility as a creator of light and... |