MICHAEL MEYNAUD
Meynaud: Chamber Music Cecile Dennaud (Piano) / Joseph Grau (Flute) / Jean-Jacques Jubin (Violin) / Oliver de Mones (Cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] "My music is like a diary." Many of Michel Meynaud's works have personal references. A few titles refer explicitly to particular biographical episodes in his life - to his residences in Canada or Southern France (Malaucène) or his friends and family... |
FREDERICK II
Frederick II: Flute Sonatas Claudia Stein (flute), Andreas Greger (cello), Alessandro De Marchi (fortepiano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Frederick II, King of Prussia, was a gifted musician who built up a court orchestra noted both for its quality and its size. Great musicians such as Graun, Quantz and C.P.E. Bach were members and contributed hugely to its standing. A patron of the... |
JACQUES CASTÉRÈDE
Casterede: Flute Works (Complete), Vol. 2 Cobus du Toit (flute) with Doreen Lee (piano), etc [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2020 ] Jacques Castérède was one of many composers who refused to abandon tonality and traditional forms amid the stormy avant-garde of the 20th century. The Quintette for winds was written in 1953, the same year that Castérède won the Prix de Rome, and... |
RAWSTHORNE
Concerto for String Orchestra / Divertimento for Chamber Orchestra Conrad Marshall (flute) / Northern Chamber Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Dec/2000 ] A joyous programme of some of Rawsthorne's lighter music!! |
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) |
ANTIONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Flute Concerti, Op. 10 Daniel Rothert (flute) / Daniel Rothert (recorder) / Cologne Chamber Orchestra / Helmut Muller-Bruhl, conductor [ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 11/Apr/2005 ] Known in his native Venice as the red priest, from the inherited colour of his hair, Antonio Vivaldi was born in 1678, the son of a barber who later served as a violinist at the great Basilica of St Mark. - Hybrid/SACD - playable on all CD players |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Recorder Suite / Recorder Concertos Daniel Rothert, recorder / Elke Martha Umbach, flute / Cologne CO, Helmut Maller [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2002 ] No other composer wrote so specifically for the recorder |
CÁRDENAS / DURÁN / FREIRE / GUEVARA / ZYMAN
Flauta Andina - 20th Century Andean Music for Flute and Piano Daniel Velasco (Flute) Ellen R. Sommer (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Aug/2022 ] The rich variety of colours and rhythms in South American culture and music are an essential feature of this programme, which focuses largely on music by composers from the Ecuadorian Andes. |
MACKEY / MOWER / PANN
Redline Tango / Flute Concerto / Slalom David Fedele (Flute), University of Kansas Wind Ensemble / John P. Lynch (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] Redline Tango takes its title from the idea of "redlining an engine," or pushing it to the limit. |
Drahos/Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinf
Vivaldi:flute Concs Vol.2 [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Jan/2000 ] |
Drahos/Pertis
Cpe Bach:sons.Flute & Harps [ Naxos / CD ] |
EDGARD VARESE
Orchestral Works Vol 2 (Incls 'Ameriques' & 'Ionisation') Elizabeth Watts (soprano) Maria Grochowska (flute) Thomas Bloch (Ondes MArtenot) / Polish National Orchestra / Christopher Lyndon-Gee [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "An excellent disc, which serves as a welcome introduction to the work of this largely under-valued composer. Varèse's music divulges a creative genius who was undoubtedly a long way ahead of his time, and one can only listen in awe at his work. The... |
ELLIOTT CARTER
Carter: Mosaic / Dialogue / Solo Pieces Erica Goodman (harp) Robert Aitken (flute) Max Christie (clarinet) / New Music Concerts [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Elliott Carter is internationally recognized as one of the leading American voices of the classical music tradition. He recently received the Prince Pierre Foundation Music Award, bestowed by the Principality of Monaco. |
FRIEDRICH KUHLAU
Kuhlau: Trios for 3 Flutes European Flute Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Apr/2007 ] The German-born composer Friedrich Kuhlau settled in Copenhagen, where he made a name for himself in spite of continuing financial problems. Although not a flautist himself, he is known in particular for his considerable contribution to flute... |
MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Daugherty: Dreamachine / Trail of Tears / Reflections on the Mississipp Evelyn Glennie (percussion) Carol Jantsch (tuba) Amy Porter (flute) / Dallas Symphony, David Alan Miller [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] GRAMMY® Award-winning composer Michael Daugherty explores the relationships between machines, humanity and nature in three unique concertos. Dreamachine for solo percussion and orchestra is a colourful tribute to the imagination of inventors who... |
BACH / MOZART / SCHUBERT / LISZT / TCHAIKOVSKY / KREISLER / HAUG
Duo Diversitas - Flute and Guitar Recital Ex Aequo [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] For this programme, Duo Diversitas has selected or created sophisticated arrangements that embody virtuosity and musical expression. |
NED ROREM
Chamber Music with Flute Fenwick Smith (flute), David Leisner (guitar), Ronald Thomas (cello), Mihae Lee (piano), Ann Hobson Pilot (harp) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Covering much of the composer's career, these pieces range from the early Mountain Song which captures the spirit of a rural Kentucky folksong, to the meditative and spectacular Four Prayers. |
CARL REINECKE
Octet / Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe (From the Cradle to the Grave) / Sextet Fenwick Smith (flute) Hugh Hinton (piano) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, members [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Chamber music purely for wind ensembles was largely overlooked by Romantic composers and as a result Carl Reinecke's genial Sextet and Octet for wind loom rather large in a sparse landscape. |
JEAN-MARIE LECLAIR
Leclair: Chamber Music with Flute (Complete) Fenwick Smith (flute) / Laura Blustein (cello) / John Gibbons (harpsichord) / Laura Jeppesen (viola da gamba) / Christophe Krueger (flute) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] The music of Jean-Marie Leclair exemplifies the values and aspirations of the Age of Enlightenment: clarity and rationality; balance, harmony and proportion; and avoidance of excess or exaggeration. |
GAUBERT
Complete Works for Flute, Vol. 1 Jacques Zoon, Fenwick Smith (flutes) Malcolm Lowe (violin) John Ferrillo (oboe), Sally Pinkas (piano) Jayne West (soprano) Andrew Pearce (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Apr/2006 ] Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra |