Stephen Schultz, flute, American Baroque
Boismortier - Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jan/2002 ] "One can only sit down and melt with the music." |
LENNOX BERKELEY
Horn Trio / Flute Sonatina / Viola Sonata / Quintet for Wind and Piano Susanne Stanzeleit (violin) / Stephen Stirling (horn) / Patrick Williams (flute) / Morgan Goff (viola) / Members of the New London Chamber Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] Lennox Berkeley amassed over 100 works and contributed to almost every genre. Since he had the opportunity to write for some of the leading performers of the time-the Horn Trio was written for Dennis Brain-chamber music featuring wind and strings... |
REINECKE
Flute Concerto / Harp Concerto / Ballade Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Gallois Patrick / Pierre Fabrice [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] Carl Reinecke is probably better remembered as a teacher than as a composer, with a range of pupils to his credit, from Sullivan and Svendsen to Grieg and Weingartner. |
Sigfrid KARG-ELERT
Complete Works for Flute Thies Roorda (flute) & Nata Tsvereli (piano) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 28/Apr/2014 ] Karg-Elert occupies a remarkable niche in the history of German music. He is best known for his compositions for organ and harmonium but this first recording of his complete works for flute, reveals a completely individual voice. The ground-breaking... |
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... |
TORU TAKEMITSU
Takemitsu: Chamber Works: And Then I Knew 'twas Wind / Rain Tree and others Robert Aitken (flute) Steven Dann (viola) / Toronto New Music Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2004 ] "Outstanding release that showcases these musicians' empathy with Takemitsu's world" (Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Awards Issue 2003) |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: Fonogrammi / Horn Concerto / Partita / etc Urszula Janik (flute) Jennifer Montone (horn) Elzbieta Stefanska (harpsichord) / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "..if you really care about classical music, get this stunningly played and recorded disc, as well as the others in this important and worthy series." (ClassicsToday 10/10) |
LEOPOLD HOFMANN
Leopold Hofmann: Flute Concertos, Vol. 3 Uwe Grodd (flute) Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Michael Halász [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Leopold Hofmann was among the most prominent Viennese composers of his generation, his music performed all over Europe. Hofmanns radiant flute concertos follow the conventions of the day with superlative elegance and a deceptive facility. The solo... |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Mozart's Symphonies [35 'Haffner', 36 'Linz', 41 'Jupiter'] Uwe Grodd (flute), Friedemann Eichhorn (violin), Martin Rummel (cello) & Roland Krüger (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Oct/2015 ] Hummel, conductor, composer and pianist, whose death ended the great Viennese lineage of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, produced a series of inspired arrangements of Mozart's symphonies between 1823 and 1824. As a child of eight he had lodged and... |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Mozart's Symphonies [38, 39, 40] Uwe Grodd (flute), Friedemann Eichhorn (violin), Martin Rummel (cello) & Roland Krüger (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Feb/2014 ] Hummel stands as the last in the great Viennese line which embraced Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. He lived and studied with Mozart in his youth and, despite a career which saw him triumph as a conductor, composer and virtuoso pianist, Hummel never... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen / Arpeggione Sonata / Songs Uwe Grodd (flute) / Matteo Napoli (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] "The music is allowed to sing and there is no surrender to self-indulgence." (MusicWeb March 2009) |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Works for Flute and Piano Uwe Grodd (flute) / Matteo Napoli (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Oct/2010 ] |
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,... |
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! |
Various Artists
Bach,J.S.: Sonatas For Flute & [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Mar/1993 ] |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Concerto For Flute and Harp / Sinfonia Concertante K.297b Capella Istropolitana, Richard Edlinger (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1988 ] "fresh and stylish and the two soloists are excellent" Penguin Guide |
Various Artists
Mozart: The Magic Flute [ Naxos Opera Plus / 3 CD - released 3/May/2004 ] |
HOTTETERRE
Music For Flute Vol. 2 Philippe Allain-Dupre, Jean-Francois Bouges (flutes) with accompliment [ NAXOS / CD ] Jacques Hotteterre, called le Romain, is one of the most illustrious figures in the history of the transverse flute. |
BEST OF OPERA
Best Of Opera Vol. 2 (arias & excerpts from Carmen, Aida, The Magic Flute, etc) Various orchs/artists incl Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra / Slovak Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] More of your popular opera arias & choruses reissued at super budget price. |