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The edition presented here is an adaptation of the so-called second lute suite whose original instrumentation, however, still remains uncertain. Judging by formal aspects, this piece has more in commo...

L'edizione qui presentata è un adattamento della cosiddetta seconda suite per liuto, la cui strumentazione originale, tuttavia, rimane ancora incerta. A giudicare dagli aspetti formali, questo brano h...

Johann Sebastian Bach's music has always entailed rearrangements as each and every solo player or ensemble wants to perform these extraordinary pieces. The Orchestra suite presented here really calls...

The composer starts his work by quoting the first two bars of the introduction. Zgraja himself said that surprisingly, it were the figures of accompaniment of the original which inspired me the most....

Oldrich Flosman (geboren am 5. April 1925 in Pilsen, gestorben am 12. Oktober 1998 in Prag) studierte von 1944 bis 1946 am Prager Konservatorium bei Karel Janacek und von 1946 bis 1950 an der Akademie...

Niels Peter Jensen (1802-1846), blind since his childhood, played both the organ and the flute in Copenhagen and composed numerous pieces for the flute, but also for the piano and the stage. He was a...

Originally short piano pieces, composed for entertainment but yet with a melancholic touch. The arrangements for both the flute and the piano contain no real technical difficulties. Some pieces are es...

François Couperin (1668 - 1733) worked at the court of Louis XIV in Versailles at a time when musicians fervently disputed the question whether the brilliant ornate Italian style or the natural French...

In his 1st flute quartet, Swiss composer Franco Cesarini (born in 1961) is mainly trying to combine musical and didactic contents. In the progress of its musical development, the harmonic dissonances...

Giulio Briccialdi (1818-1881) started his career as a solo flutist in various opera orchestras in which he changed and extended the flute parts according to his abilities which soon turned him into It...

First drafts for this work were made during the composer's first journey to Sicily in the late 80's. But it should last until as late as 2003 for the piece to become what it is now. For a major part,...

The musical works of Frederick the Great (1712-1786) were not permitted to be published during his lifetime. They have still not all been published to this dayand their study can be considered as inco...

Jules Demersseman (1833 - 1866) was one of the best flutists of his time. He also wrote about 150 works for flute most of which are now forgotten. The sonata in C minor composed in the classical sonat...

Schumann's Scherzo from Symphony No.2 In C has been arranged for Flute Quintet by Trevor Wye. Scored for 3 Flutes, Alto Flute In G and Bass Flute.

In addition to some 70 operas, Domenico Cimarosa's (1749 - 1801) compositions include lithurgical music, but also chamber music as well as 32 one-movement sonatas for harpsichord. The musical roots of...

Auf der Suche nach einem Instrument, das dem Bedürfnis tiefer, 'kräftiger und sogleich sonorer Flötentöne' entsprach, baute der geniale Flötenbauer Theobald Böhm 1858 die erste Altflöte. Für dieses ne...

Erinnerung An Mozart is a sparkling virtuoso Flute solo inspired by the music of Mozart, written for flautist Andras Adorjan and based upon ideas and themes of The Magic Flute.

Joseph Küffner (1776 - 1856) entstammt einer Musikerfamilie. Er selbst war erfolgreicher Violinist, Orchesterleiter und Militärmusikdirektor. Seine Werke waren zu seinen Lebzeiten als Unterhaltungsmus...

The second Flute concerto by Mozart is one of the most played on this instrument. The publisher conflates three different cadences, created in the first half of the 20th Century. The cadence of the fl...

An elegantly restrained air, which shifts between sweet gracefulness and the gentle melancholy of a lyrical Slavic melody, is juxtaposed with the light-footed gaiety of motoring ostinato tarantella ph...

Dieses letzte Werk des bereits schwer von der Krankheit gezeichneten Komponisten ist - der Entstehung zum Trotz - ein überaus fröhliches Werk, gesanglich und wunderbar geeigenet, auf die Flöte übertra...

Die fünf Miniaturen der Bremer Komponistin Siegrid Ernst sind für Laien spielbare zeitgenössische Kompositionen. Jedes Stück hat einen unterschiedlichen Charakter und fordert zur persönlichen Gestaltu...

Joachim Andersen, one of the great virtuosos of the late-nineteenth century, knew that audiences adore beautiful, singing melodies and that flutists love to play them. While there are many arrangement...

The ancient wind instrument aulos was eponymous to this suite. It comprises three varied and contrasting movements, which can also be performed individually.

L'edizione "Ceathair" (gaelico: "quattro") comprende due quartetti per quattro flauti della compositrice e flautista tedesca Kathrin Beddig, in cui si possono cogliere i riferimenti storici tra la cul...