Spartiti classica

This vigorous 'Russian Dance' appears in Act 2 of The Nutcracker ballet. Tchaikovsky utilized the Cossack Trepak dance of his homeland for this exciting movement, contrasting effectively with the more...

Francois Devienne's music has long been highly rated for its grace and balance. One of the first professors of flute at the new Conservatoire in 1795, Devienne's Flute Concertos played by the composer...

Sonata 1 opens with a movement marked 'Sostenuto' and expresses to perfection the melancholy gracefulness associated with B minor. A vivacious Allegro follows, kaleidoscopic in its ever-changing rhyth...

Scheibe's three sonatas for flute (or violin) and obbligato harpsichord were published by Haffner in the late 1750's, but were probably composed much earlier; they contain a significant quantity of el...

Towards the end of his long life the organist Christian Michael Wolff (1707-1789), resident in the Baltic port of Stettin (today, Szczecin in Poland), achieved a degree of fame as a composer through t...

Boismortier's numerous musical achievements include composing the first (and probably the only) concertos for two unaccompanied melody instruments, namely his Op. 38: VI Concerto pour 2 Flutes-travers...

Trio sonatas by Italian composers from the period around 1730 that specify flutes for both upper parts are quite rare. Among the earliest known are these three concise four-movement sonatas of only mo...

These sonatas reveal a great independence of thought in melodic writing that pushed the boundaries of flute technique further than before. They consist of highly ornamented, virtuoso, parts for the fl...

The first instrumental compositions published by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier - whose posthumous reputation was built around his having been the first French composer to take up Italian concerto form -...

The flute sonatas, now published in a modern edition for the first time, are all three-movement works. They bubble with life and have moments of great drama, particularly in the development sections o...

The flute sonatas, now published in a modern edition for the first time, are all three-movement works. They bubble with life and have moments of great drama, particularly in the development sections o...

Come la maggior parte dei compositori galanti legati alla corte berlinese di Federico il Grande, Carl Heinrich Graun scrisse un numero significativo di trii [sonate in trio] che esistono in versioni c...

La principale pubblicazione di Skinner fu una serie di sei sonate per flauto, violino o clavicembalo solo, che uscì nel 1752. Questi pezzi senza pretese, allora come oggi adatti all'esecuzione da part...

La principale pubblicazione di Skinner fu una serie di sei sonate per flauto, violino o clavicembalo solo, che uscì nel 1752. Questi pezzi senza pretese, allora come oggi adatti all'esecuzione da part...

A programmatic work in two movements. Blessings is expressive and heart-felt, and Celebration is a joyful syncopated dance tune. For bass flute (or alto or C) and piano. 1998 NFA Newly Published Music...

Three of this opus's original four for violin and piano are presented here, edited for flute and piano: Allegro moderato, Larghetto, and Allegro appassionato.

Johann Martin Blochwitz (1687-1742), not a very well-known name even amongst flutists, initially studied in Leipzig before he was employed as an oboist (1711) and then flutist (1717) in the Dresden Co...

Arioso from Cantata No. 156: Ich steh' mit einem Fuss im Grabe - This beautiful, familiar piece is perfect for many occasions or recitals. Instrumentation: 3 C Flutes, Alto Flute (or C Flute), Bass Fl...