Flute Sonatas

KTC 1514 . 1CD . 8711801015149 . 03/08/2015 . Etcetera Records

Flute Sonatas

Composer(s):
  • Sergej Prokofiev (1891-1953)
  • Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)
  • Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
  • Richard Rodney Bennet (1936-2012)
  • Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

‘Can any mortal mixture of Earth’s mould breathe such divine, enchanting ravishment?’ It was with this high-flown rhetoric that the Irish military lawyer and amateur flautist Henry Macaulay Fitzgibbon expressed his amazement that the flute was not taken up by everybody. He stated in his The story of the flute (1914) that he had become conscious of a renewed interest in the instrument; after a period of relative disinterest, he happily posited, ‘the flute excites more enthusiasm among its votaries than any other instrument.’ This recent increase was, he felt, largely thanks to the high artistic level of flautists and the excellent new compositions being written for the instrument at that time. Fitzgibbon was delighted at the musical attention and artistic amiableness that the flute had brought into existence: ‘there is a kind of free-masonry among flute-players.’ Those who would like to know what resulted from this camaraderie between composers and flautists have only to cast an eye over French music composed during the early 20th century. This cd goes even further, accros the Atlantic

Awards:

Rivista Musica

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Track listing

Prokofiev: Sonata for Flute and Piano op. 94 (1943)
1 Moderato 08:48
artists: 'Edith Van Dyck' 'Helene Luyten'
composers: 'Sergej Prokofiev (1891-1953)'
2 Scherzo 05:20
artists: 'Edith Van Dyck' 'Helene Luyten'
composers: 'Sergej Prokofiev (1891-1953)'
3 Andante 03:25
artists: 'Edith Van Dyck' 'Helene Luyten'
composers: 'Sergej Prokofiev (1891-1953)'
4 Allegro con brio 07:30
artists: 'Edith Van Dyck' 'Helene Luyten'
composers: 'Sergej Prokofiev (1891-1953)'
Martinu: Sonata for Flute and Piano H 306 (1945)
5 Allegro moderato 07:10
artists: 'Edith Van Dyck' 'Helene Luyten'
composers: 'Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)'
6 Adagio 06:11
artists: 'Edith Van Dyck' 'Helene Luyten'
composers: 'Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)'
7 Allegro poco moderato 05:33
artists: 'Edith Van Dyck' 'Helene Luyten'
composers: 'Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)'
Roussel: Joueurs de flûte op.27 (1924)
8 Moderato 03:05
artists: 'Edith Van Dyck' 'Helene Luyten'
composers: 'Albert Roussel (1869-1937)'
9 Scherzo 01:09
artists: 'Edith Van Dyck' 'Helene Luyten'
composers: 'Albert Roussel (1869-1937)'
10 Andante 03:21
artists: 'Edith Van Dyck' 'Helene Luyten'
composers: 'Albert Roussel (1869-1937)'
11 Allegro con brio 01:51
artists: 'Edith Van Dyck' 'Helene Luyten'
composers: 'Albert Roussel (1869-1937)'
Bennett: Summer Music (1982)
12 Allegro tranquillo 03:39
artists: 'Edith Van Dyck' 'Helene Luyten'
composers: 'Richard Rodney Bennet (1936-2012)'
13 Siesta 03:53
artists: 'Edith Van Dyck' 'Helene Luyten'
composers: 'Richard Rodney Bennet (1936-2012)'
14 Games 03:30
artists: 'Edith Van Dyck' 'Helene Luyten'
composers: 'Richard Rodney Bennet (1936-2012)'
Barber: Canzone
15 Canzone op.38a (1962) 03:39
artists: 'Edith Van Dyck' 'Helene Luyten'
composers: 'Samuel Barber (1910-1981)'