Il Flauto traverso

The Romanian pianist and composer Violeta Dinescu was born in Bucharest on 13 July 1953. There she studied composition, piano and education at the C. Porumbescu Conservatoire and in 1977 passed her st...

Jörg Widmann composed the three-movement work in 2016 in memory of the Swiss flautist Aurèle Nicolet. The world premiere took place as part of a concert in Freiburg which was dedicated to Nicolet who...

This sonata for two flutes and piano by Franz Doppler was rediscovered by Prof. András Adorján in the former production archive of the Schott music publishing house and is now published completely f...

A three-movement work of simple syntax and clear musical gestures. Suitable as a beginning concerto for the study of solo literature, also an appealing repertoire work for chamber orchestra programs....

The four-movement sonata is characterized by two particularly well-formed, yet rhythmically elegant allegro movements.

A 12-minute composition in two parts: The first is played by three piccolos, the second by three different flutes. The instrument is treated like a windpipe - the production of raw and unsophisticated...

Christoph Schaffrath (1709-1763) worked as a musician at the court of Frederick II. The trio sonata published here for the first time is aimed at flutists, at music schools and conservatories, and at...

The Englishman James Hook composed about 30 musical comedies and operas as well as a large number of chamber music works for various instrumentations. The Duettinos op. 42 were published around 1795 i...

Louis Drouet (1792-1873), much admired virtuoso flautist, composer, musical director and opera director, was 'a flautist of truly European standing and sphere of influence'. His method still forms par...

The Lorraine-born flutist Niccolò Dôthel (1721-1810) was part of the core of the court orchestra in Florence, together with Nardini. Dôthel left numerous compositions for the flute. His long activity...

In a brief prefatory note printed on the title page, the composer points out that these suites have all the necessary ornamentation and can be played as solo pieces without bass.

The tonal language of the flute sonata, and of Wanek's chamber music in general, follows a personal line, apart from any musical taste of the time. Formal coherence, brevity, discreetness and wit are...

Sinuhe the Egyptian is a historical novel written in 1945 by the Finnish author Mika Waltari (* 19. SeptemberHelsinki). He was one of the best known authors in Finland and his works were translated in...