Arnold / Smith / Rhodes - From the British Isles - Music for Flute & Piano - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Founded in January, 2009, the Pavan-Canale Duo began as a research project which led the two musicians to explore some compositions of the flute and piano repertory which are among the most complex and often neglected ones, as well as an in-depth study about the traditional repertory of the flute and piano duo; in fact an important part of their activity consisted in performing contemporary music, written especially for them too, as well as joining the traditional ensemble's repertory. Chiara Pavan and Eugenia Canale have won various and prestigious National and International competitions, such as the InchPremio Nazionale delle ArtiInch (Triest and Rome), InchMaster dei talenti musicaliInch (Turin), the InchGaetano Zinetti Chamber Music CompetitionInch in 2011, the InchMaster dei talenti musicaliInch (Turin), the InchConcorso Società UmanitariaInch (Milan) and the InchLuigi Nono PrizeInch (Venaria, Turin). Since November 2010 they have attended various masterclasses taught by M°Masi in Florence and by M°Ancillotti in Lugano's Musichochschule. The group often performs abroad it has played in Budapest, Marseilles, Zagreb, Colony, Athens, La Valletta and for this reason it is now one of the most active Flute and Piano duos in Italy and in Europe. The duo members are also very active as teachers and regularly give seminars or workshops. Album Tracks 1. Le Merl Noire 2. Sonatine 3. Ballade 4. Chant de Linos 5. Sonate for Flute and Piano Op. 14

Dorothea Seel has engaged intensively both with the instruments and also with the playing techniques and sound aesthetics of 19th-century flutes and presented her findings in her artistic and scientific dissertation InchDer Diskurs um den Klang der Flöte i'm 19. JahrhundertInch (Inchthe discourse about the sound of the flute in the 19th centuryInch, Kunstuniversität Graz 2017, in preparation for publication). Evaluation of teaching works put her on the track of forgotten playing techniques. These practices, many of which would meet with the disapproval of modern-day exponents, include overlapping of notes, a glissando effect that the keys of modern instruments no longer permit. Dorothea Seel uses this and other techniques on the present recording. In congenial partnership with Christoph Hammer, she also sheds new light on the extraordinarily varied sound world of the 19th century and puts proven theory into virtuoso practice. She challenges the conventions that govern our listening and admirably illustrates the potential of research-based period performance practice. Above all, however, the works of Johann Nepomuk Hummel sound so utterly new, fresh and stimulating. Album Tracks 1. Flute Sonata in G Major, Op. 2 No. 2 2. Flute Sonata in D Major, Op. 50 3. Flute Sonata in a Major, Op. 64 4. Rondo Brillant in G Major, Op. 126 (Arr. for Flute and Piano)

Album Tracks 1. Symphonic Canzone for Flute & Piano, Op 114 2. Sonata for Flute & Piano in B Major, Op. 121 Idyllisch, Nicht Schleppend 3. Sonata for Flute & Piano in B Major, Op. 121 Äußerst Langsam 4. Sonata for Flute & Piano in B Major, Op. 121 Sehr Geschwind Und Leichthin 5. Impressions Exotiques, for Flute & Piano, Op. 134 Idylle Champetre 6. Impressions Exotiques, for Flute & Piano, Op. 134 Danse Pittoresque 7. Impressions Exotiques, for Flute & Piano, Op. 134 Colibri 8. Impressions Exotiques, for Flute & Piano, Op. 134 Lotus 9. Impressions Exotiques, for Flute & Piano, Op. 134 Evocation a Brahma 10. Suite Pointillistique, for Flute & Piano, Op. 135 Im Stil Einer Arabeske 11. Suite Pointillistique, for Flute & Piano, Op. 135 Der Kranke Mond 12. Suite Pointillistique, for Flute & Piano, Op. 135 Scherzo (Diavolina Und Innocenz) 13. Suite Pointillistique, for Flute & Piano, Op. 135 Im Stil Einer Hymne