C.F. Abel - Flute Sonatas - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Time and again, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's (1714-1788) music undergoes fascinating metamorphoses in the interplay with instruments and interpretation. Inspired by these, the flute (Katalin Horvath, transverse flute) participates in a lively dialogue with the manifold timbres of harpsichord, clavichord, square piano (Eva Maria Pollerus), and cello (Thomas Platzgummer). This results in a multifaceted and highly musical recording portraying the development of almost the entire productive period of the composer. Album Tracks 1. Adagio 2. Allegro 3. Menuet 4. Allegretto 5. Rondo Presto 6. Andante 7. Allegro 8. Tempo Di Minuetto 9. Andante 10. Allegretto 11. Allegro 12. Adagio 13. Allegro 14. Vivace 15. Andante 16. Allegro 17. Vivace 18. Adagio 19. Allegro 20. Vivace 21. Allegretto 22. Adagio Di Molto 23. Allegro Assai

Album Tracks 1. Sonata for Flute & Continuo in E Major, BWV 1035 Adagio Ma Non Tanto 2. Sonata for Flute & Continuo in E Major, BWV 1035 Allegro 3. Sonata for Flute & Continuo in E Major, BWV 1035 Siciliano 4. Sonata for Flute & Continuo in E Major, BWV 1035 Allegro Assai 5. Sonata for Flute & Keyboard in B minor, BWV 1030 Andante 6. Sonata for Flute & Keyboard in B minor, BWV 1030 Largo E Dolce 7. Sonata for Flute & Keyboard in B minor, BWV 1030 Presto-Allegro 8. Partita for Solo Flute in a Minor, BWV 1013 Allemande 9. Partita for Solo Flute in a Minor, BWV 1013 Corrente 10. Partita for Solo Flute in a Minor, BWV 1013 Sarabande 11. Partita for Solo Flute in a Minor, BWV 1013 Bourrée Angloise 12. Sonata for Flute & Continuo in E minor, BWV 1034 Adagio Ma Non Tanto 13. Sonata for Flute & Continuo in E minor, BWV 1034 Allegro 14. Sonata for Flute & Continuo in E minor, BWV 1034 Andante 15. Sonata for Flute & Continuo in E minor, BWV 1034 Allegro

This Vermeer album collects five compositions of five German artists; among them only Hans Werner Henze Sonatina and Paul Hindemith Sonata were enough played. Also an open mind and complete performer as Jean-Pierre Rampal never include them in his wide discography, but Fortner, Henze, Genzmer and Höller Sonatas deserve all our interest and curiosity beginning from Wolfang Fortner Sonata (1974) a musician very important during the second half of XX Century having also a leading role in famous Darmstad Ferienkurse and was the teacher of many German musicians. Not less important Harald Genzmer (1909 - 2007) that was Paul Hindemith student at Berlin Hochschule für Musik. The second Sonata for flute and orchestra was composed in 1952 and it can be seen a work of tonal substantial language and it is articulate in only three movimenti. Born in Bamberg in 1907 Karl Höller from 1933 taught at Munich Academy and from 1938 was at Frankfurt Hochschule für Musik and from 1949 to 1972 taught at Munich Conservatory; his wide production, in many ways inspired by Richard Strauss and Hans Pfiztner includes also two flute and piano Sonatas and the most famous of which is the second Sonata in C major op 55 composed in 1955 very poetic and delicate work that seems have a strong French music influence.