Cambini / Quartetto Due Piu Due - 6 Flute Quartets - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

François Devienne (1759-1803) was a contemporary of Mozart and one of the few virtuosos who didn't have to flee his own country to get noticed. Born in Joinville, France, the youngest of the 14 children of a saddle maker, Devienne received his formative musical instruction as a choirboy in his hometown and quickly developed into a flute player of formidable gifts, studying with Felix Rault. He was active in Paris as a flautist, bassoonist and composer and played bassoon at the Paris Opera. He was also a sergeant and member of the Military Band of the French Guard, where he was given the responsibility of teaching his military band colleagues' children in it's Free School of Music. After the Revolutionary period, when the Free School became the National Institute of Music, later chartered as the Paris Conservatory in 1795, Devienne was appointed as flute professor, where he taught from 1795 to 1803. He also wrote the Méthode de Flûte Théorique et Pratique (1793), which was reprinted several times and did much to improve the level of French wind music in the late 18th century. His output includes opera, extensive educational work, and approximately 300 instrumental works that were mostly written for wind instruments. There are about 20 flute concertos, mainly written for his own use, and many of his works are still popular today in standard flute repertoire. His VII Concerto in E minor, for example, contains all the poetry and aesthetics of his music - it is quintessentially beautiful, charming, melodious and witty. Devienne's compositions for flute, revived by Jean-Pierre Rampal in the 1960s, became well-known among flutists. Unfortunately, Devienne's fortunes declined suddenly in the new century and he died in 1803, four months after being committed to the Charenton insane asylum. The Six duos Op.2 were written in 1786 for the captain of the guard of the Artois Count.

Mind Maze is, amazingly, Trees Speak's fifth album to be released on Soul Jazz Records in the space of little over two years - an output matched only by the intensity of their music created during this short time. // As with all their previous releases, 'Mind Maze' is a mind-boggling tightrope walk across an array of musical influences that seamlessly create the unique present-day world of Trees Speak. The band's sound is characterised by a combination of German krautrock motoric-beat rhythms, angular New York post-punk attitude, 60s spy soundtracks, psych, rock, jazz, and 70s synthesizers and vocoders. There is also a cosmic spatial awareness to their sound; both personal inner space and galactic outer space, as well as a wilful pushing of sonic boundaries. // Trees Speak are a musical duo based in Tucson, Arizona, composed of Daniel Martin Diaz and Damian Diaz. Their music is heavily influenced by the cosmic magic of the natural desert landscapes of Arizona, creating a unique and captivating sound that is both experimental and innovative. 'Mind Maze' was recorded in Brooklyn, New York with special guests Gabriel Sullivan, Alex Pope, Craig Dreyer, Ben Nisbet and Stephani Guilmette. // Here you will find the myriad sounds of 1970s German electronic music (everything from Can to Cluster, Popul Vuh to Tangerine Dream); 1980s New York post-punk and synthcore (from No Wave to Suicide); John Barry's 1960s movies, John Carpenter's 1970s horror. You will also hear the influences of French and Italian progressive rock (Magma, Goblin) as well as cosmic, new age and experimental space soundscapes... an almost endless list of diverse influences that ebb and flow like an ocean of sound, in the process creating a truly unique soundscape that Trees Speak have made wholly their own.1. Mind Maze (2 32)2. Minotaur (3 08)3. Syndrome (2 00)4. Sospetto (3 08)5. Illusions (1 51)6. Scanner

Album Tracks 1. Valse Di Bravura, Op. 33 (Version for 2 Flutes and Piano) 2. Chanson D'amour, Op. 20 3. L'oiseau Des Bois, Op. 21 (Version for Flute and 4 Horns) 4. Morceaux Favoris Sur Der Freischütz de C.M. Von Weber (Version for Flute and Piano) 5. Potpourri on F. Erkel's BÁNK-BÁN 6. Potpourri on Auber's la Muette de Portici (Version for 2 Flutes) 7. Moderato for Flute and Piano 8. Fantaisie Sur Des Motifs Hongroises, Op. 35 (Version for 2 Flutes and Orchestra)