Various Artists - Flute & Guitar Recital / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Various Artists - Virtuoso Flute / Various [COMPACT DISCS] date 07/18/1995

Grounded in her roots as a native Virginian, bluegrass trailblazer Rebecca Frazier found herself reawakening to a whole new journey of inspiration and invention. For the flatpicking luminary, who achieved notoriety in the music world as the first woman ever to appear on the cover of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, that creative rebirth turned into her most captivating work yet BOARDING WINDOWS IN PARADISE. Like generations of her ancestors who have lived along Virginia's coast, she, too, has weathered life's hurricanes and battering winds - and witnessed it's luminous beauty - and she wanted to capture that juxtaposition on this record. Frazier's bond with GRAMMY-winning producer Bill Wolf, known for working with Tony Rice and Grateful Dead, was the catalyst. Frazier collaborated with bluegrass icons Béla Fleck, Sam Bush, Stuart Duncan, Josh Swift, Barry Bales, Rob Block, and Byron House, as well as heavy hitters Trey Hensley, Love Canon, and Shelby Means to create an album of sheer originality while giving a reverent nod to those who've inspired her.

This presents a programme of chamber music for flute and piano from the last third of the 19th century and the early 20th century. With the exception of Max Reger and possibly Carl Reinecke, the composers of these works may not be familiar to the modern-day music lover, for their names have unjustly been forgotten Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Emil Kronke, and Carl Fruhling. All these composers except Fruhling are associated with the musical city of Leipzig. Christina Fassbender studied with Professor Jean-Claude Gerard in Stuttgart and with Professor Michael Martin Kofler at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg. Florian Wiek has made a name for himself through international concert engagements that have taken him to numerous festivals and concert halls.