Various Artists - Flute Music Harlequin Years - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Keyboard arrangements of Mozart's compositions, ranging from one of his earliest minuets to his tribute to J.S. Bach, reveal the variety and fecundity of his imagination, not least in the inspired collection made by the great pianist Edwin Fischer, and in the excerpts from the playful Londoner Skizzenbuch. They are performed on two original and newly restored instruments, the Tangentenflügel - a transitional keyboard instrument with a unique tone quality that sounds like a harpsichord endowed with dynamics - and the pantalon square piano. This is the first recording ever made of a historical pantalon. Pianist and Early Keyboard performer MICHAEL TSALKA has won numerous international prizes. A versatile musician, he studied at Temple University under the guidance of Joyce Lindorff, Lambert Orkis and Harvey Wedeen. Other mentors include Dario di Rosa, Malcolm Bilson, David Shemer, Charles Rosen and Sandra Mangsen. Michael Tsalka maintains a busy concert schedule with recent performance highlights including Zhonghe Hall in the Forbidden City, Beijing; Palacio de Bellas Artes Theatre in Mexico City; The Royal Concertgebouw, Amsterdam; the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg; The Metropolitan Museum in New York; the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna; the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg; and Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He is currently head of the keyboard department at the Vanke Meisha Arts Academy (VMAA) in Shenzhen, China. Album Tracks 1. Adagio in B minor, K. 540 (1788) 2. Music for the Pantomime Pantalon and Columbine, K. 446-FS (1783) 3. Klavierstück in F Major, K. 33B (1766) 4. London Skizzenbuch, K. Anh. 109 B (1765) (Excerpts) 5. Mozartiana Kompositionen Des Meisters

From it's origins as one of the oldest musical instruments known to man to the sophisticated mechanics and elegant design today, the flute has been highly significant for every culture and historical period. Prized for the vocal character in it's sound, composers such as Bach and Mozart used it for some of their most beautiful, aria-like melodies. Spectacular virtuosity later became part of the flute's nature as can be heard in Doppler's Rigoletto-fantaisie, while impressionist composers such as Debussy saw it's timeless qualities as a window into nature or the sensual mysteries of a distant and mythological past. Album Tracks 1. Overture (Suite) No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 Bach, Johann Sebastian - Classical Composer 2. 1. Overture (Suite) No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 VII. Badinerie 3. Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major, K. 299 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Classical Composer 4. 2. Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major, K. 299 II. Andantino 5. Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen from Die Schöne Müllerin, Op. 160, D. 802 Schubert, Franz - Classical Composer 6. 3. Theme Andantino 7. 4. Variation 1 8. 5. Variation 9. 6. Variation 7 Allegro 10. 7. Prélude À L'après-Midi D'un Faune Debussy, Claude - Classical Composer 11. Flute Quartet No. 1 in D Major, K. 285 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Classical Composer 12. 8. Flute Quartet No. 1 in D Major, K. 285 I. Allegro 13. Flute Concerto in G minor, Op. 10, No. 2, RV 439, InchLa NotteInch Vivaldi, Antonio - Classical Composer 14. 9. Flute Concerto in G minor, Op. 10, No. 2, RV 439, InchLa NotteInch II. Fantasmi Presto - Largo - Presto 15. Flute Quintet No. 1 in D Major, G. 419Occherini, Luigi - Classical Composer 16. 10. Flute Quintet No. 1 in D Major, G. 419 I. Allegro Assai 17. Flute Concerto in D Major, Op. 283 (Solo Part Adapted By P. Gallois) Reinecke, Carl - Classical Co

Album Tracks 1. Preludio E Fuga in Sib, Op. 35 N. 6 2. Da Skizzenbuch 3. Dalle Variazioni Goldberg 4. Nova Cyclopoeias Harmonica 5. Da Le Nozze Di Figaro 6. Dai Sette Pezzi Caratteristici, Op. 7 7. Dalla Sonata in Mi, Op. 27