Hofmann - Flute Concertos, vol. 1 - K. Seu

Kazunori Seo was born in Kitakyushu (Japan) in 1974. He studied flute in Paris with Raymond Guiot, Kurt Redel, Patrick Gallois, Benoît Fromanger and Alain Marion at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, where he was awarded the Premier Prix in flute in 1998. He also studied chamber music with Pascal Le Corre, Emmanuel Nunès, Christian Ivaldi, and Ami Flammer, and was awarded the Premier Prix in chamber music at the Conservatoire in 1999. He concluded his Conservatoire studies with Maurice Bourgue. His impressive list of awards in many international competitions includes Second Prize and the Audience Prize at the First Carl Nielsen International Flute Competition (1998, Odense/Denmark), Second Prize (no First Prize...

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Vivaldi - Flute & Recoder Concertos - J. See & M. Verbruggen

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Italian Flute Concertos - J. P. Rampal

Jean-Pierre Rampal (7 January 1922 – 20 May 2000) was a French flautist. He has been personally "credited with returning to the flute the popularity as a solo classical instrument it had not held since the 18th century." Biography Early years Born in Marseille, the only child of Andrée (née Roggero) and flautist Joseph Rampal, Jean-Pierre Rampal became the first exponent of the solo flute in modern times to establish it on the international concert circuit, and to attract acclaim and large audiences comparable to those enjoyed by celebrity singers, pianists, and violinists. As it was unusual for solo flute to be featured widely in orchestral concerts, this was not easily done in the immediate years after World War II; however,...

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Naudot - 6 flute concertos - P. Nemeth

The Hungarian flautist and conductor, Pál Németh, graduated from the Liszt Ferenc Academy of music as a flautist in 1972 and as a conductor in 1975. He studied under Henrik Pröhle, József Maklári and Zoltán Vásárhelyi. Since 1975 he has taught at the Szombathely Secondary School of Music. Pál Németh has been the musical director of Capella Savaria, since he founded the ensmble in 1981. He plays the flute and harpsichord in addition to conducting the ensemble. Jacques-Christophe Naudot (ca. 1690  – 25 November 1762) was a French composer, type-setter, and flutist. Little is known of his early life. He was married in 1719. Most of his compositions were published in Paris between 1726 and 1740. The poet...

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Flute Fantaisie: Virtuoso French Flute Repertoire - S. Milan

Susan Milan ARCM PG, GSMD, FRCM, is an English Professor of flute of the Royal College of Music, classical performer, recording artiste, composer, author and entrepreneur. Biography Susan Milan was born in London, the daughter of civil servants. Between 1958-63, she became a Junior Exhibitioner at the Royal College of Music. During 1960 to 1966, she was a member of the London Schools Symphony Orchestra. From 1963 to 1967, she was a scholar of the Royal College of Music, graduating with honours, where she later become a Professor of Flute in 1984. From 1966-72, she attended Marcel Moyse master classes in Boswil. In 1967, she was awarded a Countess of Munster Scholarship to study as a Post Graduate under Geoffrey Gilbert at the...

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Rejcha - Compositions for Piano and Flute - A. Kröper

The German flutist and conductor, Andreas Kröper, studied at the University of Heidelberg (musicology, history, and philosophy) and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Nikolaus Harnoncourt (theory and interpretation of early music).Andreas Kröper had made his début as a flautist and conductor in most European and North American musical centres. He has worked with many outstanding ensembles and musicians (Simon Standage, Geoffrey Lancaster, Richard Boothby, Howard Arman,Max van Egmond). In 1991 he founded the Concertino Notturno Praha, an ensemble specializing in baroque and classicist repertoire performed on period instruments.In 1989 Andreas Kröper was visiting senior lecturer at PennState University in the USA. Since...

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Neapolitan Flute Concertos - C. Ipata

Carlo Ipata received his musical training first at the Banff Center for the Fine Arts in Canada, then at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, and finally at the Conservatoire national de région of Paris, where he got an honours diploma in baroque flute and chamber music. With the ensembles Suonatori della Gioiosa Marca, I Barocchisti, Il Capriccio and Seicentonovecento, as well as the ensemble he founded in 1997, Auser Musici, Carlo Ipata has played at the European Festival of Ljubljana, the Italian Festival of Dortmund, Berliner Tage für Alte Musik, Festival Antiqua, the Musikinstrumenten-Museum in Berlin, Festivoce (France), the Miami Bach Festival, Celebrations of Boccherini (Madrid) and for Swiss Radio; he has also recorded for...

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Practice Book for the Piccolo - Trevor Wye

This generous volume of orchestral excerpts and extracts for practice is a methodical approach to piccolo technique, designed to help the flautist transfer the playing techniques of the flute to the piccolo. DOWNLOAD PART 1! DOWNLOAD PART 2!...

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Vivaldi - Complete Flute Concertos - Severino Gazzelloni

Severino Gazzelloni was an Italian flute player. He was born in 1919 in Roccasecca and died in 1992 in Cassino. Gazzelloni was the principle flute in the RAI orchestra for 30 years and dedicatee of many works. Composers including Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez and Igor Stravinsky wrote pieces for him. Gazzelloni was also a flute teacher. The jazz player Eric Dolphy was one of his pupils. This remarkable flutist and teacher was just as much at home with contemporary music as with the classics. He began his studies as a pupil at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He was the flute soloist of the Symphony Orchestra of RAI (Italian Radio) in Rome and became internationally known as an exponent of avant-garde music who premiered...

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J. S. Bach - Flute Concertos - M. Gatti

After his two recent incursions into the musical world of the young vivaldi, that excellent violinist from italy enrico gatti, together with his ensemble aurora, has a further pleasant surprise for us: on this occasion it is a hitherto unpublished work by johann sebastian bach. using as a basis a series of arguments of an unquestionable solidity - set out in a fascinating booklet article accompanying our disc - the musicologist francesco zimei has reconstructed the until now lost flute concerto in b minor. the inclusion of this work in the neue bach ausgabe is currently being arranged. zimei's meticulous and detailed study has as its starting point bach's habit of reusing instrumental works for new vocal compositions. in this way, zimei...

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J. S. Bach Scores

Johann Sebastian Bach[1] (21 March 1685, O.S.31 March 1685, N.S. – 28 July 1750, N.S.) was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity.[2] Although he did not introduce new forms, he enriched the prevailing German style with a robust contrapuntal technique, an unrivalled control of harmonic and motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Revered for their intellectual depth, technical command and artistic beauty, Bach's works include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations,...

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