
Resurrecting these somewhat shopworn performances from the early-1970s Philips catalog ostensibly serves a single goal: to show off quadraphonic sound the way it was meant
Sharon Bezaly’s second volume of solo flute works (covering B and C in her monumental alphabetic survey) is less a recital than it is a
Although Johann Adolphe Scheibe and Morten Raehs are not exactly household names today, they were among the many hardworking composers whose works made worthy contributions
Flute and harp duos were amazingly popular 200 years ago, but now they are generally reserved for good background music at weddings and corporate events.
Emmanuel Pahud and his colleagues in the Berliner Barock Solisten turn in immaculate and stylish performances of these elegant concertos. They sound particularly impressive in
These mono recordings date from 1955 through 1957 and count among Jean-Pierre Rampal’s earliest. Already, his predilection for 18th century classicism is evident, a cause
In the Mozart canon, the flute quartets usually are considered minor pieces (and the oft-repeated stories of Mozart’s disdain for the instrument certainly don’t need
With Volume 1 in a series titled “From A to Z”, the formidable young flute virtuoso Sharon Bezaly commences a not-so-strictly alphabetical survey of unaccompanied
With each new CD release of his music, Osvaldo Golijov’s burgeoning reputation as a wildly inventive and “must-hear” composer becomes more and more evident. The
Most principal flutists of great orchestras, with the notable exceptions of James Galway and Emmanuel Pahud, tend to be content in their secure, unionized positions,