Composer: Béla Bartók, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Astor Piazzólla, Ravi Shankar, Toru Takemitsu
Performer: Irene Kalisvaart, Britta Jacobs
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8551453
Release: 2021
Size: 591 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Sonatina for Flute and Guitar, Op. 205
01. I. Allegretto grazioso
02. II. Tempo di siciliana
03. III. Scherzo – Rondo. Allegretto conspirito
Takemitsu: Toward the Sea
04. No. 1, The Night
05. No. 2, Moby Dick
06. No. 3, Cape Cod
Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56, BB 68
07. No. 1, Joc cu bâta
08. No. 2, Brâul
09. No. 3, Pê-loc
10. No. 4, Buciumeana
11. No. 5, Poarga româneasca
12. No. 6, Maruntel
13. Shankar: L’aube enchantée surle raga todi
Piazzólla: Histoire du Tango
14. I. Bordel 1900
15. II. Café 1930
16. III. Night Club 1960
17. IV. Concert d’aujourd’hui
This album of 20th-century masterpieces for flute and guitar features works composed especially for this combination of instruments plus arrangements of works by Bartók and Ravi Shankar. Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Sonatine for Flute and Guitar is considered to be one of the finest compositions for this combination of instruments, contrasting joyfulness with poignant melodies. The warm sound of the alto flute is given expressive range in Takemitsu’s Toward the Sea, while Piazzolla’s Histoire du Tango takes us on a journey from the form’s beginnings in the brothels of Buenos Aires, to its acceptance as one of the most loved musical art forms of the 20th century.