Composer: Egon Kornauth, Vally Weigl, Franz Mittler, Felix Petyrek, Tibor Harsanyi, Sándor Jemnitz, Marcel Mihalovici, Bohuslav Martinů, Karel Boleslav Jirak
Performer: Birgit Ramsl, Karl-Heinz Schütz, Gottlieb Wallisch
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8579111
Release: 2022
Size: 287 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Kornauth: Burleske, Op. 11
Weigl: Oiseau de la vie
02. I. Oiseau doux de la nuit
03. II. Oiseau joyeux á l’aube
04. III. Oiseau ravi du midi
05. IV. Chant d’adieu au soleil couchant
06. Mittler: Sérénade-Caprice (Version for Flute & Piano)
Petyrek: 3 Tänze für Flöten
07. No. 1, Hirtenweise
08. No. 2a, Opfertanz. Adagio
09. No. 2b, Opfertanz. Un poco più mosso
10. No. 2c, Opfertanz. Canone all’ottava e inversione nello specchio
11. No. 3, Variationen im alten stil
Harsanyi: 3 Pieces for Flute & Piano
12. No. 1, Lento
13. No. 2, Scherzo
14. No. 3, Lento
Jemnitz: Sonata for Solo Flute, Op. 43
15. I. Allegro giocoso
16. II. Andante
17. III. Allegro con grazia
18. Mihalovici: Mélodie for Flute & Piano
19. Martinů: Scherzo for Flute & Piano, H. 174a
Jirak: Flute Sonata, Op. 32
20. I. Allegro
21. II. Calmo
22. III. Allegro energico
During the last decade of the 19th century a generation of Central European composers emerged that was to exert a powerful influence on the current of contemporary music. Yet, for the most part, their works for flute remain little known and a number of pieces included in this album are world premieres. Kornauth, Weigl, Mittler and Petyrek were tied to Vienna’s cultural milieu, while others such as Harsányi, Mihalovici and Martinů gravitated to Paris. Prague-born Karel Jirák’s Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 32 is without doubt an important addition to the recorded catalogue of flute music.