Composer: August Eberhard Müller
Performer: Tatjana Ruhland
Orchestra: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim
Conductor: Timo Handschuh
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 555403-2
Release: 2022
Size: 1.24 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Flute Concerto No. 5 in E minor, Op. 19
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Allegretto con variazioni
Flute Concerto No. 7 in D minor, Op. 22
04. I. Allegro moderato
05. II. Andante grazioso
06. III. Allegro
Flute Concerto No. 8 in F major, Op. 24
07. I. Allegro con spirito
08. II. Adagio cantabile
09. III. Allegro molto
Tatjana Ruhland has been described as “the Paganini of the flute”, and in December 2018 the Tagesspiegel, commenting on her interpretation of Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune with the Berliner Philharmoniker, termed her “a fabulous faun” and declared: “Already the first measures justify the jubilation at the end”. Now she once again is heard as an interpreter on CPO, this time with more flute concertos by August Eberhard Müller. The critics showered her with praise for Vol. 1, for her rendering of the concertos with “inexhaustible musicality” (klassik-heute.com).
The three new Flute Concertos Nos. 5, 7, and 8 show once again that the composer, who dedicated himself to this genre or instrumentation throughout his life, was a great admirer of Mozart. As in the case of almost all his concerto compositions, Müller himself was the soloist in these three works, which enjoyed great popularity and soon numbered among the repertoire pieces for traveling flute virtuosos. His seventh concerto receives tonal reinforcement lending it a special character: trumpets and timpani enhance the overall sound picture. Magnificent!
Opus Klassik prizewinner Tatjana Ruhland has been described as ‘the Paganini of the flute’, and in December 2018 the Tagesspiegel, commenting on her interpretation of Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune with the Berlin Philharmonic, termed her ‘a fabulous faun’ and declared: ‘Already the first measures justify the jubilation at the end’. Now she once again is heard as an interpreter on cpo, this time with more flute concertos by August Eberhard Müller. The critics showered her with praise for Vol. 1, for her rendering of the concertos with ‘inexhaustible musicality’ (klassik- heute.com). The three new Flute Concertos Nos. 5, 7, and 8 show once again that the composer, who dedicated himself to this genre or instrumentation throughout his life, was a great admirer of Mozart. As in the case of almost all his concerto compositions, Müller himself was the soloist in these three works, which enjoyed great popularity and soon numbered among the repertoire pieces for traveling flute virtuosos. His seventh concerto receives tonal reinforcement lending it a special character: trumpets and timpani enhance the overall sound picture. Magnificent!