Czech Flute Music - Schulhoff, Feld, Martinu, Dvorak

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Cat No: AV2219

Release Date: 25 June 2012

Label: Avie

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 822252221923

Genres: Classical

Description
On his seventh solo recording for Avie, Jeffrey Khaner, Principal Flute of the Philadelphia Orchestra, delivers virtuoso performances of Czech Flute Music of the late 19th and 20th centuries.

Jeffrey Khaner, Principal Flute of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 1990, is one of the most highly regarded flute soloists in the world. With half a dozen Avie recordings to his credit, he turns in another virtuosic performance of sonatas by Czech composers of the late 19th and 20th centuries. Dvorak's familiar Sonatina and Martinu's first Flute Sonata were both written during the composers' time in America and exhibit their respective influences, in Dvorák's case the native American and Negro spirituals that he assimilated into so many of his later works, in Martinu an overt optimism and bird song he encountered during a Massachusetts retreat. 20th century composer Jindrich Feld spent much time teaching in America; his bravura Flute Sonata of 1957 was dedicated to Jean-Pierre Rampal. Schulhoff never set foot in America but embraced jazz, a style heard throughout his Flute Sonata.

Personnel: Jeffrey Khaner (flute), Charles Abramovic (piano)

Critical acclaim for Jeffrey Khaner:

"An excellent disc...a recording with integrity." - MusicWeb International (German Flute Music)

"Strongly recommended." - Fanfare (The Romantic Flute)

"Virtuosity aplenty." - Gramophone (French Flute Music)

"A well-varied, well-played and wholly absorbing chamber programme...Flute recitals don't come much more absorbing." - Gramophone (British Flute Music)

"(10/10 ) Well-recorded and imaginative disc...a large, muscular tone that modulates effortlessly to the music at hand." - ClassicsToday.com (American Flute Music)
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