Release Date: 14 July 2023
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4015023243958
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Composer/Series: Quantz
Description
Johann Joachim Quantz had already made a career as a flautist at the Dresden court in the chapels of Augustus the Strong when he was heard by the young Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia during a state visit to Berlin.
He immediately engaged him as a flute teacher. Later, after he had been crowned king, he hired Quantz as a "court composer" without any obligation to play in the orchestra. His duties were to organise and conduct the royal evening concerts and to give flute lessons to the sovereign.
This obligation gave rise to a large number of concertos, which are, however, little known because only three copies were ever made for the king's various residences, "pour Charlottenbourg", "pour Sans Souci" and "pour le nouveau Palais".
Thus, in 2012, the recording of the renowned transverse flautist Frank Theuns was a great achievement, whose selection of four flute concertos by Johann Joachim Quantz are now available again on CD as a re-release.
Tracklisting
Laefer Quartet
Lina Tur Bonet, Musica Alchemica
Christophe Coin; Orquesta Barroca De Sevilla
Vladimir Fedosseyev/Tschaikowsky Symphony Orchestra
Solomon's Knot
Soloists; Cappella Amsterdam; Orch Of The 18th C; Bruggen
Rodin Quartett
Miriam Feuersinger; Capricornus Consort Basel
Frank Theuns, Les Buffardins
Frank Theuns, Les Buffardins
Frank Theuns; Les Buffardins
