4015023243958

Quantz: Flute Concertos

Frank Theuns; Les Buffardins

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Format: CD

Cat No: ACC24395

Release Date:  14 July 2023

Label:  Accent

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  4015023243958

Genres:  Classical  Chamber Music  

  • 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

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Johann Joachim Quantz: Concerto No. 262, QV 5:196: I. Allegro di molto ma con brio
      • 2. II. Larghetto
      • 3. III. Presto
      • 4. Concerto No. 38, QV 5:86: I. Allegretto
      • 5. II. Siciliana
      • 6. III. Presto
      • 7. Concerto No. 193, QV 5:236: I. Allegro di molto ma con spirito
      • 8. II. Andantino
      • 9. III. Piu tosto moderato ma gustoso
      • 10. Concerto No. 29, QV 5:173: I. Allegro assai
      • 11. II. Lento
      • 12. III. Vivace