Frederick II the Great - 9 Sonatas for Flute & Harpsichord
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 96538
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 25th February 2022
Contents
Works
Frederick II, King of Prussia 'The Great'
Flute Sonata no.111 in E flat majorFlute Sonata no.114 in C minor
Flute Sonata no.117 in A major
Flute Sonata no.119 in A minor
Flute Sonata no.154 in E minor
Flute Sonata no.188 in C major
Flute Sonata no.190 in C minor
Flute Sonata no.214 in D minor
Flute Sonata no.263 in B minor
Artists
Gian-Luca Petrucci (flute)Paola Pisa (harpsichord)
Works
Frederick II, King of Prussia 'The Great'
Flute Sonata no.111 in E flat majorFlute Sonata no.114 in C minor
Flute Sonata no.117 in A major
Flute Sonata no.119 in A minor
Flute Sonata no.154 in E minor
Flute Sonata no.188 in C major
Flute Sonata no.190 in C minor
Flute Sonata no.214 in D minor
Flute Sonata no.263 in B minor
Artists
Gian-Luca Petrucci (flute)Paola Pisa (harpsichord)
About
In The Present State of Music in Germany, the Netherlands, and United Provinces, the English composer, organist and distinguished music historian Charles Burney (1726–1814) described Frederick’s performing style as follows: ‘his embouchure was clear and even, his fingers brilliant, and his taste pure and simple. I was much pleased, and even surprised by the neatness of his execution in the allegros, as well as by his expression and feeling in the adagios.’
In Potsdam Frederick had teachers of extraordinary skill, ranging from Johann Joachim Quantz to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and while he was certainly influenced by their style, he also proposed a style of his own that was not only closely associated with forms of ‘recitative’ influenced by vocal music, but also inspired – in certain respects – by his masonic faith. In fact, in his music one finds interesting esoteric symbolisms associated with numerology, masonic keys and the concept of the initiatory journey.
Almost all the sonatas for flute and continuo are in three movements in an ascending progression of tempos: Adagio, Allegro, Presto. Of particular interest is the Sonata in C minor (King’s Catalogue no.190) in which an introductory Recitativo and an Andante cantabile lead to the closing movement, which is a Fugue (the only example of this genre of composition in all his works). Moreover, the subject of the fugue includes an evident reference to the ‘Thema Regium’, the famous theme that the King gave to Johann Sebastian Bach during their meeting in Potsdam in 1747, which formed the basis of the Musical Offering, BWV1079.
Recorded in June of 2021 at Canepina (Viterbo), Italy
Booklet in English contains notes on the composer and his music by performer Gian-Luca Petrucci, and biographies of the artists
Gian-Luca Petrucci plays a flute by Jack Moore (no.397); Paola Pisa plays a French Harpsichord by Andrea Di Maio (2018), after Tibaut (1681)
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