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Quantz - Complete Flute Sonatas Vol.1
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 97098
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 14th June 2024
Contents
Works
Flute Sonata in B flat major, QV1:153Flute Sonata in B minor, QV1:167
Flute Sonata in E minor, QV1:71
Flute Sonata in E minor, QV1:76
Flute Sonata in F major, QV1:87
Flute Sonata in G major, QV1:97
Flute Sonata in G major, QV1:112
Artists
Benedek Csalog (Baroque flute)Dora Petery (harpsichord)
Works
Flute Sonata in B flat major, QV1:153Flute Sonata in B minor, QV1:167
Flute Sonata in E minor, QV1:71
Flute Sonata in E minor, QV1:76
Flute Sonata in F major, QV1:87
Flute Sonata in G major, QV1:97
Flute Sonata in G major, QV1:112
Artists
Benedek Csalog (Baroque flute)Dora Petery (harpsichord)
About
Quantz’s oeuvre for the transverse flute includes around 300 concertos, 200 sonatas and dozens of chamber music works, yet until the middle of the 20th century, none of his sonatas and only one of his concertos had been performed in concert. Like the concertos, the sonatas are among the finest examples of the genre, integrating progressive composing techniques and a versatile form and structure. The chronology of the sonatas can only be ascertained to a point. For this first instalment in the recording of Quantz’s complete flute sonatas, the selection is linked neither to chronology nor to catalogue number. It features an early composition from Dresden (in B flat major, QV1:153) and showcases a variety of keys across the seven sonatas chosen. Despite the ad hoc order, by the end of the series all known original sonatas will have been covered.
This recording project aims to reconstruct coeval performance conditions as accurately as possible. These efforts include using a replica of an original flute built by Quantz, played at the original pitch (a whole tone lower than standard) and recording in a hall very similar in size, proportions and acoustics to the music hall in Potsdam where so many of Quantz’s famous music evenings took place. The microphone set-up reproduces without any manipulation what the listener would hear at a performance in such a hall, from a distance of about five metres. In the endeavour we encountered several dilemmas, one being the choice of accompanying forces. It is known that at Frederick’s court the use of a keyboard instrument plus a string bass was considered optimal, but we do not know whether this was always realised in practice. In the end it was decided to record most of the sonatas with keyboards only. Another important question, then, was the choice of keyboard: harpsichord or fortepiano. While from the 1740s onwards Frederick had become acquainted with Gottfried Silbermann’s fortepianos and indeed purchased a number of them, the harpsichord remained an important accompanying instrument, and there were many of them at the court.
The Hungarian baroque flute player Benedek Csalog, winner of most prestigious early music competitions, among others Concours Musica Antique, Brugge (Belgium), graduated at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague in the class of Barthold Kuijken. He has been performing as a soloist in most of the European countries, Japan, North and South America, and the Middle East. He was a guest artist at major festivals, such as Utrecht Early Music Festival, Festival van Vlaanderen, Stockholm Early Music Festival, St Petersburg Early Music Festival, etc. He played with iconic artists such as William Christie, Sigiswald Kuijken, Barthold Kuijken and Emma Kirkby as his partners.
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