Quantz: 7 Flute Sonatas
Label: HUNGAROTON Catalog: HCD32617 Format: CD Oleskiewicz; Vial; SchulenbergComposed by: Quantz, Johann Joachim Johann Joachim Quantz (1697–1773) was the foremost German virtuoso flautist of his day, composing in excess of 500 works during the course of his long career. The works presented here reveal the composer’s continuing adaptation to changes in musical taste and his adoption of new musical forms. All seven flute sonatas appearing on this disc of world premiere recordings were performed from unpublished music manuscripts once belonging to Frederick “the Great,” King of Prussia from 1740-86. Price: $28.98 |