The Flute

The Flute

Apple Music Flute

Whether as a sprightly solo instrument or adding a halo to the orchestra, the flute has an ancient history. Its range, up to three octaves from middle C, makes it the highest sound in a modern orchestra, which grants it a special quality much loved by composers. Whether languid and sultry, as used by Debussy in his “L’après-midi d’un faune,” or evocative of folk song (Bizet’s L’Arlésienne), or sinuous (Lowell Liebermann’s concerto), the flute has entranced composers for years, and continues to do so.

Syrinx

Andreas Haefliger

3:24

I. Allegro maestoso

Stephanie Gonley, Ana de la Vega, English Chamber Orchestra

8:38

Ballo [4]

David Bates, La Nuova Musica

3:43

II. Adagio ma non troppo

Kammerorchesterbasel, Giovanni Antonini, Emmanuel Pahud

4:56

Concertino for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 107

Philippe Auguin, Manuela Wiesler, Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester

8:45

Sonatine for Flute and Orchestra

Sinfonia of London, Adam Walker, John Wilson

9:30

II. Andante sostenuto

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, David Zinman, Emmanuel Pahud

7:04

I. Allegro moderato

Philharmonia Orchestra, Samuel Coles, Paavo Järvi

11:10

II. Intermezzo - Allegro vivace

Yefim Bronfman, Emmanuel Pahud

3:33

I. Adagio ma non tanto

Sarah Cunningham, Phillip Moll, James Galway

3:45

IV. Allegro

James Galway, Sarah Cunningham, Phillip Moll

4:30

II. Romance. Larghetto

Antonin Hradil, Bruno Meier, Prague Chamber Orchestra

5:30

III. Allegro assai

Emmanuel Pahud, Hansjörg Schellenberger

5:37

I. Allegro di molto - Cadenza: C. P. E. Bach

Karl-Heinz Schröter, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra, Klaus Kirbach, Patrick Gallois, Peter Schreier, Harald Winkler

11:13

Allegro

Lorenzo Ferraro, Gruppo srumentale veneto Gian Francesco Malipiero, Silvia Massarelli

8:07

I. Allegro con fermezza

Enrique Arturo Diemecke, Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, Sharon Bezaly

14:17

III. Allegro molto

Hallé, Ryan Wigglesworth, Adam Walker

8:08

I. Allegro

Timo Handschuh, Tatjana Ruhland, Southwest German Chamber Orchestra

11:18

I. Allegro

Svenska Kammarorkestern, Patrick Gallois

9:20

I. Allegro molto moderato

Alexander Liebreich, Tatjana Ruhland, SWR Symphonieorchester

8:18

Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy, Op. 26

Jiwon Suh

10:24

I. Allegro malincolico

Sharon Bezaly, Ronald Brautigam

4:10

Flute Sonata, H. 306: II. Adagio

Johannes Jess Kropfitsch, Luisa Sello

6:14

Andante pastoral

Laurent Wagschal, Les Solistes de l'orchestre de Paris

3:46

Scherzettino

Les Solistes de l'orchestre de Paris, Laurent Wagschal

1:55

Density 21.5

3:51

Le Merle Noir

Stephen De Pledge, Daniel Pailthorpe, London Conchord Ensemble

6:37

Chant de Linos

Orchestre De Paris, Vincent Lucas, Emmanuel Strosser

11:24

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86 (Live)

London Symphony Orchestra, François-Xavier Roth

9:36

II. Sehr langsam

Eric Le Sage, Emmanuel Pahud

4:02

II. Poetic, somewhat mournful

Jennifer Stinton, Malcolm Martineau

4:20

Sonata Appassionata, Op. 140

5:07

II. Aria. Moderato con moto

Marina Piccinini, Ewa Kupiec

4:44

Volières

Cristina Ortiz, Pascal Rogé, London Sinfonietta, Charles Dutoit

1:11

Nr.49. Aria "Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben"

Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon, Sabine Devieilhe

4:54

II. Intermezzo (Arr. by Ernest Guiraud)

François Leleux, Scottish Chamber Orchestra

2:23

III. Menuet

London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

3:56

IV. Saltarello. Presto (Live)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Chamber Orchestra of Europe

5:39

Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils

Vladimir Ashkenazy, The Cleveland Orchestra

9:09

Pantomime -

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

6:45

III. The Firebird's Variation [Live]

Mariss Jansons, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

1:14

III. Andantino

WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Marek Janowski

4:01

II. Andantino semplice - Prestissimo

Antonio Pappano, Orchestra dell'Academia nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Beatrice Rana

6:47

I. Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

Seiji Ozawa, Saito Kinen Orchestra

14:24