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

Ana de la Vega, Stephanie Gonley, English Chamber Orchestra

8:38

Ballo [4]

La Nuova Musica, David Bates

3:43

II. Adagio ma non troppo

Kammerorchesterbasel, Emmanuel Pahud, Giovanni Antonini

4:56

Concertino for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 107

Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester, Philippe Auguin, Manuela Wiesler

8:45

Sonatine for Flute and Orchestra

John Wilson, Sinfonia of London, Adam Walker

9:30

II. Andante sostenuto

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, David Zinman, Emmanuel Pahud

7:04

I. Allegro moderato

Samuel Coles, Paavo Järvi, Philharmonia Orchestra

11:10

II. Intermezzo - Allegro vivace

Yefim Bronfman, Emmanuel Pahud

3:33

I. Adagio ma non tanto

Sarah Cunningham, James Galway, Phillip Moll

3:45

IV. Allegro

Phillip Moll, Sarah Cunningham, James Galway

4:30

II. Romance. Larghetto

Bruno Meier, Antonin Hradil, Prague Chamber Orchestra

5:30

III. Allegro assai

Hansjörg Schellenberger, Emmanuel Pahud

5:37

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

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

11:13

Allegro

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

8:07

I. Allegro con fermezza

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

14:17

III. Allegro molto

Ryan Wigglesworth, Hallé, Adam Walker

8:08

I. Allegro

Tatjana Ruhland, Timo Handschuh, 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

Ronald Brautigam, Sharon Bezaly

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

Laurent Wagschal, Les Solistes de l'orchestre de Paris

1:55

Density 21.5

3:51

Le Merle Noir

Stephen De Pledge, Daniel Pailthorpe, London Conchord Ensemble

6:37

Chant de Linos

Emmanuel Strosser, Vincent Lucas, Orchestre De Paris

11:24

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

François-Xavier Roth, London Symphony Orchestra

9:36

II. Sehr langsam

Eric Le Sage, Emmanuel Pahud

4:02

II. Poetic, somewhat mournful

Malcolm Martineau, Jennifer Stinton

4:20

Sonata Appassionata, Op. 140

5:07

II. Aria. Moderato con moto

Marina Piccinini, Ewa Kupiec

4:44

Volières

Cristina Ortiz, Charles Dutoit, Pascal Rogé, London Sinfonietta

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)

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

5:39

Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils, TrV 215a

The Cleveland Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy

9:04

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

Marek Janowski, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

4:01

II. Andantino semplice - Prestissimo

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

6:47

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

Seiji Ozawa, Saito Kinen Orchestra

14:24