The Flute

The Flute

Apple Music Classical

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, English Chamber Orchestra, Stephanie Gonley

8:38

Ballo [4]

La Nuova Musica, David Bates

3:43

II. Adagio ma non troppo

Emmanuel Pahud, Kammerorchesterbasel, Giovanni Antonini

4:56

Concertino for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 107

Manuela Wiesler, Philippe Auguin, Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester

8:45

Sonatine for Flute and Orchestra

John Wilson, Sinfonia of London, Adam Walker

9:30

II. Andante sostenuto

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Emmanuel Pahud, David Zinman

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

James Galway, Phillip Moll, Sarah Cunningham

3:45

IV. Allegro

Sarah Cunningham, Phillip Moll, James Galway

4:30

II. Romance. Larghetto

Antonin Hradil, Bruno Meier, Prague Chamber Orchestra

5:30

III. Allegro assai

Hansjörg Schellenberger, Emmanuel Pahud

5:37

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

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

11:13

Allegro

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

8:07

I. Allegro con fermezza

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

14:17

III. Allegro molto

Adam Walker, Ryan Wigglesworth, Hallé

8:08

I. Allegro

Tatjana Ruhland, Timo Handschuh, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

11:18

I. Allegro

Patrick Gallois, Svenska Kammarorkestern

9:20

I. Allegro molto moderato

Alexander Liebreich, SWR Symphonieorchester, Tatjana Ruhland

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

Luisa Sello, Johannes Jess Kropfitsch

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

Vincent Lucas, Emmanuel Strosser, Orchestre De Paris

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

Ewa Kupiec, Marina Piccinini

4:44

Volières

Charles Dutoit, Cristina Ortiz, Pascal Rogé, London Sinfonietta

1:12

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

Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon, Sabine Devieilhe

4:54

II. Intermezzo (Arr. by Ernest Guiraud)

François Leleux, Scottish Chamber Orchestra

2:23

III. Menuet

Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra

3:56

IV. Saltarello. Presto (Live)

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

5:39

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

Vladimir Ashkenazy, The Cleveland Orchestra

9:04

Pantomime -

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

6:45

III. The Firebird's Variation [Live]

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons

1:14

III. Andantino

Marek Janowski, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

4:01

II. Andantino semplice - Prestissimo

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

6:47

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

Seiji Ozawa, Saito Kinen Orchestra

14:24