Flute Matsuishi Takashi Fritz, Ph.D.
Piano Ruike Yui

Hüe : Fantaisie
This piece, composed in 1913 for the Paris Conservatory Competition, begins with a cadenza-like passage in the flute, and once heard, it has a vivid image that cannot be forgotten. It is a mysterious world where dramatic tension and a touch of melancholy harmonize. The très vif section reflects Hüe's impressions of the Orient, where he loved to travel.

Albert Franz Doppler : Fantaisie pastorale hongroise Op. 26
Doppler was a 19th-century flute virtuoso, composer, conductor, and educator. He was born in Lemberg, an Austrian imperial territory, and learned to play the flute from his father, an oboe player. At 17, he was appointed principal flute player of the German Theatre Orchestra in Budapest. At 20, he was the principal flute player of the Hungarian National Theatre Orchestra. After this, he and his brother Karl, four years younger, formed a duo that performed with great success throughout Europe. He also served as the principal player and conductor of the Court Orchestra of Vienna. He was entrusted with the orchestration of Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody". Thus, he was active in many fields, which may have led to the creation of this masterpiece. The original, with orchestral accompaniment, consists of three parts and is in the style of the czardases favoured by the gipsies. The introduction is music that embraces the sentiments linking Hungary and the Orient. In the middle section, the music turns to a major key and is free and vigorous. In the finale, dance rhythms are used to great effect, and the piece closes with a spectacular development.

César Franck : Sonata in A major for piano and flute
This is a flute arrangement of Franck's famous masterpiece of a violin sonata. It was composed in 1886, in the composer's last year of life at the age of 64, as a wedding present for the great violinist Eugène Ysaÿe. Throughout the entire work, the singing qualities of the violin and the profound harmony of the piano are fully utilized, resulting in a wonderful piece of chamber music. The contrast between static and dynamic expression, the exquisiteness of harmonic and counterpoint expression, and the cyclic form, a technique that gives the entire work a sense of unity, make the work structurally compelling. During Frank's lifetime, it has also been performed on the flute.

1. Fantaisie (Georges Hue)
2. Fantaisie pastorale hongroise Op 26 (Albert Franz Doppler)
3. Sonata in A major for piano and flute - I Allegretto ben moderato (Cesar Franck)
4. Sonata in A major for piano and flute - II Allegro (Cesar Franck)
5. Sonata in A major for piano and flute - III Ben moderato (Cesar Franck)
6. Sonata in A major for piano and flute - IV Allegretto poco mosso (Cesar Franck)

Listen to: the entire album.

Release date: 09/16/2022
Matsuishi Takashi Fritz lives in Hokkaido Japan

Tagged as: Classical, Instrumental Classical, Flute

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