Flute Concerto in D major Op. 283

In a letter dating from 1777 Mozart reported to his father from Mannheim that Johann Baptist Wendling principal Flautist of the famous Mannheim Orchestra had been approached by a wealthy Dutch businessman by the name of De Jean who was prepared to pay 200 gulden for three easy flute concertos and four flute quartets for his own use. Mozart accepted the commission. By the day before the Dutchman left Mozart had delivered only three of the quartets andtwo concertos for which he had been paid 964 gulden. The composer who was himself being pressed by his father to continue his own journey to Paris with his mother was full of excuses writing back to Salzburg on 14 February 'It is not surprising I have been unable to finish them for I never have a single hour's quiet here...Moreover you know I become quite powerless when I am obliged to write for an instrument I can't stand.' There is more than a hint of disingenuousness in Mozart's words for this was the height of the period during which he was being distracted from his work by his new-found love for the Mannheim singer Aloysia Weber. (He ultimatelymarried her sister Constanze.) If Mozart's dislike of the Flute was as great as he claimed there are few signs in the Flute Concerto No.1 in G major particularly in the expressive central Adagio ma non troppo. The outermovements are an Allegro maestoso and a concluding Rondo: Tempo di Menuetto. The work is scored for two oboes (replaced by flutes in the Adagio) two horns and strings. This Great Performers' Edition is edited byJames Galway.

Flute Concerto in G Major 2 CD-Set-Performed by Gyorgi Spassov flute Accompaniment: Plovdiv Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Nayden Todorov MMO presents a brand-new digital recording of one of our all-time best-selling albums: Mozart's magnificent Flute Concerto No. 2 along with Quantz's G-major Concerto. Both are masterpieces at the top of the repertoire. An essential album for every flutist! This deluxe 2 CD set includes a slow-tempo practice version of each piece to help you as you learn. Includes a printed music score on high-quality ivory paper; and a digital stereo compact disc voluminously indexed for your convenience containing a complete version with soloist; then a second performance of the orchestralaccompaniment minus you the soloist; and a second compact disc containing a repeat of the full-speed recording of the complete version followed by a -20% reduced-tempo version of the accompaniment for practice purposes.

Konzert für Flöte Streicher und Basso continuo-From among the nearly 300 flute concertos by Johann Joachim Quantz the flute teacher of King Frederick the Great the G-major work QV 5:174 has been enjoying a very special popularity ever since its rediscovery by the Dresden flautist Moritz F?rstenau in the late 19th century. The principal source for the present Urtext edition is the set of parts of the first performance which took place in Berlin's Charlottenburg Palace in 1745. This source assumes a unique significance due to the many entries and emendations in the hand of the composer.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's (1756-1791) Flute Concerto in D is an adaptation of the original Oboe Concerto in C which the composer reworked in 1778. The Concerto remains widely studied and performed on both instruments making it one of the more important Concerti in the woodwind repertoire. Concerto in D is in three movements; 1. Allegro aperto 2. Adagio non troppo and 3. Rondo: Allegretto. The first and last movements are in the tonic key whilst the second movement is in the subdominant key of G major. All three movements contain a cadenza which initially would have been left forthe performer to improvise. However cadenzas have since been written including those of Johannes Donjon (1839-1912). Donjon was a prominent flautist of his time and his understanding of Mozart's Flute Concerto in D is second to none making his cadenzas well-informed and essential to performers of the concerto.

Music Minus One Flute-From the Italian master of Baroque music comes this collection of three magnificent flute concerti. The F-major concerto taken from Vivaldi's Opus 10 collection is particularly notable as in it Vivaldi slightly reworked his legendary RV442 treble recorder concerto using an accompaniment of muted strings throughout. All three of these are perfect for any flutist with a flair for the Baroque. Includes a high-quality printed music score and a compact disc containing a complete performance in split-channel stereo with the soloist on the right channel and a second performance in full stereo minus the soloist. Performed by Vaclave Sykora flute Accompaniment: Czech SymphonyChamber Orchestra Conductor: Mario Klemens

Concerto For Flute And Orchestra D major K. 314 (285d).Flute Solo Oboe (2) Horn (2) Strings.The New Mozart Edition offers researchers a musicologically unimpeachable text based on all the available sources (first and foremost Mozart's autograph manuscripts). At the same time it also serves as an aid to authentic performances.BÄRENREITER URTEXT:In the international music world ?Bärenreiter Urtext? is synonymous with performing editions in which the musical text has been prepared using clearly formulated scholarly critical criteria. Editors which include prominent musicologists as well as musicians take all availablesources into account thus guaranteeing an authentic musical text which represents the latest in musicological research.For Bärenreiter ?Urtext? is more than just a label it is also a pledge and a guarantee for sheet music performing editions that present the authentic text and the latest findings of scholarly research enabling musicians to get as close to the composer?s intentions as the surviving sources will allow. There are no arbitrary editorial additions and the quality of the musical text is matched by an appearance on the page that satisfies the most discerning eye.

Concerto For Flute And Orchestra D major K. 314 (285d).Flute Solo Oboe (2) Horn (2) Strings.The New Mozart Edition offers researchers a musicologically unimpeachable text based on all the available sources (first and foremost Mozart's autograph manuscripts). At the same time it also serves as an aid to authentic performances.BÄRENREITER URTEXT:In the international music world ?Bärenreiter Urtext? is synonymous with performing editions in which the musical text has been prepared using clearly formulated scholarly critical criteria. Editors which include prominent musicologists as well as musicians take all availablesources into account thus guaranteeing an authentic musical text which represents the latest in musicological research.For Bärenreiter ?Urtext? is more than just a label it is also a pledge and a guarantee for sheet music performing editions that present the authentic text and the latest findings of scholarly research enabling musicians to get as close to the composer?s intentions as the surviving sources will allow. There are no arbitrary editorial additions and the quality of the musical text is matched by an appearance on the page that satisfies the most discerning eye.

Concerto For Flute And Orchestra D major K. 314 (285d).Flute Solo Oboe (2) Horn (2) Strings.The New Mozart Edition offers researchers a musicologically unimpeachable text based on all the available sources (first and foremost Mozart's autograph manuscripts). At the same time it also serves as an aid to authentic performances.BÄRENREITER URTEXT:In the international music world ?Bärenreiter Urtext? is synonymous with performing editions in which the musical text has been prepared using clearly formulated scholarly critical criteria. Editors which include prominent musicologists as well as musicians take all availablesources into account thus guaranteeing an authentic musical text which represents the latest in musicological research.For Bärenreiter ?Urtext? is more than just a label it is also a pledge and a guarantee for sheet music performing editions that present the authentic text and the latest findings of scholarly research enabling musicians to get as close to the composer?s intentions as the surviving sources will allow. There are no arbitrary editorial additions and the quality of the musical text is matched by an appearance on the page that satisfies the most discerning eye.

Flute 2-CD Set-Performed by Jeffery Zook flute Accompaniment: Stuttgart Festival Orchestra Conductor: Emil Kahn Little need be said about this eternally popular flute concerto a standard of the repertoire. Here sensitively performed by Jeffery Zook for your reference then repeated again minus you the flute soloist! Includes a high-quality printed solo part and a digitally remastered compact disc containing a complete version with soloist then a second recording of the orchestral accompaniment minus the soloist; and a second compact disc featuring the complete version again followed by a -20% slow-tempo accompaniment for practice purposes.