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Böhm: Works for Flute / Gian-Luca Petrucci
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Böhm: Works for Flute / Gian-Luca Petrucci

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Composer
Theobald Bohm
Artist
Gian-Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
May 10, 2024
Catalog #
BRI96862
UPC
5028421968629

About

Theobald Böhm, who was born in Munich on 9 April 1794, was among the most accomplished German flautists of his age and was a composer and an ingenious inventor who perfected the construction of the flute.

Over and above his commitment to scientific and organological research, Böhm pursued activities as a composer for his instrument and continued to make transcriptions of celebrated works by the Classical and Romantic masters right up until his death on 25 November 1881. In both his pieces based on original themes and the series of variations on melodies drawn either from popular operas or from well-known popular tunes, the stylistic techniques distinguishing his compositions were fully in line with the fashions of his day.

Of a very different nature, on the other hand, is the sophistication displayed in his search for an elevated and musically complex idiomatic language for the flute in his transcriptions of works by the great composers, including Christoph Willibald Gluck, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the two near-contemporaries Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert. The decision to make transcribed versions of celebrated vocal or instrumental pieces was an eloquent way of stressing that the 'new flute' Böhm had invented could perform works that posed audacious challenges, without any expressive awkwardness. Indeed, the formulas chosen by Böhm to arrange, vary and adapt these celebrated melodies to the flute can be counted among the most original, and in many respects unique, achievements of the age.

What emerges, therefore, is a sort of catalogue of the expressive possibilities of the 'new flute' and an invitation to explore the quality of sound, an aspect which he considered to be his 'primary interest as an artist.'

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 Divertissement sur l'air o cara memoria de Carafa, Op. 6a 14:53
    Track
    1
    Title
    Divertissement sur l'air o cara memoria de Carafa, Op. 6a
    Duration
    14:53
    Composer
    Theobald Boehm
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci
    Ensemble
    Munich University Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Ulrich Nicolai
  2. 2 24 Etudes, Op. 37: No. 4 in G Minor 02:14
    Track
    2
    Title
    24 Etudes, Op. 37: No. 4 in G Minor
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Theobald Boehm
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  3. 3 Orfeo ed Euridice, Act III: Aria: Che faro senza Euridice? (arr. T. Boehm for flute and piano) 03:59
    Track
    3
    Title
    Orfeo ed Euridice, Act III: Aria: Che faro senza Euridice? (arr. T. Boehm for flute and piano)
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  4. 4 Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K. 332: II. Adagio (arr. T. Boehm for flute and piano) 04:42
    Track
    4
    Title
    Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K. 332: II. Adagio (arr. T. Boehm for flute and piano)
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  5. 5 No. 4. Ständchen (Serenade) 04:08
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 4. Ständchen (Serenade)
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  6. 6 No. 10. Das Fischermädchen 03:26
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 10. Das Fischermädchen
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  7. 7 Rondo in A Minor, K. 511 (arr. T. Boehm for flute and piano) 11:37
    Track
    7
    Title
    Rondo in A Minor, K. 511 (arr. T. Boehm for flute and piano)
    Duration
    11:37
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  8. 8 Tre giorni son che Nina (arr. T. Boehm for flute and piano) 03:15
    Track
    8
    Title
    Tre giorni son che Nina (arr. T. Boehm for flute and piano)
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  9. 9 Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068:II. Air, "Air on the G String" (arr. T. Boehm for flute and piano) 03:48
    Track
    9
    Title
    Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068:II. Air, "Air on the G String" (arr. T. Boehm for flute and piano)
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  10. 10 Serenade in D Major, Op. 25 (arr. T. Boehm for flute and piano) 04:19
    Track
    10
    Title
    Serenade in D Major, Op. 25 (arr. T. Boehm for flute and piano)
    Duration
    04:19
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa