Frederick II (Frederick The Great): Flute Sonatas / Stein, Greger, Marchi

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
September 25, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      FREDERICK II
    • PERFORMER
      Stein, Greger, Marchi
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 25, 2020
    • UPC
      747313425075
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8574250
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Prelude in A Minor

      Composer: Alessandro De Marchi

      Performer: Claudia Stein

    2. I. Andante ma sostenuto

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Claudia Stein, Andreas Greger, Alessandro De Marchi

    3. II. Allegro assai

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Claudia Stein, Andreas Greger, Alessandro De Marchi

    4. III. Allegro e scherzando

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Claudia Stein, Andreas Greger, Alessandro De Marchi

    5. I. Grave

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Claudia Stein, Andreas Greger, Alessandro De Marchi

    6. II. Allegro

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Claudia Stein, Andreas Greger, Alessandro De Marchi

    7. III. Tempo giusto

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Claudia Stein, Andreas Greger, Alessandro De Marchi

    8. Variation I

      Composer: Alessandro De Marchi

      Performer: Claudia Stein, Andreas Greger, Alessandro De Marchi

    9. Variation II

      Composer: Alessandro De Marchi

      Performer: Claudia Stein, Andreas Greger, Alessandro De Marchi

    10. Variation III

      Composer: Alessandro De Marchi

      Performer: Claudia Stein, Andreas Greger, Alessandro De Marchi

    11. Variation IV

      Composer: Alessandro De Marchi

      Performer: Claudia Stein, Andreas Greger, Alessandro De Marchi

    12. Fughe e capricci, Op. 1: I. Preludio

      Composer: Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg

      Performer: Alessandro De Marchi

    13. I. Recitativo

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Claudia Stein, Andreas Greger, Alessandro De Marchi

    14. II. Andante e cantabile

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Claudia Stein, Andreas Greger, Alessandro De Marchi

    15. III. Alla breve

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Claudia Stein, Andreas Greger, Alessandro De Marchi

    16. I. Affettuoso

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Claudia Stein, Andreas Greger, Alessandro De Marchi

    17. II. Allegro

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Claudia Stein, Andreas Greger, Alessandro De Marchi

    18. III. Presto

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Claudia Stein, Andreas Greger, Alessandro De Marchi

    19. I. Grave

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Claudia Stein, Andreas Greger, Alessandro De Marchi

    20. II. Staccato: Allegro di molto

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Claudia Stein, Andreas Greger, Alessandro De Marchi

    21. III. Tempo giusto

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Claudia Stein, Andreas Greger, Alessandro De Marchi

    22. Prelude in G Minor

      Composer: Alessandro De Marchi

      Performer: Andreas Greger

    23. I. Adagio

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Claudia Stein, Andreas Greger, Alessandro De Marchi

    24. II. Moderato

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Claudia Stein, Andreas Greger, Alessandro De Marchi

    25. III. Presto

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Claudia Stein, Andreas Greger, Alessandro De Marchi


Frederick II, King of Prussia, was a gifted musician who built up a court orchestra noted both for its quality and its size. Great musicians such as Graun, Quantz and C.P.E. Bach were members and contributed hugely to its standing. A patron of the fine arts, Frederick was a highly accomplished flautist whose works, performed in small private concerts, show a remarkable range of forms and expressive effects with slow movements offering long-breathed arcs of melody. The pieces by Alessandro De Marchi, conceived in the spirit of improvisation, provide a revealing impression of contemporary performance practice. This new release of Frederick the Great’s flute sonatas relates to the450th anniversary of the Staatskapelle Berlin, first established as the Royal Prussian Court Orchestra by the monarch. Claudia Stein became first flute of the orchestra at the age of 23. She recorded Weinberg’s Flute Concertos for Naxos in 2019 (8.573931), which received 5 stars from Pizzicato: ‘Stein plays them absolutely ravishingly, with a touch of melancholy.’