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Frederick II the Great: 9 Sonatas for Flute & Harpsichord / Petrucci, Pisa
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Frederick II the Great: 9 Sonatas for Flute & Harpsichord / Petrucci, Pisa

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Composer
Frederick II The Great
Artist
Gian-Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Feb 11, 2022
Catalog #
BRI96538
UPC
5028421965383

About

Though Frederick II of Prussia, better known as “the Great” (1712–1786), was one of the greatest strategists of history; he found a way of reconciling his army life, his battles, and his political determination with his passion for the flute and for music in general. He played every day, even when he was at war, and in the course of his life he composed, among other things, 121 sonatas and 4 concertos for flute, annotating some of these works with the phrase ‘Frederick composed [it] amidst torments’.

In Potsdam Frederick had teachers of extraordinary skill, ranging from Johann Joachim Quantz to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and while he was certainly influenced by their style, he also proposed a style of his own that was not only closely associated with forms of ‘recitative’ influenced by vocal music, but also inspired – in certain respects – by his masonic faith. In fact, in his music one finds interesting esoteric symbolisms associated with numerology, masonic keys and the concept of the initiatory journey. Almost all the sonatas for flute and continuo are in three movements in an ascending progression of tempos: Adagio, Allegro, Presto. Of particular interest is the Sonata in C minor (King’s Catalogue No.190) in which an introductory Recitativo and an Andante cantabile lead to the closing movement, which is a Fugue (the only example of this genre of composition in all his works). Moreover, the subject of the fugue includes an evident reference to the ‘Thema Regium’, the famous theme that the King gave to Johann Sebastian Bach during their meeting in Potsdam in 1747, which formed the basis of the Musical Offering BWV1079.

Tracklist 27 tracks

  1. 1 I. Affettuoso 02:23
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Affettuoso
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  2. 2 II. Allegro 03:06
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  3. 3 III. Allegro 02:42
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  4. 4 I. Grave e cantabile 02:22
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Grave e cantabile
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  5. 5 II. Allegro ma non tanto 02:17
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Allegro ma non tanto
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  6. 6 III. Presto 02:07
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  7. 7 I. Grave e affettuoso 02:15
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Grave e affettuoso
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  8. 8 II. Allegro ma non molto 01:56
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Allegro ma non molto
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  9. 9 III. Tempo giusto 01:54
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Tempo giusto
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  10. 10 I. Andante sostenuto 02:24
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Andante sostenuto
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  11. 11 II. Allegro 01:41
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  12. 12 III. Allegro scherzando 01:36
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Allegro scherzando
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  13. 13 I. Grave 02:48
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Grave
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  14. 14 II. Allegro assai 02:26
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Allegro assai
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  15. 15 III. Presto 01:33
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  16. 16 I. Grave 02:45
    Track
    16
    Title
    I. Grave
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  17. 17 II. Allegro 02:35
    Track
    17
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  18. 18 III. Tempo giusto 01:51
    Track
    18
    Title
    III. Tempo giusto
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  19. 19 I. Recitativo 02:16
    Track
    19
    Title
    I. Recitativo
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  20. 20 II. Andante e cantabile 03:10
    Track
    20
    Title
    II. Andante e cantabile
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  21. 21 III. Alla breve 02:12
    Track
    21
    Title
    III. Alla breve
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  22. 22 I. Andante 02:14
    Track
    22
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  23. 23 II. Allegro 05:11
    Track
    23
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  24. 24 III. Presto 01:43
    Track
    24
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  25. 25 I. Siciliano 04:03
    Track
    25
    Title
    I. Siciliano
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  26. 26 II. Allegro assai 03:40
    Track
    26
    Title
    II. Allegro assai
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  27. 27 III. Vivace assai 02:09
    Track
    27
    Title
    III. Vivace assai
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Frederick II (King of Prussia)
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa