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

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Brilliant Classics
Release Date
February 11, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Frederick II The Great
    • PERFORMER
      Gian-Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 11, 2022
    • UPC
      5028421965383
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI96538
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Affettuoso

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    2. II. Allegro

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    3. III. Allegro

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    4. I. Grave e cantabile

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    5. II. Allegro ma non tanto

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    6. III. Presto

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    7. I. Grave e affettuoso

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    8. II. Allegro ma non molto

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    9. III. Tempo giusto

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    10. I. Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    11. II. Allegro

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    12. III. Allegro scherzando

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    13. I. Grave

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    14. II. Allegro assai

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    15. III. Presto

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    16. I. Grave

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    17. II. Allegro

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    18. III. Tempo giusto

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    19. I. Recitativo

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    20. II. Andante e cantabile

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    21. III. Alla breve

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    22. I. Andante

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    23. II. Allegro

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    24. III. Presto

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    25. I. Siciliano

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    26. II. Allegro assai

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa

    27. III. Vivace assai

      Composer: Frederick II (King of Prussia)

      Performer: Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa


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.