Leclair - Complete Flute Chamber Music
Fenwick Smith (flute), John Gibbons (harpsichord), Laura Blustein (cello), Laura Jeppesen (viola da Gamba) & Christopher Krueger (flute)
Modern pitch and Fenwick's tone suggest a modern flute, but he's no less stylish for all that. Eight solo sonatas and two trios from the founder of the French violin school creating distinctive,...
Leclair - Complete Flute Chamber Music
Fenwick Smith (flute), John Gibbons (harpsichord), Laura Blustein (cello), Laura Jeppesen (viola da Gamba) & Christopher Krueger (flute)
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Modern pitch and Fenwick's tone suggest a modern flute, but he's no less stylish for all that. Eight solo sonatas and two trios from the founder of the French violin school creating distinctive,...
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Among the 48 sonatas Leclair wrote, there are nine which he declared to be suitable for flute. “They sound so comfortable on the instrument that was such a favourite in eighteenth-century France that they have become an invaluable part of the baroque flautist’s repertoire.” Gramophone on a previous release of Leclair’s Flute Sonatas.
Contents and tracklist
- Fenwick Smith, Laura Blustein, John Gibbons
- Fenwick Smith, Laura Blustein, John Gibbons
- Fenwick Smith, Laura Blustein, John Gibbons
- Fenwick Smith, Laura Blustein, John Gibbons
- Fenwick Smith, Laura Jeppesen, John Gibbons
- Fenwick Smith, Laura Blustein, John Gibbons
- Fenwick Smith, Laura Blustein, John Gibbons
- Fenwick Smith, Laura Blustein, John Gibbons
- Fenwick Smith, Laura Blustein, John Gibbons
- Fenwick Smith, Christopher Krueger, Laura Blustein, John Gibbons
Awards and reviews
February 2008
Modern pitch and Fenwick's tone suggest a modern flute, but he's no less stylish for all that. Eight solo sonatas and two trios from the founder of the French violin school creating distinctive, often ingenious, flute music.
[Leclair’s] sonatas have a sparkle which sets them apart from his contemporaries… there is a definite and pervasive sense of personality throughout…. The music, as played here, is fresh and imaginative, with the pre-requisite grandeur as necessary, contrasting the frivolous and technical fast movements and expressive adagios.
