Andersen: Etudes and Salon Music

Featuring

Kyle Dzapo
A. Matthew Mazzoni
Cesare Ciardi
Carl Joachim Andersen

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Compositional Technique

Andersen's etudes for solo flute often feature an intricate melody-and-accompaniment texture, using arpeggios and passing tones to create dazzling perpetual motion.

Notable Performances

Joachim Andersen was selected as soloist for the Berlin Philharmonic's inaugural concert on October 17, 1882, where he performed Cesare Ciardi's Le carnaval russe.

Composer Biography

Joachim Andersen, a spectacular flautist, was a founding member of the Berlin Philharmonic and an important force during the orchestra's early years.

Composer Biography

Joachim Andersen's career as a performing flautist ended tragically in 1892 due to an illness that caused paralysis of the tongue.

Performer Biography

Kyle Dzapo, the flautist on this album, is considered the foremost authority on Joachim Andersen and has published a bio-bibliography of the composer.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Despite facing personal difficulties, Joachim Andersen continued to compose and arrange lighthearted works, such as adaptations of Isidor Dannström's Swedish Polka-Songs and a fantasy on Mozart's Don Giovanni.