Henze, C.P.E. Bach & Mozart: Konzerte for Flute & Harp

Featuring

Yuki Kasai
Maria Cecilia Muñoz
Sarah O'Brien
Kammerorchester Basel
Hans Werner Henze
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Composer Biography

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, whose music is featured on this album, was known as a 'Stürmer und Dränger' of music and an eccentric representative of expressive subjectivity.

Compositional Technique

Hans Werner Henze's 'I sentimenti di Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach' is a transcription of a C.P.E. Bach fantasia, aiming to project its harmonic material into a larger instrumental setting.

Performer Biography

Maria Cecilia Muñoz, the flutist on this album, won the 1st Grand Prix at the 'Beijing Nicolet International Flute Competition China' in 2010, one of the world's most prestigious flute competitions.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Hans Werner Henze, a composer featured on this album, believed in radical freedom for composers in choosing their means, audiences, and performance venues.

Performer Biography

Sarah O'Brien, the harpist on this album, was the principal harpist for over 20 years with both the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam and the Munich Philharmonic.

Composition History

Mozart's Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra was written for the Duc de Guînes, Adrien-Louis Bonnières de Souastre, and his daughter, who were the Duke a flutist and his daughter a harpist.