Erwin Schulhoff's Flute Sonata, written in 1927, features four short movements interwoven in a way that evokes an earlier suite, with substantial folk melodic materials and rhythmic complexities.
Composer Biography
Mélanie Bonis, a French composer, signed her Sonata for Flute and Piano under the name Mel Bonis to hide her gender, as exemplified by Camille Saint-Saëns' amazed reaction to her compositions.
Composition History
Mélanie Bonis's Sonata for Flute and Piano, a large-scale composition, was dedicated to Louis Fleury, a leading flautist and close friend, and represents a high level of confidence for Bonis as a person and musician.
Composition History
Philippe Gaubert's Suite, written during the peak of his career, is dedicated to four key colleagues who were titans of the French flute heritage, including Georges Barrère and Louis Fleury.
Composer Biography
Erwin Schulhoff, a Jewish-German composer born in Prague, had his music labeled as degenerate by the Nazis in the 1930s due to his background and association with communist ideology.
Performer Biography
Idit Shemer, the flautist on this album, is the first flautist of the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra and plays flutes ranging from early Baroque instruments to the modern flute.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Oded Zehavi, a leading Israeli composer, describes his Sonata No. 2 'Ayelet HaShachar' as a musical study on communication, exploring questions about togetherness and individual roles in an ensemble.
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