Kronke, Reger & Others: Works for Flute & Piano

Featuring

Christina Fassbender
Florian Wiek
Sigfrid Karg-Elert
Emil Kronke
Carl Frühling
Max Reger

Carl Reinecke

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Composer Biography

Carl Reinecke, a composer featured on this album, was a prominent figure in Leipzig, directing Gewandhaus concerts and teaching at the conservatory from 1860 to 1895.

Historical Context

Many of the composers on this album, including Carl Reinecke, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, and Emil Kronke, are associated with the musical city of Leipzig.

Composer Biography

Carl Frühling, a composer on this album, was born in Lemberg (now Lviv, Ukraine) and settled in Vienna, where he won the Liszt Prize at the Conservatory of the Society of Friends of Music.

Composer Biography

Two composers on this album, Sigfrid Karg-Elert and Emil Kronke, were pupils of Carl Reinecke at the Leipzig Conservatory.

Instruments

Sigfrid Karg-Elert, a composer on this album, was fascinated by the 'Boehm flute', a new type of traverse flute developed in the mid-19th century by Theobald Boehm, which offered greater virtuosic potential.

Performer Biography

Christina Fassbender, the flutist on this album, was principal flautist at Berlin's Komische Oper from 1999 to 2012 and has also played with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

Compositional Technique

Sigfrid Karg-Elert's Sonata op. 21, despite having three distinct movements, forms one large sonata movement through its use of tonality, as demonstrated by Stephanie DiMauro.