Leclair, Bach & Quants: Music for Two Flutes and Harpsichord
9/1/2013, 18 Tracks, 54:20
Featuring
Maxence Larrieu
Shigeko Tojo
Shin-ichiro Nakano
Jean-Marie Leclair
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Joachim Quantz
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Composer's Artistic Vision
Johann Sebastian Bach achieved a very innovative synthesis of different European musical traditions, reflecting the 18th-century tradition of exchange.
Composer Biography
Johann Joachim Quantz, a German composer, was decisively influenced by his encounter in Dresden in 1718 with the French flautist Pierre Gabriel Buffardin, a great virtuoso with whom he studied the instrument.
Composer Biography
Jean-Marie Leclair, a French composer born in Lyons, was appointed master of ballet in Turin in 1722 and studied with a disciple of Corelli.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Quantz's works express a love for French and Italian styles, learned from Buffardin and Francesco Gasparini, which he was able to develop freely due to his privileged position, despite it not being widespread in Germany.
Composer Biography
Johann Joachim Quantz enjoyed an extremely privileged social position, chosen by Frederick of Prussia to be his teacher and later named 'Personal Musician to the King and Court Composer'.
Performer Biography
Maxence Larrieu, a representative of the French flute school, studied with Joseph Rampal and won the 1st Prize at the Geneva International Flute Competition in 1956.
Historical Context
While national styles existed, the Baroque era saw significant European interpenetration of musical works, with musicians frequenting various courts and meeting each other.
