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Nielsen, Jolivet & Ibert: Concertos pour flûte - Kennan: Night Soliloquy

11/1/2013, 8 Tracks, 55:26

Featuring

  • Chang-Kook Kim
  • Soyoung Lee
  • Ensemble of Tokyo
  • Carl August Nielsen
  • André Jolivet
  • Jacques Ibert
  • Kent Kennan

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Performer Biography

Soyoung Lee, the flutist on this recording, has won numerous competitions in America, including the Flute Talk Magazine Competition and the New York Flute Club Competition.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Jacques Ibert's Flute Concerto's second movement is filled with deep sentiment because he received news of his father's death after completing the first movement.

Source: Booklet

Notable Performances

Marcel Moyse, a renowned flutist, premiered Ibert's Flute Concerto just one week after its completion, learning it on a train while on a concert tour.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album, featuring three difficult concertos and a piece by Kennan, was recorded in just three days in August 2009.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Chang-Kook Kim, who wrote the program notes and founded the Ensemble of Tokyo, won the 1st prize of the Japan Music Concours in 1967 and the 2nd prize (1st awarded) at the Geneva International Music Competition in 1969.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The concertos by Ibert, Nielsen, and Jolivet are considered the "Three Greatest Flute Concertos in the 20th Century."

Source: Booklet

Instruments

Soyoung Lee performs on a Muramatsu 18k gold flute with an 18k Faulisi headjoint for this recording.

Source: Booklet

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