All three works on this album are arrangements, with flutist Qiling Chen's own transcription of Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 5 being a central piece.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in January 2021 at Musikinsel Rheinau, with Marcel Babazadeh handling recording, editing, mixing, and mastering.
Performer Biography
Yoshiko Iwai, the pianist, won the West Japan Youth Music Competition at the age of 13 and later received the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Prize in Berlin.
Performer Biography
Qiling Chen, the flutist on this album, began studying the flute at age nine and won second prize in China's National Flute Competition by age sixteen.
Performer Biography
Qiling Chen, the flutist, has founded and organized several international flute competitions and festivals, including the Nicolet International Flute Competition in China.
Compositional Technique
The Serenade, Op. 41, consists of seven contrasting movements, following the classical serenade tradition that composers like Haydn and Mozart also contributed to.
Composition History
Beethoven's Serenade for Flute and Piano, Op. 41, is an arrangement of his earlier Serenade, Op. 25, which was originally scored for flute, violin, and viola.
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