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Wiesler, Manuela: Small Is Beautiful - Short Pieces for Solo Flute

9/30/1998, 31 Tracks, 1:09:20

Featuring

  • Manuela Wiesler
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Dinu Lipatti
  • Hugo Alfvén
  • Edgar Varèse
  • Georg Philipp Telemann
  • Pierre-Octave Ferroud
  • Adina Izarra
  • Erland von Koch
  • Bill Holcombe
  • Jón Nordal
  • Gunnar Hahn
  • Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
  • Claude Debussy
  • Jean Donjon
  • Alan Hovhaness
  • Charles Koechlin
  • Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson
  • André Jolivet
  • Matheus André Reichert

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Album & Artwork

The album's title, "Small is Beautiful," is a reference to the 1973 book "Small is Beautiful. A Study of Economics as if People Mattered" by Ernst Friedrich Schumacher.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

The album's concept was inspired by the flutist Manuela Wiesler's experience with a kaleidoscope at a Christmas market, leading her to assemble a collection of short, colorful musical pieces.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Manuela Wiesler has inspired over 50 new pieces to be written specifically for her and her flute, demonstrating her ambition to broaden the instrument's horizons.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

The flutist, Manuela Wiesler, encourages listeners to experiment with the order of the pieces, suggesting a "RANDOM" playback for a kaleidoscopic experience.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Manuela Wiesler, the flutist on this album, was born in Brazil in 1955, grew up in Vienna, and studied with prominent flutists like James Galway and Aurèle Nicolet.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The recording sessions for this album took place in a country church in Sweden.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

Manuela Wiesler performs on a Brannen-Cooper flute, Boston, No. 2901.

Source: Booklet

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