Catalogue # 0842302
Emmanuel Pahud performs music written for and by the gifted flautist, composer and patron of the arts, King Frederick the Great of Prussia. The release features concerti, solo sonatas and chamber works by J S Bach, CPE Bach, Johann Joachim Quantz, Franz Benda, Johann Friedrich Agricola, Anna Amalia von Preussen and Frederick the Great.
Joining Pahud are the period instrument ensemble Kammerakademie Potsdam and renowned harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock. 'The Flute King' anticipates the 300th anniversary, in January 2012, of the birth of an enlightened monarch whose love of music changed the musical scene in continental Europe.
Agricola, J F: Flute sonata in A major
Bach, C P E: Flute Concerto in A major, Wq.168/H.438
Flute Sonata in A minor
Flute Sonata in G major
Bach, J S: Trio Sonata from the Musical Offering, BWV1079
Benda, Franz: Flute Concerto in E minor
Frederick II: Flute Concerto No. 3 in C major
Flute Sonata in B minor
Preussen: Flute sonata in F major
Quantz: Flute Concerto, QV 5:174 in G major (No. 161)
Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Matthew Truscott (violin) & Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord & conductor)
Kammerakademie Potsdam
