DISCOGRAPHY
A Salon Opera
Period flute and guitar ensemble Flauguissimo Duo make their Resonus debut with this unique programme of works for flute and guitar, A Salon Opera.
Taking its inspiration from the Viennese salon music from the first half of the nineteenth century, when the music of the concert hall and opera was routinely brought into a more domestic setting, the Duo takes us on a journey through the rich repertoire both composed and arranged for the flute and guitar.
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”Genuinely intimate and beautifully played. Worth seeking out.”
- Lark Reviews
“....With magical playing from (Johan) Löfving, the salon atmosphere created could be coming from the pages of Thackeray’s Vanity Fair itself....This album is a joy to listen to from start to finish.”
- TP, Classical Guitar Magazine, 2019
The Oriental Miscellany
Arranged and adapted by William Hamilton Bird, the Oriental Miscellany is the first published transcription of Indian vocal music in Western notation, taken from live performance. Published in Calcutta in 1789 it was considered an important historical source, reflecting Western fascination with the East, and the vogue for Hindustani Airs.
There has already been a lot of interest in this unusual repertoire from the Centre of Indian Music Experience, Bangalore, a short film commissioned by Penguin India about the opium trade by Amitav Ghosh and BBC Radio 4's mega series Incarnations and went to number 16 in the Indian Classical Charts!
“This is an intriguing recording…. a fascinating and agreeable collection.
Jane Chapman uses the harpsichord's features - machine stop, lute stop - to full advantage....a Sonata composed by Bird, which weaves at least eight Hindu airs into standard galant structures, played with flair and panache by flautist Yu-Wei Hu. “
- Noel O’Regan, Early Music Review ✭✭✭✭✭ (in all categories)
"(Jane Chapman) takes full advantage of the sonic effects and exotic possibilities of the restored 1722 Jacob Kirckman harpsichord she has chosen for the recording. The range of colours and textures is dazzling, and at sometimes wonderfully suggestive of an Indian sitar. Delicious improvised additions … The playing is smart, clean, refined and inventive."
- Gramophone
"Remarkably colourful performances…ornamental flourishes unlike anything found in European music of the time."
- Telegraph