Bach Sonatas Flute Capa CD
Bach Sonatas Flute Capa CD
Bach Sonatas Flute Capa CD
Flute Sonatas
ANDREA OLIVA
ANGELA HEWITT
NE OF THE MOST DISTINCTIVE CHANGES in the (BWV1017). In the spirited binary Allegro, with its
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ANDREA OLIVA and ANGELA HEWITT
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ANDREA Oliva
Described by Sir James Galway as ‘one of the best flautists Personally invited by Claudio Abbado, he has performed
of his generation’, Andrea Oliva is the principal flautist of with Bologna Mozart Orchestra, at the academy of which he
the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in regularly teaches. From 2001 to 2003 he performed as
Rome. Born in Modena in 1977, he graduated from the principal flautist with the Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera
‘Vecchi-Tonelli’ conservatory, where he studied with in Rome and, in this role, he presently collaborates with
Gabrielle Betti. He has also studied with Claudio Montafia, numerous orchestras such as the Orchestra del Teatro
Glauco Cambursano, Jean-Claude Gérard and Sir James alla Scala in Milan, the Bayerische Rundfunk in Munich,
Galway. Andrea Oliva is the winner of over ten international the Chamber Orchestra of Munich, the Bamberger
competitions, including the first prize in the competition Symphoniker, the ORT in Florence, the Mahler Chamber
held in Kobe, Japan in 2005. As a soloist, he has performed Orchestra, and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
in some of the most important halls in the world: Carnegie He has performed as a soloist with the Orchestra
Hall in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, with
London in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II, the conductors Christopher Hogwood, Myung-whun Chung
prestigious Bunka Kaikan Hall in Tokyo, the Hong Kong and most recently in Nielsen’s Flute Concerto with Sir
Academy, and also in Chile and Cuba. He was a permanent Antonio Pappano (broadcast on Italian television) and the
member of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, and he Italian premiere of Marc-André Dalbavie’s Flute Concerto
attended the Herbert von Karajan Academy. with Manfred Honeck.
At the age of twenty-three he was invited by the Berlin Andrea Oliva is a member of GlobeDuo; he teaches
Philharmonic to perform as Principal under conductors at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia and gives many
such as Claudio Abbado, Lorin Maazel, Valery Gergiev, masterclasses around the world. For more information,
Sakari Oramo, Mariss Jansons and Bernhard Haitink. please see www.andreaoliva.com.
ANGELA Hewitt
Angela Hewitt is a phenomenal artist who has established Born into a musical family, Angela Hewitt began her
herself at the highest level, not least through her award- piano studies at the age of three, performing in public at
winning recordings for Hyperion. Her series of all the four and a year later winning her first scholarship. At the
major keyboard works of Bach has been described as ‘one age of nine she gave her first recital at Toronto’s Royal
of the record glories of our age’. Her discography also Conservatory of Music where she later studied, going on to
includes recordings of Beethoven, Chabrier, Granados, learn with the French pianist Jean-Paul Sévilla. She won the
Messiaen, Rameau, Ravel, Schumann, the complete Viotti Competition in Italy and the Toronto International
Chopin Nocturnes and three discs of Couperin. Bach Competition, and was a top prizewinner in the Bach
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competitions of Leipzig and Washington DC, as well as the
Dino Ciani Competition at La Scala, Milan.
Angela Hewitt appears all over the world in many of the
most prestigious concert halls as recitalist and as soloist
with major orchestras. Her festival appearances have taken
her to Lucerne, Osaka, Prague, Moscow and New York, to
name but a few places. Her own annual Trasimeno Music
Festival takes place each summer in Umbria, Italy, and
features international artists as well as recitals, chamber
music, and concertos from Hewitt herself.
Angela Hewitt was awarded the first ever BBC Radio 3
Listeners’ Award (Royal Philharmonic Society Awards) in
2003. She was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in
2000. She was also awarded an OBE in the Queen’s
Birthday Honours in 2006. She has lived in London since
1985 but also has homes in Canada and Umbria.
In 2006 Angela Hewitt was voted Gramophone’s ‘Artist
of the Year’. Her entire 2007–2008 season was devoted
to performances of the complete Bach Well-Tempered
Clavier in major cities all over the world. A special
DVD lecture-recital entitled ‘Bach Performance on the
Piano’ was released by Hyperion to coincide with this
tour (DVDA68001). For more information, please see
www.angelahewitt.com.
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J. S. BACH Sonates pour flûte
’UNE DES ÉVOLUTIONS LES PLUS MARQUANTES écriture et son charme expressif. L’Allegro moderato initial
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J. S. BACH Flötensonaten
INE DER AUFFALLENDSTEN VERÄNDERUNGEN in Emanuel) sein. Die hohe Qualität ihrer handwerklichen
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Angela Hewitt plays Bach
Two- and three-part Inventions; English Suites;
French Suites; Partitas; Das wohltemperirte
Klavier; Goldberg Variations; Toccatas; French
Overture & Italian Concerto; Fantasia and
Fugue, Aria variata & other works
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‘Hewitt remains today’s finest
exponent of Bach’s keyboard music’
(Gramophone) ‘Hewitt’s playing
radiates joy, wit and profound
understanding of the composer’s
keyboard style. This series is one of the
record glories of our age’ (The Sunday Times) ‘I know of no musician whose Bach
playing on any instrument is of greater subtlety, beauty of tone, persuasiveness of
judgement or instrumental command than Hewitt’s’ (BBC Music Magazine)
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Recorded in Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin, on 16–19 December 2011
Recording Producer LUDGER BÖCKENHOFF
Piano FAZIOLI
Piano Technician GERD FINKENSTEIN
Booklet Editor TIM PARRY
Executive Producer SIMON PERRY
P & C Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMXIII
Front illustration: A young woman in a Russian hat, holding a book (detail)
by Pietro Antonio Rotari (1707–1762)
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Flute Sonatas
1 Sonata in E flat major BWV1031 [11'14]
attribution
4 Sonata in G minor BWV1020 [11'54]
attribution; probably by C P E Bach
7 Sonata in C major BWV1033 [9'05]
attribution
ANDREA OLIVA flute · ANGELA HEWITT piano
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