Qiling Chen, Yoshiko Iwai – Beethoven: Flute & Piano CD

 

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770–1827

 

SONATA NO. 5 IN F MAJOR, OP. 24 “SPRING SONATA”
Sonate Nr. 5 F-Dur „Frühlingssonate“ for violin and piano / für Violine und Klavier Arr. for flute and piano by / für Flöte und Klavier von Qiling Chen

SERENADE FOR FLUTE AND PIANO IN D MAJOR, OP. 41
Serenade für Flöte und Klavier D-Dur
Arr. of the Serenade for flute, violin and viola, Op. 25, for flute and piano by an anonymous arranger and L. v. Beethoven / Arr. der Serenade für Flöte, Violine und Viola op. 25 für Flöte und Klavier durch einen unbekannten Bearbeiter und L. v. Beethoven

ROMANCE IN F MAJOR, OP. 50
Romanze F-Dur
for Violin and Piano / für Violine und Klavier
Arr. for flute and piano / für Flöte und Klavier: Theobald Böhm

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The chapter “Beethoven and the Flute” is, as is well known, rather narrow. The flute is, of course, represented in every symphony and every piano concerto. But otherwise? The Beethoven Handbook lists only a handful of chamber music compositions with this instrument, which understandably pains flutists. But the situation is not entirely hopeless, for there is the arrangement! In the meantime, “arrangement” is once again very much in vogue, to which Qiling Chen’s album with flute versions of the F major Violin Romance and the Spring Sonata bears eloquent witness.
All three works on the album are arrangements, with Qiling Chen’s own transcription of Beethoven’s 5th Violin Sonata for flute and piano undoubtedly forming the centrepiece of the selection. Since the flute and violin are melodic instruments that are particularly comfortable in high registers and have roughly the same range, it is not surprising that the solo part of the Spring Sonata can easily be played by a flute for long stretches.

Weight 150 g

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