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This two-disc package from Emmanuel Pahud explores the music performed at the court of King Frederick the Great of Prussia. Frederick was an accomplished amateur flutist, and, thus, cultivated music for his instrument from the best composers of his day. This included Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and Johann Joachim Quantz. Frederick himself and his sister Anna Amalia also composed works featuring the flute. Pahud chose selections by each of these composers, filling the first disc with concertos and the second with chamber pieces and solos. These pieces span the period between the Baroque and Classical eras, but in general even Frederick's and C.P.E. Bach's sonatas have more in common with the former than the latter. They still employ the basso continuo accompaniment, however, all of it is very charming and agreeable, as much of the music of that era is. The pieces by the lesser known composers, such as Princess Anna Amalia and Johann Friedrich Agricola, may not be as musically sophisticated, but still have some appeal to the listener and a few challenges for Pahud. There are passages requiring virtuosic skill in most of the music, and in the solo sonata by C.P.E. Bach, Pahud's care for the music and nimbleness is plain to hear. He and his colleagues bring elegance and gracefulness to the music, even in the more lively, animated movements, making it all seem perfectly suited to the court of Frederick, the Flute King. [The Deluxe Edition is a CD-sized, hardcover book with the discs included.]
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Emmanuel Pahud, Flute - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Composer - Trevor Pinnock, Harpsichord, FeaturedArtist - Kammerakadamie Potsdam, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Kammerakadamie Potsdam/Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Limited
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Composer - Trevor Pinnock, Harpsichord, FeaturedArtist - Kammerakadamie Potsdam, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Kammerakadamie Potsdam/Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Limited
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute, MainArtist - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Composer - Trevor Pinnock, Harpsichord, FeaturedArtist - Kammerakadamie Potsdam, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Limited
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute, Lead Vocals - Trevor Pinnock, Director, Harpsichord, Lead Vocals - Kammerakadamie Potsdam, Lead Vocals, Ensemble - Franz Benda, Composer - Kammerakadamie Potsdam/Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute, Lead Vocals - Trevor Pinnock, Director, Harpsichord, Lead Vocals - Kammerakadamie Potsdam, Lead Vocals, Ensemble - Franz Benda, Composer - Kammerakadamie Potsdam/Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute, Lead Vocals - Trevor Pinnock, Director, Harpsichord, Lead Vocals - Kammerakadamie Potsdam, Lead Vocals, Ensemble - Franz Benda, Composer - Kammerakadamie Potsdam/Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute, MainArtist - Trevor Pinnock, Harpsichord - Kammerakadamie Potsdam, Ensemble - Frederick the Great, Composer
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute, MainArtist - Trevor Pinnock, Harpsichord - Kammerakadamie Potsdam, Ensemble - Frederick the Great, Composer
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute, MainArtist - Trevor Pinnock, Harpsichord - Kammerakadamie Potsdam, Ensemble - Frederick the Great, Composer
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Johann Joachim Quantz, Composer - Emmanuel Pahud, Flute, Lead Vocals - Trevor Pinnock, Director, Harpsichord, Lead Vocals - Kammerakadamie Potsdam, Lead Vocals, Ensemble - Kammerakadamie Potsdam/Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Johann Joachim Quantz, Composer - Emmanuel Pahud, Flute, Lead Vocals - Trevor Pinnock, Director, Harpsichord, Lead Vocals - Kammerakadamie Potsdam, Lead Vocals, Ensemble - Kammerakadamie Potsdam/Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Johann Joachim Quantz, Composer - Emmanuel Pahud, Flute, Lead Vocals - Trevor Pinnock, Director, Harpsichord, Lead Vocals - Kammerakadamie Potsdam, Lead Vocals, Ensemble - Kammerakadamie Potsdam/Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
DISC 2
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Emmanuel Pahud, Flute - Trevor Pinnock, Harpsichord, FeaturedArtist - Jonathan Manson, Cello, FeaturedArtist - Matthew Truscott, Violin, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock/Jonathan Manson/Matthew Truscott, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Emmanuel Pahud, Flute - Trevor Pinnock, Harpsichord, FeaturedArtist - Jonathan Manson, Cello, FeaturedArtist - Matthew Truscott, Violin, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock/Jonathan Manson/Matthew Truscott, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Emmanuel Pahud, Flute - Trevor Pinnock, Harpsichord, FeaturedArtist - Jonathan Manson, Cello, FeaturedArtist - Matthew Truscott, Violin, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock/Jonathan Manson/Matthew Truscott, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Emmanuel Pahud, Flute - Trevor Pinnock, Harpsichord, FeaturedArtist - Jonathan Manson, Cello, FeaturedArtist - Matthew Truscott, Violin, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock/Jonathan Manson/Matthew Truscott, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Limited
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute, Lead Vocals - Trevor Pinnock, Harpsichord, Lead Vocals - Jonathan Manson, Cello, Lead Vocals - A.A.von Preußen, Composer - Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock/Jonathan Manson, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute, Lead Vocals - Trevor Pinnock, Harpsichord, Lead Vocals - Jonathan Manson, Cello, Lead Vocals - A.A.von Preußen, Composer - Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock/Jonathan Manson, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute, Lead Vocals - Trevor Pinnock, Harpsichord, Lead Vocals - Jonathan Manson, Cello, Lead Vocals - A.A.von Preußen, Composer - Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock/Jonathan Manson, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Composer - Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock/Jonathan Manson, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Limited
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Composer - Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock/Jonathan Manson, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Limited
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Composer - Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock/Jonathan Manson, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Limited
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute, Lead Vocals - Trevor Pinnock, Harpsichord, Lead Vocals - Jonathan Manson, Cello, Lead Vocals - Johann Friedrich Agricola, Composer - Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock/Jonathan Manson, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute, Lead Vocals - Trevor Pinnock, Harpsichord, Lead Vocals - Jonathan Manson, Cello, Lead Vocals - Johann Friedrich Agricola, Composer - Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock/Jonathan Manson, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute, Lead Vocals - Trevor Pinnock, Harpsichord, Lead Vocals - Jonathan Manson, Cello, Lead Vocals - Johann Friedrich Agricola, Composer - Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock/Jonathan Manson, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute, Lead Vocals - Trevor Pinnock, Harpsichord, Lead Vocals - Jonathan Manson, Cello, Lead Vocals - Johann Friedrich Agricola, Composer - Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock/Jonathan Manson, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute, Lead Vocals - Trevor Pinnock, Harpsichord, Lead Vocals - Jonathan Manson, Cello, Lead Vocals - Frederick the Great, Composer - Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock/Jonathan Manson, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute, MainArtist - Trevor Pinnock, Harpsichord - Jonathan Manson, Viola da Gamba - Frederick the Great, Composer
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute, Lead Vocals - Trevor Pinnock, Harpsichord, Lead Vocals - Jonathan Manson, Cello, Lead Vocals - Frederick the Great, Composer - Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock/Jonathan Manson, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute, Lead Vocals - Trevor Pinnock, Harpsichord, Lead Vocals - Jonathan Manson, Cello, Lead Vocals - Frederick the Great, Composer - Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock/Jonathan Manson, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Composer - Trevor Pinnock, Harpsichord, FeaturedArtist - Jonathan Manson, Cello, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock/Jonathan Manson, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Limited
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Composer - Trevor Pinnock, Harpsichord, FeaturedArtist - Jonathan Manson, Cello, FeaturedArtist - Emmanuel Pahud/Trevor Pinnock/Jonathan Manson, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Limited
Album Description
This two-disc package from Emmanuel Pahud explores the music performed at the court of King Frederick the Great of Prussia. Frederick was an accomplished amateur flutist, and, thus, cultivated music for his instrument from the best composers of his day. This included Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and Johann Joachim Quantz. Frederick himself and his sister Anna Amalia also composed works featuring the flute. Pahud chose selections by each of these composers, filling the first disc with concertos and the second with chamber pieces and solos. These pieces span the period between the Baroque and Classical eras, but in general even Frederick's and C.P.E. Bach's sonatas have more in common with the former than the latter. They still employ the basso continuo accompaniment, however, all of it is very charming and agreeable, as much of the music of that era is. The pieces by the lesser known composers, such as Princess Anna Amalia and Johann Friedrich Agricola, may not be as musically sophisticated, but still have some appeal to the listener and a few challenges for Pahud. There are passages requiring virtuosic skill in most of the music, and in the solo sonata by C.P.E. Bach, Pahud's care for the music and nimbleness is plain to hear. He and his colleagues bring elegance and gracefulness to the music, even in the more lively, animated movements, making it all seem perfectly suited to the court of Frederick, the Flute King. [The Deluxe Edition is a CD-sized, hardcover book with the discs included.]
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 32 track(s)
- Total length: 02:26:07
- Main artists: Emmanuel Pahud
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
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16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd.
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