Nancy Hadden - Michel de la Barre: Flute Suites (1999)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:02:06 | 318 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: ASV Digital | Catalog: CD GAO 181
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:02:06 | 318 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: ASV Digital | Catalog: CD GAO 181
Despite being one of the major figures in the history of the flute, Michel de la Barre is almost wholly absent from the current recording catalogue. True, his reputation lay more with his playing than his composing, but the fact remains that he was the first person ever to publish solo music specifically for flute, and that his output of 18 books of flute music between 1694 and 1725 was a vital factor in the emergence of that instrument as one of the most popular of the eighteenth century.