BENDA; STAMITZ; ROSETTI: Flute Concertos - Jean-Pierre Rampal, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Vaclav Neumann

Music for wind instruments has always done well on French soil. The French are by far the best makers of wind instruments and the French school of interpretation has a privileged position in the world. The name of the French flute virtuoso Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922-2000) is a household word and we are fortunate that several of his recordings, which are today in many ways unsurpassable, are found in the depths of the Supraphon archive. Modern techniques have helped remedy some of the sonic problems of these recordings from the 1950s, which would otherwise place them at a disadvantage. It is with pleasure that we also present the performance of his partner in the Benda sonata, the noted Czech harpsichordist Viktorie Švihlíková (1915).

František Benda
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in E minor
1. Allegro con brio 09:18
2. Un poco andante 07:59
3. Presto 05:36
František Benda
Sonata per flauto e continuo /Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord in F major/
4. Adagio 03:38
5. Allegro 02:21
6. Vivace 02:49
Carl Philipp Stamitz
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in G major, Op. 29
7. Allegro 08:34
8. Andante non troppo moderato 05:03
9. Rondo. Allegro 05:05
František Antonín Rössler-Rosetti
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in D major
10. Allegro maestoso 07:50
11. Adagio 06:46
12. Rondo. Allegro 02:55