Dorothea Seel & Christoph Hammer - Fascination Opera: A Virtuoso Firework of Fantasies & Variations (2020) [Hi-Res]

"Nineteenth-century opera arrangements for flute and piano have been extraordinary popular. Unfortunately the have so far received little attention in the annals of music history. Even in concerts you may hardly find them on the programmes. Therefore the present recording provides exciting music to rediscover with works by Briccialdi, Herman, Popp, Galli, Kuhlau, FUrstenau, Boehm and Andersen. Dorothea Seel used three different flutes to reproduce the flute sound of the time in alI its diversity. This demands specific playing techniques, which can be determined from the h istor ical source texts. Christoph Ham mer played an original pianoforte from the collection of the Tyrolean regional museum in Innsbruck. The woody tone, rich in harmonics, is a perfect foil for the flutes."