Hanspeter Oggier & Marina Vasilyeva – Withered Flowers: Works for Pan Flute and Piano (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:13:10 minutes | 2,68 GB | Genre: Classical
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The Variations on “Trockne Blumen” from the song cycle Die schone Mullerin are the central work on the album. Schubert on the pan flute; is that possible; is it even allowed?
Once you have heard the new album by panpipe player Hanspeter Oggier, the answer will be “Yes!”. In addition to this demanding variation work, the recording also includes other pieces by composers as diverse as Brahms, Debussy and Gluck, and – another highlight – a Romanian Suite, interpreted by Oggier and Marina Vasilyeva on the piano in a rousing performance.
Read moreHanspeter Oggier, Martin Frutiger, Hradec Kralové and Royal Czech Symphonia Hradec Kralove & Kaspar Zehnder – Uncommon Concertos (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:42 minutes | 1,11 GB | Genre: Classical
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The Swiss composer Fabian Müller (b. 1964) has repeatedly advocated for extraordinary musical instruments. His new CD is on the one hand about the pan flute, whose tradition goes back to Greek antiquity, on the other hand about the heckelphone, a bass oboe developed by the instrument maker Wilhelm Heckel in 1904. The concerto for panflute and orchestra, composed in 2017, is, like the other works by Fabian Müller, in a moderately modern style, whereby it is obviously important to show the melodic qualities of the instrument, which refer to its frequent use in folk music, as well as its virtuoso possibilities. The Swiss soloist Hanspeter Oggier plays the difficult-to-handle instrument with stupendous security and strong expression, with the Czech orchestra under Kaspar Zehnder providing attentive accompaniment.
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