Hi,

At the moment I am working on my Performance Investigation for my A-Level Music and I am struggling to find a recording of the piece I am investigating on a Baroque flute. The piece is:
Quantz Flute Concerto in G Major; I: Allegro, II: Arioso e mesto, III: Presto.
I was wondering if you have ever come across a baroque flute recording of this piece as I am hoping to do a comparason of a modern day flute interpretation and one that is played on a baroque flute, perhaps trying to fit to the original perception of how the piece should be played.
I have been pointed in the direction of Rachel Brown but she has not recorded a version of this concerto that I can find.

I would be very greatful for any advice or help you could give with this as I am finding it very difficult!

Many thanks.

Hi,
Try fluteworld.
Not sure about this link but:
http://fluteworld.com/index.php?action=advsearch&wart=1

Recordings sections, Search composer: Quantz.
You may find something by Rachel Brown,
http://fluteworld.com/index.php?action=prod&wart=33255
as opposed to more traditional versions by Galway, Rampal, Grag, Nicolet and such

A shame that you aren't doing Telemann:
This recording would give you a fairly direct comparison in one box:

http://fluteworld.com/index.php?action=prod&wart=33385


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oops Sp:
Grag=Graf

if you have Itunes it should be there...

A quick Google search came up with the following:

http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1114853/a/Quantz:+Flute+Concertos+%2F+Rachel+Brown,+Roy+Goodman.htm

It this is the one you are looking for:

QUANTZ: 4 Flute Concertos 52:14
Flute Concerto in G major
Quantz, Johann Joachim, Classical Composer; Oien, Per, flute; Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra

I. Allegro 05:08
II. Arioso - Mesto 1.99
III. Allegro vivace (Presto) 04:06


You can buy and download it immediately from this site (which I recommend):

http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=6706

It will cost you 9.99 Euro the complete album or just 1.99 + 1.99 + 0.99 for the three tracks you are interested in.
(if you connect form USA, they will give the price in US$, probably the same amount and you save some 45% compared to paying in Eu.)

You can listen to short excerpts of the 3 parts before buying.

Good luck

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You have to check if this is Baroque Flute or not (the tuning of the recording will show it easily, I suppose)

Thanks very much for all your help.. but the Rachel Brown one suggested above is not the correct concerto.. and the suggestion below that is not on a baroque flute, although I am going to use that version to make a comparason between that and the baroque flute version (when I find it!)

But many thanks to all!

It's funny that I had been looking for a version of the Haendel flute sonatas on modern flute and could only find versions on older flutes... But I finally found one by Paula Robinson.

Just in case they might have recorded the Quantz concert, the artists I found playing older flutes(presumably the baroque flute as per the tuning, though not sure) for those Haendel sonatas were:

- Lisa Beznosiuk (Hyperium, www.hyperium-records.co.uk)
- Spehen Preston (Brilliant Classics))

Okay, I think I found it! Here: http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1115379/a/Quantz:+4+Concertos+For+Flute+%2F+Csalog,+M%C1T%C9,+Aura+Musicale.htm

To see more detailed information about this recording, see http://www.auramusicale.com/cd-quantz.htm

Is this the right version?

Yes that is the right piece!!

I found it a while back but not on a website where I could listen to clips so I dismissed it but now I can finally get on with my P.I! yay!

Thanks to all for your help!