In review--Flurry of notes
Classical Andrea Oliva Angela Hewitt Bach Flute Sonatas Hyperion Records I feel pleased to start out a new year with the enchanting Bach Flute Sonatas performed by pianist Angela Hewitt and flutist Andrea Oliva. Out of all the Bach recordings I have heard, I don’t recall hearing tranverse flute (at least not in a sonata setting), but I have heard plenty of recorders. Towards the end of Bach’s life, the tranverse flute replaced recorders, even though recorders of various types still exist in our time. As always, questions revolve around the compositions, whether or not Bach co-composed them or if they were written for transverse flute or oboe as in the case with the Sonata in G minor , which might Bach might have co-composed with his son C P E Bach. Whatever the history is behind the flute sonatas, Oliva and Hewitt breathe a fresh of new air into them. The original musicians would have played the sonatas on piano and ...