Track Listing

1. I. Presto (1:43)
2. II. Adagio espressivo (2:43)
3. III. Vivace - fast as possible (0:37)
4. Rondo Caprice for Flute and Guitar, Op. 35 (1992) (10:06) - Easley Blackwood
5. Introduction and Rondo for Flute and Percussion (7:27) - Leon SteinSonata for Piccolo and Piano Op. 61 (15:22) - John La Montaine
6. I. With driving force, not fast (5:27)
7. II. Sorrowing (3:59)
8. III. Searching (1:14)
9. IV. Playful (4:35)
10. Lux Aeterna for Flute and Viola (9:26) - William FerrisDuos for Flute and Clarinet Op. 34 - Robert Muczynski
11. IV. Allegro ma non troppo (0:57)
12. V. Andante molto (2:18)
13. VI. Allegro (1:10)Music for Flute and Piano Op. 22c (26:13) - Sebastian Huydts
14. I. ("Summer") Tranquillo (5:11)
15. II. ("Autumn") Allegro ben ritmico (8:42)
16. III. ("Winter haze...") Adagio (6:27)
17. IV. ("Principio di virtu") Allegro giusto (5:41)Total Time: (78:54)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #802260 in Music
• Released on: 2003-11-25
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Album Description
Mention the city of Chicago to most people and it's a good bet their first response won't be "art music." Despite its world-class orchestra, opera house, music schools, libraries, and abundant musical institutions, Chicago's reputation is shaped mostly by other aspects of its rich history and colorful character. Simply put, art music in Chicago is overshadowed by the sensational, the high profile, the popular, and the macabre. Tall buildings, gangsters, and slaughtered hogs carve a more vivid image in our collective mind. Yet somewhere amidst Sandburg's "Big Shoulders" and Algren's hustlers lives a muse who guides its musical travelers in an extraordinary way. The world should know that this city's music bursts forth with an immediacy and heartiness that is as alive as Chicago itself. Author Scott Turow dubbed Chicago "The Capital of Real Life," by virtue of its substance and character. I think the city could just as aptly be called The Capital of Real Music: sincere music that is brilliantly constructed, music without pretense. Each of the composers represented on this recording is a Chicago composer, but you won't find a "Chicago School" here. These are seven unique individuals whose lives have been touched in different ways by this heartland center. Some were born and educated here, then moved away; others came from abroad and adopted Chicago as their home; still others spent virtually their entire productive lives in this city. All write music that is imaginative and earnest. Their subject in these works is the flute paired with another instrument. Throughout the recording, the flute (or piccolo), like a gracious hostess at a party, moves with suppleness between its musical guests, entering into dialogues on widely disparate topics. The result is a delightful assortment of Real Music.

MLA Notes
[A] thoroughly enjoyable collection...Stolper performs...with considerable sparkle and vigor, and the result is thrilling.

Fanfare
These are exemplary performances, Stolper maintaining an attractive, consistent, and best of all not-too-vibrato-laden tone throughout.