Kuhlau/ Putterman/ Helyard - Grandes Sonates 71 & 83Friedrich Kuhlau's legacy in his lifetime was as a significant composer of music for the flute, the favored instrument of gentlemen amateurs in the early nineteenth century. In his unfinished biography of 1804 1805, the great German Romantic Jean Paul wrote that the flute was a "magic baton, which changes one's internal world, when it is touched by it; it is a divining rod plumbing the depths of the soul." Kuhlau is best known for the masterpieces

the warriors who specialize in fighting the insect scourge

their inspiring lyrics or yet their so poignant dark touch

and with many future stars of the genre coming to prominence playing with his orchestra

hillbilly influenced 'Whoa Mule' & 'Possum Hunt'

This release sees the great Gary Usher become the latest maestro to be honored in our series of collections devoted to record producers

The Voce Quartet's first two recordings

refined orchestration

including Anne-Kathrin Peitz

The recordings come from ten different recording sessions

at the age of only forty-two

calling themselves the Tribulation Force

Heinichen's compositions are emblematic of the cultural riches of the reign of King Augustus the Strong of Saxony