Description
In 2002 Florilegium became involved with Bolivian Baroque and since 2003 Ashley has been training vocalists and instrumentalists there. Initially solo singers, he formed Arakaen – dar Bolivia Choir in 2005. In 2008 Ashley was the first European to receive the prestigious Bolivian Hans Roth Prize, given to him in recognition of the enormous assistance he has given to the Bolivian indigenous people, their presence on the international stage and the promotion and preservation of this music.
For the last 28 years of collaboration with Channel Classics my main inspiration for recording has always been repertoire, either to convey our individual interpretation of known pieces I am passionate about or to present otherwise unknown repertoire for the very first time. This recording, however, came about through a chance encounter with a remarkable private collection of flutes, held in Frankfurt. This collection includes several hundred historical flutes, spanning the history of the instrument from one of the earliest surviving 3-piece French flutes made by Chattillion in c.1680. Many of these are baroque and other one-keyed flutes and most of them have not been used in recordings before. The collection includes some of the finest examples of playable baroque flutes anywhere in instruments at the time of their manufacture. I am grateful to the owner for his insight, commentary and images of each flute that follows under “The Instruments” below, allowing the listener to gain a greater knowledge and understanding of the particular characteristics of each flute.
Additional information
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Recording date | December 2019 |
Digital to analog converter | Horus, Merging Technologies |
Mastering engineer | Jared Sacks |
Editing | Pyramix Workstation / Merging Technologies |
Cables | Van der Hul 3T |
Microphones | Bruel & Kjaer 4006, Schoeps |
Recording format | DSD 256 |
Analog to digital converter | Horus / Merging Technolgies (DSD256) |
Recording location | Remonstrantse Kerk, Renswoude |
Composers | Georg Philipp Telemann, Jacques Hotteterre le Romain, Jacques Morel, Jean-Baptiste Barriere, Jean-Marie Leclair, Johann Sebastian Bach, Pietro Locatelli |
Recording engineer | Jared Sacks |
Production | Jared Sacks |
Type | DSD 256 fs, DSD 128 fs, DSD 64 fs, DXD 24 Bit, FLAC 192 kHz, FLAC 96 kHz, MP3 44.1 kHz |
Format | Download (Stereo), Download (Multichannel), Download (Stereo + Multichannel) |
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Speakers | Grimm LS1 |
Press reviews
Nederlands Fluit Genootschap
(…) Je merkt dat elke fluit in de handen van een begaafde speler zijn eigen stem heeft (…) een traktatie voor elke liefhebber van historische instrumenten, een prachtige en gevarieerde repertoirekeuze en heel veel karakter op één cd.
MusicWeb International “Recommended”
“Ashley Solomon was clearly inspired by these precious instruments, and delivers outstanding interpretations. He plays with much sensitivity, and considering that most of this music was intended for domestic performance, it makes much sense that in many pieces he is supported by viola da gamba and theorbo. A more extroverted piece as Locatelli’s sonata is given a bolder interpretation, which is spot-on.”
Stretto
(…) Kostbare, originele instrumenten op het label Channel Classics. (…) hoogst originele cd (…)
Klassieke Zaken
(…) Net als de werken van onder anderen Morel, Leclair, Telemann en uiteraard Hotteterre klinkt de Triosonate adembenemend mooi en intiem. De sensatie van het tot leven wekken van een oude fluit is voor fluitisten en fluitliefhebbers waarschijnlijk alleen te vergelijken met de impact van de vondst van de Nubische monumenten voor een archeoloog.
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