The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, led by the charismatic Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki, will perform the world premiere of GRAMMY Award-nominated American composer Lowell Liebermann's Flute Concerto ...

Claudio Abbado's explorations of the 18th century, via music by Bach, Pergolesi and Mozart, have been the unexpected treasures among his recordings of the last decade. This latest disc continues a ...

This recording was originally issued to great acclaim on BIS Records in 2005 but without the Flute and Harp Concerto (1778). Having added it and extended its running time by a third, this disc is now ...

Every week, Classic FM presenter and music expert David Mellor reviews the best new releases and re-issues from the world of classical music. This week, David picks out Tchaikovsky, Grieg and Baroque ...

Flautist Juliette Hurel is a solid player with vibrant musicality. She had a challenging evening with Mozart's Concerto No 1 in G and Carl Nielsen's Flute Concerto. The Mozart piece was graceful but ...

Concerto for Flute and Orchestra Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Composer São Paulo Symphony Orchestra Sharon Bezaly, Flute Enrique Diemecke, Conductor Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, `Dances with the ...

American composer Christopher Rouse's five-movement Flute Concerto takes inspiration in its outer movements, both titled Amhrán, from Enya. The second and fourth movements are both busy (one a march, ...

Surprisingly, the flute's a relatively quiet instrument so compositional skill is required to 'protect' it from the orchestra's volume. Serene and spritely in equal measure, Nielsen wrote this for ...