Artist: Les Vents Français
Album: Hindemith: Wind Sonatas
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2021
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 48 kHz
Duration: 01:01:37
Total Tracks: 16
Total Size: 588 MB

Tracklist:

1. Emmanuel Pahud – Flute Sonata: I. Heiter bewegt (05:02)
2. Emmanuel Pahud – Flute Sonata: II. Sehr langsam (04:02)
3. Emmanuel Pahud – Flute Sonata: III. Sehr lebhaft – Marsch (04:33)
4. François Leleux – Oboe Sonata: I. Munter (03:48)
5. François Leleux – Oboe Sonata: II. Sehr langsam – lebhaft – sehr langsam – wieder lebhaft (08:24)
6. Paul Meyer – Clarinet Sonata: I. Massig bewegt (04:40)
7. Paul Meyer – Clarinet Sonata: II. Lebhaft (02:40)
8. Paul Meyer – Clarinet Sonata: III. Sehr langsam (06:16)
9. Paul Meyer – Clarinet Sonata: IV. Kleines Rondo, gemachlich (02:38)
10. Gilbert Audin – Bassoon Sonata: I. Leicht bewegt (02:13)
11. Gilbert Audin – Bassoon Sonata: II. Langsam – Marsch (05:50)
12. Radovan Vlatković – Althorn Sonata: I. Ruhig bewegt (02:02)
13. Radovan Vlatković – Althorn Sonata: II. Lebhaft (03:32)
14. Radovan Vlatković – Althorn Sonata: III. Sehr langsam (01:49)
15. Radovan Vlatković – Althorn Sonata: IV. Das Posthorn (Zweigespräch) (01:27)
16. Radovan Vlatković – Althorn Sonata: V. Lebhaft (02:33)

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The pieces by Paul Hindemith on this recording, have a special importance in the history of music. They stand at a crossroads, belonging to an era when progressive and post-Romantic tendencies still existed side by side. These five sonatas represent a deliberate return to a classical form, revealing, in Claude Rostand’s words, “a distinctive chromaticism that frees his emerging style from tonal instability and melodious fluidity”. It is the classical structures that he restores, “in so doing rejuvenating his very spirit with the most sovereign and daring freedom of thought”. Once again, these few words by Claude Rostand, who saw the composer “bearing the arms of Bach or Stravinsky”, seem to hit the nail on the head.